Red Bull RB7

[Brudda]

DeAgostini Red Bull RB7 F1 car. 1/7 scale. It is a rc car but can be built as a static kit. The kit has 2 bodies , one for racing and one for display. I will be running this car this spring. But as of now it’s a display model. Cool kit . It is BIG. Needed a spray gun to paint the body. No airbrush here. Thank you Mark and DeAgostini for the model. I used a iwata lph 400 spray gun. And automotive water based paint. The clear I used was acme urethane clear. It is a lot cheaper to buy and it works just about as good as a expensive urethane. The decals were thick and a little tough to put on. But I’m not good at decals so it was the hard part for me. The red and white f1 car is a 1/24 revell Toyota f1 car to show a size reference.  Hope you like. 

[slusher]

Outstanding!!

[Roger U]

Definitely big.

You did a nice job building it and the painting and decals look great. What type of plastic is the body? Are the display and racing bodies the same material?

Cool model.

[ChrisR]

NICE!

[drodg]

Wow!

 

[Brudda]

Thank you Carl, Thank you Roger U, Thank you ChrisR and Thank you Drodg.  RogerU the body is styrene. Just like any other kit but the plastic is thick. The race body is clear lexan. You have to paint both bodies. Usually DeAgostini kits come prepainted but not this one. I read on a few forums that people complain about painting the display body. It is big so a airbrush would not work. You need a spray gun. But the kit is a blast to assemble. Here are a few pics of the body before painting. Thank you guys for the comments.

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[Brudda]

5 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Very nice!

 

5 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Very nice!

Thank you PappyD340

[Phildaupho]

That is an amazing F1 model. I had no idea anything like this was available 

[Brudda]

Thank you Phildaupho. A few years ago , I also did not know of such big models. My friend Mark introduced me to a DeAgostini Toyota 2000 GT. I built that and things kind of took off from there.