1/12 Formula One Tyrrel 003

[rodrant]

My second entry , a sports car , it is a Tamiya GB right ? so a Sports car should be included

[Twokidsnosleep]

I am at the front of the concours watching this one

Edit: holy cow it is 1/12 scale kit, missed that first time around

[Lysus]

AHHHH...I don't need more kits...but I need an F1 in my life soon. Can't wait to see this one.

[Rallychef]

looking forward to watching this one progress.

[GazVickers]

I'll be following this with great interest, I'd love to build a few cars but the whole shiny gloss paint and polish scares the bejesus out of me.

So I'll be looking on to pick up a few tips and trick for when I'm brave enough to try my own.

[JonMW]

Nice! My favorite F1 team and favorite driver so I´m definitely watching this!

[shortCummins]

any car driven by Jakie Stewart is OK in my book

rgds
John(shortCummins)

[gaz45]

Great choice there mate

[rodrant]

Time to make a start on this ...was my 2nd entry , it is my 3rd build in this GB , hope to finish on time ...

So this is a 1/12 Tamiya Kit of the Tyrrel 003 from the 1971 MonacoGP , depicting one of my favourite F1 pilot Jackie Stewart ...

some history on it , as of the Wikipedia ...

The Tyrrell 003 is a Formula One racing car which was designed for the 1971 Formula One season by Tyrrell's Chief Designer, Derek Gardner. It was effectively the same car as Tyrrell 001, with a redesigned nose section, longer wheelbase and narrower monocoque. Tyrrell 003 was a one-off design, its type number also serving as its Tyrrell chassis number. François Cevert drove the Tyrrell 002.
When Ken Tyrrell, the team's owner, was disenchanted with the poor performance of March chassis during the 1970 season, he decided he would design and build his own car. He employed Derek Gardner to design it in secret at his own house.[1] The project, codenamed "SP" which meant "Special Project" cost Tyrrell over £22,000 of his own money. The resulting car named Tyrrell 001 made its debut at Oulton Park at a non-championship race.

After the season had finished Gardner redesigned some sections of the car, altering the airbox, remodelling the nose section, lengthening the wheelbase and slightly narrowing the monocoque. The redesigned car became known as the 002 and 003, which were chassis numbers given to each of the cars made for the 1971 season. The team also switched tyre supplier to Goodyear after Dunlop withdrew from F1.

Competition
Driven by Jackie Stewart, it debuted at the 1971 Spanish Grand Prix and won at the first attempt. Tyrrell and Jackie Stewart took advantage as Lotus and Ferrari struggled during 1971; they won six races with Stewart claiming his second World Championship. Stewart and team mate François Cevert used different chassis throughout both 1971 and 1972, with Stewart having exclusive use of 003 and Cevert competing with the Tyrrell 002.

The 1972 season saw Lotus back on form with Emerson Fittipaldi challenging Stewart for the championship. 003 was not a match for the developed Lotus 72 and the Tyrrell team only won when the 72 failed to finish. Fittipaldi won the title that season by a comfortable margin. Despite scoring two wins with Stewart during 1972 (he also won two races with the new 005), the 003 had come to the end of its racing life. Tyrrell 003 remains the Tyrrell team's most successful chassis. It is also the individual chassis that has scored the most Grand Prix wins in Formula One history.[citation needed]

The vehicle is currently on display at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

The Tyrrell 003 was replaced by 005 for 1973.

Complete Formula One World Championship results[edit]

Year Entrant Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points WCC
1971 Elf Team Tyrrell RSA ESP MON NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA 73† 1st
Jackie Stewart 1 11 1 1 1 Ret Ret 1 5
1972 Elf Team Tyrrell ARG RSA ESP MON BEL FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA 73‡ 2nd
Jackie Stewart 1 Ret Ret 1 2 11

Technical specifications
Chassis Aluminium monocoque
Suspension (front) Double wishbones, coil springs
Suspension (rear) Double wishbones, coil springs
Engine Ford-Cosworth DFV, 2,993 cc (182.6 cu in), 90° V8, Naturally aspirated, mid-mounted,
Transmission Hewland FG400 5-speed manual
Fuel Elf
Tyres Goodyear

Some photos of the real car ...

JAckie Stewart in 1971 Monaco Gp Grid



The Office



The Ford DFV Cosworth Engine



In action ...



In Monaco





So the kit ...a BIG Box



Lots of plastic ...













