2012年6月13日水曜日

The Tamiya 1978 Brabham BT46


A classic car.  Too bad Tamiya didn't make this kit into the (in)famous "fan car" version, which was the same chassis.  I (rattle can) sprayed this one with a plain Gunze (now Mr Hobby) red, which is still quite vibrant today.  And I used a "Royal Blue" can spray for the blue areas, from Tamiya, which doesn't seem to be available anymore.  The actual car has an interesting history.  Niki Lauda won two (1975 and '77) championships at Ferrari, then switched to the Brabham team, and wore the number 1 on this machine.  Then driving with the less competitive Brabham team for two years disappointed him, and he retired from F1 for the next five years.