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Re: 1/12th Maserarti MC12

Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:32 am
by daves
Going to try the window in the morning.

Dave

Re: 1/12th Maserarti MC12

Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:55 pm
by daves
More progress today and the windshield fit. https://www.f1m.com/forum/posting.php?m ... 29&t=30820#

Dave
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Re: 1/12th Maserarti MC12

Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:16 pm
by Indy1977TX
Dave, beautiful work! Cannot wait to hear the owner's reaction.

I will not be in Hawaii before 2021 now, the quarantine does not lift until 8/1 and that is just too late to start a trip. But Honolulu will be one of our stops, for sure!

Jordan

Re: 1/12th Maserarti MC12

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 2:11 am
by Hein
Nice one Dave!, very good looking paint job.
Never heard of ABC before, very interesting kit.

Re: 1/12th Maserarti MC12

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 2:15 am
by Moskie
Nice. I built the much smaller brother, the 1/43 version. Nice build only the headlights were too difficult for me. Same problem as you have, flat sheet of clear plastic. I think you'll need a mould of some sorts and use heat.

Re: 1/12th Maserarti MC12

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:54 am
by sky1911
daves wrote:I have been laying off this one for a long time. With the COVID shut down, I have no excuse not to work on it. I made some great progress this week. i painted the body with Tamiya Pearl White, which is close to the real car. Used Tamiya Blue for the bottom. The masking was a challenge for my limited masking skills. Building the Williams FW14 helped in this area. The way the progress is going, I should have it done in a week or two. Looking forward to delivering it so I can take my nephew up to see my friends car collection.

Dave<last pic>
Hi Dave,

wow, was others have said, that last photo is awesome. Are you on Oahu or one of the other islands? I've lived in Honolulu for a month in August 2007 and it was just awesome. Sadly I've only managed to go around the entire island once (on the day hurricane Flossy hit - without me realizing it until later that night...) and never made it to the Big Island or the others :(. I envy you for living in paradise...
.. and also for having a friend with a real MC-12. "That aside" - great work on the Maser! Seeing that you have done a few ABC Brianza kits in the past, how would you rate this one? I don't think I've ever seen one of these being done before.

Re: 1/12th Maserarti MC12

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 12:37 pm
by daves
Moskie wrote:Nice. I built the much smaller brother, the 1/43 version. Nice build only the headlights were too difficult for me. Same problem as you have, flat sheet of clear plastic. I think you'll need a mould of some sorts and use heat.
Fortunately the street version does not have headlamp covers.
Dave

Re: 1/12th Maserarti MC12

Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 12:43 pm
by daves
I have lived in Honolulu for over 30 years. Moved here from San Francisco. My wife was born here. It is paradise. Paul O'Farrell visited me here a few years ago.
I have only built one ABC kit previously, a 1/12th Porsche 917. This kit is much more of a challenge.
Dave

Re: 1/12th Maserarti MC12

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:12 am
by gp-models
Good work on the paint job Dave, looking nice! I like these "flat" material windows, they are a bit fiddly to attach, but they look way better then most vacuum formed parts finaly.
Keep it coming! :)

Re: 1/12th Maserarti MC12

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:44 am
by capri-schorsch
That worked very well.
The owner could proud of it.
The real car and of the model too!