Honda RA 272 1/24 Hasegawa

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March 4, 2018
Engine has been dealed first
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March 4, 2018
Engine , all painted with acrylics (Gunze & Tamiya)
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March 4, 2018
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May 5, 2018
Paint mixes for engine and exhausts
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March 4, 2018
Engine and gearbox glued together
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March 4, 2018
Engine and gearbox assembly
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March 4, 2018
Bodywork being glued
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April 2, 2018
Suspension and drive train assembled
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April 2, 2018
Spark plug wires will be added from cooper wire
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April 2, 2018
Sh...t happens .. I lost one admission "cone" and the carpet monster has eaten it ... even I have a wood floor and no carpet 😉
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April 2, 2018
.. so I made a new one from electric wire insulation ... Looks the part ... doesn't it ?
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April 2, 2018
Engine-gearbox-suspension assembly almost finished
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April 2, 2018
Fuel lines have been added to the engine
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April 2, 2018
Rear exhausts stack in place
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April 2, 2018
And front stack too ...
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April 2, 2018
I messed-up a bit with with front exhausts ,,, they are quite difficult to glue together ,,,
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April 2, 2018
All exhaust glued in place .... rather difficult ... Rear stack came quite easy , but I messed-up a bit with the front stack
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April 2, 2018
Full exhausts stack in place
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April 2, 2018
Bodywork painted satin white from a rattle can
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April 2, 2018
And glued to the floor-pan
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April 5, 2018
Brake lines added from vinyl tube
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April 10, 2018
Nose being glued to bodywork
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April 10, 2018
Powertrain and engine cover in place.
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April 10, 2018
Hinomaru decal broke in some places.
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April 10, 2018
After some Microsol decal conformed to the surface but broke even more.
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April 10, 2018
Hinomaru decal painted over with Tamiya gloss red .. looks quite good to me.
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April 15, 2018
After a coat fo Future looks quite good ...
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April 15, 2018
Some more progress ... Steering wheel and dashboard
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May 4, 2018
Powertrain detail
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May 1, 2018
I'm afraid engine block has been glued a bit to far back and then suspension arms from the kit are too short. I've replaced these parts with wire from a paper clip.
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May 1, 2018
I messed it up ,,,, when touching up the paint on the arms , some paint went to the body. I tryed to remove with thinner and messed it much more ...
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May 1, 2018
AAARRRGGGGG
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May 1, 2018
Almost finished ,,,, in the end Hinomaru doesn't look so bad .... isn't it ?
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May 1, 2018
Not so bad ,,,, but colour hue is just a bit different .... let's see how it turns out after the second coat
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May 1, 2018
First coat to remove the offending black smudge . Brush painted in X2 Tamiya Gloss White with a touch of Gunze H21 off-white
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May 4, 2018
Without flash , difference in hue is rather more evident , but it's OK to me.
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May 4, 2018
Finished
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May 4, 2018
Finished
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May 5, 2018
Workbench cleaned ... well ... sort of 😉 ... and now .... let's start another project

Comments

1 4 March 2018, 19:34

Björn Svedberg
Really nice engine build! 👍 I'm looking forward to see the rest of the car. 🙂

5 April 2018, 20:50

Spanjaard
i am in too 🙂

10 April 2018, 21:54

Tom Ballhoff
Such a nice work.

10 May 2018, 19:11

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Tks Tom

10 May 2018, 19:45

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Finished

3 June 2018, 06:59

Spanjaard
Well done!

3 June 2018, 22:31

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It should've been an easy project with a bit of added detail and aftermarket decals, but not to be finnished in just a Week-end.
I'm not Mike Grant.
😉
But I'd like to ,,,,,
So let's see how it turns out ,,,,
Pavla seats were discarded ... too big for the cockpit.
Interior : Tamiya XF-53 , XF-22
Seats : Tamiya XF-63 , Gunze H421
Undersides : Gunze H325
Uppersides : Gunze H27 , Gunze (20 H1+12 H27 + 3 H325
All brush painted
In the end the project took much more time than I'd expected. Not an easy shake and bake kit .... at least to me.

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