Le Mans – Page 3

McLaren F1 GTR WEST #30 – Le Mans 1996 – 03

Jan 132014

I´ve mounted the dashboard to adjust the interior with the body, and I had to sand the body and the interior in many places because the top of the interior part was touching with the body.

The engine will not be almost seen, so I´ll not lose too much time in detailing it. I must simply do a clean mounting of the engine and give some washes to make it more visible the beast inside through the little openings.

It has some of the cylinders outputs blinded with resin, which I opened with a drill. One of them had a surprise inside, It came blinded by a silicone plug … definitely a part of the mold that was inside this part…

I made the panel marking and had to make symmetrical the two fuel inlets.

McLaren F1 GTR WEST #30 – Le Mans 1996 – 02

Jan 112014

I have started reviewing the kit. It has some missing and defective parts, so I asked to Renaissance for replacement parts and they will send me the parts.

I sanded the body of kit which has some symmetry defects, as in the front lights. Repair this defect would be a very hard work that finally will be imperceptible if I adjust the decals to simulate that it´s symmetrical.

The upper air inlet is marked but comes blinded too close to the edge. Being so thin I prefer to open it with a drill, making it deeper, and add later a piece of cooper sheet on the top.

Finally I add some putty on the edges and grey primer, sanding to get a smooth surface.

AUDI R10 TDI 2006 LE MANS – Finished

Dec 182013

This are the images of the finished model… It’s been fun build this model.

AUDI R10 TDI 2006 LE MANS – 15

Dec 042013

For the rear wing bracket I used a different carbon fiber decal. In the original vehicle these brackets have a different pattern to the rest, so I used a rest of carbon fiber decals with 3D frame.

These decals are very thick, so it is difficult to shape it into corners and crannies complicated, but fortunately not the case these brackets, so I used directly the photoengraved as a template to cut the decal.

AUDI R10 TDI 2006 LE MANS – 14

Nov 272013

I used the same carbon fiber decal used for the cockpit is used for the headlights and front spoiler, the difficulty of this decal is the thickness, so you have to work a lot with the special Tameo liquid decal. Endless sessions of liquid softener and hairdryer… Continue reading »

AUDI R10 TDI 2006 LE MANS – 13

Nov 212013

The wheels had a defect on the edge due a defective injection mold.

So I have to repair it because I did not find the same wheels from another manufacturer for replacement.

I filled with Tamiya Putty the edges and, before it dries, I outlined with the tip of knife. Once dry I correct the shape with sandpaper, and filled again the defects with Putty diluted with acetone and applied with brush, sanding again.

Repeating this process until the defects disappear.

Add valves, which provides me Spotmodel, to the tires. In this case, some of Tuner Model Manufactory Tuner Model Manufactory. The truth is it’s a small detail that earns realism to the model.

AUDI R10 TDI 2006 LE MANS – 12

Nov 182013

For decoration, the kit brings the possibility of putting some red decals, but I decided to mask and paint the areas that will go in red and white, giving a very light coat of white primer first, then paint ZeroPaints for red, masking before the two white stripes.

Is ready to apply the gray decals that cover almost the entire car.

AUDI R10 TDI 2006 LE MANS – 11

Nov 082013

The steering wheel is made of a piece of resin and a small black decal with the Audi emblem and numeric indicators.

The original color is pale gold, so I mixed ALCLAD gold (ALC 108) and Aluminium (ALC 101) to get the right tone. Once dry I add the carbon fiber decal on the hood, which does not bring the kit and the decal with digits.

I painted the push buttons with their corresponding colors by dry brush, and the central display. Matt varnish it and when dry add a drop of gloss varnish the push buttons to simulate its real brightness.

To the console, that is placed behind the wheel, I also add a piece of carbon fiber decal to the contour. With pieces of steel tube of 0.4 mm and 0.6 mm add the push buttons, since I eliminated those that brought for being out of scale.

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