Brabhams BT-46

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 2:42 am

Try this for the third time, see if I can get the nerd lab cleaned up and tidied so can start next weekend

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 2:43 am

Decals have been on the window for a good two months now, completely forgotten about
Hopefully they have whitened up

Post by **digger303** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 2:48 am

Cross my fingers.

Post by **Stokesy44** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 7:47 am

Nice subject

Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 11:43 am

Oh yes great choice

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Apr 11, 2026 9:37 pm

Getting this baby off the ground
Did some research photo hunting for the Alfa Romeo F1 car

This is a MFH 1/112 scale build. Some good references

So I am going to strictly stick to the instructions and make this kit right out of the box

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Apr 11, 2026 9:39 pm

“So I am going to strictly stick to the instructions and make this right out of the box

“

Ya sure. Right off the bat for the engine block assembly this tube just screaming to be made into metal. Screaming !

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Apr 11, 2026 9:41 pm

Then did a very light grey ultimate primer and some aluminum on the block

The heads got some gold to add to the aluminum so a sort of champagne

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Apr 11, 2026 9:43 pm

Then the fuel injectors got the same gold/aluminum paint…and will get some modifications and tubing

The tubing will get clear yellow dipped; testing it here

Pretty good Saturday morning, off to the office

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Apr 12, 2026 1:52 am

Oh this engine is gonna get real busy, real fast.

It is absolutely a lovely piece of artful engineering.
I will make mine similar to this as inspiration

Post by **digger303** » Sun Apr 12, 2026 3:37 am

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Apr 12, 2026 4:15 am

Painting some stuff black now
Deciding on the wiring and fuel line colours. The yellow looks too much like pee

Post by **marcowine** » Sun Apr 12, 2026 6:12 pm

Wow, that is looking so, so good. The engine is gorgeous!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Apr 12, 2026 10:58 pm

marcowine wrote: Sun Apr 12, 2026 6:12 pm Wow, that is looking so, so good. The engine is gorgeous!

Thank You
The real engine is absolute art
You know how good the Tamiya detail is from your Tyrell...which is looking great btw!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Apr 12, 2026 11:01 pm

These fuel lines, injectors and Trumpets are gonna be the death of me

Post by **marcowine** » Mon Apr 13, 2026 12:18 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Sun Apr 12, 2026 10:58 pm
marcowine wrote: Sun Apr 12, 2026 6:12 pm Wow, that is looking so, so good. The engine is gorgeous!
Thank You
The real engine is absolute art
You know how good the Tamiya detail is from your Tyrell...which is looking great btw!

Indeed! Thank you for the complement.

Post by **cor** » Mon Apr 13, 2026 9:03 am

I find clear orange to do the job for dirty fuel lines.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Apr 13, 2026 3:23 pm

cor wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2026 9:03 am I find clear orange to do the job for dirty fuel lines.

Maybe

The yellow is way too much urine.
I have seen them clear and also white.
Think I will leave them clear, they are overs scale already so not want a lot of attention.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Apr 15, 2026 5:22 am

Exhaust test fitting
I really want to paint them flat white, but that was more of a Ferrari thing
Any direction on pipe colour and heat staining?

Post by **marcowine** » Wed Apr 15, 2026 7:10 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Wed Apr 15, 2026 5:22 am Exhaust test fitting
I really want to paint them flat white, but that was more of a Ferrari thing
Any direction on pipe colour and heat staining?

I don't know, white would look pretty sweet I think. Heat stained titanium silver would look cool, but not historically accurate. I suppose for accuracy you'd have to go with black.

Post by **cor** » Wed Apr 15, 2026 12:41 pm

Pipes look blue end bits on discoloured dark steel / dark grey pipe
See pic below

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/ima ... quzc&s=10

Engine is looking the business btw

Post by **digger303** » Wed Apr 15, 2026 12:57 pm

cor wrote: Wed Apr 15, 2026 12:41 pm Pipes look blue end bits on discoloured dark steel / dark grey pipe
See pic below

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/d3/57/f3/d35 ... ea8b3.jpg

Engine is looking the business btw

Pic comes up fairly small on my PC with no option to enlarge it so spotting those feul connections and lines is not possible.

Post by **cor** » Wed Apr 15, 2026 1:01 pm

digger303 wrote: Wed Apr 15, 2026 12:57 pm
cor wrote: Wed Apr 15, 2026 12:41 pm Pipes look blue end bits on discoloured dark steel / dark grey pipe
See pic below

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/d3/57/f3/d35 ... ea8b3.jpg

Engine is looking the business btw
Pic comes up fairly small on my PC with no option to enlarge it so spotting those feul connections and lines is not possible.

Thanks, I found a better pic

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/ima ... quzc&s=10

Slightly different engine I think. But should be something like this

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Apr 16, 2026 12:10 am

cor wrote: Wed Apr 15, 2026 12:41 pm Pipes look blue end bits on discoloured dark steel / dark grey pipe
See pic below

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/ima ... quzc&s=10

Engine is looking the business btw

Wow those are dark pipes vs the ref pic I have. I have a dark iron though

Will see where I wind up
The flat white will stay with Ferraris

Post by **Stokesy44** » Thu Apr 16, 2026 4:22 am

That there engine is looking the business. The wiring work is making it look more and more impressive as you go.

