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Scuderia Torro Rosso STR3, 1/20, MFH


sjelic
01-21-2009, 04:08 AM
Hi guys,

I started to do things I promised to myself that I will never do, building more and more kits same time. I know we all try to avoid that but in reality it is just to .... tempting :lol:

So with few projects going on I started a new one, just because I love livery on this one.

Basic kit is not the best you have seen from MFH, panels are not the sharpest one, all ducts and holes are shallow or closed and overall smooth surface of resin is not on the level of usual MFH.

But never the less, interesting subject with nice decals.

Since I am very sensitive on holes and ducts I decided to drill everything I can in order to get "real" look.

So, started with upper air ducts, I used proxxon to thin the shell from inside, used thin drill bits to make borders for hole and cut them out with No. 11 blade.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC172979.jpg

Put all things I thought should be on body before primer.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC042870.jpg

Drilled holes on lower air ducts (close to exhaust) and made a bit of step on exhaust holes in order to get cowling look and not toy like look of exhaust area.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC012860.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC012861.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC012865.jpg

I slightly cleaned those winglets and decided to put them on even thou it could make some problems during final steps of clear coats.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC012864.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC042866.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC042868.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC042869.jpg

Of course I made the intake hole over drivers head, It was very shallow.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC042867.jpg

And of to primer, I made three sand/prime process before I was happy with result on all surfaces.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC172966.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC172967.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC172968.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC172969.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC172971.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC172970.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC172980.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC172972.jpg

Sanded all with 6000 polishing cloth and dryfitted bottom and gearbox.

This is where I stand now.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P1183057.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P1183060.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P1183059.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P1183061.jpg

Hopefully I will manage to do more soon :lol:

ejsmith
01-21-2009, 04:29 AM
Great start! Looks much cleaner than mine :) Have you decided what to do about the rear wing support yet?

flhansen
01-21-2009, 05:01 AM
Hi

This will surely be worth following! :-)

Caution with those winglets behind the air intake. They will be in your way when decaling the huge airbox decals and will be prone to be knocked off. I hope you have fixed them solidly with wire or something?

Anyway good start and nice primercoat. I can recommend the Hiroboy Red Bull colour as very easy to apply and get an even coating.


Flemming

builder77
01-21-2009, 06:32 AM
Great work so far!
The panel lines look great.
Chris

klutz_100
01-21-2009, 07:25 AM
Damn Sasa! you are going to force me to get one of these resin F1 kits soon - you make them look so sexy to build! :D

jano11
01-21-2009, 07:27 AM
Nice start!

Is it me or the fin on the engine cover isn't in the right position but a bit to the left of the cover?



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/PC042867.jpg
:lol:

Tibi Keke
01-21-2009, 07:41 AM
Nice start for an interesting projekt Sasa. Can wait to see your model finished!

Robi J
01-21-2009, 08:51 AM
Excellent start, Sasa!

Very nice job on panel lines, winglets and grilles openings :iceslolan

Robi

kans0002
01-21-2009, 09:28 AM
oh, this is one of my favorites! looks awesome so far. i will be following this closely.

Spike2933
01-21-2009, 10:22 AM
very nice start,

to be aware you are gonna most likely have to fix the resin transmission/rear wing support. the support piece is off and will make teh wing sit funny. just as a heads up.

will you be using the STR paint also

cheers,
Steve

gionc
01-21-2009, 11:19 AM
Wasssssssssssa Torrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrro?
And think you live few km from Italy :D
Toro! Like toro loco, bull (yes bull has two "el") LOL!!!!

Bravo! (also in the sense of "brave" this time!). Can't wait to see more.

