Brabham BT44B, Tamiya 1/12

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Brabham BT44B, Tamiya 1/12

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Another kit finished, in the best racing car livery of all time ;)

It's the BT44B by Tamiya, kit and original car are from 75, I built the current rerelease with etched parts and Cartograf decals (no badyears, I got those from Indycals).
One can notice the age of the kit, there's much sanding needed, bit it's still nice to build.
I used some fittings and braided line as well as several kinds of wire and rubber lines. I painted with Zero brilliant white, Prisma Color flat black and Belton Satin Black from the can, XF56, several Aqua Colors and red/blue metallic Gundam Markers. The clear I used was the Zero 1k type, polished with MM 4k-12k, Tamiya coarse and finish Polishing Compound and Modeling Wax on top.

It's not a jaykay quality model but I hope you like it anyway ;)

WIP: http://www.f1m.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=13041


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Marco,

congrats on such a nice & clean build. Very very nice.

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Crisp and clean...just beautiful, be proud of that one!
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A typical Marco Saupe!

Very Nice and very clean!

Beautiful!
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You've done a great job with this one! I've really enjoyed seeing you bring this together. Great work.
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Fantastic job.
Great details and very clean. Nice photos too...
What white you use dor the exterior?
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Re: Brabham BT44B, Tamiya 1/12

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Wow! What a great model. Such a clean built. Brilliant!
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This has got to be one of my most favorit Tamiya models of all time. Such a beutiful car!! You have done a wonderful job with it. Thanks for sharing the build and the finished pictures with us.

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Just Beautiful :shock: Very well Built Model, looks perfect...
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Excellent work!!!!

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