Late Season McLaren-Ford MP4/8
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Re: Late Season McLaren-Ford MP4/8
Jake,
Very nice build and you have made it come to life with added touches but agree with daveyman M@r!b*r* logos maybe next time!
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Very nice build and you have made it come to life with added touches but agree with daveyman M@r!b*r* logos maybe next time!
Thanks4Sharing!
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Re: Late Season McLaren-Ford MP4/8
Thanks for all the comments, guys! For clarification, I decided not to go for the M@r!b*r* decals because I had already gone way over budget with the build and did not want to spend any more on it. Even if I had gone for them, it'd still be inaccurate because the kit does not have Shell decals either.
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Re: Late Season McLaren-Ford MP4/8
Had any Problems with the fit of the Engine Cowling? Mine doesn't fit well.
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Re: Late Season McLaren-Ford MP4/8
Yes, the engine cover was narrower than the roll structure and the only way I could think to fix that is to use a ton of filler. That's part of the reason why I decided to go the full engine detail routevekkuli wrote:Had any Problems with the fit of the Engine Cowling? Mine doesn't fit well.
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There were 8 chassis built and according to my research the monocoques that ran without bargeboards were built without the mounting holes for them.PJE wrote:I agree! I've started my Senna Australia car but haven't gotten too far. One thing that I've wondered about when a MP4/8 was run without the barge boards. What did they do about the mounting holes in the chassis? Were they left open? Some type of plug? Maybe a little white tape?vanhookvintage wrote:Hey Jake,
One of the most beautiful F1 cars ever IMHO, especially without those massive barge boards. Good choice!
I ask because I see that you've filled in the holes. Very nice job Jake.
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Re: Late Season McLaren-Ford MP4/8
Love it, one if my faves, perfect level of detail and like the CF work
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Re: Late Season McLaren-Ford MP4/8
Excellent work of a beautiful car.....
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Re: Late Season McLaren-Ford MP4/8
Absolutely stunning build. I've been building cars for years and they aren't 1/2 as nice!
Just curious...what do you normally build?
Just curious...what do you normally build?
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Re: Late Season McLaren-Ford MP4/8
Thank you, you're too kind! I normally build 1/72 WW2 aircraft - much different than this! And I'm really enjoying the auto builds. I think I'll start up a Tamiya 1/24 Alpine A442 instead of a plane next.Pawlie wrote:Absolutely stunning build. I've been building cars for years and they aren't 1/2 as nice!
Just curious...what do you normally build?
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Re: Late Season McLaren-Ford MP4/8
Make sure to share that one too Loved to know how the kit builds out, its on my wishlist for surewhatisdeletrazdoing wrote:Thank you, you're too kind! I normally build 1/72 WW2 aircraft - much different than this! And I'm really enjoying the auto builds. I think I'll start up a Tamiya 1/24 Alpine A442 instead of a plane next.Pawlie wrote:Absolutely stunning build. I've been building cars for years and they aren't 1/2 as nice!
Just curious...what do you normally build?
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