Decs0105
01-21-2009, 04:17 PM
ohh yes that will be interesting :popcorn:

I have to admit that I started this kit too, I just couldn't resist... and as some mentioned before check the rear wing alignment. It is usually completely off, you could also check f1m.com there are quite a few progress threads and some useful tips.

builder77
01-21-2009, 05:27 PM
You can go through my old posts on my personal site and see what my solution to the rear wing was.
I should be done with my RB4 version and soon, and so far I'm pleased with the results.
Great work and good luck.
And be careful with the white metal pieces! So brittle!
Chris

sjelic
01-22-2009, 01:35 AM
Thank you guys for all valuable information, next step is surely dry fit of rear wing to see the problems.
Paint is bought from hiroboy of course.
Jano, since the fin is very thin I have moved it left and right all the time, no need to worry it can be reshaped with no problem.

jano11
01-22-2009, 07:10 AM
Jano, since the fin is very thin I have moved it left and right all the time, no need to worry it can be reshaped with no problem.

That's great.
Looking forward to more advancement on this one! :)

ddtham
01-22-2009, 04:41 PM
Those pictures in primer are to die for, can't wait for the colors.

quadzero
01-23-2009, 10:16 PM
Those pictures in primer are to die for, can't wait for the colors.
Exactly what I was thinking working my way thru this thread. What a contrast before the primer and then after. Great work going on here.

sjelic
02-03-2009, 10:42 AM
Thanks guys.

Not much happened but I was so inpatient to try that zero paint...


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P2023115.jpg

I must say that paint do look amazing, one pointer thou, since overall shape of painting area is tricky you have to move over it a lot. If you use short and not so rich bursts, you will easily get over spray all over. So thin it down, use short but rich bursts of paint on those hard to get places.

Once you cover it thin down the clear a lot...and I mean a lot, be very careful as it will run if you over do it just a bit.

Here is close up of that fantastic paint from Zero, I tried to balance WB in order to get perfect match.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P2023106.jpg

This is only first lighter coat of clear just as a base for decals, once I get them on I will make another coat.

So decal nightmare to begin :D

AustinMartin
02-03-2009, 10:52 AM
Wow! That finish is amazing!

jano11
02-03-2009, 11:26 AM
Beautiful paint!
Looking forward to see it decaled. :)

klutz_100
02-03-2009, 12:17 PM
Sasa, that color is to die for :droooooooooool:
I can already begin to imagine how tasty this is going to look.
I really need to get me some of Steve's clear coat and try it out at last. Are you using the 2-pack or the 1-pack? What's the difference between them anyway?? :s

I have always had a "thing" for the STR livery and you are seriously tempting my resolve to stay focused with my projects for this year (assuming of course that I find the time to do anything at all :lol: )

Spike2933
02-03-2009, 12:38 PM
very nice, the color is amazing aint it,

the decals are pretty tough, I used solvaset for mine, but I'm positive Microsol will work just as good, the decals also overlap,

just look at mine if you need any tips or placement

jochen kieslich
02-03-2009, 01:37 PM
Hey Sasa,
and you are telling me you lost your will.....
Your colour is absolutely amazing as is the whole rocket on wheels itself!!!
Gentleman, start your decal session.

Best wishes
Jochen

Decs0105
02-03-2009, 02:10 PM
That looks awesome, great paint job!

sjelic
02-04-2009, 06:30 AM
Thanks guys ;)

Stevenski, I use Glasurit 2K, usual ratio is 3 parts clear, 3 parts hardener and 8 parts thinner, extremely careful with swift and very rich bursts.

Steve thanks for offer, yours came out very good, it already helped a lot with some doubts I had.

Jochen, I was just kidding in Aston thread :D, I will give my best just to come close to your perfect build.

Thank you once again for kind comments.

Richy78
02-05-2009, 05:07 PM
Hi Sasa, incredible paint job, even more thinking to the complex surface of the modern F1 cars.

Ferraristo
04-21-2009, 05:49 AM
Very impressive build so far! Any more progress? I can't wait to see more of this one! by the way, does anyone know where to get this kit? I couldn't find it on Hiroboy and the Monza winner edition is already sold out as well...

sam01contact
04-21-2009, 02:48 PM
Gorgeous!! I can't wait to see the body with all the markings!

