pg265 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Hi, The Ferrari 3121 F1 1967 is finished... Time for the Gorgeous 1968 McLaren M7A! This is of course the beautiful kit from Model Factory Hiro, 1/20. The first step of the post will not be a building phase, but a quick Kit Review :wink: The Box: The plastic box: White Metal: Other parts: Decals: Instruction shhets: This is one of my favourite Formula one! Test fit, holes and... rivets! Some parts of the engine were sanded: Cockpit parts prepared, drilled and riveted using ss rivets, pre assembled but not yet polished: The white metal side water pipes replaced by brass pipes and alu holders. Edi did the same on his build. Rivets ok. Test fitting with screws: Primer: Black is black: This is the black I use to paint the propellers at the air club. The stunning Widia (Bosica) Vellocity stacks for V8 DFV: ... What else?! A/N fittings from the kit: Orange!! McLaren Orange from GC: I love it!! Nose (sorry for the horrible picture...) with tiny PE moustache installed and rear wing ready for primer Oil tank with weld lines and test fit of the stunning RB Motion anodized A/N fittings: Quick "fill" of the inside of the radiator with lead wire. Enough once both front and rear grids will be placed. Almost finished: I hope you will enjoy this WIP... Pascal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pg265 Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 Front bulkhead riveted and modified. New mount using once again Rob's parts instead of the molded white metal. test: Damper modified for the machined head: Nose ready for primer: Holes opened : Primer from Gravity: Steering wheel prepared and masked: Family picture: Test on the other version of the windshield. Front bulkhead unmasked and ready for completion: A small "T" fitting is quickly done. New modification for the upper part of the damper and the upper triangle: Steering wheel is almost done and waiting for oils: Small details added on the pedals: Brake fluid bottles detailed and installed. Adding few details on the steering box: The Roooaaaring Papaya is still progressing! Velocity stacks are finished. I was not that happy with the cam covers... So I replaced the white metal molded ones by some 0.8 Calibre 35 made from resin: McLaren Papaya Orange for the front extractor... I forgot. Forward triangles ready: Fuel pumps ready : Studying how I will put the harness. Hardware from F1 Specialties, T3B. Hairy DFV! details added on the "electronic" box: And on the admission ramps: Pics of the Cosworth with the sub assemblies installed and few details: Pascal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pg265 Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 Time to work on the Hewland Gearbox. Parts were already sand blasted then primed with GC light grey primer... sorry for the picture! Parts drilled where I'd add some details. The A/N line is ready. Black quickly sprayed. Test fitting: Washes , dry brushes, oils accessories and more soon. Small progress on the gearbox. Dry bushes with Polished Steel , Polished Alu from chez Humbrol Metal Cote. Oil job with Rembrandt (Extra fine) Sépia and W&N Artists Ivory Black, Gris de Payne et Outremer. Of course RB Motion bolts and washers were used. Pics will tell more: I hope you enjoy the Rooooaaaaring Papaya WIP. Pascal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trash Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Wow nice job looks great Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Wow, nice! That Cosworth DFV is beautiful. Love that it can be dispalyed in various states of assembly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Awesome, just awesome! That Cosworth engine looks so yummy! Beautiful details. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pg265 Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 Hi, thank you Mates! Pascal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pg265 Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 Hi, First of all, sorry for the (very!) poor quality pics... I will try to make some better. Brake calipers and the stub axle (?) were chemically burnished. Brake calipers were "stolen" to the M19 in order to replace those supplied in the kit. rear axle parts are prepared and drilled... too much drilled! I had to play with the low temp solder in order to fill the hole in the lower part, then sand, but now it's ok. Brass knobs for the dampers. Same method than those done for the Ferrari 312F1. They will be burnished. Primer and paint for everybody: Hi, Thanks Chris. This is just a light chemical treatment that can be done by everyone ;) You can use Blacken'it to oxidize the parts. If Blacken'it is not available, you can use the product provided by Uschi Van Der Rosten or Master. You just have to dip parts into it, wait, rince and brush them. Few