Have used Archer Rivets for years on armor .... they are top shelf and you won’t have any issues with them The decal disappears, but the raised resin patterns emerge out of the paint!
A friend of mine has the model from the seventies, the original issue. The model could be build with or without a little electric motor. The kit came with two types of "shells" for the motor. The one with the motor was way too big, ofcourse ! ;-) It looked quite bad. Very bulky. The car had a small battery holder (AA battery) at the bottom and the lid could be clicked in place. It's a rarity to find this kit with a motor, since it was not an export article. It was mostly sold in Japan. If you read Tamiya's book (page 62, 63, etc...) you can read that motorized models were extremely popular in those days. That is also where the scale 1 to 35 comes from. Shunsaku Tamiya made tanks and every model he made had to have an electric motor. To accommodate most types of tanks and models, scale 1 to 35 seemed to be the smallest workable scale to fit both a motor and (at least) one AA battery. Many manyfacturers did not have a fixed scale series. Tamiya started this 1 to 35 series, because of the electric motors. The rest is history....! ;-) Although some manufacturers produced models in scale 1 to 35 (or something approximate), it really was Mr. Tamiya who is the father of this now famous scale !! And you guessed it....... For the same reasons he produced race cars in scale 1 to 20. ;-)
@@dtmodelart9533 Yep, I remember the original issue. (I was 17 in 1976) It was quite common to motorize kits in the Japanese market. US kits were not motorized but the battery box was still there.
Jeremy Jiao: Dave is using Gravity Colors USA paints from Florida. Not from Spain. Gravity Colors paints sold in Europe are different and has nothing to do with Gravity Colors USA items and paints. Gravity Colors Spain has not released the James Hunt M23 neon red color by the way. The paint color palette is very different on the European and the US site.
Did you forgot to scribe the seam line for the nose part ? The nose and wings are detachable, on the real car. When damaged, a new nose can be easily attached. I just checked my model and indeed, a clear seam line is not present. There's only a very thin line on top of the plastic. The radiator covers, just in front of the rear wheels, also need a seam line. And they are also missing on the model. Tamiya should have reworked the old molds. It took them decades to re-acquire the copyrights for producing this model again. A small update would not have hurt.
Sounds fine to me. ;-) But if you ever get the chance to see one of these up close, you will be surprised how badly body parts actually fit......... On the real cars, those aluminum and glass fibre panels are somewhat warped, here and there. They sure don't line up properly and seams can be relatively wide. But I have seen these datails only on the old cars, which have switched owner a couple of times. These cars have been racing often and had an overhaul, from time to time. The new McLarens........ from the 1990's and on........ Man....... McLaren is from another planet !! These guys can teach Rolls-Royce and Bentley a thing or two. Flawless. Absolutely flawless. If any car can ever be perfect, it is a McLaren. You have to see it with your own eyes to believe it. A very humbling experience.
This thing is going to look amazing when it's done. Can't wait to see the process in it continue.
Have used Archer Rivets for years on armor .... they are top shelf and you won’t have any issues with them The decal disappears, but the raised resin patterns emerge out of the paint!
Great work, thnank you
A friend of mine has the model from the seventies, the original issue. The model could be build with or without a little electric motor. The kit came with two types of "shells" for the motor. The one with the motor was way too big, ofcourse ! ;-) It looked quite bad. Very bulky.
The car had a small battery holder (AA battery) at the bottom and the lid could be clicked in place.
It's a rarity to find this kit with a motor, since it was not an export article. It was mostly sold in Japan. If you read Tamiya's book (page 62, 63, etc...) you can read that motorized models were extremely popular in those days.
That is also where the scale 1 to 35 comes from. Shunsaku Tamiya made tanks and every model he made had to have an electric motor. To accommodate most types of tanks and models, scale 1 to 35 seemed to be the smallest workable scale to fit both a motor and (at least) one AA battery.
Many manyfacturers did not have a fixed scale series. Tamiya started this 1 to 35 series, because of the electric motors. The rest is history....! ;-)
Although some manufacturers produced models in scale 1 to 35 (or something approximate), it really was Mr. Tamiya who is the father of this now famous scale !!
And you guessed it....... For the same reasons he produced race cars in scale 1 to 20. ;-)
bottom of the monocoque may have once been designed to accomodate a battery for motorization (being an older tool?)...just a guess.
Ray Lord quite possible!
@@dtmodelart9533 Yep, I remember the original issue. (I was 17 in 1976) It was quite common to motorize kits in the Japanese market. US kits were not motorized but the battery box was still there.
What is the source of your Gravity Colors? Are you ordering from Europe?
Jeremy Jiao: Dave is using Gravity Colors USA paints from Florida. Not from Spain. Gravity Colors paints sold in Europe are different and has nothing to do with Gravity Colors USA items and paints. Gravity Colors Spain has not released the James Hunt M23 neon red color by the way. The paint color palette is very different on the European and the US site.
Did you forgot to scribe the seam line for the nose part ?
The nose and wings are detachable, on the real car. When damaged, a new nose can be easily attached. I just checked my model and indeed, a clear seam line is not present. There's only a very thin line on top of the plastic.
The radiator covers, just in front of the rear wheels, also need a seam line. And they are also missing on the model. Tamiya should have reworked the old molds. It took them decades to re-acquire the copyrights for producing this model again.
A small update would not have hurt.
telescopereplicator I will add a black thin line to represent that so it looks much cleaner using black stripe decal
Sounds fine to me. ;-)
But if you ever get the chance to see one of these up close, you will be surprised how badly body parts actually fit.........
On the real cars, those aluminum and glass fibre panels are somewhat warped, here and there. They sure don't line up properly and seams can be relatively wide.
But I have seen these datails only on the old cars, which have switched owner a couple of times. These cars have been racing often and had an overhaul, from time to time.
The new McLarens........ from the 1990's and on........ Man....... McLaren is from another planet !!
These guys can teach Rolls-Royce and Bentley a thing or two.
Flawless. Absolutely flawless. If any car can ever be perfect, it is a McLaren. You have to see it with your own eyes to believe it.
A very humbling experience.
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