Tomcatter31
05-16-2009, 09:27 AM
Hi guys,

The STR 3 build is very impressive!

I bought one myself some time ago but I have decided that I am not going to build it.

Therefore I am selling my MFH 1/20 STR 3 together with paint from Zero and the complete decal sheet.

Is there anybody interested?

Tomcatter31

AustinMartin
05-17-2009, 08:12 AM
Hi guys,

The STR 3 build is very impressive!

I bought one myself some time ago but I have decided that I am not going to build it.

Therefore I am selling my MFH 1/20 STR 3 together with paint from Zero and the complete decal sheet.

Is there anybody interested?

Tomcatter31

What version is it?

sjelic
05-25-2009, 02:43 AM
It has been a while since last update :D
sorry for that but lately I am very busy and have very little time to relax.

Never the less here is progress, decals and clear coat on, slightly polished, still room for improvement, since decals are so complex I had to add a bit more clear :(

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P5243575.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P5243604.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P5243609.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P5243635.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P5243640.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P5243643.jpg

Now for CF work and wings, so next update in....4 months :D:D

klutz_100
05-25-2009, 02:55 AM
That's scary :D
(both the quality of the work plus the fact that only yesterday I was wondering what was up with you...and here you are! LOL

Glad to see progress on this Sasa :thumbsup:

jano11
05-25-2009, 04:19 AM
Excellent job on the paint and decals! :thumbsup:
I'll set the alarm for September 25 than! ;)

jaykay640
05-25-2009, 02:23 PM
Sweet!

Decs0105
05-25-2009, 02:34 PM
awesome work, the decals look stunning!

gasdriverca
05-25-2009, 03:01 PM
Exxxxxcellent......I love it!!!!

Robi J
06-03-2009, 04:14 AM
Yes, excellent !

Robi :)

guiwee
06-11-2009, 12:48 AM
Dude thats excellent.All those red-bull liveries on those f1 cars look sweet.Makes you want to buy the kit just for the decals.Is it any way to acquire the decals and put them on another kit?Maybe one that doesnt cost $200?

sjelic
06-12-2009, 01:21 AM
Dude thats excellent.All those red-bull liveries on those f1 cars look sweet.Makes you want to buy the kit just for the decals.Is it any way to acquire the decals and put them on another kit?Maybe one that doesnt cost $200?

yeah sure, you can buy them separately, mediamix or hiroboy have them for sure, you will have enough to cover any F1 model.

LeeABC
06-12-2009, 06:15 AM
Great work!

sjelic
07-16-2009, 07:15 AM
Looks like I made progress few months to early :D

I have put all big things together and left with details and some dust sanding (I must have more nerves when doing clear job).

Never the last, those are last progress pictures, next ones are of finished model.
Thank you all for following this to long process.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P7153722.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P7153725.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P7153729.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P7153748.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P7153768.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/sjelic/STR3/P7153769.jpg

Tibi Keke
07-16-2009, 07:33 AM
Hi Sasa,

Your STR3 looks very well! Great work!

jano11
07-16-2009, 09:22 AM
Looks great!
Let's see the finished model now. :)

Spike2933
07-16-2009, 11:06 AM
brilliant, i miss those cars, but the RBR5 is atleast easy on the eyes

Decs0105
07-16-2009, 03:47 PM
awesome job, love it! The livery is really cool, did you have any problems with the decals (fitting)?

Robi J
07-17-2009, 04:52 AM
It turned out really awesome. The execution is simply spectacular...

Robi :)

sjelic
07-17-2009, 08:44 AM
awesome job, love it! The livery is really cool, did you have any problems with the decals (fitting)?

No general problem, you must be careful with wings decals as it is very unclear how the wing should stay (frond and rear side), so test more then once, I know I was taking some of them down :loser:

Thank you guys for comments.

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