Yasu Tanaka Tyrrell P 34

[VonMick]

Good morning


Recently I've been more into old F1 than anything else and here's the result.


I choose the revolutionary/out of the box thinking/ Tyrrell P34.
How to win GP?
Create something new that would maneouver it's way around rule book so it would still pass scrutinizing and at the same time will be better than competition.
So it's designer Derek Gardner choose the 4 front small wheel configuration to get rid of drag on large tires at the same time keeping the same amount of grip surface.


This kit is free from

e-OLD F1
The original is in 1/30, mine is in 1/32.


But I wanted other driver - The Super Swede Ronnie Peterson.
Which means it needed a bit of repaint.

He drive P34 in many liveries, but the easiest to do was the one from Silverstone tests in 1976.


Repainting it was relatively easy as I have to only move some adds stickers, change driver name and alter the livery colors a bit.
Easy...
But somehow in the process side pylons were enlarged.
Don't know how don't try to find out how (maybe later...)

First the wheels, of course they must be steerable.
Due to the scale they not look to good.
After all they don't work to well - all connection between wheels stiffen up the whole setup.
Quite the opposite as in real car.
They were afraid that it too would require to much force on the steering wheel.
As it turned out it behave as it has power steering...
First time I use on a large scale such exotic materials as kitchen alluminum foil.

[babis08]

these will be verry intereresting,i like the modifications,many years ago i tried to make steering wheell mechanism but i wanted the wheels also to turn,i stop trying because it was verry small to make the front wheels independed without an axe.
i have downloaded the tyrrel from yasu tanaka site.i have built the six formulas 2000 from his site,they are verry precisly i put axes to make them run.you can see some of them in the gallery.
i will watch your progress if you post all the construction

[VonMick]

Thanks
I got the concept of the steering from BBurago metal models.
And even in paper it's easy to make it.
In this scale and especially with so small wheels it would be very hard to have them with working steering and at the same time make them turn.
But seeing models of other I'm sure somebody someday will astonish us...


With previous cars i made the coil springs for shock absorbers from thin wire in this one I rolled tube and covered it with kitchen aluminium foil and strips of paper.

[VonMick]

Hello


With front done let's move to the engine.
It is from old ABC model Lotus 72 and scaled down.

[VonMick]

Upgrading the engine and oil tank a bit.
Oil tank is also covered with aluminium foil

[Vinalssergio155]

Very good work!!

[VonMick]

Thanks
From now on it'll start being colorful

[VonMick]

Trying to improve seatbelts.
The rear mirrors covers are tricky in that scale so I formed them before they were cutted out entirely.
And I think the tabs on them would work better if they would be on bottom part, mine are done original way.

[VonMick]

Home made stenciling of the seatbelts and finally starting the cowl.
I have to say this one keep me of continuing this kit for a while.
Quite simply I wasn't sure if it would come out cleanly.
Or the printout would handle my misshandling...

The upper part of the cowl is also tricky, so like with rear view mirrors it was formed while still in "the sprue".
Author also saw this one coming and supplied us with spare.

[VonMick]

Finally cowl take shape, as are the rear view mirrors.