Red Bull RB4 Part 1

Manufacturer: E-Jan (Model Factory Hiro)
Information: Resin/White Metal- Curbside
Paint: Tamiya acrylics / Krylon semi flat black / Tamiya TS-51 over black
Aftermarket Parts: Various Carbon Fiber Decals
Decals: Red Bull '08 (thanks to Spike2933)

A big thanks to Spike for the Red Bull decals for the kit.
My wife got me the kit as a gift and didnt know the decals were not included.
By the time I went back to get the decals, they were all gone.
I contacted Spike after seeing this STR kit came with the RB4 decals and he sent them to me free of charge. Again, big thanks to Spike and I'm a part of the "Pay it Forward" club and will be looking to do the same for someone down the road.

After watching an excellent build on the the F1m site by BigDuke6 I decided to give this challenging kit a shot.

I started by removing the rear wing support, if left as is it will make the wing sit angled and a noticeable gap on one side by the rear tire.
(disappointing for the price of the kit!)



I used a piece of solder after cutting and shaping the piece







If you build the kit you need to make sure these suspension pieces are worked and reworked to be as straight as possible.



The front wing was tacked together with CA glue and solderd and filed clean to make sure the parts were not going to come apart later in the building process.





Back to the rear suspension...all parts are assembled to test the fit and shape of all the parts. These are the most brittle pieces of white metal I have ever seen! Because of this I have only 1 shot with each suspension arm. This entire section was glued and will be painted black before the CF decals are put on. We'll see how it turns out. (Thanks to Manu for this tip!)





The front wing was painted with auto primer, cleaned and primed again with black auto primer.



After a few hours TS-51 (Telefonica Blue) was shot from the can in very thin layers every 15 minutes. A total of 5 layers built up to this.



The pictures really dont do justice to how close this match is to the RB4 color. This will be left to dry before the CF and other decals are put on.