Peterpools

Kriss Very nice progress on the paint work - looking mighty good. Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark Great to see you back at the bench and working on your Ferrari 330Pa Two sounds in this world that are music to my ears: the sounds of RR Merlin and the sounds of a Ferrari 12 cylinder on race day. Your 330P engine is looking mighty good and the nose clip finish is top notch. Keep 'em comin Peter

John Right with you but the OOPS are mojo killers in their own right Keep 'em coming Peter

Thanks mark Thoroughly enjoying the Ferrari and being a kit molded in 1976, it's not the Tamiya we know today. I've been spending days working on the outer body panels getting them to fit as they should. Far from a MFH kit but a gem just the same. Looking forward to you resuming your Ferrari build and then maybe the Mclaren. BTW, I'm still waiting for my Jetmads Viggen and on seriously considering selling it or trading it for a 1/12 Tamiya F1 kit. Keep 'em comin Peter

John Why am I nor surprised your Mustang is in high gear - looking might good. Wing roots and seams are also looking good. Keep 'em comin Peter

Bill Fantastic start on a great build - unique doesn't come close. Will be following all the way. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob Following your progress and enjoying each update for both it's technical excellence and a learning experience as well. Neat, clean, precise and delicate work. Your progress is amazing and I spend a lot of time, just staring at your photographs. Completely agree about wood models have a huge advantage over plastic and resin kits in the solvent, paint, resin and glue departments. I'm very conscious of the harmful orders and fumes from what we use and for nearly now the past three years always wear a respirator and paint in a spray booth. When clean both my air guns and equipment after a painting session, I still my my respirator and work in the spray booth. I'm so very much more careful as how I use glues and hand paint (acrylics now) - just wish I had been doing this for all the years I have been modeling, but who knew. Keep 'em comin Peter

Hi Mark Great to hear you are OK and life is a somewhat overwhelming right now. Hopefully your medical issues will be resolved with no lasting side effects. When you have bench time, that's great but until then, just take care Peter

John Nice to see your P-51D Korean War Mustang is back on the bench and underway. will be following with great interest. I didn't bring a lot of popcorn but I'm sure I have enough, knowing the speed at which you build Keep 'em comin Peter

Hi Carl Completely agree; I've often tossed and turned over how much of the interior detail to show and that includes many 1/32 Tamiya aircraft kits as well. Since I normally build two or three versions of the same aircraft, I have the cowling off and the engine exposed of only one of each type. But in the case of F1 cars, I'm fast leaning towards having all the exterior panels on and the finished model looking as a true scale replica. I'm not big on removing and re-attaching parts as being plastic, it's only a matter of time before they break/snap/crack and that's the end of the ballgame. Once I finish a model and it's in the display case, it's never touched again ... it's for display only. Old kits and rubber tires .. not a good combination.. Every time I consider purchasing another vintage 1/12 scale Tamiya kit, this issue runs through my head and MFH replacement tires, not a chance I would ever buy them for that price. My thought is now to only buy the re-released kits and pay extra as all the parts and components are relatively new. Keep 'em comin Peter