progress. As usual, radiator is filled. Better pics than those from yesterday: Weld lines added. It's a bit rude for now, but with primer and flat black it should be ok. If not... I'll undo it and will make the weld lines with the iron as it was tested initially. Dampers almost finished. A Koni sticker was added... Just now need a light oil wash. Primer and paint session . Front dampers clear coated: Not that happy with the weld lines I find pretty rude and out of scale... I will decide what to do after "weathering" job on this side exhaust. Update on the Gearbox/Engine assembly and test fit: cooool! Time for pictures: Maybe I will do something like that for the weld lines: Pascal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Those dampers look good! Just like the øhlins I put on my Miata. I really like the hardware on the suspensioon joints. I look forward to the completed car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cag_200 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Excellent modelling ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Pascal It's been a long time since your last update. Sure hope that you're still working on the M7A. Bruce McLaren was one of my hero's until his untimely death. I followed Team McLaren as closely as I did Penske Racing. I was extremely fortunate to have Met both Bruce and Denny at the 1967 Can Am race at Bridgehampton NY. As usual, they were the class of the field. So your build is a very special one to me. I only wish that I had the skills to build a multi media kit to half your standards. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pg265 Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Hi, Sorry for poor updates... Thank you very much Joel. Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon are my all time favorite drivers with Jim Clark and Patrick Depailler. Maybe I will do something like that for the weld lines: This is the other solution regarding the exhaust weld lines. I made a real flat weld line with low temp solder. It was then masked with liquid mask and treated with burnishing product. A mask a bit larger was then done before shooting primer and mat black I think I will add few accessories: Not that happy with the former result: Plouf! gone to swim in the cellulose thinner. New black layer sprayed ZP Black on the gloves too: ... and Pure White on the helmet: Pascal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pg265 Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Me again... Maskol off, ZP Translucent blue and W&N Ivory black wash down on the weld lines area: Not decided yet... Couldn't resist to compare the DFV with the 500 F2 engine! Should have done the same with the Tipo 218 V12 of the312F1... Transmission progress: Oil coooooler; A/N fittings & braided line! Transmission is now almost done. Once the exhaust finished, engine and gearbox can be assembled, then fasten to the rear bulkhead. Weld lines are finished on the right side of the exhaust and left was redone. Few heat stains added. Weld lines are also made on the 2 in 1 tube. Pics of the sub assembly: Pascal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pg265 Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Few more pictures... Started to work on the instrument panel and tachometer/tacho connection. Angle gear is made of 2 parts of brass connectors, filed down and soldered. Not the best, but not too bad due to the fact that the part diameter is 0.7. The genuine hole in the tachometer is drilled with 0.5 bit, then filled with 0.5 lead wire. Dash board painted with Flat Black ZP: Front dampers done: Stub axle modified: ... then burnished: Same for the center of the wheels: Stainless steel pop rivets cut and installed. A little square bracket is fastened to the right side in order to hold the accelerator cable. Dashboard is finished and instruments are installed: Accelerator OK: I've tried to do the stitching by myself instead of applying decals: In the cockpit. A light weathering is started on the seat: Dry fitting: Time for the clear coat: Modification for the wing support: Shoulder straps done too: body installed and some work on the pipes with rubber connections and clamps. bracket for the brakes fittings Few details for the calipers (from the MFH M19). Test fit More soon! Pascal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainObvious Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 OMG Pascal. Every single part is a work of art. I gawk in amazement at the level of detail shown. Very very nice work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Pascal, OMG !! The level of your workmanship coupled with the incredible detail of those kits is just beyond anything I could ever imagine. The Cosworth engine looks better then the real one. Believe me I know as I've been up close and personal with more then one. the improved and super detailed Koni Shocks looks as real as it can get. And your instrument panel detailing is..., well, easily up to the level of the rest of your super detailed build. My only construction suggestion is with the helmet that you're painting. Bruce never wore a visor. Just the helmet which was originally white, then in later years silver and his goggles. Denny Hulme used the visor till the motorcycle helmets were used by the drivers. My all time favorite F1 drivers were: Dan Gurney, Jim Clark, and Bruce McLaren. Only Gurney lived through his entire racing career and is still at 80+ involved with AAR Racing. