Post by Deleted on May 17, 2015 8:47:34 GMT -5
Hi all,
this is my first venture into the World of F1 modelling,and being a lover of everything Ferrari I couldn't help choosing my favourite F1 Ferrari driven by one of my favourite Ferrari drivers ever,i.e. the late Gilles Joseph Henri Villeneuve .
The Fujimi kit is a sweet little kit,it's not overly detailed,nor as nice as a Tamiya,an Ebbro or the F312T Hasegawa but a nice model nonetheless.
I've started dry-fitting the body and parts just click together..it's that precise!
It's got its share of innacuracies (the rear wing being the most noticeable!) of course, and it's thick-eared in some areas but I'm confident that it could be turned into a show stopper.
After searching long and hard for one I finally found a MFH transkit right at the source,it was the very last of the last production batch,i.e. minus the resin lower body,rubber tires and the rim "stars",brakes' discs and and a few other bits and bobs were made of white metal and not turned/machined aluminum anymore.When the Holy Grail finally arrived I discovered that it was missing its PE frets,renderin it just about useless,bummer!An e-mail to Hiro-san got a fast reply from his daughter,they will look for some spare PE frets for me but even if they won't find them I'll have four beautiful wheels,many detailing parts for the engine,decals,rear wing and an upper resin body too!
The MFH monocoque is actually the slightly modified Fujimi monocoque cast in white metal,mine was so badly pitted that even after a morning spent trying to polish it I couldn't solve the problem for the life of me,therefore I've come to the decision that I'll either use the Hiro monocoque after filling all the pitting with several WET coats of ZERO etching primer and painting it Alclad Polished Aluminum or I'll use the original plastic parts duly modified.
The FMD detailing set has been a total disappointment as far as the white metal parts are concerned;for starters the rims are but the Fujimi parts horribly cast in white metal while 99% of the remaining pieces are just about useless,being either badly cast copies of the fujimi parts or marginally detailed ones,marred by misalignments of the molds.The PE frets,on the other hand,are quite nice and there's even a PE monocoque to "wrap" the plastic one with and hide its unsightly horizontal gap!
All in all I think that I'll build this kit as a "curbside",detailing ONLY what will be seen from the outside and will save the useful bits from the two sets and the others that I'm purchasing for a soon-to-be started superdetailing project.I've got a MFH 126CK in the stash and that will come to the rescue as well,supplying the masters for a few parts I need that will be cast in resin.
a 1/12 car from the same manufactirer,the Meri book(s) and pictures fiound on the net will help me along the way and so I hope will you, my friends!
No pictures so far but I promise they'll come pretty soon...stay tuned!
Cheers
Manu
this is my first venture into the World of F1 modelling,and being a lover of everything Ferrari I couldn't help choosing my favourite F1 Ferrari driven by one of my favourite Ferrari drivers ever,i.e. the late Gilles Joseph Henri Villeneuve .
The Fujimi kit is a sweet little kit,it's not overly detailed,nor as nice as a Tamiya,an Ebbro or the F312T Hasegawa but a nice model nonetheless.
I've started dry-fitting the body and parts just click together..it's that precise!
It's got its share of innacuracies (the rear wing being the most noticeable!) of course, and it's thick-eared in some areas but I'm confident that it could be turned into a show stopper.
After searching long and hard for one I finally found a MFH transkit right at the source,it was the very last of the last production batch,i.e. minus the resin lower body,rubber tires and the rim "stars",brakes' discs and and a few other bits and bobs were made of white metal and not turned/machined aluminum anymore.When the Holy Grail finally arrived I discovered that it was missing its PE frets,renderin it just about useless,bummer!An e-mail to Hiro-san got a fast reply from his daughter,they will look for some spare PE frets for me but even if they won't find them I'll have four beautiful wheels,many detailing parts for the engine,decals,rear wing and an upper resin body too!
The MFH monocoque is actually the slightly modified Fujimi monocoque cast in white metal,mine was so badly pitted that even after a morning spent trying to polish it I couldn't solve the problem for the life of me,therefore I've come to the decision that I'll either use the Hiro monocoque after filling all the pitting with several WET coats of ZERO etching primer and painting it Alclad Polished Aluminum or I'll use the original plastic parts duly modified.
The FMD detailing set has been a total disappointment as far as the white metal parts are concerned;for starters the rims are but the Fujimi parts horribly cast in white metal while 99% of the remaining pieces are just about useless,being either badly cast copies of the fujimi parts or marginally detailed ones,marred by misalignments of the molds.The PE frets,on the other hand,are quite nice and there's even a PE monocoque to "wrap" the plastic one with and hide its unsightly horizontal gap!
All in all I think that I'll build this kit as a "curbside",detailing ONLY what will be seen from the outside and will save the useful bits from the two sets and the others that I'm purchasing for a soon-to-be started superdetailing project.I've got a MFH 126CK in the stash and that will come to the rescue as well,supplying the masters for a few parts I need that will be cast in resin.
a 1/12 car from the same manufactirer,the Meri book(s) and pictures fiound on the net will help me along the way and so I hope will you, my friends!
No pictures so far but I promise they'll come pretty soon...stay tuned!
Cheers
Manu
