CaptainObvious

Hello ARC, i came across this one day and it piqued my interest. 1/20 is far more common for F1 but I prefer 1/24 to match with my other cars. This is my first time building an F1 car. Here are the parts that comes with the standard kit. Not too many. But this "super detail" edition comes with these extras. I used most of it except for the white metal exhausts, opting instead for the standard plastic parts. The relatively simple cockpit tub, engine and aft suspension built up. and the few body panels. These were painted Tamiya Racing Whit

I'm late to the party but that's some really nice work!

Thanks for your kind words Robert!

Awesome finish. I really like the subtle tonal variation and restrained weathering.

Hi Kurt, It's nice to see that you're still working on this. Plenty of good effort and result so far. I'm here to cheer you on! -co

That's an astounding result! The attention to detail is crazy. Just awesome work. -co

Hi Harry, The model looks okay from 3 feet away 😅 Even though I'm tempted many times to abandon projects, I do find satisfaction seeing finished models on the shelf no matter the quality of the work. It serves as a physical record of the time put in. That's part of my motivation for pushing through to the end. I still have models from my teens in the display case. Thanks for taking the time to leave those kind words. I really appreciate it. -co

All those sporadic sessions did add up and I finally got around to calling it done. I can't remember the number of times I broke stuff off while adding other stuff. Progress was really slow and frustrating. Many times I wanted to throw the kit against the wall. But I'm glad I pushed through. Thanks for dropping by -co

Hi all, This kit sat in the stash for about 10 years cos I didn't think I could pull it off. This is my first 1/350 ship and I'm not used to all these tiny parts. The kit comes with small photo etch frets but I had to complicate the build by adding a larger one from Gold Medal Models. It started out well enough But I quickly burned out working with the tiny parts and could only work in short spurts. At this point unfortunately, I stopped taking progress pics. -co

My first armor kit in about 30 years. It's a nice little kit to dip my toes back into armor. Tried out some basic weathering techniques. Mostly done with Mr Weathering Color products. Thanks for dropping in. -co

Fantastic job! Very convincing overall finish 👍

beautifully done!

Thanks Steve, I'll be sure to check it out :)

Hi snichols, Thank you for your encouraging words. Your LM projects are amazing! I got burnt out doing this simple project so I can't imagine the commitment required to get to that level of your LMs. Really awesome stuff!

Thank you for your very kind words Pete! Your postings played no small part in this project. I do find spaceflight facinating. I've read many books, watched numerous documentaries and movies. This was what lead me to start this project. Little did I know how deep this rabbit hole goes. Looking at the numerous, sometimes conflicting references and trying to make sense of it all left me overwhelmed. As can be seen from the length of time it took, I got a little burnt out. Working in short spurts at this bear of a kit, it eventually crawled to completion. D