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Sorry for the late reply , i just got back. I cleared it with alclad aqua clear. the first few coats has to be just tack coats think is did 3 clear tack coats 2 medium coats and 1 heavy coat. if you go to heavy on the first few coats you will lose the paint effect. i then did light sanding starting ...

I do understand what you are saying mofo. And yes Renault did use the least amount of the 35 tokens they are allowed to use. What i wanted to say is before the hybrid power units came in to play in f1 all the power units where just about the same and aero dominated top speed. to say here you go you ...

I just want to make it clear i am a Mercedes and Ferrari fan and with this in mind i do believe Mr Horner was miss quoted saying red bull will pull out of f1, the way i understood his interview is that the current f1 rules are making i difficult for F1 teams to close the gap to Mercedes. And i do ag...

Hi I used alclad polished alum. the std gloss black as a under coat and the the alclad. it took 6 medium coats to get the silver i was happy with and about 3 bottles of alclad polished alum for the complete kit but i think its as close to the colour as i can get it. but here's a few pics you can dec...

Have to say i wish McLaren would get off the chrome and black livery. i found it very disappointing to see a car looking like the 2012 car if the just change the black or chrome to orange it would have looked great . don't like the livery its a bit over used like the Ferrari but they are trying diff...

hi gasdriverca thanks no the kit does not come with all the cf needed. off of the top of my head the cf below the mono cock to the nose tip, the insides of the back wing and the driver cockpit , you will have to add cf to your build . the cf below the side pods i also added. the rest is in the kit t...

Stunning build the xwing did make the car look ugly but i like it when designers and engineers do funny things and i am envious of them i have so many “what if “ and “this will work” moments in my life but just cant do anything about them lol. kudos for jumping lol Again well done clean stunning bui...

some more pics of the build

Morning all Welcome to my build and review of my 1/20 monopost Mercedes w05 review. i did order my kit as they became available from studio 27 but as south Africa had a 4 month postal strike i only received my kit at the end of November 2014 and dropped everything i was doing to build this F1 champ....