Honda S800 racing

George Williams
That's a sweet car, chain driven no less.

Jennifer Franklin
There is nice detailing on the engine; overall, the car is nice, too.

Jan Peters
Thanks mates.
Although I'm a petrolhead, I've not built many car models before.
My son is a big fan of racing cars in general, and old Japanese cars in particular. He has asked me to build this one for him.

Neuling
Sehr schön. More pictures please!

Jan Peters
The pictures are of the real car, I have not yet started with the model 😉

Jennifer Franklin
lol, in that case following, you had me super impressed with the car photos I thought were a model build. I though you were that good. Some of the mates on here are that good.

Jan Peters
More on the S800 on my son's Facebook page: facebook.com/1000634..ely/965621152231173/

Jan Peters
Finally made a start on this one.

Jan Peters
Since I have a couple of weeks off work, I have picked up the Honda again.

István Szücs
Great work, I love this car!

Jan Peters
Thanks István

Jennifer Franklin
The Facebook post was a good read; thanks for the reference.

Jan Peters
Thanks, I'll tell my son, it is his page 🙂

Troy Campbell
Oooooohhhhhh NICE! great worj

Jennifer Franklin
The black rims look great!

Jan Peters
Thanks mates 🙏🏻

Robert Podkoński
Taking my seat here 🙂

Jan Peters
Welcome Robert 🙂

Jan Peters
Meanwhile the body has been painted with a Tamiya rattle can.
Some small dust particles have sneaked into the paint, but nothing serious.

István Szücs
The dashboard looks great!

Ben M
I love these old Hondas. Looking good!

Jan Peters
Thanks mates🙂

Chris Reimann
Very nice progress. Love your attention to the details.

Jan Peters
Thanks Chris🙂

George Williams
It's sure looking good.

Jan Peters
Thanks George 🙂

Yngve N
I'm impressed, so following to see the finished version. Question to @Jan Peters: "Engine bay painted a dirty yellow". Is this some kind of weathering? I'm pretty new and eager to learn

Jan Peters
Thanks 🙂
Yes, the dirtied up yellow is a pre weathering. I like my models dirty, real race cars are never clean

Yngve N
Thanks 👍 do you know if there's a video on YouTube or somewhere else I can learn how to do what you did? It looks very realistic

Michael Kohl
I am in.

Jan Peters
Welcome Michael 🙂

Jan Peters
@yngvenett to answer your question: I started out with a black base, misted yellow over this, so it does not cover the black, and went back over it with yellow applied by brush. I will give it a wash of a dark brown later on.

Yngve N
Thank you again for taking time to answer my questions. I will try my best

Jan Peters
Up on it's wheels🙂

Troy Campbell
It only gets better and better!!! Cool

Jan Peters
Thanks Tcamp 🙂

Jan Peters
More slow progress

István Szücs
It's almost ready!

Robert Podkoński
...and looks great already!

Jan Peters
Thanks! Still some work to do mates 🙂

George Williams
I'm liking it very much.

Jan Peters
This is now done 👍🏻
I will wait for the decals to dry before making the final pictures.

Jan Peters
All done, and handed over to my son 🙂

gorby
Very nice result!

Jan Peters
Thanks Gorby 🙏🏻

István Szücs
Wonderful result, sir!

Jan Peters
Thank you István!

Jan Peters
Bought a cheap laser cut display case so it won't get too dusty. 

Robert Podkoński
Congrats, Jan! Looks awesome.

Jan Peters
Thanks Robert 🙏🏻

George Williams
Great result.

Jan Peters
Thanks George 🙏🏻

Jennifer Franklin
Looks nice, great job!

Jan Peters
Thanks Jennifer 🙏🏻