Hello all,

my my my what an enormous turn out and readership, very impressive Deagostini.

i couldnt believe my eyes and ears when i saw the advertisement on tv during the return of the Australian F1. I had to have it.
i am a huge red bull fan first of all then Webber for obvious poroquial reasons. Also fan of Vettel of course he is a master but hey they do get up to questionable things at times, lets not get into the Multi 21 saga.

nonetheless the reason why i did not subscribe was my delivery could not be guaranteed safe in my mailbox due to high thefts. also some couriers arent exactly conscientious when leaving items in discreet out of sight places. so instead i have an arrangement with my newsagent for every week i pick up 2 copies. yes 2 of each and every copy. i plan to build one and keep the other unassembled as a collectors item or for my nephew when he gets older. Another budding RB Webber fan.

People might carry on as some have about the cost and time line but its a free choice. for me you simply cannot buy this car anywhere at all and given the time this thing takes to build, very few would be willing to part with it. also being a licensed RBRF1 and Kyosho product it is pretty exclusive. being an rc freak from way back i know the kyosho product is at the pointy end of quality and reputation globally.

as an added bonus my cousin in Bremen(think Heineken)Germany is sending me a Vettel version which is pretty much identical but with Sebs number on the body and not sure what else different. He is an RB nut too and will be sending me parts every 3 months or so. Looking at his forum they are well ahead of us. Not sure if my wall is big enough for 2 of these monster F1 cars but will be fun building 2 of them. Its also a present so would be rude to refuse.

Anyway guys thanks for reading this far and good work on the magazine. Wednesdays are the highlight of my week now.

Enjoy.

Hi Simon a big warm welcome to the Model Space Forum I hope you enoy your builds Kind regards Mike

Welcome Simon and a nice refreshing first post with so much positiveness (is that a word?) Like you say, it is about free choice and if it keeps us all happy then what is it to do with anyone else??

Spencer

thanks for the welcome replies fellow members.

well today i scored another victim of the RB7 build bug.that is 3 so far now.

2 work colleagues and the brother in law now are signed or have arranged with the newsagent for regular issues. i get a phone call today at lunch asking what issue i was up to, told my bro in law it was issue 4 and managed to source all 4 issues in one newsagent who was fearing returning them and has purchased the next 10 issues in advance from the newsagent as they come in. he too like me lives in apartment blocks so no home deliveries.

i know every Wednesday the phone will be running hot.

is it Wednesday yet...?

That's good news all round then, well done

Also, one word of advice i can offer is that when assembling the body panels there can be alot of distortion. i dummy fitted the panels together and then used sticky tape to hold the panels in place. once in perfect position i then glued the panels. however as they panels were molded separately and not in one whole piece you will still get some sort of distortion. some buidlers may not be fussed and find this negligible.

to each their own.

I will try on the next car using a wax to give the panels a nice gloss shine. i hear some builders using an acrylic spray over the panels and the decals start to craze and distort. i am not willing to try this method so i will go the the wax route and post back here...

S.

Simon

Brilliant builds and attention to detail.

Happy modelling

Tony

Are those unpainted? (i.e. - stock finish)

Simon

Really envious of your 2 kit build.

These look absolutely brilliant I would love to see that engine being fired up.

Wishing you a safe and happy Run in with the motors