McLaren M19C - GP Belgium 1972 - WIP
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First thing I want to correct are the missing rivets. MFH used tiny holes where they should be, so I have to drill them out (0,3mm) and put a 0,4mm resin rivet in. First 10 are done here.
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Slowly but steady... 37 rivets done, a few lost 'in space', and a drill broken. But quitting is not an option 😉
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Here you see how I deal with the rivets from the inside. I fix them with superglue, and once this is dry I can cut the remains away and sand the surface smotth ageain.
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After a few hours (more like 3 days) the main cowling is done. Looking good so far.
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The other body parts are done the same way. Here one of the side pontoons is finished - another day of rivetting has passed 😉
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The front cowling has rivets all over the surface; even at the rear, as can be seen here.
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The rear of the central hub will be closed off with a metal part, which received the rivet treatment as well. The front suspension part still needs to be done.
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Time to do a dryfit of all the rivetted body parts. The top cowling is done - check!
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Both side pontoons are done - check!
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The nose cone is assembled, but doesn't need any rivets - check!
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Putting the central hub together shows us that the interior still needs to be rivetted. But although I might be crazy (to do this job) I'm not stupid: the red colored area will be skipped since it will be hidden behind the seat. And it saves some rivets.
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Meanwhile I also opened up the gaps in the seat, to put the safety belts in.
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Central hub with driver seat in place.
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Putting all these bodyparts together will give us an idea of how the McLaren will look like.
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Still missing on this picture are the rivets at the front suspension. I also prepared the suspension arms, which are fully functional by the way.
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This is how the central hub looks like with the main parts dryfitted.
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And when we add the nose cone it looks a little more like a racecar instead of a bathtub 🙂
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The rear wing is made entirely of white metal; this complicated the drilling a little bit (cost me more drills as well) but in the end the procedure is the same.
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Strange observation: the central photo etched wing parts are too small to fit to the rear wing. Either I did something wrong, or the kit is not well designed. Either way I have to solve this problem: I did it with superglue and flour to fill the gaps.
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The rear airscoop halves are fixed to this iconic shape.
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The tires were fixed on the rims to ease the sanding of the treads. This was quite a job since the rubber is pretty stiff.
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And finally I try a dryfit of the complete racecar. First the bodyparts.
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Next I put the airscoop and rear wing in place.
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Finally the wheels are put where they presumably will be once finished.
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1 27 November 2017, 15:14