Williams FW07B

[2whl]

I dragged this stalled WIP off of the back burner in an attempt to re-energize my building mojo.  Here is the state of the build so far.  The front and back halves are just slid together for a photo op. 

 

And this is where the bodywork is at.  I used Tamiya TS-26 pure white and TS-9 British Green.

[keavdog]

Wow thats quite a bit of work done already. Great looking stuff

[2whl]

Nov 30, 2024 14:41:57 GMT -5 keavdog said:

Wow thats quite a bit of work done already. Great looking stuff

Thanks John.  


Before I post any more updates, I'll post up the beginnings.

Here's the contents of the kit.











After going through the Poli-dent bath to clean the resin, I  got the bodywork together for inspiration.  I also jigged up the main chassis pieces.







All of these pieces went through the polisher.





The bodywork features working side skirts.






Engine pieces cleaned up, holes drilled and mocked up.






Then it was the transmissions turn.





The exhausts were done.  12 pieces per side.



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[2whl]

More pics of earlier progress.

Even though I put these pieces through a Poli-dent bath, when I sprayed them, fish eyes appeared.  So I used the Dawn spray and scrubbed them with an old toothbrush.  Second spray went much better.






Then I mounted the side pods to the chassis to position the braces.




Evolution of the chassis.





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[keavdog]

That is a seriously cab forward design!

[handiabled]

I'm on board for this one! Terrific start so far! Strange having fish eyed paint after the prep work you did on the pieces.

[2whl]

Nov 30, 2024 18:51:11 GMT -5 keavdog said:

That is a seriously cab forward design!

Yep.  Drivers feet are definitely in front of the center line of the front axle.

Dec 1, 2024 4:10:11 GMT -5 handiabled said:

I'm on board for this one! Terrific start so far! Strange having fish eyed paint after the prep work you did on the pieces.

Thanks Brent.  I think the reason might be is that I don't scrub the parts in a Poli-dent bath.(I probably should)  I just throw them in for a couple of hours.  Every once in awhile I might stir them up.







Here's my in-progress pics of the engine.  Something interesting to note, which was brought up on another forum, is the Cosworth badging on the valve covers instead of Ford.  The story is Williams was getting major sponsorship from Saudi at this time. The Saudi government had barred Ford from the country as part of the Israel boycott which started in 1972 and didn't end until 1987. So the team appeared with either a blank valve cover or a Cosworth badged cover. At this time the Williams team was considered the "factory" team. So it has been said that they were the only team to have the Cosworth lettering.










Wheels.... and then tires.  I only had 3 of the bolts fly off to oblivion.  Fortunately there were plenty to spare.




The beginnings of the transaxle and suspension.




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[kyledehart5]

Wow Paul!! This is awesome. Sliding skirts and all. That is amazing. Looks like a great start too. Your work on the engines and wheels is always top notch. I’ll be watching

[project510]

The world could be ending, but as long as Paul is showcasing another MFH build.. Ill be ok.

[406 Silverado]

The contents of that box initially look overwhelming to me. Such great detail right there in the box!! I'll bet you don't need to buy a single thing in the aftermarket for one of those kits do you Paul?

[2whl]

Dec 2, 2024 0:18:18 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Wow Paul!! This is awesome. Sliding skirts and all. That is amazing. Looks like a great start too. Your work on the engines and wheels is always top notch. I’ll be watching

Thanks Kyle

Dec 2, 2024 15:36:33 GMT -5 project510 said:

The world could be ending, but as long as Paul is showcasing another MFH build.. Ill be ok.

I'm glad I can be such comfort in these end of times. LOL

Dec 2, 2024 16:56:20 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

The contents of that box initially look overwhelming to me. Such great detail right there in the box!! I'll bet you don't need to buy a single thing in the aftermarket for one of those kits do you Paul?

Thanks Joe.  No, MFH kits really don't need anything added to them.  But I've seen plenty of builds where stuff was added.


Adding details to the monoque





Calipers and rotors.





And since they got done, they were added to the rear suspension.




More cockpit detail





Rear suspension lower control arms added.





And front suspension progress.





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[handiabled]

You make building this degree of detail look easy when I know it really isn't. I may have to start using AI to find new ways to describe how fantastic this is looking.

[kyledehart5]

My goodness Paul!! What incredible work, my friend. The chassis looks astonishingly good especially with the engine snug in the back. Always love the brakes on these kits and yours look wonderful. This is too good.