Trivia time. I think it was kits like this, released in the 70s and 80s, that ILM plundered when they were building the space ships for Star Wars. It was they who coined the phrase 'Kit Bashing'. They cleared out toy stores for the Tamiya car and tank kits.

The most famous example is the Porsche transmission on the side walls of the Falcon's mandibles.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Apr 16, 2026 4:03 pm

I did ultimate black and then a Mr Metal color stainless colour as my dark iron was completely dried up in the bottle

They look the same grey as the kit plastic was at the start

Before:

After:

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Apr 16, 2026 4:04 pm

I had to mix up some more airbrush cleaner as was running really low
Hope all you make your own, so much more cost effective

Post by **digger303** » Thu Apr 16, 2026 11:56 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 4:03 pm I did ultimate black and then a Mr Metal color stainless colour as my dark iron was completely dried up in the bottle

They look the same grey as the kit plastic was at the start

Before:

After:

Get yourself some of this, it works as advertised

Post by **marcowine** » Fri Apr 17, 2026 5:27 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 4:03 pm I did ultimate black and then a Mr Metal color stainless colour as my dark iron was completely dried up in the bottle

They look the same grey as the kit plastic was at the start

Before:

After:

It may not be what you originally had in mind color-wise but, for what it's worth, I think it looks great.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Fri Apr 17, 2026 7:13 pm

everyone
I did a little bit of chrome tips, purple and clear blue. Need to let it dry up or I smudge, show later

The engine wiring is starting. Gonna get complicated fast!
I had to add a support leg on the front of the magneto structure (black thing) and trim off a tab off the back end to let me wire it to the distributor ( round black thing with silver screws and red wires)

My fuel injector lines are not really correct as they come out vertically but it’s is too small to pin the aliminum tube side and have it come laterally. So I took the easy way out.

Post by **runnerUA** » Fri Apr 17, 2026 7:49 pm

looks great, I love it.

Post by **marcowine** » Sat Apr 18, 2026 1:23 am

Wow, wow, wow! Looking super fine!

Post by **Stokesy44** » Sat Apr 18, 2026 4:16 am

I love the colours of the headers and connection points, really metallic but slightly oily too.

Please forgive me if I am failing on the terminology front. You guys know I'm not a 'car guy'

Post by **digger303** » Sat Apr 18, 2026 5:37 am

Nice work.

Post by **cor** » Sat Apr 18, 2026 8:03 am

That is some very nice work.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Apr 18, 2026 6:50 pm

all

some busy wire works

Post by **marcowine** » Sat Apr 18, 2026 11:12 pm

Absolutely loving that.

Post by **digger303** » Sun Apr 19, 2026 1:00 am

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Apr 19, 2026 4:02 am

Went to my local hobby shop today.
Have a $30 Christmas gift card.
They had nothing I wanted. All the Mr Color stuff is gone as Canada restricted import and sale
Not really in to mood to buy a kit just for sake of buying so I got nothing. May be my last visit there honestly.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Apr 19, 2026 4:41 am

Cool resource of real car

https://www.tomhartleyjnr.com/car/previ ... bham-bt46/

Post by **cor** » Sun Apr 19, 2026 6:18 am

Pity the local is a bit boring.

Wonderful looking engine. This will be a good looking finished product

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Apr 19, 2026 6:31 am

Engine in a box

My tailpipes

Replaced a fake belt with a real rubber one

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Apr 19, 2026 6:04 pm

cor wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2026 6:18 am Pity the local is a bit boring.

Wonderful looking engine. This will be a good looking finished product

I think my stash is so full I can’t forsee needing just any kit.
A little Datsun BRE truck was the closest, but I just don’t need it

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Apr 25, 2026 10:20 pm

Some Saturday morning messing about

The fuel infections lines trimmed and tucked away, testing the rear clip fit into the engine bay

Then some messing about with plumbing modifications and a test of aluminuminums…ums

Post by **Stokesy44** » Sat Apr 25, 2026 10:27 pm

Wow that engine look amazing

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Apr 25, 2026 10:39 pm

Stokesy44 wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2026 10:27 pm Wow that engine look amazing

There’s a red styrene fluffy sitting on the fuel injector tubing from me scraping the engine bay
Cameras just never lie.

Post by **marcowine** » Sat Apr 25, 2026 10:51 pm

Looking really, really good!

Post by **Stokesy44** » Sun Apr 26, 2026 6:31 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2026 10:39 pm
Stokesy44 wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2026 10:27 pm Wow that engine look amazing

There’s a red styrene fluffy sitting on the fuel injector tubing from me scraping the engine bay
Cameras just never lie.

Ah yes. So you too have fallen to the dasterdly camera trick. Many a time I have exclaimed after photographing a kit, 'Geez it was looking good till I took the friggin pictures!'.

As for the red styrene fluffy, I'd bin the kit and start again. Its ruined

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Apr 26, 2026 5:06 pm

Drilled out some stuff and got ultimate grey primer and then Mr metal aluminum paint down

Made a little oil tank doodad for under the roll cage

Post by **digger303** » Mon Apr 27, 2026 12:37 am