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Hello all,
It was my birthday last month, 17th September, which by the way is the same as Damon Hill and Sir Stirling Moss! Being a very big fan of both Ayrton Senna (my original username on this forum was 'SennaMentalMe'!) and McLaren, I let it be known amongst my family that I really wanted this kit? Being the great family that they are, this duly turned up on my birthday! Yay!!  
So .... this will be my next project:
Photos of 'what's in the box' will follow when I start the build.
I didn't want to paint this in either of the two schemes depicted in the kit instructions. I did toy with painting it in McLaren Orange, officially known as 'Papaya' for which I already have the 99.9% accurate 'Zero Paints' colour, which I bought for when I get round to building my 'Accurate Miniatures' 1:24 McLaren M8B Can-Am racer. What I really wanted was to do something as a tribute to the great man Ayrton Senna, since the car was designed by McLaren as a tribute to him and named after him, and thought about maybe doing something along the lines of that famous red and white 'Marlboro McLaren' scheme? Whilst working out how to go about it and perusing the internet for ideas and designs I came across this! You can translate it into English to get an insight into how the owner decided on the scheme and what he wanted to include. I like his thinking!:
https://cafef.vn/ro-tin-...t-20210520211249089.chn
Perfect!! All of the elements that I wanted are within that great design AND the car has body accents in the three colours of the Brazilian flag, namely green, yellow and blue. As an even better tribute the owner has added all of Ayrton's 41 wins to the red parts of the bodywork. Even better than I could have imagined! I like it very much!! Well imagine my surprise and delight when I then discovered that Hiroboy stocked a decal sheet for this very scheme, from SK Decals specifically designed for the Tamiya kit and at a very reasonable price?!
They are high quality decals and were promptly ordered and received the very next day!:
I like the extra decal with a quote from Ayrton that I will be using on a special plaque on the display base when this is finished.
I also have the full set of 'Studio 27 Carbon Decals for this ... and there are THREE sheets of them! That's a lot of individual parts in a 1:24 scale model!:
The last aftermarket parts for this build is a set of the MFH 6-point harnesses in black. The set has parts for two harnesses and includes some nice white metal centre buckles as opposed to the normal type which is usually made up by gluing together several layers of PE parts to create a 3D effect?! Much easier in just one casting and more realistic too!:
P.S. - For those who want to see more of this fabulous kit there is a very good build article in the August 2021 Issue #129 of 'Airfix Model World' magazine, done in a very alluring 'Ventura Orange' from Zero Paints. Simply stunning!!
Kev
Per Ardua Ad Astra
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Looking forward to seeing what you do with this one Kev  looks an awesome kit  Regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
So Much to Build,But What a Hobby!
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Looking forward to this build Kev, got my front seat booked. Mark
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This is going to be special, I'll be glued to your build as usual....  ... Good luck with it, not that you need luck..... Regards Alan
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Liking that a lot. Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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That's a great model to build Kev. Excellent choice of colour scheme.
It looks like just about every part will have a Carbon decal. Can't wait to see how it progresses.
Malc.
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Blimey - that's a serious amount of decals there. Looking forward to seeing how it all goes.
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Blimey - that's a serious amount of decals there. Looking forward to seeing how it all goes. Roy.
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Really looking forward to this build Kev.
As everyone says, there are an awful lot of decals there for the scale of the model.
Keep the updates coming.
Chris
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That's a very neat way in which this kit has been designed with separate body panels. I'm also impressed with the look of the coloured documentation including reference photos. Tamiya improving on their already high standard.
Looking forward to seeing the progress.
Malc.
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Hi Kev, After seeing this model I've decided to get this one myself as a Christmas gift. Just wondering where did you get the extra decals? I've looked on ebay & they want £75 for these, which is alot more than the actual model. I'll be watching this build with great interest. Stu
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Thanks for looking in and your kind comments Malc and Stu, very much appreciated as always. I have been working on this but my modelling time is limited at the moment and won't improve until I get about 12 days off over the Christmas period so I'm not making as quick a progress as I'd like, but I have done some of the basic prep and painting of the first parts and have also started to apply some of the aftermarket carbon decals. A lot done already but it's all time consuming stuff with not a lot to show for the effort and not a lot to look at for the moment, so will show what I've done when I have a worthwhile amount to post up, which will hopefully be very soon!
@ Stu - I got the aftermarket 'Senna Tribute' decals from Hiroboy in the UK, though I know they have now sold out? I had to import the 'Studio 27' carbon decals set from 'Spot Models' in Spain, though they too are now out of stock and they're not showing when they might be restocked? Coincidentally, 'Spot Models' in Spain are still showing as having those bodywork tribute sets in stock, but they only have three left and once gone they will be very hard to get hold of again as the original production number has now been virtually sold out everywhere?
It would be great to see your build on the forum when you get the kit, even if it's just an out of the box build? Have fun!
Kev
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Hi Kev, thank you for putting me on to this model. I'm pretty sure I've got this as a Christmas gift. Very interested in your build as I will be doing the same in the new year. Cheers Kev. Stu.
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Great start Kev what i am sure is going to be a epic build Regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
So Much to Build,But What a Hobby!
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Very nice work Kev, that is looking very nice.  Mark
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Amazing work there Kev. I have to admit all those CF decals would drive me potty...
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Hi Kev, Happy new year to you and your family, I can see this will be another great car build, and with your expertise one to follow. Regards Trev. Work in progress: Tombstone (Scratch) - San Francisco 2. -The Mayflower ( scratch by plan).
OcCre- Santa-Maria (Kit).
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