1:12 MFH McLaren MP 4/5B - Sennas 2nd Championship
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:34 pm
Hello Modelers,
new year new build. Long time ago I was dreaming of a 1:12 MP4/5B. For me its one of the most iconic Formula 1 cars. Maybe it was unfair from Senna with saving the title through kicking Prost out of the race, but on the other hand it was one of the most spectacular title wins of all time.
Today I will start my 2nd MFH building report. The start of the build itself was 8 weeks ago with sanding and dry fitting. My model has a lot of fitting issues. It was horrible to achieve a perfect fit of the windshield and the covers of the air outtakes on the side. The latter one was 5 weeks of hard work, with 2 tubes of revells putty and 2 spray cans of tamiyas primer. But now im feeling comfortable with. The wind shield was also very hard to install, because it was too slim and the cowling was too wide. Now it fits narrowly. But the most difficult thing was to reinstall the small gap between cowling and shield. It was a mess.. and i really hate to engrave the lines again.
The next update will be about the preparing of the engine.
I hope you enjoy this build.
so far so good..
new year new build. Long time ago I was dreaming of a 1:12 MP4/5B. For me its one of the most iconic Formula 1 cars. Maybe it was unfair from Senna with saving the title through kicking Prost out of the race, but on the other hand it was one of the most spectacular title wins of all time.
Today I will start my 2nd MFH building report. The start of the build itself was 8 weeks ago with sanding and dry fitting. My model has a lot of fitting issues. It was horrible to achieve a perfect fit of the windshield and the covers of the air outtakes on the side. The latter one was 5 weeks of hard work, with 2 tubes of revells putty and 2 spray cans of tamiyas primer. But now im feeling comfortable with. The wind shield was also very hard to install, because it was too slim and the cowling was too wide. Now it fits narrowly. But the most difficult thing was to reinstall the small gap between cowling and shield. It was a mess.. and i really hate to engrave the lines again.
The next update will be about the preparing of the engine.
I hope you enjoy this build.
so far so good..