www.britmodeller.com (our very own Skii)

[Zak33]

McLaren MP4/5B - Britmodeller.com

Check THAT bad boy out

Skii, one of our longest term members, is a model maker of extreme talent, and that /\ is a link to his latest model of stunning detail.

A McLaren Honda MP4/5 (Senna's winnng chariot)

a taster for you all



and



Go see....the man is a genius

[kidzer]

Thats....a bit brilliant!

[RavenNight]

That is special... stunning detail!

[Disturbedguy]

Absolutely amazing!

[RedPutty]

I've never been that in to modelling but that looks absolutely great.

[merdat]

excellent

[Skii]

aw you've got me blushing now - and its not even finished

Seriously - thankyou, its a little sideline of mine that sometimes takes up a little more of my time than it should, and this particular little project is running well into 3 figures cost-wise, so I've got to make a good job of it !

Thanks peeps - too kind

[Guy]

Seriously thats awesome! You have a terrific talent there

Keep it up

[Zak33]

I told you all

Da man is a star! I'll fid some of his other work if I can...

[Rave]

It looks extraordinarily good. I've got to respect that kind of craftmanship becasuse I could never hope to have the skill and patience to do it myself.

Only model making I've ever done was to build up a Tamiya Terra Scorcher RC car from scratch when I was 11. It took two weeks, I badly cut my finger in the process, and once it was built I had to dismantle it again to put some grease in the rear gearbox and front diff box (I thought it was optional ). It went like a good 'un after that mind you, though I knackered the suspension and broke the chassis through several full throttle wall impacts. I really ought to buy it a new battery and superglue the chassis up, and have some more fun with it.

Anyway, when it came to finishing the bodywork, I binned the standard sticker kit, bought a little tub of orange paint (Pretty much Marlboro orange, now I come to think of it), hacked the body out of the mould and slapped the paint in it as quick as I could.

I still think it looks totally mean. Rat look FTW.

[Stoo]

Utterly insane amount of detail Skii, seriously impressive!

[Output]

All I can say is WOW - obviously I'd never have the skill to be able to do the most basic of models myself, but kudos to you Skii for being so skilled!

[mycarsavw]

Awesome work.

Last model I built was a Pug WRC car, well it was meant to be, it looked more like an explosion in a plastic factory by the time I'd finished.

I also hate you, Skii, for linking that hiroboy site. +1 for the bookmarks and -1 for the bank account.

[Skii]

Thanks again peeps

I have a Porsche 962C to do as well, but I have some proper Rothmans decals on order which are taking a decade to arrive, hence no progress yet

I also hate you, Skii, for linking that hiroboy site. +1 for the bookmarks and -1 for the bank account.

Hiroboy is an alladins cave for modellers, not just car modellers either, plus Steve the chap who owns it is a very decent chap too, he's quite familiar with my credit card

[Skii]

Just thought I'd ressurect this thread as the model is now finished , now sitting on a piece of Carbon fibre in a perspex display case , hopefully cat-proof

[Ferral]

That looks awesome, wish I had the patience to do modelling