1974 McLaren M23
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Time to strip the horrid kit chrome finish
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My workbench when I started this kit… in 2014! ?
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Mig Ammo Metallic Red and Blue look the business over a silver base colour.
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Should have started using Tamiya rattle cans years ago!
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The red needs a good ol’ polishing!
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still not sure about the Tamiya seat belts. They need some top fasteners...
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I replaced all the horrible (and dated) Tamiya tubing with a mix of Tamiya 0.8mm black "cable", MFH clear brown tubing and Prime Miniatures "conduit" material for the cable to the mechanical fuel pump I added at the back of there left cylinder bank (other picture)
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More Prime Miniatures braided hose, made from fibreglass apparently. cool. Just needs a light black wash to tone it down a bit. The smaller braided line is Tuner Model Manufactory "spring unit" I picked up years ago. Any suggestions of an alternative is greatly welcomed because the stuff is brilliant
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next job is to combine the two... bricking it!
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The MFH seat belts are a proper upgrade from the kit belts. Well worth the effort to track them down.
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Komentáře
15 17 October 2023, 22:19
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Ooh! I started one of these WAAY back when but could never get beyond using garden hose for the engine wiring. I'll check it out.
27 February, 23:38
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I made half a dozen of these Tamiya kits over 40 years ago (that's a scary thought) but this particular kit was always eluded me. It was however the first kit I bought when I took the hobby back up in 2013 after a 15 year hiatus. Slow progress but so far so good 🤞
28 February, 00:16
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Looks great, Scott!
Your tools in photo 5...I've built a few kits where I feel that hammer might have come in handy, as well! 😉😂
3 March, 17:28
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That's so funny. That picture was taken over 10 years ago! My workbench has changed beyond recognition since then.
Spookily I retrieved this very kit from the bin recently after chucking it in anger due to the shitty Vallejo metal colours... thank goodness I didn't think of the hammer option!
4 March, 21:37