Ferrari 248F1 - Fujimi 1/20 (Schumacher, Japan)
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2020 5:37 am
So about 7 years after I started it, I've finally got around to finishing this one! Not the easiest of kits when you deviate from the instructions, but I think it turned out OK.
A couple of things went wrong along the way - there was some slight yellowing in the lacquer over the white areas. I stripped those parts back and redid them, but it happened again. No idea why, but it's not too bad. It happened immediately, and has not changed after 6.5 years, so assume that's fairly stable now. I heard some cracking sounds when attaching the front pushrods (very awkward job) - couldn't see what caused it at the time, but realised that I'd pulled out one of the lower wishbone arms when I was fitting the wheels right at the end. Easy enough to fix, but the front suspension is not quite even (actually not related to this!) And the left nose cam ended up at a strange angle. Didn't want to risk damaging the clear by removing it though so decided to leave it as-is. I think the rest of it I'm pretty happy with!
I have the F2007 in my stash... which I'm not going to touch for quite a while after this one!
So here are my not very professional photos
A couple of things went wrong along the way - there was some slight yellowing in the lacquer over the white areas. I stripped those parts back and redid them, but it happened again. No idea why, but it's not too bad. It happened immediately, and has not changed after 6.5 years, so assume that's fairly stable now. I heard some cracking sounds when attaching the front pushrods (very awkward job) - couldn't see what caused it at the time, but realised that I'd pulled out one of the lower wishbone arms when I was fitting the wheels right at the end. Easy enough to fix, but the front suspension is not quite even (actually not related to this!) And the left nose cam ended up at a strange angle. Didn't want to risk damaging the clear by removing it though so decided to leave it as-is. I think the rest of it I'm pretty happy with!
I have the F2007 in my stash... which I'm not going to touch for quite a while after this one!
So here are my not very professional photos