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Bozzer
I've never seen this one, before? It kinda reminds me of a Star wars Stormtrooper!
I'll most definitely have to look it up.
You've done a great job with those details though, Tim. I'm guessing you had to make a lot of adjustments, to convert it into axle forward?

Tim Powell
The hardest part of this conversation has been the half circle wheel well "caps". A lot of cutting, trimming and puttying to get the look right. It's not perfect by actual truck standards, but I got the look down. I haven't decided on single or dual drive (leaning toward single), but I'll have to adjust the front axle a bit. Not a big deal

Martin Oostrom
It reminds me of a styrofoam helmet to protect small children, or a Sally Field hairdo.
Being from Europe, this truck doesn't ring any bells for me, but I do admire the work you're putting in

Tim Powell
Early 60's Modification from Ford to convert the C series to a COE. It's very different, that's one reason I like it...I'm a bit old school growing up in the truckin 70's

Bozzer
That turned out great, mate! Definitely a conversation starter, and I think that you should enter that, in your next local, model competition. It'll certainly catch the eyes of the judges.

Tim Powell
Maybe, but too many warts….i know where the issues are

Bozzer
You're too modest mate. That's something to be proud of, right there 👍

bossy122
Yeah, this probably isn't the kit you want to start your F1 collection with, it's really bad. I don't know if you've gotten to the gearbox or worse still; the exhausts, but none of it lines up properly. Those early Tamiya kits were BAD compared to the later kits. From about the BT 46 going on is when the quality improved. M23, JS11, Lotus 78, 312T, Wolf and this P34 were all more glorified toys than models.

Jakko ‌
TBH, the only reason I bought it is because I've always liked the oddball appearance of the P.34. Luckily, I'm not planning on starting an F1 model collection at all, so not a problem there at least 🙂 I very quickly noticed the kit is showing its age, and it seems to have also been available in a motorised version (see the battery compartment in the floor plate) so I guess that also contributes to it being less than stellar …

As for the gearbox, I did get to that already, but it's still loose from the engine — that's why I need the glue clamp to hold things in position to fit the exhausts. Those are easily the worst part of the kit I've encountered so far. Fiddly to clean up because of the bends and the stupid metallic-coloured plastic, they're hard to fit even with the rear exhaust pipes temporarily in place, and the fourth pipe pushes everything out of line even when the glue has dried on the other three …

bossy122
Fujimis P34/2 is a good build.

Jakko ‌
If I had known that a year and a half ago (and seen it at the model show I bought this kit at on a whim 🙂 ) I would have gone for that one … as it is, this one is going to get finished! 🙂

bossy122
Ooh. Just realizing this is the Japanese GP. That PE rear wing support wasn't fun for me but maybe your armour building skills will help with that. I got one picture of my completed project, went to move it and the whole thing crumnled on me. I had to go back and change to the #4 Depallier car. Be sure to watch the markings in the instructions as I believe each car had different Japanese text on it.

Jakko ‌
There's a sizeable sheet of etched parts, but they're all pretty large compared to what you get in typical aftermarket AFV sets, so it didn't phase me, no 🙂 I've put together the vertical sides by now, which was slightly tricky but not too bad. The exhaust pipes were worse, but I haven't got to the "cage" that holds up the rear wing yet, that might change my mind 😉 Still, being a Serious Armour Modeller™, I own a folding tool, which will probably make it easier to put those parts together.

The Japanese text in the markings is transliterations of the various names from Latin letters to their corresponding katakana, so yes, I do need to be careful to put the right ones on 🙂

Martin Oostrom
Keep it up Jakko! You're doing fine for an AFV guy 😁

Jakko ‌
Thanks 🙂 Still, the further I get with this kit, the more I agree with @bossy122 that this was probably not the best kit to pick for my first F1 car in 35+ years, and the second ever in my life (I built the Surtees TS 16/03 (Matchbox PK-305, 1:32) when I was young, that's it 🙂)

bossy122
Don't feel bad, i've been building F1s for 20 some odd years - including 2 Tamiya P34s - and had my ass handed to me TWICE last year trying to complete ONE P34.
When I saw your completed rear wing PE thing, I recalled that a big problem I had was getting that contraption mounted to the gearbox/rear end/ what have you.

Jakko ‌
Oh, I don't feel bad about it — though I kind of wish this one was done already so I can start on that Sherman BARV I've been wanting to build 😉

As for the rear wing, I test-fitted it when the glue on it was dry and it seemed to go on easily enough. However, I'm hazy at the moment on how it's supposed to STAY on …

bossy122
Yeah, that was the problem. Like I mentioned before; I went to move mine and it all crumbled.

Jakko ‌
I guess I'll take that hurdle when I get to it 😉 For now I'm making good progress, having just painted the body etc. blue so the end is starting to get into view …

bossy122
Onwards and upwards!

Laurent VILLANUEVA "HELLER-forever"
super !

Jakko ‌
Thanks, but you clearly haven't seen it up close 😉

bossy122
Result! But I think your funnel cover is on backwards.

Jakko ‌
Is it?

/me checks instructions

Damn, you're right … I didn't pay enough attention to the instructions, and kind of assumed that the curved part would be at the front. I think I should be able to pry it off and fit it the other way around. Thanks for pointing it out 🙂

bossy122
That's okay. I have a Lotus 97 with rain tyres, one of which has the tread going the wrong direction.....and I cannot get that wheel off without fear of destroying the suspension arms. And hey! If you want to, Jody needs a head rest cushion on his headrest mount. Those Tamiya goofs made one for the 1977 P34 kit, but not previous ones.....go figure.