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pg265 Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 Hi, Thank you very much Mates! Don't worry about the helmet and the pilot gear Joel... More pics of the RRROOOOAAAAARRRRING Papaya ;) Front end of the McLaren is still progressing and almost done. Work on the rhodoïd windshield of the M7A: - cut, - drilled, - Black gasket painted and a color test It begins to look like a Formula 1 ... And I love the pilot's name calligraphy! Prep, primer and ZP SG Black. details added: I forgot this part... so Orange is out. Need to clear coat... or not... new color test... ...PGo for this one: Details on the masts with the linkage bracket: New parts made: A bit disappointed due to the fact I din't have enough nuts to make a better detailing... test fitting: Cooling duct connected. Alu tape having fun into a bath of MEK : I spent a loooong time to find a solution and to succeed in modifying the rear tie rods: I didn't like that much the original ones. I also added the brake lines . As the build is on a good way, I took some pictures of the M7 next to the 312 and the body of a Lotus 49... More soon!;) Pascal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) Pascal, It's rare that we closet race car kit collectors (need to start to build them as time is running out), are treated to the level of your builds especially considering that the Hiro multi media kits are extremely difficult to build. Yet you've not only managed to build one after another, you increased the level of their detail to levels I've only seen on the real cars. Your M7A is truly amazing, and I've more then once had to look twice to make sure that the pictures are indeed of the model. The last two pictures have the monocoque shell of the Lotus 49c, the concept that all the F1 cars soon followed. Jim Clark won the 1st time out in 1967 with that car at the Zandvoort Dutch Grand Prix after suffering earlier in the season with two older car designs. This is another build that I can't wait for. As a matter of fact I bought the Ebbro 1/20 scale Lotus 49c and the Lotus 72e, that will be the start of my Ebbro lotus collection. I was privileged to meet Clark, Hill, & Chapman in 1967 at the USGP F1 at Watkins Glen and was just in awe of them and the 49c. It is still my 2nd favorite all time F1 car from that era, with the Gurney AAR Eagle as number 1. BTW, Hiro some time ago released it in both scales. I sure hope that you're able to build one, so I can follow along right here on ARC. Joel Edited March 1, 2018 by Joel_W Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pg265 Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 Hi, Thanks soooooo much for the kind comments Joel! It seems we share the same passion and love the same legends! Of course, Dan Gurney is also one of the greatest pilots of all time: I would have loved to know them at that time. So, of course once again, I have the stunning Eagle T1G, 1/20, from MFH The Chassis between the McLaren and the Ferrari is the bathtub of the Lotus 49, early type used for the 5 first GP of the 1967 season. A 1/20th MFH beauty again. Work on the coolant pipe. The one which is running under the right side of the Body. Masked, primed, painted and quickly clear coated with brush and Klear. Installed and connected to the water pump on the engine side and to the radiator on the front end. Same thing on the left side. Stabilizing bar and rear view mirrors polished: The intake trumpets are made of brass and need another color. As usual with that kind of part, I prefer a chemical traetment. So, the mesh is burnished with a blackening agent and slightly dry brushed with Metal Cote Polished Steel. Then a thin aluminum band is installed around the base of the mesh. An example on the MFH Lotus 49 DFV intakes, then on the AWESOME Widia velocity stacks of the McLaren. Fuel pump, expansion bowl (?...) and wing mounts installed. The engine mounting plates are rebuilt and installed with RBMotion hardware. Time for the Papaya to have wheels. Central seam line is sanded. The blue ring is a mix of US Navy paints from Model Master Acryl. Tires are airbrushed thru the MFH tool. A last look on the caliper