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Indeed the Rio Olympic park, the place of the former Jacarepaguá track. I wonder what car it would be, Senna never won there in F1. Perhaps Piquet? Or maybe the march 881 who scored a podium there in 1989 with Gugelmin. Lots of options left

Thank you everyone for the replies, Looks like i need to pre solder the parts (something i didn't do first try) i found some solder that has a lower melting point than the white metal and have some different kinds of flux to. I hope to have time to try it again this week on the rear wing of the Onyx...

Hi Gert, Soldering to steel is not that easy in general. There are special solder for steel. However, the normal solder for electronic purpose should also work. First, sand the steel surface and than add solder flux on the surface. Heat up the steel surface using the solder iron first. Put solder o...

Hello Everyone, I recently tried soldering for the first time on a kit (Onyx) and i didn't quite get the result i wanted to get. I managed to get the tin to stick to the white metal but it refused to work with the PE steel. Has anyone tried to do this? I like the idea of soldering the wings as they ...

The gold Speedline wheels gave it away looking great!

My guess would be the Dallara f188?

Little update: I Continued work on the Onyx. It's a nice kit to build with some challenge regarding the mismatching edge on the floor/sidepods. I've added the frontwing flaps and endplates which i originally tried to solder the endplates to the planes but it didn't work out ( if someone has done thi...

Perhaps the hometown of a driver? No clue on who it would be then

Thanks for the kind words guys!

Hey everyone, first of all a Happy newyear to everyone here. I've had a pretty busy time but i can say i'm happy i was able to finish the Lotus. I'll post some pictures of the proces below. Making the seat fit properly adding some plasticard. It was a matter of glueing small strips and sanding to ge...