Finally I built the helmets of Coulthard and Hakkinen. 
And the car is finished!!!!
Finally I couldn't resist to put the two mp4/13 together. The original one is the first model I built seven years ago....
The front suspension is finished!
And the front brakes are also on their place.
I couldn't resist to make a test fit. Some more work is needed but I'm very close to the finish....... 
I glued the engine, the body and the sidepods to the floor plan.
The rear brakes are finished and glued to the engine.
The front and rear wings are glued and started to polish the cowling with 2000 grid sandpaper and polishing tamiya compound.
The badgeboards were also glued to the body. 
I started working on the front brakes. I drilled two holes and glued two 0.3mm cooper lines. Then I glued the photoetched plates where the upper suspension arms will be attached.
There is a circle behind the driver's helmet that it must be painted in black. As it's not easy to do it brushing, I took an old p.e. sheet that had a circular hole with the same size. I put it over the circle and airbrushed two layers of flat black.
it worked! I also airbrushed the black parts of the front and rear wings.
I primed the bargeboards, the front and rear wings with two layers of grey and two layers of white.
The front and rear brake ducts were CF decaled. It took about one hour to finish every one. I airbrushed some matt black to tone down the shinning as you can see in the duct on the right in the picture.
The engine is 99% finished... some more wires and it will be done. 
Both sidepods are finished and I painted and glued the radiator hoses.
The steering wheel is also finished.
Finally I could finish the rear suspension system and glued it to the gear box. 
The electronic box on the left sidepod is also finished. Now I have to glue the radiator pipes and start working on the right sidepod.
A layer of flat black was airbrushed on the rear part of the body. Now I have to decal it with some CF decals.
I started decalling the sidepods with kevlar and carbon fiber decals. I also airbrushed them with a mixture of tamiya smoke and flat black (you can see the difference before and then on the picture)
I also decalled and airbrushed the air intake.
The floor is also decalled with carbon fiber.
And also airbrushed a mixture of tamiya smoke and flat black to tone down the shining of the decals. I really like the result. 
Finally I made a first test fitting before starting to work on the engine. I also decalled all the suspension arms and glued the heat shield on the floor using foil from a tobaco box.
just a little update.... I finished the four brake discs and glued the calipers. I must admit that the process to build them is tedious but the result is pretty good. 
I painted the exhausts, covered them with foil and finally painted the foil with a mixture of clear red and clear yellow (40-60). 
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