last week I started another project, the 1/12 BT44B by Tamiya, the latest rerelease with etched parts. Badyear decals are missing as usual, I made an order at Indycals for those.
First I did the engine. I made some small improvements: the spark plug wires are connected with a little boot, I used a bit from the supplied tubing, inserted a shorter piece of hard wire in it and bent it 90 degrees. Because the inner wire is shorter than the tubing I could still plug it on the (shortened) pins on the engine. The fuel lines on the real car were only transparent for the first few cm, so I took 0.5mm transparent rubber line and painted it black except for the first mms. Then I cut off the ends of the injector parts, glued short pieces of gold painted tube on the parts and inserted the fuel lines. Looks a little bit better than the original... I think.
This weekend my airbrush had a lot to do. I painted some of the body parts with Zero brilliant white. Then I put the decals on and then some coats of Zero 1k clear, next step sanding and polishing (might be a bit difficult on the areas with rivets...)
I also used quiet a lot of my Alcad aluminium supply. On photos of the firewall you could see that the triangular areas had a slightly different appearance, so I put some BMF alu on. What I like is the etched battery holder, unfortunately it will disappear almost completely under the seat...
) I tried Micro Weld glue and I like it, works good and has an... interesting scent 
Beautiful finish on the body and the firewall. Looking forward to seeing more.
