Yeah I hate when the paint job hoses up. Gotta strip the entire thing and start over.
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Honda RA273 1967 1/12
- Thread starter paddy
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centaur567
Well-known member
Talk about a screw job. Gary S.
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
I am sure you will figure something much better to mount the hairy nose cone Paddy.
Track modification. Press on! 
paddy
Well-known member
Now you can see why i needed to get the nose tacked in place so i could align the decal stripe.
Paint is a basic mat Automotive primer with a light Tamiya clear gloss so the decals will sit . I will give the whole thing a thicker gloss and polish once the rest of the decals are on. Maybe by then i will have stopped laughing at that Tamiya screw
Paint is a basic mat Automotive primer with a light Tamiya clear gloss so the decals will sit . I will give the whole thing a thicker gloss and polish once the rest of the decals are on. Maybe by then i will have stopped laughing at that Tamiya screw
paddy
Well-known member
I am happy with this, it could have been a lot worse. Still needs gloss coat but i will get that on and put it away for a while to dry.
Now i know i have the foundations to work with i can think about the details and ancillaries. amazing as the decals were marked 2002 that i got away with them but they were still vac sealed in an airtight cellophane sleave.
that red circle decal was fun, i think i need another Gal of microsol
Now i know i have the foundations to work with i can think about the details and ancillaries. amazing as the decals were marked 2002 that i got away with them but they were still vac sealed in an airtight cellophane sleave.
that red circle decal was fun, i think i need another Gal of microsol
2002? Why that was just...24 years ago.. Donk! 
paddy
Well-known member
There is a very fine line between blaming a kit for your own bad work and just not doing a proper job, often the excuse is trying to make a silk purse from a pigs ear.
This one i recon 60/40, its not a great kit but i am definitely not firing on all cylinders either, i am inclined to give Tamiya the edge on this one
. Its one of those models thats hard to get excited about, i cant explain why ? maybe building it on the back of the MFH Matra doesnt help. Anyway it is what it is, the appearance is ok but the detail is woeful, almost none existent in places. i have fixed the nose cone in position permanently, there is a radiator and some hydraulics in there but its just a token gesture on Tamiya's part and to fix it would require a complete scratch build. not imposable by any means but there are very few pictures of what it should look like and the rest of the kit doesnt really warrant it.
So there it is , all my excuses laid out but the bottom line is, other people seem to have succeeded where i am struggling so sometimes you have to hold your hands up
At the start is said i have never seen a F1 with a load of chrome. Well i hadn't but i stand corrected as this Honda does have chrome just about everywhere Tamiya has specified it. Nearly all steel parts are actually chrome, wishbones, stub axels, suspension struts and so on. Not the wheels though but thats easy to sort. its now at the " add detail " phase so maybe i will get a bit more enthusiastic. There are lots of great pictures on the web of the cars in the factory museum so no excuse now not to up my game a little.
This one i recon 60/40, its not a great kit but i am definitely not firing on all cylinders either, i am inclined to give Tamiya the edge on this one
. Its one of those models thats hard to get excited about, i cant explain why ? maybe building it on the back of the MFH Matra doesnt help. Anyway it is what it is, the appearance is ok but the detail is woeful, almost none existent in places. i have fixed the nose cone in position permanently, there is a radiator and some hydraulics in there but its just a token gesture on Tamiya's part and to fix it would require a complete scratch build. not imposable by any means but there are very few pictures of what it should look like and the rest of the kit doesnt really warrant it.So there it is , all my excuses laid out but the bottom line is, other people seem to have succeeded where i am struggling so sometimes you have to hold your hands up
At the start is said i have never seen a F1 with a load of chrome. Well i hadn't but i stand corrected as this Honda does have chrome just about everywhere Tamiya has specified it. Nearly all steel parts are actually chrome, wishbones, stub axels, suspension struts and so on. Not the wheels though but thats easy to sort. its now at the " add detail " phase so maybe i will get a bit more enthusiastic. There are lots of great pictures on the web of the cars in the factory museum so no excuse now not to up my game a little.
Looking good Paddy, whatever challenges you're hitting you sure make it look easy. I remember trying to do that Wildcat with all the open panels only to end up realizing I was doing it to the wrong kit. That kinda broke me of open panel builds anyways.
Press on!
Press on!
Paddy I would just as soon order another Meng kit than take on the Roden. I would like to display them both but there's so much difference between the two brands it would be strange look.
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Bob, if I remember an old conversation I had years ago, the Roden triplane isn't even a true DR1. It is an F1 or something like that. Very similar, but different, as in "prototype" different. The Roden kit might be decent, but just "different". Your model your build.
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
Your progress looks really nice Paddy, so don't 'beat yourself up' to much. I think your skills are 'top notch' , evenon a bad day! 
It's a soldiers right to complain...
