Did some reading up on the Tyrrell P34, and apparently there have been two reissues of the original model since 1977, one in 2000, and this most recent one in 2022. https://tamiyabase.com/tamiya-models/58003-58003
My kit should be here on Monday. Really looking forward to the challenge of the body on this one, it will be the toughest paint job I've attempted yet. Working my way up to a Sand Scorcher boxart afterwards.
Lovely car ! Brings back memories for me, I went to church with Adam and Clair Tyrrell , niece and nephew of Ken Tyrrell who owned the team . I visited their factory a couple of times , sat in the cars , looking back it was all a very primitive and fairly small factory, more a set of workshops , I guess all teams were like that then , I still remember being allowed to lift one of the wheels , how a sticky the rubber was and I was probably only 9 or 10 .
Just great memories .
Sorry to derail the thread .
Dadio wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:03 pm
... looking back it was all a very primitive and fairly small factory, more a set of workshops , I guess all teams were like that then...
"Garagistas"
Super cool that you got to visit the shop! Were any of Jackie's cars still around?
Dadio wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:03 pm
... looking back it was all a very primitive and fairly small factory, more a set of workshops , I t all teams were like that then...
"Garagistas"
Super cool that you got to visit the shop! Were any of Jackie's cars still around?
Hate to say I was too young to really remember who's cars were there , there was no car collection there only the current car , id have to have been 8-10 years old and I'm 54 now so between 1978 -1980 ish .
Dadio wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:03 pm
... looking back it was all a very primitive and fairly small factory, more a set of workshops , I t all teams were like that then...
"Garagistas"
Super cool that you got to visit the shop! Were any of Jackie's cars still around?
Hate to say I was too young to really remember who's cars were there , there was no car collection there only the current car , id have to have been 8-10 years old and I'm 54 now so between 1978 -1980 ish . Actually just had a surf and it was the Turrell 008 for sure as it was blue and white livery and not a 6 wheeler so 78 .
1911Colt wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:35 am
Are you doing box art (1977) or the blue/yellow scheme from 76?
Edit: n/m, I saw this posted above "I'm going to paint this with TS-15 Blue, and TS-26 Pure white".
This will be the first RC hard shell body I've painted, I really want it to look exactly like the boxart, but I'm not sure if my skills match my ambition, I'm going to try my hardest either way.
Thanks@JosephS! That video is great, I learned a lot from that. The tire tape can be confusing in the directions, if you've never seen it done before.
Got one side of the tape on all of the rims, I'm going to watch the tire mounting section in that video again, before peeling off the final backing on these, and sticking the tires on.
This feels like a make it or break it moment, have to get it right the first time.
Were any of Jackie's cars still around?
