discussion DaveCov's Tamiya 1/20 Williams FW-07 (20014)

[davecov]

My thanks to Paul for hosting this Tamiya GB. I will be building the Tamiya 1/20 Williams FW-07 (20014), a kit that I have built once before - when it was first released in the 80's. An untimely coincidence as earlier this week F1 World Champion Alan Jones passed away so this build will honour him.

The box artwork:

The parts are moulded in various colours, this is Runner A with the "aluminium" parts. Note that the exhausts shown will not be used as Tamiya have included a different set for this particular build:

Runner B has the "white" parts which due to their age have yellowed:

Runner C are the "chrome" parts. Normally, I remove the chrome and repaint so I will probably also do so here:

Runner D are the black parts. You can see the alternative exhausts:

Runner Z contains the parts for the driver figure which in this case is Alan Jones. Tamiya also include a Clay Regazonni head on Runner B should you wish to model him:

A separate bag contains the "rubber" wheels and hoses:

The decal sheet is quite extensive although they are showing their age in some areas so I have put them under a UV lamp to remove the yellowing:

I do not intend to use the larger green decals as I have ordered Zero Paints Williams F1 FW07-FW08 Green Paint for this build:

Instructions - Page 1. My particular boxing of this kit is a Japanese market one and so the instructions are all in Japanese:

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Thankfully, Scalemates have an English version of the instructions which will make life so much easier:

That's all for now

Dave

 

[flyjoe180]

Looks a very nice kit Dave, looking forward to seeing the build

 

[Hecky]

I like the look of these F1 kits. Hopefully they do some re-releases at some point. They seem to be a bit pricey otherwise.

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Great choice Dave and a fitting tribute to Alan.

 

[Darian Frey]

I'm not a huge fan of modern F-1 but I do like these classics. I seem to remember that my Dad had something like this back in the 80's on his slot car track.

Looking forward to seeing the build.