Aston Martin AMR21 WIP Pictures

3d files... lets start. 

Start with first print parts. Tires, rims,...  

Seat, headrest, mirrors and steering wheel. 

Halo and T-Wing 

Front and rear suspension 

Detail-views of the rims. Rear... 

...and Front. 

Overview of the all the printed parts of the 1st run. 

Floor panel including the bargeboards area.  

Nose and front wing printed as one part. 

The rear wing. 

First assembly test. The parts fit very well, basically only a little adjustment and reworking is necessary. 

The rear wing fits perfectly into the mountings in the floor panel. 

The chassis as 1 part. 

The nose part... 

All parts of the model. 

Fitment test 

Some detailed pictures of the printed part without primer. 

Finished the sanding and rework on the printed parts and started with the decal work on the real model. 

Added also the decals for Lance and changed the livery of the car for the Azerbaijan GP. Next step are the stripes...
 

I designed some seatbelt elements for the AMR21, adjusters and the buckle. 

The original buckle form Sabelt. 

I painted it in silver... 

... and added the yellow Sabelt dot - decals are to small for this area. 

The adjusters work exactly like the originals. The belt is deflected over the roller (here a 0.35mm wire) and can thus be adjusted. 

So I continued with the decals... and I would say I now have a version of the side stripes that I will "test" on the model. 😄 It was not that easy to get the exact course from the pictures. There are many dark spots on the vehicle where even a subsequent exposure of the photos usually did not do much. The contrast of the stripes is just not great.
 

And then today I tested the color. Just apply it without a primer, just to see how it works. A bit dark in my opinion, but I'll take a look at it in the sunlight tomorrow, assuming the sun is shining! 🙂 But basically it looks like a great color effect with the predominantly white decals.
It also reminds me a little of Jaguar. 

I have adjusted the front suspension so that it is very easy to insert it in order to have a little space for painting. The thinnest wishbone can now be easily plugged into the body using a small piece of brass wire. 

The rear part of the nose was glued to the chassis, since the gap is also present on the real vehicle, I only filled it with liquid resin and cured it. The surface is sanded and then the slot is neatly traced again with an engraving blade. 

In between, a little test to see if everything fits and what it looks like after adding the parts. 

The nose also fits well, this will later be attached to the already fixed nose part with 2 brass pins. 

The headrest would have to be reworked a little to be able to insert it easily, here too I made a little more space for painting the parts. In addition, 2 brass pins were used to be able to insert the support in the front area in the chassis. 

Installation test of steering wheel, seat console and headrest after installing all parts. 

Test different halos to find the right shape. With the AMR21 there are a lot of small decals to be applied to the halo. It is therefore very important that the shape fits 100%. 

Test the rear wing on the floor plate and attach the very small T-wing. 

Overview of the current status... 

The mirrors were glued on and sanded down. 

I have now also glued the front nose part including the front wing to the chassis. To straighten it out, I built a plug connection with 2 brass pins (unfortunately no longer visible). After gluing, I closed the gap between the parts again with liquid UV resin and cut a clean dividing line with the engraving blade. 

I decanted the can color and filled it into small 50ml bottles so that I could apply it with an airbrush. Unfortunately I have not yet managed to test this. But I think I'll do that in the next few days and then I can report again. 

Before... 

...After 

Designed some new cameras for the airbox area in the real actual design. 

Test of the T-cam... 

...and the side cam. 

The nose of the AMR21 has also got a 360 ° camera. I wanted to use the one from the W12, but the shape is different, as are the dimensions. 

Opened the holes of the exhaust system and I also enlarged the existing opening a bit. 

I didn't do it on the W12 and got annoyed afterwards. So the Aston gets for additional wing elements on the rear wing. 

And I finished the decal set for the AMR21. 

Design of the additional wing elements of the side bargeboard wings... the upper wing element. 

...and the lower one. 

Print of the parts, not so easy (0,2mm thickness) but it works! 

Some tryfit. 

And glued on the right position. 

The printed parts to extend the upper wing elements in the rear area. 

The parts were glued in and adapted to the existing wing with UV resin. 

Some last tryfit test with all 3 tire version! 

Designed some new mirrors in the right Azerbaijan design. 

Old and new version. 

I removed the old mirrors and adjusted the front edge again. 

The fit of the newly designed mirror was great, I had expected more problems, but it was very good. 

Then I designed and printed a few additional wings for the side pods. 

Again, I thought there were bigger problems due to the very thin and curved shape. But even here everything went much better than expected. 

I also added the 2 wing flaps on the front wing. Not yet sanded in the pictures, but otherwise they fit quite well. 

So after a long time without and update now some pictures of the painted chassis.

In the last few days I have primed everything and also painted some parts (wheels, suspensions and cameras) in black. Today was finally the moment of truth and I painted the body, the rear wing and the headrest.

The Aston Martin Racing Green is really great and has an incredible range in terms of color differences. In the dark it is a deep and incredibly strong green, in the sun, on the other hand, it is a very light green with a bluish tinge or almost a mouse gray. Many who had already seen the AMR21 live reported something similar, so I think I can't be so wrong and I have to say it looks great. 

Small update of the tire-wheel-brakes-system. I separated the wheel nuts and corrected the size of the tires and added a brake imitation in conjunction with the original suspension system. 

Decals arrived, so now we can go on. 

Step by step ... let's start at the nose and work and work backwards! 

The accuracy of fit is very good. My long work in advance was definitely worth it! 

In some places I will refine the decals a bit. Here on the rear wing, the side flaps have to be cut out so that the decals can be attached better. In the first step I cut the decals by hand, but there will probably be a better solution for the kit. 

I love those little details like the stickers on the front wheels. 

So some more pictures of the work when applying the decals. 

Finished the wheels and tires this evening...