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Benetton Wing
Alrighty, so here is the wing assembly diagram from the instructions. Around 20 pieces in total, mostly of photo-etched brass. As you may recall, the assembly exploded when CA was used and part...
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Benetton Wing
Here’s the rapidly (?) emerging wing assembly, primered, painted flat black, only the trailing edge slats painted the correct blues and with some of the decals applied. There are some 30 pieces of...
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Benetton Nose
Here’s a “detail” shot of the nose job;). The B195 has been primered, but lots of carving and sanding around the wing posts was done to get here. The posts have been soldered for strenght here too. The...
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Benetton=Ligier?
The Ligier is almost the same as the Benetton, which is why I’ve used it in previous comparison shots. Next time, if there is one, I’ll start the pictures earlier. The extra hole on the B195 is for a...
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Benetton Chassis
The vanes are much too thick, a compromise to allow Tameo to mold them out of the soft white metal. The master modeller would probably remake the whole tray out of brass sheet, but I chose to file away...
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Benetton Wing Decals and Assembly
Well, I’m still applying the 30 odd decals to the assembly. The decals are nice and thin, yet robust enough to survive some handling. One thing I’ve noticed though is that the carrier film is not...
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Benetton Belts and Chassis
Well, wing is completely decaled and is now drying. Figured I’d work on, here’s the chassis primered, with a mounting bolt soldered, holes and slots for the seatbelts cut. I suppose I should bend the...
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Benetton Belts
Decided to “plate” the buckles with solder, a little polishing will make them shine. Later when after I paint them, I’ll scrape off the paint to re-expose them.
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Benetton Wheels
Wheels painted. I again chose to solder the insert since the rims and spoke inserts were both brass. The left wheel has a small amount of black enamel wash to bring out the spokes.
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Tameo 1/43 Parts Packs
Call me crazy, first for buying this stuff just in case I needed it, and scanning them for reference. In anycase, a few years ago I ordered stuff that might be useful for me from Grand Prix Models for...
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