[Full Build] Building a 1/24 scale model of the Sauber-Mercedes C9 - Tamiya

[@autostradamacchina]

Let me know what you guys think of this build

[@poopyhead-dv9ry]

what decal sheet did you use for the underneither @5:06

[@autostradamacchina]

The carbon decal for the under tray is a sheet from MFH

[@sanfuenn7130]

Master job man!, really enjoyed it :-)

[@autostradamacchina]

Awesome thanks man 👍🏻👍🏻

[@edstud1]

You did a great job on this build, great video!

[@rahulravishankar3152]

I have to say, those carbon fiber details look stunning.

[@autostradamacchina]

Awesome thanks Rahul, appreciate the comment

[@jeffreyoldham55]

I built the exact same model back in the early 90's. The kit has changed a bit over the years, but not too much. The level of detail that you have achieved is absolutely astonishing. I most particularly admire how you made all the seams disappear with filler. What an outstanding job. This build was a joy to watch!

[@autostradamacchina]

Really kind words Jeff, especially from a veteran builder! Much appreciated 👍🏻👍🏻

[@paulstubbs4487]

I built this in the 90's too and my favourite sports car. The sound track is unforgettable.

[@MrMcKane]

You had the right idea with filling and sanding the front end, I've seen some nice examples of this kit made but that gap is left there (Which the full scale car never had) Stunning work.

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks Deano, really appreciate it 😀😀

[@simonegiacometti7938]

Man, your accuracy is something truly admirable. Great great great job!

[@autostradamacchina]

Thats awesome appreciate it mate thank you

[@pliantimpala7858]

The greatest sounding V8 ever created.

[@nathanielcruz6675]

The Sauber-Merecedes C9 made it's appearances in Gran Turismo 4, Gran Turismo 5, Gran Turismo 6, Gran Turismo Sport, and soon, Gran Turismo 7. You've been so precise and accurate building this model of The Silver Arrow. 👌👌

[@troydowning3302]

Thats a kick ass build. My friend you have some skills. Good job

[@jonelson1983]

My favourite WSC car.....and what a model

[@autostradamacchina]

Awesome glad you like it Jon, definitely my favourite too!

[@mikedamron3642]

Beautiful job... that looks amazing and it should run. That's what I'll do if I retire

[@stellali5162]

Great build! Keep them coming

[@FreeMan-JPLK]

Very nice build!

[@grayek86]

wow! impressive level of detail work you put on!

[@stevenholland9984]

Awesome job. Wish I had half of your talent sir

[@autostradamacchina]

Appreciate the comment Steve! Still learning a lot my

[@janzumack5785]

Very nice. I Love this Car. You build it very very good 👍👍👍👍

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks Jan, glad you like the final result

[@michaelhintzmikesminiature1812]

Beautiful Build!!! Nice Work!!!!

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks Mike, appreciate it

[@drivewaystar6485]

Awesome build and awesome music! Great work!

[@KarlScaleModeling]

Amazing work, stunning build and enjoyable video. Well done 👍👍

[@autostradamacchina]

Awesome thanks mate, glad you like it! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@TheRyatt]

Awesome! Loved the build and the end result.

[@autostradamacchina]

Awesome thanks Dherm

[@bobyoung1698]

I believe that the 1:24 scale engineering you invested is easily equivalent to the 1:1 engineering invested by Mercedes/Sauber.👍

[@autostradamacchina]

Ah appreciate this comment Bob, thanks!

[@chrismasters8884]

I like how you laid down that base coat.

[@robinsmodels]

so good thanks for taking the time to share

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks Robin, subbed!

[@robinsmodels]

@@autostradamacchina wow thanks! I appreciate that

[@t.corleone1965]

Amazing ! great work ! Group C was simply best.

[@ScaleVehicles]

Wow 😱😱😱 beautiful video overall! Speechless!! Stunning intro 🙌🏼🔥

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks mate!! I actually took a lot of my ideas for angles from your videos mate and decided not to do voice over this time. Excited to see whats next on your bench!!

[@ScaleVehicles]

@@autostradamacchina awesome! I’m glad to hear that bud. I’m happy to see that each video has new exiting things to watch. I will be back with more soon. Took a pause again unfortunately 😩.

[@anuratohazra]

C9 and C11 are monsters in true sense.

[@thomasacamel5309]

Looks so good

[@bobwil9903]

Beautiful!

