Leyton House CG901 – New Builders
Starting soon we will provide an in-depth “How To” on building your first model. It’s easier than you might think to get great results and enjoy a fantastic hobby. We’ll walk you through step-by-step on building Tamiya’s 1/20th scale Leyton House CG901 Formula One race car from the 1991 F1 season.
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1. In the picture below are shown the basic tools we recommend to start building models. The tools are: a good hobby knife with quality blades, excellent diagonal cutters, a multi-grit file, a “flex-i-file”, a “touch-n-flow” and a bottle of Tenax 7R Liquid Plastci Solvent. All of these tools can be purchased directly from us as well as in any well stock local hobby shop.
2. The “tree” of parts we will be starting with is labeled: “C”, and we will begin by properly removing the engine / transaxle halves, demonstrating how to use the diagonal cutter to prevent any damage to the plastic parts.
Below are the two engine halves, parts C4 & C6.
3. To remove the parts from the sprues that are holding them, place the diagonal cutters with the flat side of the cutting jaws facing the part being removed. Try to avoid having the cutters actually touching the part being removed, you want a little of the sprue to remain with the part once it has been removed form the tree of parts.
4. After you have removed the parts, use the hobby knife to carefully trim off the remianing part of the sprue. Please be EXTREMELY CAREFUL, hobby knives are VERY SHARP.
5. To fill the “Touch-n-Flow” with the Tenax-7R plastic solvent, place the open, glass end of the glue applicator into the jar of solvent. The solvent will “wick” up into the tub, if it doesn’t, carefully hold the needle end of the “Touch-n-Flow” and drag the tip of your finger over the ned of the needle, this will help start the solvent to fill into the applicator.
6. Once filled, place a finger tip over the needle end to seal it and remove the applicator out of the jar of solvent. Turn it over and carefully tap the side of the “Touch-n-Flow” applicator or darw your finger tip across the end of the needle. This will cause the solvent to flow down the tube and into the needle end. The applicator is now ready to use. You should also read the instructions that came with your “Touch-n-Flow” for more indepth information on use and maintenance.
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