The car is finished!!!! 
A little progress is done. I attached the slidding skirts to the side of the body.
I painted the nose cone, applied the decals and attached it to the body.
The decalling job is also finished. I also applied two layers of TS-13. I only need to finish the rear wing and the car will be finished.
I painted the body with italian red. Now I have to sand it and paint a second layer before apply the decals.
As the fujimi kit doesn't provide the engine switch off, I scratchbuilded it.
I attached it to the body. I also used the fire extinger from the 126ck kit and glued the steering in its place.
I glued the roll bar and the rear ventilation ducts. The engine is close to be finished.
I started working on the wheels. As they won't be attached to the car I drilled a hole in the nut.
I masked the rims.
And I painted them with titanium gold.
I used the tyre letters template from the fmd set instead using the decals. It was the first time I used a tyre template and didn't know how it could work.
All went fine and the tyres are finished. I must say that I love more the result of painting the letters than using the decals. The result is absolutely more realistic.
I made a little progress this weekend. I worked on the radiator pipes. The ones from the kit were short and I had to lenghten them a little bit.
I glued them to the body. I also worked on some more engine parts.
Finally I added some more wiring... tonight I'll try to finish the engine.
And this is the battlefield....
I started the work on the brake ducts. The parts from the kit are transparent (right on the picture) and I painted them with a very thin coats of buff acrilyc paint (xf-57).
Finally I add some dust and smoke with flat black.
To detail the brakes I bought a Ø3mm threaded bar and cut it in 6mm long pieces. I also bought some nuts and painted them with titanium gold.
Here you can see the brake finished on the right and the brake from the kit on the left. I think I achieved an acceptable detail on it.
I built all brakes in the same way.
Finally I made a test fitting. Now I can work on the engine again.
The seat was painted with flatblack and I also attached the seatbelts using the p.e. part from fmd set
I also worked on the pedals system. As it won't be visible, I didn't put too much effort in it. 
I glued the body parts and put the dashboard, the seat and the gear shift in their place. 
I glued the metal panels from the p.e. set on the body. 
I also worked on the front suspension arms.
And I also started the job on the brakes. 
I started working on the dashboard. I removed all rims in plastic wich will be replaced for p.e. parts.
I glued the photoetched part and after I painted the whole piece with flatblack. 
The dashboard is finished. I applied the decals and I used some weldings from an electronic plate to simulate the switches.
I also worked on the engine parts. I rolled up a thin wire to simulate the spring on this engine part.
The engine is going on. Still need some work... 
The hose clamps are on their place. Now they need a little blackwash to tone down their shine.
I started working on the exhausts. I cut and cleaned the pieces to apply some p.e. parts.
Here you can see the original exhaust on the left and the same piece cleaned on the right. 
I put the p.e. plates and hose clamps on the exhausts. Finally I painted them with metallic grey, little layers of metallic blue and yellow to simulate some burn parts (the picture can't show it at all)and finally I did a blackwash with flat black. 
I glued the little wings from the p.e. set on the rear of the body. 
I painted the cowling with two layers of white primmer, sanded with 600, 800, 1200 grid and painted two more layers of primmer.
I painted the body with two layers of aluminium colour. 
The work on the engine has also started. I painted the engine block with a mixture of titanium gold and silver. 
I painted a maskingtape with fluo green and cut some strips. I will use the hose clamps from the p.e. set. I also used strips of golden foil to simulate the connectors.
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