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks Bob 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ScaleHUBplasticmodels]

Love your build. First time see your movie, subscribed and waiting for more!

[@autostradamacchina]

Awesome man thanks for the support

[@troydowning3302]

Nice work

[@srhphoto1]

Superb! Keep them coming.

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks Simon 💪🏻💪🏻

[@srhphoto1]

@@autostradamacchina could you let me know which scale motorsport set you used for this please? The one on their website seems to be for different Tamiya kit numbers. Thanks 👍🏻😃

[@autostradamacchina]

Thats the one I used. The set is #7113, the model is basically unchanged. So all fits together perfectly

[@rivazza68]

Fantastic!

[@user-crazy81]

Nice job!🔥

[@stephenbarrass1439]

great job.

[@rccdbcars9993]

I've had the same model at home for the past 25 years...My father bought it when I was a little kid...Maybe it's time I try to complete it too....

[@autostradamacchina]

Definitely try it at least once!

[@thargor6750]

What a beauty car to build

[@jimjam0310f1]

Incredible

[@autostradamacchina]

💪🏻💪🏻

[@mikelritchjr5911]

I love the build mate, great job. I wanted to ask why do you and many other builders mark the top corner with a sharpie. Thanx for sharing this build video

[@autostradamacchina]

Thank you, appreciate it. The reason why we mark it with a sharpie is because we mark the seam line when the plastic was molded together. So to get rid of the lines, we mark it and sand it down afterwards.

[@johnbruce9367]

Great build! nice job

[@Motoki-tomitaka]

Too amazing👏

[@nelspotts5311]

That paint!!!!!

[@changchienchi7220]

Thanks for sharing the excellent modeling tips. In video 13:41, what is the brand and product number of the seat belt? And in video 4:39, how many layers did you apply the gloss paint?

[@autostradamacchina]

Thank you - the seatbelts was left over from a hobby design set I already had. The clear I applied 1x normal layer and 1x heavily thinned layer. I didnt want the clear coat to display too think on the model

[@keithsmodelsandrcs6593]

Awsome bro love it u done excellent job

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks mate, subbed

[@keithsmodelsandrcs6593]

@@autostradamacchina thanks buddy i very much appreciate it my freind thank you so much ill be looking forward to seeing what u do next

[@stephenhenion8304]

Great video! I m seeing lots of great build technique. And this is a great Car too!! 👍👍...🎩🇺🇸🎩🇺🇸🎩

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks Stephen, appreciate the feedback

[@motorsportersmagazine3390]

Amazing 🤩

[@r_c3285]

Absolutely stunning. My one question is how do you finance all of this?

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks man, much appreciated. Day job finances all this stuff 🙂

[@dominosiecki4150]

Looks Perfect

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks Domin, appreciate it and glad you like it!

[@bradlavassaur8265]

Beautiful job!! I love the details on those cars, scale, or full size. Simply awesome! Thank you for sharing. 👍👍

[@СергейЖуков-с7ю]

Отличная работа!😎

[@davidfisher5507]

Nice work, good looking model. Can I ask what brand of paint you use for the body and the clear coats and what pressure you spray at please. I use the Zero paints system but you appear to spray at a higher pressure than I do, tho it could just be how it looks on video. Anyway, nice video and superb model kit. I'm subscribed and like and looking forward to seeing more.

[@autostradamacchina]

David I love this kind of feedback, Thanks!! So for primer I use Mr Hobby 1500, grey in this case, paint I used was the Zero paints ZP-1634, its the Merc Sauber specific colour, clear on this one was also Mr Hobby GX100, I used to use ZP 2k, but its too thick on a race car in my opinion. For pressure I spray at 2bar, but I do adjust the paint amount being released from the gun depending on how much I want to release, for ZP i make it less paint to try and not get orange peel, is a struggle with zero, but it sounds like you’ve had the same issue too. What pressure do you spray at?

[@davidfisher5507]

@@autostradamacchina I'm spraying at around 1.5bar when I use Zero, I've not really had a problem with finish. Just interesting to see how you do it. Do you feel that running at 2 bar helps reduce orange peel? I use Halfords automotive primer as my base coats and then the Zero colour and I'm trying the 2pack clear again on my current build, Tamiya Lotus 107.

