WIP: Fujimi MP4/27 1/20 early season Hamilton

[Eagle50]

Thanks for posting this WIP, Sergey. The MP4/27 looks sharp, with the decals on it now! And your answers to fitment / paint / toothpick / etc questions have been informative for me. Good job!

Chris

[badun]

Awesome job!

[lezdep]

For weeks I've been working on CF job for this build. Pretty much done. I don't plan to CF whole suspension of this model, only front arms.
Under body and nose are done. Rear and front wings are done as well. Pretty much all decals are ready as well. Clear coat will be next.

[alexpayne]

Good to see some more progress Sergey, enjoy the G.P. today
Atb,AlexP.

[Shunter]

Someone has been busy....great stuff.

[CBartholomew4677]

Fantastic work on the MP4/27!! All of your hard work and attention to detail has really paid off.
Looking forward to seeing you get it all wrapped up.

Great work!!
I'm still a bit afraid of these chrome paint.
Eric

I was afraid of the chrome McLarens also, so I took the plunge on the MP4/26 with Alclad Chrome and Aqua Gloss Clear. I am happy to say you have nothing to fear. Of course, they require meticulous attention to the base paint finish, but the Alclad paints are a dream to work with and, as you can see here, they give a great finish. Take the plunge and your fears will be gone .

Cheers,
Chris

[lezdep]

Posted these on other thread, but adding them here as well for continuity.

[Cpcrochet]

Great job Sergey.

[Cpcrochet]

Great work!!
I'm still a bit afraid of these chrome paint.
Eric

I was afraid of the chrome McLarens also, so I took the plunge on the MP4/26 with Alclad Chrome and Aqua Gloss Clear. I am happy to say you have nothing to fear. Of course, they require meticulous attention to the base paint finish, but the Alclad paints are a dream to work with and, as you can see here, they give a great finish. Take the plunge and your fears will be gone .

Cheers,
Chris

I've tried to do the B.Model Works MP4/26,but,my first attempt with Alclad aqua gloss did not went well.

[lezdep]

With F10 almost completed and out of my way at the moment, I could return to this McLaren. Spent couple of hours to put rear brakes, rear and font suspensions together.
Brakes are almost identical to F10, so I was able to use second set of PE items from Hobby Design's F10 set to simulate rotors. This time I've used Gator glue to hold PE in
place. Worked fine and allowed for a cleaner result. I have modified position of rear brake calipers a bit, so they seat deeper and match PE better. However location of
calipers is not accurate. On real car they are positioned horizontally at the bottom of rotors. Fujimi does not bother with such small inaccuracies. With some extra effort,
that could be corrected. But I don't plan to display car with wheels off and rest of brake detail aren't 100% accurate anyway. Drive shafts are from after market Top Studio
set. They are machined parts and look pretty nice. Installed rear light as well. Not visible on the photo, but it's there. Front brakes and nose will be next. Then I plan to
switch to work on wings and cockpit.