1/20 March Engineering
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 6:31 pm
Hi all,
I would like to start a new WIP thread as I hadn't shown a lot in the past couple of month.
A few month ago I asked how to avoid 2k hardener getting solid within the bottle. Amongst the replies I got the most popular was: "Try to build several cars at once to use as much hardener and clear as you can."
Well, I did so and started four kits from the same Team:
March / Leyton House
March 881:
Using this car March impressed in 1988 with 21 points. The car was also used in 1989 in the first races. Gugelmin scored the teams only points of the season with a third place in Brazil. The CG891 introduced at Monaco never got into the points.
The kit is by studio27 and represents the 1989 version of the 881. It will be build as it raced in Rio.
Leyton House CG901A
This car was a complete disaster. The team struggled in the first half of the 1990 season and even missed a few qualifications. It was modified to the B-spec before the French Grand Prix. I will try to restore an old model of the CG901B which I had build 20 years ago to CG901A specifications. The version should be the car driven by Gugelmin in Imola (picture above). Modifications are:
- longer frontwing
- different sidepods
- higher mirrors
- onboard camera
- Autoglass advertising
There should be more modifications under the enginecover, but I won't care as it will be a curbside model.
Leyton House CG901B
The car in which Ivan Capelli led the French Grand Prix two weeks after he and Gugelmin failed to qualify their cars for the Mexican Grand Prix. He finished the race in second place.
This car will be build according to the specifications of the Tamiya kit.
March CG911B
The last car used by March in 1992. Karl Wendlinger was bought in the team by Mercedes to give Karl the chance to get some F1 expirience. He scored three points in Canada.
The kit is by AMC and will be build in an early season version with just very few advertising.
Here is the progress:
I mainly did the CG901A modifications in the last few weeks:
Adding the onboard-camera wasn't difficult. The other stuff was!
The airoutlets were closed, and the frontend of the sidepods removed. The undertray, which had to get an extension at the front got two small brasswires on each side to give the extension a bit more stability:
I temporarily fixed two square pieces of plastic covered with lubricant on the inside of the undertray and placed putty arround it. Once it got hard, I removed the plastic again and already got the inside of the airintake ready. The other sides had to be sanded in shape.
On the topside of the undertray two holes were drilled for a brasswire. Fixed to this brasswire was the slightly bended polystyrene I used for the side:
On top of the sidepods I went forward step by step:
In comparisson to the new sidepods the frontwing was rather easy.
For stability reasons I once again added brasswires to the frontend:
To the left and the right I temporarly fitted polystyrene for the sanding to avoid rounded edges.
Putty was added and sanded to shape. The endingplates were prepared in a similar way:
Gugelmins car had a nosetip similar to that of most recent F1 cars:
To get this one done I drilled a 1mm hole through the frontwing inside the nose and placed a 1mm brassrod inside. A slightly bigger brassrod with an inner diameter of 1mm was placed above:
It was shortend to a fitting length. The wing was covered with lubricant, putty was added around the brass and sanded to shape:
All the modifications except the higher mirrors are roughly done. I will give the car a coat of primer to make the scratches and holes visible:
By now the bodyparts of the other cars are also ready for primer!
881:
911B:
Another March will be joining the others when I get to the stage of clearcoating:
A little observation:
Having dry-fitted both the studio27 881 and the AMC 911B at almost the same time I would like to mention, that the AMC kit made a better impression on me so far.
In terms of proportions there seems to be a serious problem with the studio27 car. I got the impression the chassis is way too long, and the nose a bit too short.
The proportions of the AMC car seem to be fine.
The studio27 resin somehow feels like a brick. It's hard and a little rough. The AMC resin feels a bit softer and soapy. So far, I am not sure which resin is better. Once I primed both I will let you know...
The fitment of the AMC kit is by far better. After cleaning the whitemetal parts and drilling the required holes in the resin gearbox I didn't had to adjust anything. Everything fitted together nicely. The studio27 kit required a bit more work and I fear I might get some problems with the frontsuspension.
It might have to do with the fact the studio27 kit is a few years older.
My further progress is now slowed down by the birth of our twins who of course also demand some of their fathers time.
