Jakko’s Tyrrell P34, Tamiya 1/20

[Guest]

That's looking really good and your cat looks adorable!! Such a cutie!

[Waspie]

See what you mean about the pipes Jakko. With that kink it looks like it should route over the top of the strut!!
Non the less, it looks rather good. :thumb2:

[Guest]

You would think something like that, but the instructions show the upper hose between the tie rods:

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It was only when I noticed it in this picture that it clicked where the hose had to go. The picture where it tells you to fit them is not clear at all:

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Parts C18 have round pins, so you can fit them in any direction you like, so that doesn’t help at all. The only way I could get them to fit comfortably was pointing down too far, which is why they ended up that way initially.

In hindsight, what I should have done was put something like annealed copper wire inside, thick enough that it fills most of the hose. But because the ends are glued already, this isn’t an option anymore.

[Mr Bowcat]

Looking good Jakko.

I find the kit hosing quite stiff and tend to replace it with braided stuff.

[Guest]

If you have trouble with understanding instructions it gives me hope !

[Waspie]

If you have trouble with understanding instructions it gives me hope !

Kinda what I was thinking too John.
If Jakko has difficulty getting to grips with rubber hoses - I’m Doomed!!!! :tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy:

[Allen Dewire]

Nice update Jakko! The ice scraper Tyrrell is looking really good too! Love the 'Inspector' keeping an eye on your work. It's funny, but sometimes Tamiya-San doesn't get it perfect in the instructions.......Just wondering, did you put the tires in the fridge or in the freezer?

Prost
Allen

[Guest]

If you have trouble with understanding instructions it gives me hope !

My excuse is that I’m not used to model car kits

Love the 'Inspector' keeping an eye on your work.

I had just taken the model pictures (you can see the ring lamp, upper right, is still on) and heard a meow behind me. Sometimes he likes to come up to the attic and just nose around — but I’ve never seen him even attempt to jump up on anything, I’m glad to say.

Just wondering, did you put the tires in the fridge or in the freezer?

I said “fridge” but I meant the freezer, my mistake. Took them out one at a time and, it helped to get some of the seam off, but even after two nights at −18° they were still soft enough that it didn’t work as well as I’d hoped.

[Guest]

I envy those of you who have decals for the tyre markings. I had to hand-paint these:

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The big ones are sort of OK, the small ones aren’t really, because my painting skills are not up to filling in 1.5 mm tall letters properly I also gave the hubs a coat of Tamiya X-27 Clear Red, because the instructions say they need to be gloss red, and my attempt to paint them with matt red plus some Army Painter Red Tone didn’t give a colour that I felt was deep or glossy enough. They look much better now.

I’ve also built the whole rear wing now:

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The big wing was sprayed silver with an aerosol can of car paint I found, and once dry I could put all of it together. The front suspension is superglued to the body, but I had to clamp them from underneath to get them to sit (hopefully) correctly. The car now just needs a few bits added: some etched parts on the front wing, the instrument panel, the windows in the cowling, and of course the steering wheel plus driver. Talking of which:—

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He apparently wore light blue overalls, which I tried to paint with Mr. Aqueous H67, RLM65 Light Blue, but that was more a blueish light grey than blue, so I next gave him two coats of Lifecolor UA 512, RLM 78 Hellblau, which at least is blue. Now to shade and highlight it, as well as paint the rest of his clothes and face.

[Guest]

Nice Jakko .Those wheels with two normal size and 4 small do look odd , compared to what we've used to with F1.

[minitnkr]

Looking very good. Props to Herr Scheckter, steering tires next to you takes some learning curve to drive quickly.

[yak face]

Just had a catch up - looking excellent jakko . I see now why the Tyrell didnt win many races , not having any feet is a slight disadvantage for any racing driver :smiling5:!

[scottie3158]

Jakko looking good mate.

[Guest]

Herr Scheckter

Meneer Scheckter, I think He was South African (though I can’t find what his first language is, so for all I know it’s Mr. Scheckter).

steering tires next to you takes some learning curve to drive quickly.

I suspect your average Formula One driver will get the hang of it fairly quickly, though

not having any feet is a slight disadvantage for any racing driver :smiling5:!

You may notice I haven’t fit the pedals to the car, because what’s the point?

The lack of feet reinforces my thought that the figure is generic rather than for this particular kit, BTW.

[Tworrs]

Meneer Scheckter, I think :smiling3: He was South African (though I can’t find what his first language is, so for all I know it’s Mr. Scheckter).

He is Jody Scheckter from East London in South Africa, now living in the UK. I think his brother Ian also raced F1.
Jody is of Jewish decent, so English would have been his home language.