Michal Hub Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) On 1/30/2023 at 11:08 PM, harti20 said: Hi all After finishing the Audi R8 it was time for a new build. I've chosen alpha model's McLaren P1, hoping it would be less nerve-wracking than the Audi First of all I cleaned all the resin parts and applied some primer to be able to handle them without gloves. Somehow I always get itchy hands after handling resin parts for some time 😒 At the moment there's not that much to show (unless you would like to see a bunch of parts covered with grey primer 😉 ). First of all the primered body the painted rims and finally the partially built engine. This is my first alpha model kit which includes an engine, even if it is held very rudimentary. But considering the fact that absolutely nothing of it will be seen once the model is completed that's no big problem. So I didn't do much research in how the engine should look like and just painted it the way I thought could be possible. That's all for today. I hope to have piqued your interest with my new build Urs Nice Bro, truely great car, Edited July 15, 2023 by Michal Hub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harti20 Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share Posted July 10, 2023 Hi all On 7/5/2023 at 8:00 AM, Michal Hub said: Nice Bro, truely great car Thank you very much On 7/5/2023 at 7:19 AM, beeRS said: My favourite brand of 2K too👍🏼. I have a question about Alpha kits, and I hope you don’t mind me asking it here, since you have built a few. Do they always supply the ‘glass’ parts as a flat sheet, or are they vac formed for double curvature? The main "glass" parts are always on a flat sheet. Sometimes also the covers for the headlights. In this kit you get the windows as flat sheets and the covers for the headlights, rear and brake lights as 3D parts: The McLaren isn't finished 100%, but the only things to do are removing the protecting sheets from the windows and assembling and installation of the wiper, so this will be my last update in the W.I.P section. First I finished the interior Then I tried to assemble everything and noticed that the undercarriage didn't really fit. Soon I discovered the culprit: On the back of the splitter I had to attach two parts which I never could figure out completely how they should be installed. Well at least I know now for sure how it was NOT meant to be... I managed to remove one of these parts but even with the help of the new knowledge that they interfere with the undercarriage I wasn't able to fit it properly. So I glued it in the way it was before and removed some material from the (not visible side of the) undercarriage. Of course I slipped a few times with my router, so the surface of the undercarriaage got slightly damaged. But considering the fact that the "visible" side won't be that visible because it's underneath the car, I only repainted it without filling the scratches. Once this was done I could go on and finalize the assembly More and better pictures will follow the next time I was at the photo studio. Therefore I call this done and hope you will join my next build as well Urs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamelvis Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 I'd love to jump right in and take it for a spin ! Nice Build ! TCB, Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Great build! I could't imagine that the glass was flat to start of with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSchumacher Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenmojr Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Gorgeous model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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