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kimi_8 wrote:
Irb - Nice one, is that 1/20 scale? i see it says 1/20 at the bottom but wanted to check

It should be. I scaled 1/1 CAD drawing to 1/20 and exported to PDF. But with dimensions in F1 it is always a bit tricky

If you want you can use my 2D drawing, which I made me for creating paper model of FW15c: http://modely.blaschke.sk/FW15c.pdf (my drawing was done by oversketching pictures, so it should be quite accurate, however, papercraft meaning of it is clearly apparent :-) ) And I have a bunch of various FW15...

I really like the result. Good job!

2009 season was really nice one for me. Many surprises, Ferrari and McLaren out of pace, "strange" new wings... double deck diffusers discussions, ... and Jason winning the title in "one year wonder" Brawn.

Icon_Modeler wrote: That is a very old Protar kit, I think 1/9th scale

Thanks.

to 2whl: Can I ask what is it for a kit that Yamaha?

2whl wrote:

Some times I have used bath of sodium hydroxide solution.
You just have to be careful - it is corrosive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_hydroxide#Safety
And let it cool down first.

Some time ago I compared the Smer kit with the side photo of the real car and found that major model mistake is the cockpit opening - smaller than it has to be, and the height of the side "step" line, which is placed too high. Then the curve of the front grill and shape of the rear part be...

Driver's seat (Bandini's was black and red) Interesting, do you have a photo? I never saw a photo of the cockpit of this car. http://www.modellismo.net/forum/attachments/statico-work-progress/108657d1303887812-mfh-1-20-ferrari-312-monaco-1967-312-67-003.jpg It is taken from the modeling thread: htt...

Here is one more picture of Nico sitting in FW30: http://www.papirove-modely.cz/img/upload/modely/predpisy-pre-f1-2009/20160308202659-289491-full.jpg And two pictures of other cars from their releases at beginning of 2008 season BMW: http://www.papirove-modely.cz/img/upload/modely/predpisy-pre-f1-20...

This is a picture from GP Spain 2008. Seatbelts are there definitely blue:
http://www.papirove-modely.cz/img/uploa ... 8-full.jpg