1968 BRM P126

[Taffy]

I would like to show you my latest project, that is in continuous progress.

It’s the BRM P126 from 1968. I had seen this car in the last years Monaco historic GP.



I started with a Betta&Classic-shell, that I had in stock for a longer time, and I used a PP-Sm1S-chassis, that I tried to make a little bit stiffer.



To add a little bit more detailing, I removed the engine details of the shell to build them up in a – I hope so- better way, and I added around 200 rivets:



combined with the chassis:



to cover the bigger Sigma-gear, I had to build up a new gearbox using my own cast combined with the B&C-gearbox



Now I could begin with the paintjob:




(To be continued)

Kind regards,

[Mark Huber]

Taffy,

An excellent start to what will surely be an excellent car. I like the make of the car too.

Please provide details on the wheels, tires and inserts.

Many thanks,

[f143]

Lovely job so far Taffy.
The PP chassis suits these cars very well.
The last of the real cars , before the advent of, urrghhh, wings and adverts .
Regards
Nigel

[Taffy]

Yes, I like the PP-chassis very well. They are easy to build, fit well for the formula cars and give them a good handling. Its only disadvantage is the motor position, that makes it difficult to build inlets with complete driver figures for the formula cars.
For my competition cars I prefer 3mm axles, at least at the rear. In my opinion, this makes the cars more solid. Here I use 3mm axles at front and rear. The wheels are Plafit PF1431 in the front (outer diameter 12mm, width 9mm). I don´t know the make of the rear wheels, that I had in stock for a while. They are 10mm wide and have an outer diameter of 13mm. I think, they fit well for this car. Tyres are Ortmann´s, in the front for Monogram F1 (I don´t know the number, sorry), in the rear for old Scalectric Formula cars, Nr. 28B. The wheel inlets are of unknown provenience. I had them in stock. I hope, they come near to the original wheels with their double-five-spoke design.
(Some years ago, I decided to build a good stock of spare parts in 1:32 and 1:24 - for "bad times"....- but unfortunately today I don´t know the provenience of many of them)

Kind regards,

[Mark Huber]

May 22, 2013 13:31:27 GMT -5 Taffy said:

(Some years ago, I decided to build a good stock of spare parts in 1:32 and 1:24 - for "bad times"....- but unfortunately today I don´t know the provenience of many of them)

Kind regards,

Taffy,

I can identify with that. I have several plastic bags filled with tires that I was not careful about identifying. I know that most of them came from Colin or Paul, but I don't have a clue as to whether they are "blue" or "white" or super grip or whatever. I wouldn't mind a few sets of those fabled "grey" Ortmanns but I suspect that's never going to happen. And I'd probably end up throwing them in the same bag anyway!

[Taffy]

Sorry for my long absence from the forum! Summertime isn´t always the best time to go down into the basement, fiddling with tiny slotcars , the sun kept off from the hobby room.
But: there is a proxy race event coming nearer and nearer….

I did much detailing in the past few weeks. The motor compartment of this car seems to be very sophisticated. Air intakes and –covers are in its place,



the wiring is completed so far,



the rollbar and the rear suspension are soldered,





and the battery is on its place and wired,




Now there is the point to think about hybris…. I was concerned with thinking about the concept of hybris the last few weeks. As a man, who has got several concours-winning prices for his cars, it should be an easy lesson to put a late-60´s-formula car on its wheels, I thought. Hybris? Yes! I did several trials to build the exhaust system. Various materials, various kinds of craftsmanship. Gluing, soldering, whatsoever. I don´t know, how many hours it took to build the exhausts, with trial and error several times I spent several evenings in a very bad mood and was near to throw all the s… away and to check out from the race.
What I have now, is far from what I wanted to have, but it’s the best I could do. Pictures will follow.

I will try to finish the car during the next week, for having the chance to do a track test before shipping it to UK…

[Mark Huber]

Taffy,

It's good to see you back after your 26 week holiday. I suppose that means you only have another 10-12 weeks of accrued vacation.

I must say that after viewing these BRM V12 engines, I am glad that I switched to car that isn't showing much more than injection trumpets and gearbox.

Will your driver be Rodriguez, Spence, Attwood, or perhaps Bobby Unser?

Cheers.

[David Lawson]

Taffy

There is some very nice detailing in your BRM.

I know what you mean about fiddling with making up exhausts, sometimes it goes really well and other times you have about three goes at them and they all end up in the waste bin.

I've also got boxes of various spare bodyshells, motors, gears, wheels and tyres that I've accumulated over time and I can't remember where half of it came from.

I look forward to seeing the car finished.

David

[Taffy]

It´s done!
The last weekend my wife didn´t see me so much….
Here is, what I did:









Unfortunately, I have to wait with the tracktest until Wednesday, the 28th...

On Dave´s track it might look like this:

[Mark Huber]

Taffy,

I am sure your wife will forgive your absence when she sees the results of your time in the workshop.

If it will help, tell her that the fellows on the forum appreciate what you've done (the car build, not ignoring your spouse!)

Perhaps that's not such a good idea.

Did you use a Maxi-model resin body for the driver?

You've done a superb job of portraying the Rodriquez BRM. I especially like the mirrors. (Just to pick one of many nice details).






But, I just have to ask... Were drivers wearing shoulder harnesses in F1 in 1968? I'm really not nitpicking.. I just would like to know when I don't have to Dremel off belts on my resin drivers

Great work Taffy. You and David really bring out the best in those Classic bodies.

[Dave Wisdom]

Taffy; from the pictorial evidence we can clearly see you've invested many hours of painstakingly hard work into this and the result is quite superb. I love all the detail and that exhaust system really is the best.

Dave

[David Lawson]

Excellent work Taffy.

The driver figure must have loads cut out of his back to clear that long can motor.

Mark - 1968 was the first year that seatbelts were mandatory in F1.

David

[Taffy]

Thank you for the pictures of Rodriguez´car, Mark!

I think, that is, what you wanted to see, David?



From a realistic point of view, this driver cannot take a single breath…

Marks picture shows, that the driver might sit a little bit deeper in his car, but to do this, I would have had to cut his arms and chest, too.

I didn´t know about the safety belt regulations of theses years, so thank you for the information.
I did it only from the esthetic point of view, because in my opinion it looks very much better with the red belts and the red steering wheel contrasting to the dark green colour of the car.

I´m sure, the drivers figure came from Penelope Pitlane, but I don´t find it depicted on the site, it is only announced in the text. I tried to get Maxi Models parts, too, but they seem to be out of the market (see me previous thread in this forum)?

[Taffy]

Addition: drivers head is FLY, the mirrors are from a 1:24 kit of a Jaguar MK II saloon-car kit made by Tamiya

[David Lawson]

Thanks for the picture Taffy. I assumed you had carved out the driver figure along those lines but I was surprised you had room as the motor is located a good few millimetres further forward in the PP chassis than when using a BWA U-bracket.

David