Honda S800 racing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interior of the real car 

Interior of the real car  

Engine bay details  

Engine bay details 

 

First start made  

Working in subassemblies, painting some parts before committing to glue 

Interior tub needs some extra work, and I'm looking into some replacement seatbelts. 

Carved the seatbelts from the seat, and opened up the hole to feed the new belts trough  

Cloth added with thin tissue paper  

Seatbelt made from Aber photo etch belts.
Not fixed yet. 

Valve stems added  

Wheels painted black, as the competition cars had black, not silver rims like Tamiya suggest  

Started to add some details to the engine, drilling holes for some wires. 

Interior with some paint and weathering  

Tub ready for installation  

Engine in progress  

 

Wires added  

Dashboard  

Body painted with Tamiya rattle can 

As well as the small parts  

Engine bay painted a dirty yellow  

 

 

Chassis about done, sans the weathering  

 

Picked out the strips in silver.  

 

Go faster stripes in progress  

Chassis weathered  

 

 

Up on it's wheels  

Bottom weathered  

Windscreen fitted, roof temporary in place to get the angle right  

 

Shiny bits added 

Engine Wired  

Lexan rear window, pops made from aluminium foil  

Decals in progress  

Nearly there  

Added the last cables  

 

All done  

 

 

 

 

 

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