Tamiya 1:12 McLaren MP4/6 Rebuild/Upgrade

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Jumping around a bit, but I got the original Tamiya white metal rear wishbones cleaned up and ready for priming this morning:

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Shame to paint them really.

The rear pushrods and track-control arms are resin items supplied in the T/S set. Reason is that the ends are far more detailed, with rose joints and lock nuts. The turned brass spigots fit into the ends of each arm; the original white metal arms would be difficult to prepare like this:

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The Rose joints are laminated from three brass profiles. I Araldited these together:

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Obviously in reality they are solid metal, so I tried to blend the laminations with Micro mesh pads:

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Much better:

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Another small bit done:

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Deliberate mistake tonight - missing the second lock-nuts for the track-control arms. Luckily the Araldite was still soft:

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Bit of work drilling out holes in the block and the resin oil tanks to suit the Goodridge connectors. Also glued the smaller of the oil tanks to its p/e base:

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Lots of great updates here!
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Hi,

Great build!
I love the amount and quality of parts from Top Studio sets.

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stubeck wrote:Lots of great updates here!
Thanks!

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pgarat wrote:Hi,

Great build!
I love the amount and quality of parts from Top Studio sets.

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Still figuring out where additional fastener holes need drilling. A lot aren’t in the T/S set, which is surprising. Some of the parts within the set itself have missing holes/bolts, like the resin rear suspension brackets. No big deal though.

The fasteners I’m adding here are RB Motion stud & nut pins. I’ve added washers behind the engine/gearbox joint items to make them look more substantial. The lighter stuff like the pipe flange won’t have washers:

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Painted the engine block and gearbox components:

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Unfortunately, some suspension mounts are sandwiched between parts, the joint lines then need filling:

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Flatting and re-painting those will be fun.

Also decided to give the gearbox castings a dark wash - they look too flat. It’ll Bev very light, since I don’t want any weathering, just to give a bit of depth.

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Great work as always!
Did you order a general selection of parts from RB Motion or did you make a list and order the nearest size from what Rob has available?
I have the Top Studio set and some TV stuff, so will be following in your footsteps at some point.
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