Tamiya 1/12 Yardley Mclaren M23 1974

[Jqaprilia4601]

Good afternoon gents....

New on the bench...and loving it ;D... Have been looking for this one for a while and it does not let down..


and got a start on it so long...

the seat belt assemblys..

 

[Jqaprilia4601]

Good afternoon gents...

Small update, work is keeping me till all hours of the day so no chance to model...but did manage to get some stuff done.

First up, got some layers of primer and then some briliant orange onto the side of the body...



Then got on to finishing up the tub, mounting the seat and getting all the other bits done.
also got the final layer of orange on.



while at the same time getting a start on the motor so long..



thanks for watching.....ciao ciao

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely off to a good start with this

 

[WebbyNZ]

Beautiful car and it is starting well.

 

[foenetik]

im in for sure! cant wait to see what you do with it. great start.

 

[Jqaprilia4601]

Good evening all...
Here with a small update.....but first

Definitely off to a good start with this

Beautiful car and it is starting well.

im in for sure! cant wait to see what you do with it. great start.

Thank you gentelman for the kind words....hope I dont disepoint...

First off.. started with the radiators...thy come with some PE as well... I like.



Then I got into doing the front fire wall...

Then came the fluid holders that go on the fire wall

next up was the front suspention....first asembled the shocks...thy caled for a black spring...I thought the lemon yellow from Tamiya look way beter...

Then came the suspention arms....all in black

then the matting of the two....


Then i had to fit everything onto the fire wall....



Then came the the front brake disc assembly...


Together with some PE parts it looks realy cool...


then came fitting the entire setup together, and then onto the car.....this was fun...... but came out realy nice




I added a bit of piping to the fluid containers on the fire wall...I drilled some holes in there and just slotted the pipes through...still going to decide if thy going to go anywhere...


Well thats it for now guys....thanks for looking

Ciao Ciao

 

[vinceqn]

What brand paints are you using?

 

[Quaralane]

Impressive work so far here

 

[Jqaprilia4601]

Good morning gents...

What brand paints are you using?

I am using Tamiya acrylic and enamel paints on this...I love there enamel paints for metal surfaces, its about the best, (in my opinion ;D) bar Alclade maybe.

Impressive work so far here

Thank you kindly Quaralane...working my a$$ of on this one, but not getting alot of time to spend on it, work is keeping me busy!!

 

[Jqaprilia4601]

Good morning gentelman...

Long overdue update, life and work has been keeping me busy but I have been able to find some time for the bench... so here go's...

Main focus has been the motor and gearbox.....started on the fuel rail, injectors and trumpets...




Once that was done,I moved onto the fuel destibutor and fuel lines....gave the fuel lines a nice stain with some tamiya clear yellow.


Then came fitting the spider web of lines onto the injectors..



Then at the same time I did the HT leads...but think i need to shorten some of them...







With that completed came the construction of the gearbox....



Then construction of the drive shafts..



Just a loose lay out...


Then came construction and fitment of the rear brakes and suspention...


Hubs..



Painted up the shocks...


while waiting for the shocks to dry, I did the oil coolers with there PE mesh parts...


As soon as the shocks were dry, I assembled them...


and then assembeld the rear suspention onto the gear box..



and then again just laid together to get an idea on the look..




and thats it for now folkes...chat again soon...

Ciao Ciao..

 

[Quaralane]

Looking really good there

 

[Jqaprilia4601]

Good morning gents.....
Small update today, did some small work on finishing off the gearbox and back suspention, unfortunatly, I have no photos of that, i will load some of those for the next update.

Last night I was wotking on finishing up the wheels and tires....
The instructions called for gold leaf but I was hoping to try something new on these and thought it might turn out to dark, so went with a lighter titanium gold....



So somewhere on this fourum or somwhere els ( cant remember ) I read about using X19 smoke to whether your wheels and give them a more aged metalic look, thought I would give it a bash....

Before...

After...


The difrence is subtele yet striking....I love it, think it came out just the way I wanted it!




and thats it for now guy's.....will post again soon..
thanks for watching..Ciao Ciao.

 

[foenetik]

lookin great!

 

[Jqaprilia4601]

Good morning gents!!
Had a good day yesterday as I got to spend most of the day at the bench....

lookin great!

Thank you for the kind words foenetik, glad you like.

Now for the update.....

Got the oil tank asembled and painted up...



Then moved on to finishing up the pipes... quite a mission to get them together and in the right place, loads of dry fitting to make sure i clear all the angles and leave space for the plumbing to be conected later...


Sorry for the lack of photos in the buld procese, you blokes should know how it gets when you get going....I then decided to give them a bit of heat afected rust, a first for me, came out good I think...






That concluded the motor assembly, I then went on to finish of the body work so that I could mate first the gearbox to the motor, and then that assembly onto the body..


With that done I assembeled the entire thing togrther and for the first time it looks like a car, and not just some stray parts laying around...




and then finaly, I put the wheels on just to see what we have......A CAR!!!!!!


and thats it for this round folkes...thanks for watching.
Ciao Ciao.

 

[Tailor]

OK!...
... Wow!
... Dude!

 

[foenetik]

its really coming together nicely!

 

[Quaralane]

Looking good. Nicely detailed

 

[WebbyNZ]

Stunning, no other word for it, the extra effort in the details is really making at engine pop. The rust effect is a great idea and well executed.

 

[Hoggarth]

Beautiful job! I love the work on the engine wiring.

 

[Jqaprilia4601]

;D Thank you all for the kind words! This one is on the back burner for a bit as I have a few things I would like to finish for our MOY comp at the end of the month! Will finish it soon. Cheers!