Mclaren F1 GTR 24h du Mans 1995 winner

 

Quit a bit of work to lower the suspension. First replace the low plastic placeholders by longer metal ones, followed by adding 1,5 mm of plastic to lower the car. 

Basically same procedure on the rear as on the front. 

Added 1,5 mm of plastic to the front upright to coincide with the 1,5 mm on the suspension. 

Front upright and suspension after lowering it. Also notice I had to scrape a bit of the front tyre (see green arrow), otherwise the dashboard would be pushed up (that's how tight it all is). 

Rear upright needed a litte bit more work as the original plastic pin wasn't long enough. It was replaced by a new, longer one. 

Rear upright in place. Note the 1,5 mm of added plastic (green arrow), which will be rounded off later. 

And this is what all the work was for: a decent stance on the F1! The green arrow indicates the huge gap using an unaltered suspension. 

With the front (and rear) wheels 1,5 mm higher in the chassis, the wheelarches won't fit over the tyres anymore. So most of it was taken away allowing the tyre to move freely again. 

Finished basic work on the chassis. 

Finished basic work on the chassis. 

Started construction of the PE brake discs. The difference with the original plastic ones are good to see here. 

Opening the gaps on the rear deck. 

And "filling" them up again with PE mesh. Looking a lot better now! 

Cut away a sizeable "lip" at the top of the front screen. This prevents the screen from fitting properly! 

Green arrow shows were the window is now flush with the body because of the removal of the plastic "lip" on the inside. 

Rear deck with engine and exhaust "detail".... not much and completely wrong as this is the basic layout for the street version of the F1! 

After cutting away most of the rear I replaced it with some plasticard. 

And the rear of the car stand-alone. Still a lot of work to do. 

Glued the rear part of the body to the chassis instead of to the body itself. This will be very useful when construction the exhausts. 

Adding shock absorbers. Found these in my left-over box, probably came from some rally car. 

Construction of the exhaust has started. Now to replicate it for the left-side 😉 

Made an almost exact mirror copy of the exhaust. Also added PE parts on cylinder heads. 

And the view through the back of the car. 

Scratchbuild rear brake cool ducts. Basically a bendable straw you might find in your favourite drink. 

Dummy exhaust pipes. 

And the dummies in place. Also note the added ribs on the rear housing. 

Overall picture showing the current state. (forgot the shock absorbers for the picture). 

Another picture showing the current state. (forgot the shock absorbers for the picture). 

added new, bigger, sills to replace the one's I took away earlier. 

They're held in place with a couple of slightly bend PE leftovers. 

Opened up more holes... 

Scraped the top of the air intake to make it look thinner. 

Put part of the head-lamp covers in place (arrow) and filled up 2 of the 5 "holes" over the wheel well. 

CF'ed the interior. 

CF on the left hand door. 

 

 

 

CF'd inside of the right hand door. 

Sanded the side windows to remove the line that shouldn't be there on the LM car. 

Added a couple of more details to the engine bay. These will be visible throught the rear "window" 

Scratchbuild the gold "plated" air conductor. 

And what you can still see through the rear end. 

Scratchbuild the right hand dash after loosing the original.  

Replaced the wheel by a correct open-top one. 

Added some cabling to the cockpit. These will be visible through the opened door. 

Finished the dashboard and steering column. 

Added dual seat belts. One for big drivers, one for thinner ones 😉 Red wire represents elastic wire to pull the belts away during stops. 

And added the shoulder belts as well. Red wire will be attached to the roll cage later on. 

Finished the dash.  

Finished the cockpit. 

 

Decals placed and protected by clearcoat. Then a lot of extra's were added (see next picuture as well) 

More details on the body.