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THat´s it.
Thinking over a bunch of built models I just acquired, that idea came again to my mind.
Anyone tried?
For me, apart from the obvious (replacing the V8 for a Brabham loaned BMW and remaking the sidepods) my main doubt is with the nose.
Apart from the tip that looks easy, I have thought of straightening the twisted profile of the sides at the wishbones area, then the thing will be adapting the suspension. Any thouhts? experiences?
THanks!

The main problem I see is that the nose is a lot shorter, and the suspension is closer to the cockpit by around 10cm in 1/1. I did a tool to build the 188's suspension from the outside, maybe could be used to move the suspension back a bit, but I just have one kit and the monocoque is already built.

Here is some stuff from modelboard.net...

https://www.modellboard.net/index.php?topic=30595.0

It just took me some time, but I found it again... the pictures of S27. It might also be helpful for your project.

http://www.studio27.co.jp/product/DX2049/DX2049.html

Wow hanks boys You are the best!
As I say that's the strength of this community, and always thank Eric for that!
Great contributions all of them, Marcos and Thomas. very useful.
I'll try to make a compromise between "not bother too much" and the comprehensive work our fellow Tormentor did

Well, I thought you would like this...


By a huge margin the best side picture of a B186 I found.
It's taken from far away, so the scale is quite consistent (though you should not all in the confidence trap).
From these ones and others, I took some conclusions.
-The overall figure o the car is quite similar. I mean, besides wheelbase that differs in 2 or mm (in scale!) everything else is in the same place.
-No, front suspension is not exactly closer to the cockpit... if you count the cockpit reference as the most consistent one, the head rest. Yes it´s closer to the cockpit front edge because cockpit is longer, more open.
-Chassis is mostly the same, but for those carvings the B188 has, while the 86 has straight side walls. Could be easy, but the problem might be adapting the suspension.
-Sidepods, well it´s about removing what you don´t want but keeping significant parts that will make it quite easier.
So even if the result is not 100% accurate, It´ll be a "replace the engine, remove what you don´t need, add hat you need, leave the rest alone" project.
Hmmm I like this car since 37 years ago!!! I even tried to make it from a pesky MIRA Ferrari 156/85 car.
God bless MIRA anyway, they made really nice things when TOYS used still to be made near the Valencia area, in Spain...

hi James,

There is a B186 chassis here in Australia and I've seen it a few times at historic events. I've uploaded some photos for you in the link below; At the top banner you can see a white download arrow, you can download all 85 photos in a few clicks as a zip file.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/181654851 ... 954116142/

Some photos are a bit detailed, but I think there are also some useful ones to help you with bodyshape, suspension, panel lines, etc.

Good luck with the project

Wow, fantastic photoset, thanks for sharing!
Did the zip file thing and it worked a treat!

M.

Great stuff Jeff !!!

Wow! Jeff big Thanks!!! As usual help and good mood from the antipodes (or towards, it's a matter of erspective quoting 007!), I also downloaded them.
Just saw them all, amazing!!!
They'll be of GREAT help. I never saw or knew or noticed the undercuts on the chassis to allocate the radiator and the intercooler