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Hi Alex, I did a quick look through some of my books and online, and found none showing the underside of the the other Tyrrell bodywork, but a number of them do show the team painted at least the underside of the cockpit cowlings with matte or satin black paint. Note that the fiberglas seat was the ...

Gruppecfan wrote:@ flashman
There is no real nose in the conversions kit

Could you be more specific on why the nose is wrong?

Cameron

Here is a resin set to convert the Tamiya 956 Le Mans long-tail to the short-tail used on the Senna car: https://hobbitime.myshopify.com/collections/sports-car-model-kits-decals-and-parts/products/1-24-porsche-956-short-tail-resin-conversion-for-tamiya-kits . Calvin provides great service and is hig...

Steve M, you seem like the best resource available. For us rattle can users, would TS-96 Fluorescent orange be too extreme? My very choice ! My MP4/6 is getting TS96 ! I have already spoon tested it and believe It is exactly how I remember the real car. Another indicator that the real McLarens were...

I like the idea of a "Problem List" for the Tamiya 1/12ths as well. For example, I've read that their early Ford DFVs were oversized, due to the motorized fad .... at what point/kit did they correct that? That would have been the kit of Jackie Stewart's 1971 championship winning Tyrrell, ...

Hi ...the windscreen is probably the worst fitting part I ever had in a kit, I sanded of quite a lot material away on top and bottom of the part. Shame you did not see the Hobbitime conversion in time but I really like this clean build. It is a sharp looking car with a nice bright paintjob. Thanks ...

Pattos Place offers decals for the Led Zepplin M8D in a variety of scales including 1/43rd. Here's how to get to it: 1. Go to http://members.optusnet.com.au/pattosplace/home.html 2. In the left side of the page, click the "M" under Decals . 3. Scroll down to " McLren M8D - Ld Zppelin ...

whatisdeletrazdoing wrote:Oh man I am excited for the Tyrrell 005.

+10 for me!

And this brings hope that the 006 version will eventually be released, hopefully while I'm still alive to buy it!

Cameron

Calvin Sallee, who produces resin kits/transkits for Indycar and sports racing car models through his "Classic Racing Resins" brand in the USA, recommends Apoxie Sculpt Modeling Compound . He says it works similar to Milliput, but is easier to work with and without some of the issues that ...

Joaquin, you did a beautiful job with your document. Much better than the one I did.

Many thanks to you and Wim for sharing it with us.

Cameron