and its details... Shoes or socks on! Nose on: with her red friend: already thinking to the next one... More soon. The end is not far. Sorry once again for my poor english and maybe the use of the wrong words sometimes... Pascal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Pascal, Another truly amazing update. I'm just in awe at how you go about polishing the metal parts. the intake screens look better then the real ones. As for the intake trumpets, at least the ones we had on our Genie Ford, they were just plain dull aluminum not shiny at all. Now that Talbot mirrors were indeed highly polished. Back in the '60s we ran them both on the Rascal Racing race cars and most of us had them installed on our MGA & Bs. I have mine mounted over the front axles and always regretted it rather then on the doors. Just looked better that way. I'm really impressed how Hiro made that tool to apply the blue circle on the Goodyear's. Now you have a perfect set of Racing Blue streak tires. Back then we called the brake pads shoes, but I honestly don't remember calling the tires anything special. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pg265 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Thank you very much for all the kind comments Joel. The intakes installed on the engine are not so shiny than the ones used to show the mesh which are in fact the MFH parts I'm not working with. I widely prefer the, now extremely rare, Widia Models intakes which are made of a more dull aluminium. I also have those highly polished race mirrors on my..... Mini! (The real one, the Austin, not the BMW...) The MFH tool for the tyres ring is a must have as the (beautiful) decals are just impossible to install correctly, I mean I'm not able to lay them down on the tires with a nice circular result! But it's not so easy to use that great tool and I must admit that my Blue Circle Line is a bit to thick for my taste. Here we are! The Roaring Papaya is finished. Mat black after masking: Windshield is installed with 0.7 resin rivets. Mirrors, Dzus and metal rivets of the front hatch are also now done. Few more pics of the car undressed. And others with "clothes" on! Voilà! I hope this wip was plesant for you. As usual, comments and remarks are welcome. Thanks a lot once again for your interest and being so patient. Pascal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Pascal, The McLaren M7A is as close to being a real replica as humanly possible. The finished model is beyond what I thought was possible in 1/20 scale. I can't visualize what you could do with one of Hiro's 1/12 scale F1 kits. Your models have once again broke back some great memories that I long had forgotten. Thank you so much for that, as it means quite a lot to me. I'm looking forward to your Lotus 49c, as it will be another incredible build for sure. I should have known that you were a sports car and race enthusiast. So you have an original Mini Cooper. I'm guessing it's a 1275cc Super S. I was fortunate to have driven one on a few occasions. The darn then handled so much better then my street/race '67 MGB. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pg265 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Thank you once again Joel. It’s really a great pleasure to share the WIP with Mates like you! No, unfortunately... not a 1275 Cooper S. Just my beloved Black Beauty Mini 1000 with a stage 1 and a double Maniflow inox (stainless steel) exhaust! The Type 49 will have to wait for the 1/12 1967 Chris Amon Monaco 312F1 to be finished. I’ve also started a M19 and a Lotus Type 43 powered with the BRM H16 engine... Pascal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 21 hours ago, pg265 said: Thank you once again Joel. It’s really a great pleasure to share the WIP with Mates like you! No, unfortunately... not a 1275 Cooper S. Just my beloved Black Beauty Mini 1000 with a stage 1 and a double Maniflow inox (stainless steel) exhaust! The Type 49 will have to wait for the 1/12 1967 Chris Amon Monaco 312F1 to be finished. I’ve also started a M19 and a Lotus Type 43 powered with the BRM H16 engine... Pascal Pascal, Still you have a Mini. With that exhaust the sound must be real sweet. I'm with you for the long haul as I just love your builds. The M19 wasn't one of my favorite McLarens, but it's still a McLaren. Sure hope you're doing one of Denny Hulme's rides. As for the Lotus type 43 with the less successful BRM's big H16 engine was a real beast. But it's a Lotus, so it has it's place in F1 history. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pg265 Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) Hi, Yeah! Real race sound for the Mini! Few pics of the '67 1/12 312F1 Pascal Edited March 5, 2018 by pg265 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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