Rubber tyres ...



lots of stuff together with the tyres ...screws , tubes ...what I've done





chrome plastic ....





Photo etched ...seems disc brakes , engine parts, seat belts locks and some radiator grids



Decals ...by Cartograf (thank god ...I hope ...at least not Tamiya ) and seat belts seems in tissue ...a first for me but could be a nice touch !



Instructions



36 steps ...



I will show you more detail during the build .

So time to go to something different but also a Tamiya traditional kit , a racing car , this one not 1/24 but 1/12 like their Moto Bike range ...

Hope you liek the build , I hope to enjoy myself doing this one !

[Lysus]

I'm so in.

[Twokidsnosleep]

I'm so in.

Right beside him

[Lysus]

I'm so in.

Right beside him

Like...I dropped in before...but seeing it all laid out I'm so stoked for this kit...

Must resist urge to buy another kit...

[rodrant]

So first build thread , with some work done during last weeks ...this build was stopped several times ...but let's go ...

So the first step is to do a wheel tool , made form the chrom plastic sprues ...



The kit is disapointing , for the price you thought to have some nice moulds, but it is full of mould injection marks ...



Part of Engine detail



Wheel



More engine parts







Well after the tool wheel we get to do two stands ... wish I know for what I should do this ...maybe later we can get to see



Nest the direction bar


The direction column is a rod in the 'goodies bag' so let's open it



Lot's of cable , sprues ...



Awfull flash in the tyres ( they are rubber tyres )



A seam in the middle , actually already someone mention that this seam exist in the real tyres ...



The direction shaft



We get to place it using a small rubber ring ,



This is the 'rubber' sprue , also the seat is there



Continuing





Lots of chrome parts...the issue here is that when you cut them form the sprue you get a mark from where you vut it and you also must clean it ...not a bad idea ...they get a nice effect ...but also a lot ( I mean really a lot of mould markings on them )



Time for the body ...



1978 ... I have 11 years old back then



Some paint ...TS-15 on the body and some X.11 for that bars engraved in that piece





Placing the suspension bars ...



See those marl«ks ...awful...for the price of this kit , I mean ...





Springs for the bumpers



MAke a mistake here , and place the lower arms upsidedown ...



Those gaps ...almost impossible to correct ...place putty and then paint , will be great



Time for using the PE fro the kit















The brake caps are almost impossibel to fix ...the one that we should place last is a holly patience work ...and we must glue it and not to glue the disc brake that should be moveable ... tough work !

On the springs we get two different sizes , being the shorter to use at front ...again awfull system to get them toghether ...



this still has the lower suspention arm wrongly placed ...





More mould marks ....every sprue is like this , I do not bother with thi and will just try to get this altoghether ...not an easy kit !



Pedals ( with the PE cover of the foot pedals already placed in it )



The other part of the low body already painted and ready to go



Voilá ...





Nice ...but a lot , I mean a lot of work !

[rodrant]

So , this build is going ...even not easy ...I stopped now for doing some figure and a bust in an Interval , as I was starting to stress again , this is a kit to be done with time , to clear the chrome parts ( really advise that ! ) and to clean them from the mould marks . Also must admit that the result , even doing it OOB could be great as the kit is beautiful , and the way as it is made , makes me believe that tamiya have here a great kit , pitty the old parts (Tamiya often do this...) and the mould marks everywhere , in my opinion , and I built already a lot of Tamiya kits , it isn'rt the best plastics that I encontered in a Tamiya Kit , even think that the price is very high for the kit ( even it is a 1/12 scale and brings PE , seat belts ...) but that is only my opinion , even think that the modellers used to do racing cars and with time could ake a tremendous Top Shelf kit , it has wonderfull details , the engine is a kit inside the kit , let's see my progress ,enough talk

So I make a start on the Engine :







The tub



Not easy to place this two parts !



The engine covers , take two small PE parts on the sides to fix it to the chassis



Already painted all with X-10



other side with the chrome parts for the engine fixing structure











Rear brakes :



The engine in the support in my 'Racing Workshop'



Nice detail !



Now I make the Throttle plates ..-



Engine exhausts , already painted X-18



Also seem confusing , but very easy to place, only carefull to Instructions .



With the exhausts placed time to do some first cable ... the kit gives you all this to enjoy the pleasures of detailing an Racing Engine



Just be carefull to cut at the correct size , you may use a ruler or the instructions as they are the real size , also take carefull in checking the right thickness of the cables as they came in different sizes and types , easy to follow in my opinion !



