[Fastjet57]

I knocked up a 006 a little while ago. Started life as a Scaley M23. Took quite a while for the conversion(!!). Lots of plasticard, araldite, filler, swearing....

Decals I think mostly Pendles. Stewart's tartan band was an absolute b...h to make and attach.

Nowhere near the standard of cars I've seen here, but looks great round the track and the short wheelbase gives unique handling.

Great era for me with big fat tyres and low aero.

Sorry about the black car in the foreground, project was to re-create Silverstone 1973

(Current project is 1968 Nurburgring Stewart MS10, Hill 49B)

Phil.

 

[Fastjet57]

I am sure there are a million better ways to do this....
Searched for Royal Stewart tartan on internet. After messing about, created a suitable JPEG

Printed on ''Crafty Computer Paper'' inkjet waterslide decal sheet A4 Clear (CPJ314A) (Clear as it was going on a white helmet). Lot of messing to get size right. Then Sprayed as directed with their ''Clear Glaze''.

So far so good.

As the print is a rectangle it obviously does not slide corectly onto what is essentially a sphere (the helmet) - it sticks proud of the helmet apart from the bottom edge where it touches all round. My Paint Shop Pro s/w wouldn't let me distort the rectangle into a partial disc - which would be good for a cone but still not perfect for a ''sphere''. So Engineering fettling required.

Got the decal flattened onto left & right sides of the helmet and left to dry out. But front and rear of decal only touching at the bottom edge (the ''sphere effect''). Dropped superglue behind the gap and then sliced the decal (3 cuts) with a brand new exacto and pressed the top edge of the decal back onto the helmet using the sharp edge of the knife so the knife wouldn't stick. As the decal was now sliced, each (tiny) segment made by the slicing could now overlap and hence reasonably sit on the helmet. Did same at the back but with a bit less finesse.

As you may imagine, this took a few attempts and was a complete PITA due to the small size and the previously stuck bits of the decal moving about.

Result

(from the afformantioned MS10 project - need to re-do the Tyrrell as this attempt was better)

I am sure someone will have a much better way of doing it and I will have a big ''DOH!!'' moment.

Good luck.

Phil.

 

[Fastjet57]

Interested in your 2 tone blue point.

''The chassis has also been primed and given a quick splash of Midnight Blue (the Tyrrell 006's were painted 2 tone blue).''

I painted my 006 (vertical side panels) gloss black. I trawled Google images (endlessly) for ''Tyrrell 006'' and every image had side panels that I thought looked black. Cos of copyright , I don't know if I can reproduce examples here. Is ''Midnight Blue'' actually very nearly black??

Phil.

 

[Fastjet57]

Great effort and progressing so quickly. My scratch builds typically take 6m - 12m elapsed!!

 

[Fastjet57]

How did you do the Goodyear tyre logos?
I need to do ''Dunlop'' for my MS10.

Phil.

 

[Fastjet57]

Rather than hijack this thread, I'll start a new one called Matra MS10. The car is now (finally!!) finished, or as much as any modified car is ever finished. It may take me a little while to create and then service the new thread as the build was a bit complicated in places, so there is quite a long list of modifications from the base car - a Scaley Siffert Lotus 49 - to describe. If I can ask a bit of patience, just keep an eye out for the new thread.