benetton B192 -10

And finally the benetton B192 is finished! I'll put some more pictures in the gallery of my website soon.

thank you to all again!
july 2009-october 2009

benetton B192 -09

The decalling job finished.

I glued some nuts & bolts here and there using a toothpick and cyano glue.

I drilled two Ø0.5mm holes on the side of the cowling were the antennas will be placed.

Finally I glued the antennas, the brakes and the rear wing. Once the decals will be completely dried, I will clearcoat all with some layers of TS-13.

benetton B192 -08

A little update... the cowling and the nose are glued. I'm happy to see that there isn't a big gap between the green joint on the different parts.

And finally I could start the decalling job.

benetton B192 -07

The floor plan was decalled with sms carbon fiber decals.

As the decals are too much greyish, I airbrushed a mixture of 80% smoke+20% semigloss black to turn them darker. I like the final result.
I glued the front and rear wings.

I built the engine and glued it on the floor plan. As the engine won't be visible, I didn't put too effort to detail it and I also take off some parts to have a better fitment of the cowling.

Finally I glued the cowling to the body. I'll start the decalling job tonight.

benetton B192 -06

I applied all decals on the rims, glued the air valves and clearcoated them with two layers of TS-13.

The moulding line on the tyres were sanded.

I airbrushed the logos on the tyres using a template and weathered them with a mist coat of smoke+flat black.

I masked the sidepods and airbrushed them with semigloss black.

The copckit was glued in its place and finished the nose cone decal.

I scratchbuilt the brakes wiring using vynil tub and cooper wire.

Finally I glued the front suspension arms.

benetton B192 -05

I couldn't wait to make a test fitting... the car looks promising.

The inner parts were airbrushed with semigloss black and I applied the front nose decal.

I worked on the dashboard and the steering painting the switches using a toothpick.

I put the decals and glued the parts. The dashboard is finished.

I also started the work on the wheels. I drilled a Ø0.4mm hole where the air valves will be placed.

Finally, I applied the decals on the rims. Tonight I will apply the rims logo decals, the tyre valves and I'll wait some days to airbrush a clear coat. Then, I will airbrush the tyre logos using a template.

benetton B192 - 04

After some days of holidays I started working on the car again. I turned crazy looking for the green paint can... it was sold out in all my local stores. Finally I could get one!

I decided to paint the green parts instead of using the decals provided, so I masked all the yellow parts.
Two layers of white primer were painted.

Then I lightly sanded the primer paint and applied 2+2 coats of green.

And the masks are off. The result is OK and I only have to sand the joint between the two colours. I'll wait some days and then I will mask the body again and paint the black inner parts. In the meanwhile I'll start working on the engine.

benetton B192 -03

I started to work on the seat. I used the p.e. seatbelt hardware set from KA models and I took the clothes from an old perfect parts set.

I cut a string guitar in a 6mm long piece and used it to build the harness.

I sanded the excess using the rotary tool.

Here are the seatbelts finished. I also used the sabelt decals from the perfect parts set.

I also scratchbuilt the radio connector.

And the seat is finished.

All parts of the body were painted with three layers of chrome yellow (TS-47). Once dried, I'll mask and paint the green parts instead of using the decals. As you can see, I also received the top studio detail set to build the mclaren mp4/13. It's really great! I'll make a review of it soon! can't wait to start working on the mp4/13 detailed car......

benetton B192 -02

Today I received the camel logo decals from meddiamixhobby.

I made a first fitting test before paint the body with primer.

The gaps on the seat are filled with putty and I painted it with two layers of grey primer.

All body parts are also painted with 2 layers of white primer. Tomorrow I will start working on the engine parts.

benetton B192 -01

New project has started! Tamiya's 1/20 benetton-ford b192. Michael Schumacher won his first GP driving this car in Spa-Francorchamps (1992)

The tamiya kit is great with a lot of details and, as usual in them, it doesn't provide the camel logo decals, wich I've ordered and I'm waiting to receive soon.

I started sanding the molded seatbelts on the seat. It needs some putty to fill the gaps and some more sanding.

I glued the different parts that must be attached to the body and hardly sanded the joint.
I also glued the parts to the cowling and drilled the holes. Nest step will be apply two coats of primer over all body parts.