That's the engine finished in its various sub assemblies. I added some wiring onto the engine and airbrushed a bit of metallic blue onto the exhaust tips for a heated metal look. I'm quite happy with the result at this point!

There were quite a few sub assemblies needing completed before I could move any further through the chronological steps in the instructions, but I got there in the end! I must admit, the nice weather has been quite a distraction...

The wishbone suspension and axles were all painted and dry brushed with Tamiya acryllics. I can only assume that the bright yellow boxes are the electric motor battery cells. I used the photo etch set for both the batteries and pedals.

With the sub assemblies complete, I can now start to build around the chassis of the car.

The next step in the build was the rear wheel arches. They got the carbon fibre treatment also, as well as the photo etch for the mesh over the radiators.

It's always fun at certain stages to have a little test fit with the sub assemblies! It's starting to resemble a million pounds worth of hyper car now anyway!

That an incredible bit of detail and it's very well done my friend. These photos are valuable as so much for the detail will be hidden in the end result, which always feels like such a shame. Almost makes you want to build two… It's a work of art so far, I'm sure the final product will be a site to behold.

Keep building!

Cheers gentlemen! All this detail should be visible on the final model as all the parts are fully working. Well apart from the engine that is...

Thanks Ian, appreciated mate. It could still all go horribly wrong yet though!

Well a bit of a confession here guys. I've been cheating. I had a little bit of help from Stephen, I did the painting, he did the building 🙂 He's great for the fiddly bits.

Our Stephen is actually getting a bit fat. He's on a diet now as we speak.

That's all of the interior done now apart from the door panels. The dash was a fiddly process... lot's of masking and detailed brush painting to get the desired effect. The part underneath the carbon fibre decal had to be finished in gloss for adhesion, whilst the other panels were finished in matt's and satin's to try and portray the different materials. I used a cocktail stick to put the smaller dots of paint on the steering wheel and the control dials.

With the cabin interior finished, the final step before moving on to the exterior was to wire up the engine bay. I used a mixture of lead wiring and rubber tubing and went off some reference pics. With the wires and hoses in place, the airbox and wheel arches could finally be fixed. I did a quick test fit of the roof as well and it fits perfectly.

The roof on the majority of the cars is painted black, but I've seen a few examples where the roof is painted the same colour as the rest of the bodywork. I personally think that the latter looks a lot better so I'm going to attempt that. Just to make the build even more difficult.

I've had a lot of thought as to what colour to paint the car. When buying the real one, you can choose whatever colour body work you want, as well as the interior panels and seats. I've decided to paint the different parts the exact same colours as I would choose in real life ( hypothetically of course, I don't have a spare million quid... ).

So now for the bombshell... It's going to be white! So I'll leave you with that for now, and I will swiftly depart before the Chris Evans jokes come rolling in.

Cheers Allan!
I'm not actually sure how old he is, I've had him a couple of years. He isn't fully grown yet, still got a few moults left to go. They can live for 20 years in captivity apparently.

That's an interesting approach Richard, making it even darker before going to white, good finish with the black !