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Hi im building the Tamiya 310b from monaco race. This will be my 5th build. I have always been interested in F1 but didnt have the courage to do a build before now. So lets go!
I got this kit cheaply second hand, A surprise inside was extra details that i didnt know about when buying it.
It had some Studio 27 etchings
and some whitemetal parts with rain wheels

Edit: I am using a resource from modelersite. Its has been great so fo far

My current workbench/project

Part 2,

I cut the nose part off and and filled it with styrene sheets and putty, I also sanded/filled and primed the stuff a couple of times to try and get rid of all the dirty stuff/marks and so on.

Part 3

The fuel cap cap had to be moved from the left to the right side, I drilled a new hole on the right side moved the fuel cap to the correct position for the Monaco race. I then filled the hard edges from the cut with some putty and tried sanding it the best i could, I do not have small enough sanding tool to get in there 100% but it worked out well enough
I also had to shave off some plastic from the "back plate" as it didnt fit properly with the fuel caps new position.

Part 4

Here is just some extra details i wish to add to the kit
The parts are made from sprue left over, styrene sheets, and brass? sheet i think. And will be mounted on the side pods, and inside nose

Great job! I've got this kit waiting to be built.. looking forward to see what you do with yours. Why did you cut the nose off?

coming together nicely

Very cool project
Love that you are adding your own detail bits

Very nice! I built the Revell version a while back and it's OK - a bit simple.

I look forward to how yours turns out!

Thanks! I cut the nose off because i want to show an "open" model. Without the outer exterior panel that sits on the engine.
I dry fitted it, and making it fit 100% seems too hard for me. So the kit has some fitting issues. Making it open i dont have to deal with that:) It does however force me to learn how to make more details to make it look more interesting. And that is something ive wanted to learn for a while too

I have been working on some carbon fiber lately and painted the parts.
And i must say i absolutely hate it! Its so hard to get a clean look. Its also extremely fragile so just touching the parts with carbon fiber decal scares me. I hope to get better at this in the future

Some more photos.
1 off the "wood plate". I used tamiya deck tan, mixed with some yellow and brown.
Then dry brushed over with some brown oil paint.
First i tried dry brush with red brown acrylic in the front wich was a terrible mistake. It came out to "heavy" and impossible to blend in further. Acrylic thinner would ruin the 1layer of deck tan. So i switch to oil paint and enamel thinner. You can clearly see the mistake in the front.
The final result is so so... but it works for me. I will finish it off with a clear later.
Im also adding further connection point for pipes in the intercooler

It's looking nice! Great job on the added details.

great job on the wood plate mate, its coming along nicely

Have been working on the exterior with decals and some small metal details. Also added a seatbelt

Good tool for making space for metal pieces

All looking good and nice work

Nice work!

Some more work. Thank you for the nice comments guys:) slow process as im mostly building bandai's starwars/gundams on my other table next to this one. But here it is for now

Nice. It looks like you've made quite a bit of progress.

Very cool so far! So strange seeing how much detail and comparing it to the 1/24 Revell version I made - yours looks so much better!

Its done

More photos

aaaand more

Nice build!

This is beautiful!! Awesome build, love it.

Nice work!