Well. I can hardly believe how long I've been silent here on this blog. Not counting the two show reports I posted earlier this week, the last posting here being from November 2021...
But, since I went from a 5 to a 4 day work week at the beginning of this year, there is finally some more spare time to spend.
Oh, and a good cleaning of the modelling "cave" did also help in motivating me to dive into the cellar and do some building again.
To start a (fingers crossed) longer stint of modelling activities, I decided to (finally) continue with this particular kit. It's been lying around for almost 10 years, so you can say it's desperately in need of some attention.
Luckily all parts are still accounted for as I had the parts nicely packed away (for a change).
Upon inspecting my work I couldn't quite look past a few things that weren't so neatly done. Especially the engine/gearbox and rear wing assemblies were a bit wanting.
Also, upon cross-checking Hasegawa's instructions with my reference images, I don't quite agree with some of the colour indications Hasegawa provides in the assembly instructions.
For instance: for all suspension parts, the rear wing and the engine/gearbox assembly the recommended colour is flat black. Looking at the reference images I'd say that semi gloss black would be a better match.
So I'll be basing the colours more on the images instead of the instructions.
Fixing the engine/gear and rear wing assemblies was not really an option without the risk of damaging beyond repair. Luckily I have another kit lying around (no idea what the reason was for that) which came in quite handy now. So I decided to use the engine/gearbox and rear wing from the second kit.
So in the end I used parts from the "2014" version (some already primed) and parts from the "2025" version to kitbash one complete B190B car.
And this is how the main parts look now:
Below are a few detailed shots. Apologies for the image quality. I'm struggling a bit with the camera settings at the moment. I'll get it dialed in for the next post (hopefully).
Assembling the cockpit I managed to snap the rod of the gear lever, trying to clean up the mould lines.
So I replaced the rod with some round evergreen profile of the same diameter. Which has the advantage that there's no cleaning of mould lines involved.
The air scoops for the rear brakes are sadly not correctly positioned. I noticed this too late, sadly. Problem is that I made an error glueing the lower rear suspension arms, leading to the incorrect air scoop placement. A good lesson for when I get around to building the B189 kit I've lying around...
That's it for this update. Next update will follow (shortly I hope).
But, since I went from a 5 to a 4 day work week at the beginning of this year, there is finally some more spare time to spend.
Oh, and a good cleaning of the modelling "cave" did also help in motivating me to dive into the cellar and do some building again.
To start a (fingers crossed) longer stint of modelling activities, I decided to (finally) continue with this particular kit. It's been lying around for almost 10 years, so you can say it's desperately in need of some attention.
Luckily all parts are still accounted for as I had the parts nicely packed away (for a change).
Upon inspecting my work I couldn't quite look past a few things that weren't so neatly done. Especially the engine/gearbox and rear wing assemblies were a bit wanting.
Also, upon cross-checking Hasegawa's instructions with my reference images, I don't quite agree with some of the colour indications Hasegawa provides in the assembly instructions.
For instance: for all suspension parts, the rear wing and the engine/gearbox assembly the recommended colour is flat black. Looking at the reference images I'd say that semi gloss black would be a better match.
So I'll be basing the colours more on the images instead of the instructions.
Fixing the engine/gear and rear wing assemblies was not really an option without the risk of damaging beyond repair. Luckily I have another kit lying around (no idea what the reason was for that) which came in quite handy now. So I decided to use the engine/gearbox and rear wing from the second kit.
So in the end I used parts from the "2014" version (some already primed) and parts from the "2025" version to kitbash one complete B190B car.
And this is how the main parts look now:
So I replaced the rod with some round evergreen profile of the same diameter. Which has the advantage that there's no cleaning of mould lines involved.
The air scoops for the rear brakes are sadly not correctly positioned. I noticed this too late, sadly. Problem is that I made an error glueing the lower rear suspension arms, leading to the incorrect air scoop placement. A good lesson for when I get around to building the B189 kit I've lying around...
That's it for this update. Next update will follow (shortly I hope).
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