Brudda Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Benetton ford b188. Painted with tamiya paints with a urethane clear. Painted all the colors then cleared. Now putting on decals, then reclear. A lot of masking. Not a f1 winner but a very colorful car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Beautiful and famous car. Gerhard Berger used to pilot it. I was lucky enough to actually sit in it as teenager, at the Geneva Auto Salon back in the early '90s. Paint looks excellent. Would love to see it finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da Speedinger Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 9 hours ago, mrm said: Beautiful and famous car. Gerhard Berger used to pilot it. I was lucky enough to actually sit in it as teenager, at the Geneva Auto Salon back in the early '90s. Sorry to say, but you are wrong. The B188 is the 1988 car, Gerhard Berger raced for Ferrari since 1987. In 1986 he raced for Benetton in the B186 car. He won the Mexican Grand Prix in it, his first career win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Nice work on a challenging paint scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 2 hours ago, da Speedinger said: Sorry to say, but you are wrong. The B188 is the 1988 car, Gerhard Berger raced for Ferrari since 1987. In 1986 he raced for Benetton in the B186 car. He won the Mexican Grand Prix in it, his first career win. I stand corrected. You are absolutely right about Berger. I am pretty sure however that the car I sat in was this B188. It was either 1990 or ‘91 when it happened. I used to have a photo somewhere, which is long gone probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Great looking paint............. built that car many, many years ago, and yes, I still recall that the masking for the paint was tedious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da Speedinger Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 43 minutes ago, mrm said: I stand corrected. You are absolutely right about Berger. I am pretty sure however that the car I sat in was this B188. It was either 1990 or ‘91 when it happened. I used to have a photo somewhere, which is long gone probably. n.p., Austrian petrolheads have to know such things by heart, otherwise they are expatriated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Tuttle Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Not a winner maybe, but we sure remember it for other reasons.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brudda Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 Thank you guys! Well disaster on the decal! Need to find a new set. The old tamiya decals really are bad. Soo a shelved model until I find new decals. Indy cals do not have them so it’s going to be a adventure finding them. Any help finding new ones would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann Tier Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Nice!!!.....your build is looking like a winner though!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drodg Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 On 10/13/2019 at 11:08 AM, Brudda said: Thank you guys! Well disaster on the decal! Need to find a new set. The old tamiya decals really are bad. Soo a shelved model until I find new decals. Indy cals do not have them so it’s going to be a adventure finding them. Any help finding new ones would be greatly appreciated. If you PM me I think I have the kit. I doubt I will ever build it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brudda Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 Thank you sir! Let me know what you would like. My address is Bruce Tanaka, 16017 Green Spring Dr. Reno NV 89511 thank you sir!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Falls Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 I think Gehard Berger raced for Benetton in 1997 - a guy I know has one of these cars that he races at Road America in vintage events. It has a Judd engine instead of the original, which I think was a Renault. Under two minute laps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da Speedinger Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 7 hours ago, Jim in Falls said: I think Gehard Berger raced for Benetton in 1997 - a guy I know has one of these cars that he races at Road America in vintage events. It has a Judd engine instead of the original, which I think was a Renault. Under two minute laps. '96 and '97 to be precise. for his final 2 years of F1 racing he returned to Benetton swapping his Ferrari cockpit with a youngster called Michael Schumacher ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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