International Scale Modeller

So finally got this one done. It started out as a Tamiya MP4/4 from the beginning of the 1988 season. As I wanted to build it as the car Senna used in the Japanese GP where he took the title I used Model Factory Hiro's conversion kit. This replaced all kit parts except for the body, floor, wheels, tires, mirrors and rain light. To add a few more details to it I used Top Studio's drive shaft kit, cockpit kit and antennas, as well as some generic resin connectors and wires. The decals came mostly from a Museum Collection sheet with a few extra taken from the MFH one for special Japanese GP ones, carbon decals where added from Studio 27 and Scale Motorsports.

There where a few problems with the fit of some of the engine parts that I didn't expect from a MFH kit, they usually make really nice well fitting kits. But I guess it's because it's so many small parts in a really tight space. This led to another problem, the body don't fit perfectly on the chassis. It's hitting something but I'm not sure what, I might be able to just push it in place but as it will be displayed without the body anyway it's not that big of a problem.

The main body colors are Zero Paints Brilliant White and MP4 red. The red is a really good match for the color used by McLaren from 1976 to 1996 but a bit hard to paint and to photograph. This was then covered with a few coats of Zero Paints 2-pack clear.

Stunning build mate, looks fantastic!

really nice looking car you have there

That is a really nice build. The detail on this is stunning.

Wow....awesome job, mate...that engine is beautifully detailed and the overall paint job is spectacular!

Absolutely stunning! Well done.

Thanks for all the nice comments!

Great model, makes me won't to start mine.

You did a fantastic job, and a fitting tribute to one off the F1 greats. Well done

WOW!! Looks like its right off the line! Great work!

Wow! You can almost hear that engine revving! Great model