[@autostradamacchina]

@@davidfisher5507 spraying at 2 I think gives me better coverage. With my setup I've had some issues with an unevern finish. Buuut that could also be my spraying skills.. the 107 is a beautiful looking kit. that colour scheme looks like it might be a pain in the ass to get right

[@davidfisher5507]

@@autostradamacchina I've masked and painted all the colours and I'm applying CF decals on the chassis sides where necessary. Happy with it so far. I really enjoy masking complex livery's. Your spray set up looks nice from what I can see in the video. A future video idea could be a workbench guide, show the tools/equipment etc. It's always nice to see how other modellers are set up. Good to learn from. I might up the pressure a little when I spray next time, see how it works, on scrap plastic first obviously.

[@autostradamacchina]

@@davidfisher5507 thanks for the tip, yeah might do something like that in the future for sure. I've primarily learn from youtube myself (started the hobby last year) so is definitely. I managed to get the Ferrari SF70H recently, so will be building that in a couple of videos from now. No engine detail on that one though, but hoping to do it justice

[@lolvwb]

EPIC!!!!

[@Mentaloh]

Magnifique ! 😍👌

[@gradycain6399]

Great build man. I built this kit many, many years ago - before the upgrade carbon fiber decals and photo etch parts were available or known to me. Can you tell me what you are spraying on the tires after sanding the molding seams off (18:39 ish) and after the decals are installed (19:20 ish)? Appreciate you taking the time to video this - thank you...

[@autostradamacchina]

Awesome thanks man - um so at 18:39 I spray the tyres with Tamiya's Rubber black, and after the decals I spray a flat clear. Personally I like the affect it has, you basically cant see its a decal on the tyre once thats done, looks painted on

[@chamaclinea]

Superbe....

[@mikedamron3642]

Do the 917k. My dream car next to the 68 charger

[@shelbysolko7783]

Jochen Mass, Manuel Reuter, and Stanley Dickens were the drivers that drove #63 to victory in the 1989 24 Hours at Le Mans.

[@mikepullen5733]

Great looking model. Could have done with spark plug leeds just to make the engine pop. New sub from me 😊

[@autostradamacchina]

Awesome thanks Mike! Yeah I know, tbh I wasnt confident in my engine wiring skills, but watch this space, have some projects planed where I’ll attempt some engine wiring

[@sonotover]

So nice, I only do bike builds but this makes me wanna do a car.

[@autostradamacchina]

Defo do this one, the C9 an absolute classic! Doing a bike build atm. The BMW HP4 1/9 by MENG

[@rc-jatodaniel]

Beautiful work. I wonder what fluid are you using when you apply the stickers? Is it water or, what is it?

[@autostradamacchina]

Its Microsol and Microset

[@rc-jatodaniel]

@@autostradamacchina Ok, thank you for the answer.

[@manfishingfun]

This is an awesome build, would you mind telling which color u have used for the body ? I’m now on this model too, I had a wrong color and have to strip it. Need some idea for my repaint model. 🙏🏿

[@autostradamacchina]

Hi, the colour used on this was zeropaints zp1634

[@manfishingfun]

@@autostradamacchina thanks so much, Appreciated 🙏🏿

[@edvaldo221]

Show.👏👏👏👏

[@TheoKaratzis-g3l]

did you need to use the paint or what is it like best to use paint or is it something you dont really need to do and you just go the extra mile if you paint?

[@autostradamacchina]

Generally most hobbyist would paint the models, its the only way to bring some kind of “realism” to the models

[@artoodiitoo]

So cool :D I still need to get this car in Gran Turismo 4, heh ;>

[@SmeshKing]

What is the name of the green liquid for hiding parts?

[@autostradamacchina]

Its called “liquid mask”

[@DaXter_07]

Is water the thing wherein you put the stickers?

[@autostradamacchina]

Yes water releases the decals from the backing paper

[@DaXter_07]

@@autostradamacchina ok thanks now I can try to make an f1

[@damonwood8345]

What is that blue stuff you put on the Dashboard?

[@autostradamacchina]

The stuff is called liquid mask 👍🏻

[@adrian6417]

You are puting the stickers in wather or tamiya adeziv ?

[@jonathanmargetts4234]

Wow👍

[@nicolo296]

Which clear coat do you use on decals?

[@autostradamacchina]

This is Zeropaints 2K clear

[@mikar636]

Amazing result!!! How many days did this build last?

