A friend drove me crazy a few months ago with a screenshot of the collection launched only for the UK market.....after a while DeA decided to launch it worldwide and I am infinitely grateful to them.

I think it was the model I wanted the most: the RB19 with which Max graduated for the 3rd time world champion in Qatar in the sprint race. (actually at the top of all is the RB16B with which Max won his first world championship).

I subscribed twice, that is, I made 2 subscriptions: I'll assemble one step by step with some slight improvements (if there are any to be done), I'll store the other to make it in the GP Qatar 2023 version (even if it will be very complicated for the sidepods, letter box air intakes and bottom entry)

I'll assemble this one as I go and then place it in the living room or bedroom (with the kind permission of my girlfriend)

For once I'll start with some references using Max's 2023 book.

The quality seems very good, good couplings and good carbon weave, no visible screws (especially on the vertical profiles of the wing).
The only flaw is the usual bad coupling between the two nose shells.
As for possible extra detail: perhaps the color of the supports between the various wing profiles, the reinforcement patches of the supports themselves and little else.

This assembly will help me understand the defects, to understand how and where to modify the second one.
The most complicated part will be his livery which is as beautiful as it is difficult.

After assembling the first 2 issues, I then put everything in my "sanctuary" of Max for his 4 world championships.

Thanks Derek, i'll do my best with this beast!

Yesterday I started to work on fusion and did a first test with 0.133 mm ribs....from the desktop they always appear huge, but when holding the piece in your hand they are almost invisible.

I printed only 1/4 of the tire to also have feedback on the mounting tolerance on the rim, I also added wear control holes to the tire.

I modified by bringing the ribs to 0.2 mm

Now I am always reprinting a quarter.

If the visual feedback is ok, I will proceed to print the entire tire.

I also noticed that the profile of the kit tire footprint has too much of a slope towards the shoulder.

Looking good.

Stage 5

Here the components to continue assembling the suspension group, steering, left front hub.

Always twill weave and incorrect colors; but the first mini macro details that catch the eye are starting

The deflector or fin above the wheel has various functions, and one concerns aerodynamic flows.

It has an open gill in the upper curved part and 2 open gills in the lower area that serve to channel the air where Newey wants it.

In the kit everything is closed.

The arm that adjusts the camber angle has a cover that reveals the adjustable tie rod. Here the arm is flat and smooth

Then the small air intake on the brakes needs to be reviewed.

Carbons and colors to be redone.

I'm then waiting to see the final part of the hub hoping that they made the correct nose cone with the 3 fins... otherwise I'll get back to work with the 3d.

I printed rubber, and to limit the sprue pins as much as possible, I printed it standing up instead of lying on the shoulder.

I wet sanded it with 800 to even out where the layers were visible and as far as I could without erasing the ribs.

I then moved on to the primer and two coats of gloss black.

6 hours of drying and then I started studying how to make a minimal wear effect from a single running-in lap look realistic as is done for the installation lap or when they leave the pits for the last time to then go to the grid before the start of the GP.

I passed a 3m microfine sponge to opaque it, then I used the black rubber tamiya brushing it in a wild boar fashion back and forth.

This has (imagined and also unexpectedly) produced what happens with paints (especially Tamiya), the brush carries the first layer and creates accumulations and veins that would make you swear, here instead they are just right for me generating a pick up effect like marbles left on the track or in pit lane.

The opacity and roughness were already good, I evened it out with a general pass of wheatering "soot" only on the footprint on the ground.

The effect seems plausible and acceptable to me

For the decals I'll wait (even if I already know that they will be soft and therefore red stripe) when I will do the total cart of everything that will be added.

After a week between studying photos, profiles, importing profiles, my tire is a little better than the kit tire.