Tamiya 1:20 Ferrari F2001
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Here is a test fit of the body panels after painting. Everything looks fine. This will change as you will see later.
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Here is a close-up of the front brake area. I have not devoted
much time to this area as the wheels will be installed and little detail can be seen here. If I was going to leave the wheel off I would add more detail.
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This is the other view showing the air intake and a slightly better view of the CF decalling. The decals used here are
Modellers and do stand out a lot more than others I have used.
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Here is the rear brake area.
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This is the front wing all decalled up The white area is the kit decals and are fairly opaque.
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Here is the overall car. The car is standing on the clear supports provided in the kit. This is why it looks like it is floating. I decided to take a few overall pictures with the wheels off since it looks interesting
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3/4 shot of the engine area
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Close-up of the rear engine left side. I have painted the kit exhaust pipes with Alclad II chrome. I then applied a wash of Tamiya clear blue. I used this method along with clear red to very good effect on the F1-2000. See my tips section under detailing exhausts for a more detailed explanation of this method. I find the results very impressive.
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The right side of the engine with some minor wiring
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Close-up of the fuel port on the right side with the kit supplied chrome PE insert. I had a bit of a problem with the fit of the PE part due to paint buildup. This also meant the decalling problems I had here are covered up.