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks Mika, generally I would estimate the total build probably takes around 50-60hours, depending on how much extra you do on top of the standard out of the box build

[@strydyrhellzrydyr1345]

That blue ur painting up against.. looks like a cushion.. or back to a chair or something... What is that... Do u have your own paint booth

[@autostradamacchina]

Yes that is a paint booth, the blue is a filter

[@Don.Eliciano.962]

My favorite Sauber Mercedes C9 is the number 61 it was the fastest of the three Mercedes it finished 2nd, the number 62 it finished 5th had transmission problems and the number 63 finished 1st with five laps ahead, this is my only favorite race car of Mercedes the Sauber Mercedes C9.

[@edstud1]

What do you use to get the decals to conform so well?

[@autostradamacchina]

I use a combination of micro sol/set

[@이름-h7o1v]

Why are you grinding those parts? Just curious.

[@autostradamacchina]

Not sure i know which parts you’re referring to? What part of the video?

[@nikhilkadiyala83]

Hey man, Amazing Video but I do have to ask where do you get this model I'm not able to find one. If you could point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate.

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks a lot, you can get this model on ebay or most hobby shops will stock them.

[@martimaymo2543]

Hello, I am wondering what type of varnish are you using

[@autostradamacchina]

Hi, for this build I used Zeropaints 2k

[@chadden24]

Do you wash all the parts before gluing and is Tamiya your glue of choice?

[@autostradamacchina]

Yeah, I do wash parts before glueing and Tamiya is my glue of choice before paint, after paint I’ll use something like BSI super gold+ or instacure

[@strydyrhellzrydyr1345]

Omg. This must be a class 10 model.. or whatever it's called

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks a lot, much appreciated

[@modestforest]

Very nice result ! Which Color did you use to paint the tires ?

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks Anthony, the tyres I usually paint with Tamiya’s Rubber black

[@coopermakin4710]

Hey mate sorry if this has been asked, but what did you coat over the carbon on the under tray, diffusers and front splitters of the car? Clear coat?

[@autostradamacchina]

Hi mate, I used a matt clear coat to cover the carbon at an attempt to give it a dry carbon look

[@coopermakin4710]

@@autostradamacchina awesome, certainly worked

[@HillHermit1]

What are you using for clear coat? Great build!

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks Evan, clear on this is GX100 and Zeropaints 2K

[@bilbodanzo3847]

do you use varnish on the wheels??

[@autostradamacchina]

Yes I used matt clear on this build

[@bilbodanzo3847]

@@autostradamacchina what varnish do you using for this ?

[@peterpacifico2198]

Can someone tell me what was sprayed on the tires?

[@autostradamacchina]

First painted Rubber black, then decals, then matt clear

[@paxr1s279]

It’s scary to see u put those decals on so perfectly while I can’t even put my screen protector on straight

[@gixxersuzukibiker7719]

🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝

[@strydyrhellzrydyr1345]

Why did u sand where I sanded first .. where the doors would be on a normal car... Why sand that area

[@biaybiaczynski6174]

Amazing

[@autostradamacchina]

Thank you 🙂

[@strydyrhellzrydyr1345]

Wait... U beautifully put on all that carbon fiber looking part... And then you just paint right over top of it... What... I'm soooo confused

[@autostradamacchina]

I sprayed flat clear on the decals to protect it

[@MrZnarffy]

Some good some bad.. You really need to work on the parting lines and detail work. You can still see the parting line on the engine for example.. Lots of other details are also showing that wouldn't be on the real car.

[@autostradamacchina]

Thank you, this is good constructive feedback, much appreciated

[@ungurdani8346]

Salut my friend super car super video subscribe subscribe .....

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks man, glad you like the video

[@ungurdani8346]

@@autostradamacchina thanks my friend subscribe subscribe

[@Serenityindailylife]

That's funny, mine ended up with 3 carbon fiber pieces on it, the rest balled up in the garbage.

[@lehagusev583]

Класс!!!

[@autostradamacchina]

Thanks 😌

[@damianvenegas7152]

Crack my friend

[@AdahirVera-s5j]

Es difícil de armar

[@inakirasquete62]

virgeen

[@strydyrhellzrydyr1345]

Wow... Wierd... What are those stickers... I never seen ones like that... They don't even look like stickers or something... U put them in water... I don't think I ever seen that kind in a model kit

[@autostradamacchina]

Yeah water creates a reaction with the glue on the back of the decals

[@ricosuave4849]

Nice vid, horrible music

[@raveinus]

Cmc or EXOTO is the best

[@raveinus]

Trash of Plastik

[@rollandcaissie1945]

Very nice build!!

[@tanyav7888]

Very nice build!