I would like to start a new WIP thread as I hadn't shown a lot in the past couple of month.
A few month ago I asked how to avoid 2k hardener getting solid within the bottle. Amongst the replies I got the most popular was: "Try to build several cars at once to use as much hardener and clear as you can."
Well, I did so and started four kits from the same Team:
March / Leyton House
March 881:
Using this car March impressed in 1988 with 21 points. The car was also used in 1989 in the first races. Gugelmin scored the teams only points of the season with a third place in Brazil. The CG891 introduced at Monaco never got into the points.
The kit is by studio27 and represents the 1989 version of the 881. It will be build as it raced in Rio.
Leyton House CG901A
This car was a complete disaster. The team struggled in the first half of the 1990 season and even missed a few qualifications. It was modified to the B-spec before the French Grand Prix. I will try to restore an old model of the CG901B which I had build 20 years ago to CG901A specifications. The version should be the car driven by Gugelmin in Imola (picture above). Modifications are:
- longer frontwing
- different sidepods
- higher mirrors
- onboard camera
- Autoglass advertising
There should be more modifications under the enginecover, but I won't care as it will be a curbside model.
Leyton House CG901B
The car in which Ivan Capelli led the French Grand Prix two weeks after he and Gugelmin failed to qualify their cars for the Mexican Grand Prix. He finished the race in second place.
This car will be build according to the specifications of the Tamiya kit.
March CG911B
The last car used by March in 1992. Karl Wendlinger was bought in the team by Mercedes to give Karl the chance to get some F1 expirience. He scored three points in Canada.
The kit is by AMC and will be build in an early season version with just very few advertising.
Here is the progress:
I mainly did the CG901A modifications in the last few weeks:
Adding the onboard-camera wasn't difficult. The other stuff was!
The airoutlets were closed, and the frontend of the sidepods removed. The undertray, which had to get an extension at the front got two small brasswires on each side to give the extension a bit more stability:
I temporarily fixed two square pieces of plastic covered with lubricant on the inside of the undertray and placed putty arround it. Once it got hard, I removed the plastic again and already got the inside of the airintake ready. The other sides had to be sanded in shape.
On the topside of the undertray two holes were drilled for a brasswire. Fixed to this brasswire was the slightly bended polystyrene I used for the side:
On top of the sidepods I went forward step by step:
In comparisson to the new sidepods the frontwing was rather easy.
For stability reasons I once again added brasswires to the frontend:
To the left and the right I temporarly fitted polystyrene for the sanding to avoid rounded edges.
Putty was added and sanded to shape. The endingplates were prepared in a similar way:
Gugelmins car had a nosetip similar to that of most recent F1 cars:
To get this one done I drilled a 1mm hole through the frontwing inside the nose and placed a 1mm brassrod inside. A slightly bigger brassrod with an inner diameter of 1mm was placed above:
It was shortend to a fitting length. The wing was covered with lubricant, putty was added around the brass and sanded to shape:
All the modifications except the higher mirrors are roughly done. I will give the car a coat of primer to make the scratches and holes visible:
By now the bodyparts of the other cars are also ready for primer!
881:
911B:
Another March will be joining the others when I get to the stage of clearcoating:
A little observation:
Having dry-fitted both the studio27 881 and the AMC 911B at almost the same time I would like to mention, that the AMC kit made a better impression on me so far.
In terms of proportions there seems to be a serious problem with the studio27 car. I got the impression the chassis is way too long, and the nose a bit too short.
The proportions of the AMC car seem to be fine.
The studio27 resin somehow feels like a brick. It's hard and a little rough. The AMC resin feels a bit softer and soapy. So far, I am not sure which resin is better. Once I primed both I will let you know...
The fitment of the AMC kit is by far better. After cleaning the whitemetal parts and drilling the required holes in the resin gearbox I didn't had to adjust anything. Everything fitted together nicely. The studio27 kit required a bit more work and I fear I might get some problems with the frontsuspension.
It might have to do with the fact the studio27 kit is a few years older.
My further progress is now slowed down by the birth of our twins who of course also demand some of their fathers time.