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McLaren MP4/4 "My Biggest Project" 1:8

Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 1:36 pm
by senninha
Hello modelers,

after finishing my MP4/5b I started a new project. As you can read in the title this will be my biggest project. Senna 1st title car the legendary MP4/4. The kit is from Kyosho. I started with the engine. Though I received some good progress during the last 3 weeks there is still a lot to do. Due to the big scale you can do a lot of detailing and yes I will do everything I'm able to.
The most time consuming thing was to achieve a realistic look of the air intake on the top of the motor. The special structure was not easy to achieve but im satisfied. After that I worked on the engine in general and added the first details, like the small springs in front of the air intake and drilling some holes for the rivets. Also I finished the exhausts I love this glowing look, it looks a bit too much on the photos but in real it is a match. Maybe there will be a bit washing to filter the glowing effect a little bit. A bit of carbon work was also done, I hate to carbonize brake ducts but now its finished.

Lets have a look to the pictures:

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thx for watching

Re: McLaren MP4/4 "My Biggest Project" 1:8

Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 5:06 pm
by gp-models
Amazing start on this huge monster, the exhaust is looking great, i would not do changings on that, looks perfect! :)
Still bookmarked this build, will be following with interest! :D

Re: McLaren MP4/4 "My Biggest Project" 1:8

Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 7:56 pm
by turboF1
I’ve been waiting a while for someone to do a WiP on this big kit. Will be watching this one. Great progress so far. Leave those exhaust pipes just like they are.

Re: McLaren MP4/4 "My Biggest Project" 1:8

Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 9:32 pm
by Jeff
this is going to be good, subscribed!

Re: McLaren MP4/4 "My Biggest Project" 1:8

Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 11:59 pm
by senninha
thank you very much guys, especially to gp-models. He supported me with 64MB of reference pics and that helps a lot.

Re: McLaren MP4/4 "My Biggest Project" 1:8

Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 11:09 am
by Indy1977TX
Great start on this monster. I will be watching this WIP to see all the great detail that can be added.

Jordan

Re: McLaren MP4/4 "My Biggest Project" 1:8

Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 9:50 pm
by f40
Very nice. Love the exhaust pipes

Re: McLaren MP4/4 "My Biggest Project" 1:8

Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 5:08 am
by gp-models
senninha wrote:thank you very much guys, especially to gp-models. He supported me with 64MB of reference pics and that helps a lot.

Happy that i could help a bit on this one, a big thank you for supporting myself with the instructions you send me, a big help to me too! :)
Looking forward to your progress, the result will be spectecular i bet!

Re: McLaren MP4/4 "My Biggest Project" 1:8

Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 7:39 am
by Eagle
Superb work on the carbon fiber for the turbo and brake ducts, it is sooooo hard to get the decals to conform to the compound curves. Wonder why no-one ever produced a high detail kit for this model; Seanmain had talked about it a while back. Qualitywise it is the best of all the subscription kits, the paint quality is like glass, no orange peel, dust, etc that one encounters in other subscription kits.

Re: McLaren MP4/4 "My Biggest Project" 1:8

Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 8:33 am
by senninha
The paint quality on mine was ok, but there was dust in some areas. The problem is, that the cowling consists of 4 parts. So you see big lines and it looks like revell junior kit. Concerning that you have the brush the cowling again after sanding and sanding to reach a smooth surface. Another „show stopper“ is the material you can‘t removing the paint with for example dowanol. In this context the paint is like glass :)
So have to remove it with sanding paper. NeverthelessThe overall quality is very good