A Change of Heart The Side Panels Building and still doing research to learn as I go, it became quickly apparent that my initial thoughts of displaying the chassis and all the body panels separately, was no longer the way for me to go. Think more and more about the end display, the model wouldn’t look or have the feel of this iconic F1 Championship race car, with all the body panels displayed separately and some need to be on the car so anyone looking at the model would know it is a Ferrari. I now dug into studying a good deal of display model photos and realized there was going to be a numerous fit issues it (yup, I saw the panel fit issues) and decided I needed do some serious testing before moving on and a new display plan as well. I removed all the exterior body panels from their frets, cleaned up the gate nibs and started attaching them to the chassis by the locating pins and nearly fell off my chair at the fit issues. There were gigantic injector pin marks on the back side of panels that would/could be seen and of course, some caused fit issues as well. I decided to remove them all which turned into a mega headache as they were in hard to reach places. The small exhaust radiator body panel has compound curves, some of the deepest and most numerous injector pin marks on a small part I had ever seen. I’m guessing that they were needed as Tamiya couldn’t get them to release from the mold any other way. Of course, there were lots of tricky mold lines to remove and I was lucky that a good number of injection pin marks, I was able to sand out and no filler was needed. Each of the side body panels are comprised of three parts, replicating the actual side panel makeup. There are fit issues, especially the small exhaust radiator panel – it doesn’t fit well at all. At this stage, job number one is to create a single side panel, no gaps and insure it will attach to the side of the chassis with no issues. There were large exterior sink marks that needed some TLC. Back to the display thoughts as it stands now: the chassis sides would have the body shell panels permanently installed, the top portion of the chassis would be displayed in bare aluminum and all the remaining body panels including the large intake assembly that is so distinctive on the 312T. Nothing ever goes according to plan and of course, my brother has been invaluable with his knowledge of race cars and modeling them, as I’ve always been a large scale aircraft modeler, with little automotive modeling to fall back on. Peter This is where I'm heading at the rear side panel shows the body panel fit needs work. Some mighty nice sink marks - filled in with CCA, Mr Surfacer and Tamiya Filler. I highlighted grooved area just seem to be wrong. I didn't see any mention of it in the instructions or a part that should be glued in. Hoping someoen knows if it should be there or not. The record More Injector Pin Marks

Thanks Carl Both the re-issued 934 and 935 are on my shopping list and sometime this year, I hope to build at least one of them. Right now, I'm working on what I can do in-between our contractors and hopefully by the end of April we might be finished ... fingers crossed. Appreciate the info on the Porsche Carrera as it food for thought down the road as well. The Super 7 just doesn't excite me and as back in the day (late 1960's) I owned both a MGB and a A Triumph TR250 (the Triumph was my favorite). Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Glad to see your son and yourself picked up some nice additions to the stash. Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Thanks for the photographs - hopefully a sign of returning to normalcy. Some mighty nice work Keep 'em comin Peter

John Gorgeous work. Your latest Mustang Unlimited Racer looks fantastic - paint work and finish are perfect. Keep 'em comin Peter

John Brilliant build - heading over to check out the finished build Keep 'em comin Peter

John Sure sounds right. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob The first planking, filler and sanding looks mighty good - try a few of those Martini's. I've been following a you tube restoration (the real McCoy) for years of Tally Ho and the planking and wood work is amazing. Keep 'em comin Peter

Harv Same here, looking forward to your next update. Just take your time and enjoy the journey. Keep 'em comin Peter

Oliver Nothing new to say as I'm still gasping for air - every time you post an update. My Vote: BLADES NEED TO BE IN THE EXTENDED, FLIGHT POSITION. Just doesn't have the appeal when the blades are flush up against the fuselage. Of course, space is always a consideration but if there is anyway to have them out and hanging in the wind, that's my vote. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks John There are many days I wish we were still back in the enamel times. Nothing seems to paint the way enamels do. Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Nice progress on the interior and it's my kind of 'Look". Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Phil and very much appreciated. Just glad you're on board for the journey. Right now the GT40 is on hold until \our construction contractor finishes the project in about three weeks time. Just too much dust and construction everything in the air for any paint work especially a gloss finish. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Phil and glad you are on board. I'm so glad Tamiya had decided to reissue a lot of their older 1/12 and 1/20 F1 kits and their large scale Porsche as well. Seems the big difference is better newer and plasti, Cartogrf Decals and PE. I'm not sure if they did any work on the molds themselves. You just need to be careful when buying these kits, especially the earlier re-release ones that they actually are the newer kits. I've been buying them on ebay as most online stores have been sold out and the prices are quite higher then what Tamiya's MSRP - but that just seems to be what ebay has become - high priced everything. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Gaz Much appreciated and you can never have enough clamps. I bought quite a few a number of years ago at a Replicon here on the Island and keep kicking myself for not buying a ton more at those prices. Keep 'em comin Peter