WIP: Tamiya 1/20 Honda RA272 1965 Mexican GP
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:30 am
Morning guys
No carbon fibre, no aero, no chunky white metal parts... aaahhhh, feels like a comfy pair of slippers!!!
So this will be a full detail build of the 1965 Mexican GP winning car driven by Richie Ginther. Having read a little about this car recently I didn't quite appreciate how much of a significant car this was for Honda - and how quick it was in comparison to it's rivals at the time - and was held back due to Honda's unreliability probably down to the fact that it was only their second season in F1. I always thought it was a classic, maybe not as aesthetically beautiful as the Lotus 25 nevertheless still a lovely looking car.
So, I started with the engine as per the kit instructions...
After assembling the main engine block I added a couple of plates that are missing on the kit which surround the drive shafts, made from plasticard and I also added a small bracket to the top cover to allow a throttle control assembly missing in the kit...
I drilled the base for the Air Trumpets and the fuel injection assembly to allow for the fuel lines to be added...
I also drilled the engine block to take some plug leads.
I used Scaleproduction.de Air Trumpets which needed adapting and lowering in height as they were too long...
With the prep done I sprayed all the engine parts using Alclad 2 matt silver and pale gold...
I then added washes using Tamiya's panel line colours, brown for the gold parts and dark grey and black for the silver areas, once this was dry I reset the base colour before picking out the raised areas with some drybrushed highlighting ...
I then looked at replacing all the moulded bolt heads with aftermarket ones from Taurus Models...
The cam covers will be up next, firstly I added some Honda badges courtesy of a Crazy Modeller 'Honda' logo set...
Finally for this update, I painted the Injection assembly as per reference photos, a lot more detail to be added to this part to come...
No carbon fibre, no aero, no chunky white metal parts... aaahhhh, feels like a comfy pair of slippers!!!
So this will be a full detail build of the 1965 Mexican GP winning car driven by Richie Ginther. Having read a little about this car recently I didn't quite appreciate how much of a significant car this was for Honda - and how quick it was in comparison to it's rivals at the time - and was held back due to Honda's unreliability probably down to the fact that it was only their second season in F1. I always thought it was a classic, maybe not as aesthetically beautiful as the Lotus 25 nevertheless still a lovely looking car.
So, I started with the engine as per the kit instructions...
After assembling the main engine block I added a couple of plates that are missing on the kit which surround the drive shafts, made from plasticard and I also added a small bracket to the top cover to allow a throttle control assembly missing in the kit...
I drilled the base for the Air Trumpets and the fuel injection assembly to allow for the fuel lines to be added...
I also drilled the engine block to take some plug leads.
I used Scaleproduction.de Air Trumpets which needed adapting and lowering in height as they were too long...
With the prep done I sprayed all the engine parts using Alclad 2 matt silver and pale gold...
I then added washes using Tamiya's panel line colours, brown for the gold parts and dark grey and black for the silver areas, once this was dry I reset the base colour before picking out the raised areas with some drybrushed highlighting ...
I then looked at replacing all the moulded bolt heads with aftermarket ones from Taurus Models...
The cam covers will be up next, firstly I added some Honda badges courtesy of a Crazy Modeller 'Honda' logo set...
Finally for this update, I painted the Injection assembly as per reference photos, a lot more detail to be added to this part to come...