First cable done ...yeayhhhh , it was easy



Now here I was to check a build mistake ! , see in the top photo where the Throtte plates to fix , there are two different plates ...



Now check carefully as if not and as I glue them with CA glue 8 it is hard to glue the chrome parts with the tamiya glue ! It wasn't possible to me to correct , the Throttles should be placed wiht thecables support to the exterior , one was right as there were 4 holes for it but not the other , with only two holes , O now must drill in the engine and try to solve the situation ...



I noticed when I was checking the instructions for all the cables :



In this step there should be a warning or something so If you are going to make this kit check carefully and not do what I did



After I drill , was ok , I fix the issue , ufff now to go to cables and distributor





My workshop receive new mats



I shut the lights off



Distributor next ...seems easy ...



Cables ...



Again you have the quantity , tupe and lenght of the cables to go ...









Yayks ...a spider on the bench



Well it is more easy to do as it looks in the instructions , now to go fotr placing all this in the engine , and next steps very soon !

Hope you like so far this build !

[Twokidsnosleep]

It might be fighting you, but you are giving it a good battle
It is turning out great. I love the engine/ wheel assembly with the PE disks on...SUPER!!!

[chops1sc]

In 1978, I was born...

[rodrant]

In 1978, I was born...

11 years old me ...

[rodrant]

It might be fighting you, but you are giving it a good battle
It is turning out great. I love the engine/ wheel assembly with the PE disks on...SUPER!!!

Thank you Scott !

[rodrant]

Another update , and will be the final before the final reveal !

I started then with all the engine cables , the distributor was done , and then placed on the engine with all cables connected



All connected...more easy than it looks ...only issue to fix the cables, I used CA glue



A mess of cables



Started the rear suspension arms







Schock absorbers



Radiators



Again this radiators are plastic and take a grill of PE



Start making the kit in the kit ...The Ford DFV V8



Also the supports and all the suspension arms



Disc brakes



Some deposit ...painted with XF-2 White





Radiators done with some more cables to do



Another cable



And fixed the engine to the chassis :



Must say that it is a very nice detail , even OOB





Now let's go to the tub ....seatbelts, nice tissue stickers belts



PE for the seat belts





Must cut the seat ...not that easy ....







PE done



Here I made a mistake ...I use a scissor to cut the seat belts ...wrong , they are pre cut and can be removed from the paper easily !



see...this was cutted ...no need



I was making the seatbelts and placing them in the board of the paper so not to loose the glue



see...easy to lift uo and remove fro the paper



Very nice detail ...They could do this for the 1/24 cars , much better than the usual decals ...



All done !





I cut then the seat ...went ok , just check the measures and position and you will be fine !



Added the seatbelts !





Added the seat to the car tub



ohhh sorry didn't turn the light in the workshop







Instruments :



first decals ....



hmmmm metal stickers



after painting the instrument panel ...not too many instruments and gauges compared to today's F1 cars ...



nice !



must place now the metal sticker in the lateral gauges



As it was something that I never done , I check the instructions, seem similar to the tyre decals ...place the sticker and rub gently , the remove the transparent film with tweezers ...ok , seems simple enough !







done and continuing with the building



on the rear , there are soem detail , again to add some cables ...nice !



Added steering wheel , gear stick



more cables , from the acelerator and instrumet panel to the underside of the seat



and more cable from the rear deposit to god knows where







Tyres



easily done ...



Now to use the special tool that I done just in the beginning of the build ....yeahhhh fantastic tool ...well it does the necessary work , not very pratical though



now it is looking like a F1



Rear wing



the lateral is in PE




done the front wing and radiator PE Grill



upper chassis cover , remove the locks so to be replaced by PE ones ...not an easy task of the build , done very carefull in order to not to damage the body





rear wing placed after painted



The upper body part cover



Mirrors



Again used the metal transfers ...nice detail



Mirror supports...me not like this ...



After a big strugle , to check and recheck the position ...get to place the mirrors ...with some mistakes ...boy my neighbours today listen all the names that I can throw at this ...but done !



Mirror...mirror ...on the Tyrrell





The car is done and ready for decalling , and now will be the final reveal just after palcing the decals !





Hope you have enjoyed the build ! My considerations of the kit and the final reveal photos here :

http://intscalemodeller.com/viewtopic.php?f=532&t=20597