Jakko ‌
The cover is held on only by some superglue to the air intakes, so it will probably come off — though I haven't tried yet. As for the cushion, is that what the central pillar behind his head is for? I was wondering what the point of that was.

bossy122
Yes, there should be a little pad on that. I made my own out of Super Sculpy for this kit. Like I said, for the '77 Monaco version, they finally thought to make their own to go along with a few other new pieces on a new sprue.

Spanjaard
looks really good, well done
Funny, my first F1 (and only so far), was just the same as you 🙂

Jakko ‌
@bossy122, I told myself I was not going to even try and correct this kit's faults, because it's so far out of my area of expertise. I'm just going to leave it like this, but thanks for the information anyway, it's always good to learn little details like this 🙂

@Spanjaard, Thanks, though it has a lot of bits that could have been done a lot better. Especially by someone more used to car kits and gloss paint than I am 😉 That stuff is hard to spray neatly …

Roland Sachsenhofer
With these pictures I am starting a project that I am deliberately building parallel to the Boeing 307 'Stratoliner': both aeroplanes are apparently based on the same concept and not only have identical designs, but also share components such as wings, landing gear and engines. The Academy kit has an excellent fit and a refreshing simplicity, so to speak: the interiors would be practically empty except for the simplest seats. So I borrowed a little from my etched parts box and fitted the metal seats with matching upholstery. It certainly looks better than originally! 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here as well 😉

Roland Sachsenhofer
That´s a pleasure!

Cuajete
Good interiors and magnificent detail on the seats 👍

Following (one more time)!

Pietro De Angelis
Fantastic interiors, waiting for another masterpiece!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Motivating words - thank you!

Roland Sachsenhofer
The fuselage halves are now together - the accuracy of fit remains excellent...

Cuajete
Roland, thanks for showing the comparison between the two fuselages 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
You're welcome - I always like something so descriptive myself

Juergen Klinglhuber
Schau ich mir an,....

Ben M
👀

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you both for your reactions. Jürgen und Ben!

Finn
Looking good - following

Dave Flitton
Watching!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you mates!
The pictures are no longer up to date, but show an important step forward: all clear parts are masked!

Roland Sachsenhofer
To avoid giving the impression that nothing has happened: the first layer of Alclad 'White Aluminium' has already been applied over this black!

Michael Kohl
Following.
(Finally you are building stuff I don't have 😜)

Nicolas
Great work so far, following.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Your comments are very appreciated- thank you!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Now the B-17B has its NMF dress and will not take it off: in the meantime I have sprayed a layer of gloss paint so that I can start applying the decals tomorrow.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Great work - looking forward to the next steps,....

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Jürgen!

Cuajete
NMF looks great, Roland! 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
That makes me very happy - thank you!
A few quick pictures of the current state: I tried to apply the decals yesterday, but the Academy material turned out to be extremely brittle. The beautiful decal marking in red-white-blue on the rudder was a complete self-destructior - and that to such a clear and impressive extent that I even wanted to take a photo of it, because it looked funny 🙂
Well, no big deal, I'll just spray this part myself. In general, the photos make it clear that the decals need to be repaired or even redone in some places.

Cuajete
Many times it is better to paint instead of using some decals. Luckily that has an easy solution, Roland. You do much more complicated arrangements than this and always have very good results. Cheer up!

Roland Sachsenhofer
These are encouraging words - thank you for them!

Roland Sachsenhofer
A few new pictures of the B-17B under construction: the tail is now in the characteristic red-white-blue colour scheme, now the phase begins in which the need for improvement and touch ups is recognised and the various small parts such as antennas, brake lines or the engines/cowling - well, here one can no longer speak of "small parts" due to the amount of etched parts. I can't wait to see how the clear parts have held up under the masking!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Die B-17B ist gestern fertig geworden; ein den letzten Tagen ein wenig foto-faul überfalle ich Euch jetzt mit den Bildern der fertig gestellten "Flying Fortress" in der ersten in Serie gebauten Version!
Wenn man so will, kann man sagen, dass die B-17 ein fotogenes Flugzeug abgibt; dazu trägt auch das blinkende NMF bei.
Die meisten Panel-Strukturen wurden nur mit unterschiedlichen Alclad- Metalltönen geschaffen, das Academy Modell selbst zeigt relativ wenig Strukturen
Ich bin jedenfalls froh, dass die ganze Abkleberei gut gegangen ist und die Klarteile zum größten Teil auch nichts an ihrer Klarheit eingebüßt haben. Bei den Fotos kommt ab und an als Größenvergleich eine Pilotenfigur und wie schon bei vielen 1:72 Modellen als "runing gag" mein Motorrad....
Ich hoffe die Bilder gefallen Euch so, wie mir der kurzweilige Bau Spaß gemacht hat- jetzt auf zum "zivilen" Bruder der B-17, der Boeing 307 Stratoliner!

Łukasz Gliński
My poor command of Tschürman tells me it's done - congrats, it looks very cool in this colourful NMF 👍

Clement
Fantastic work, well done!

Ben M
Wow, that looks great! I enjoyed seeing the progression.

Shar Dipree
Great result. 👍👍👍👍