1975 M23 Part 3

Clear was polished and buffed out before the body was glued together using both 5 minute epoxy and CA in a few places.

The engine had to be glued in place at the same time making this a tricky step but everything turned out looking pretty good.

I had to repaint the rear wing after a problem with my masking pulled off part of the white paint. I'll shoot that with clear and finish up the kit this week before turning my attention back to the Eagle.

Progress has been made on the late season F60 as well and I should be able to finish that within the next few weeks as well. Its nice to see some progress on the builds again!

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1975 M23 Part 2

I used PPG clear on this kit and it turned out great.

After a light wetsanding the decals were put on.

There are several major issues with these old and somewhat lower quality decals.

You can see how the drivers right decals have wrinkled up and I'm going to pull that layer off with some tape and see how it looks.

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1/12 Gurney Eagle Conversion

1967 Eagle / Gurney - Weslake V12

Manufacturer: Tamiya - 1/12 Honda RA 273

Information: Plastic
Paint: Tamiya lacquer / Tamiya acrylics / Krylon / Finishers
Aftermarket Parts: Putty...lots of putty

Photos:Flickr Photo Set

Good progress made so far. Plastic added to the front nose and lots of putty to even out the nose cone.

Vents cut out on the front half of the nose cone were a bit of a pain to do but not as bad as trying to build up the body around the driver. Not sure how I'm going to do the engine yet as I continue to hunt for a 1/12 built Matra kit. I just hate the idea of buying a new Matra kit to just pick the engine out! More putty work to do around the driver as well as some body work around the engine. I'm also not sure on the color of blue so if anyone has any ideas please let me know.

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1975 M23 Part 1

1975 Mclaren M23

Manufacturer: Iritani

Information: Plastic / Resin / White Metal
Paint: Tamiya lacquer / Tamiya acrylics / Krylon / Finishers
Aftermarket Parts: None

Photos: Flickr Photo Set

Thanks to the great community on F1M I was able to purchase this kit from a member on the forum.

I decided to build it after the Tamiya announcement to release the M23 after a long time waiting for all F1 model builders. This kit will be built box stock as Emerson Fittipaldis championship winning car.

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