1:20 Brabham BT50 - Grade Up Parts (for Tamiya Kits) is a set of photo-etched parts from Studio27 for the car with which the turbocharged BMW engine entered Formula 1. It is not a kit but an addition to the Tamiya model.
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Let us be direct: this is not a kit and it is not a model. It is a set of additional parts for the Tamiya kit of the Brabham BT50 — you have to have the basic kit, otherwise the set has nothing to improve. It is made by the Japanese company Studio27.
These are photo-etched parts: grilles, sheet-metal stiffeners and plates, seat belts and two alternative versions of the rear wing endplates — so you can choose the configuration of the car. On the BT50 that is particularly useful, because Tamiya builds its model so that once the upper cover is removed the monocoque and the mechanicals remain exposed — and that is where detail shows most.
Injection-molded plastic cannot do a truly thin edge or a genuinely open grille. A molded grille is only a suggested engraving in a blind surface. Photo-etched sheet, by contrast, has the thickness of real sheet metal in scale — and on a Formula 1 car that decides things, because the car is completely exposed. There is no bodywork here to cover mistakes: you see every belt, every buckle and every grille.
The Brabham BT50 of 1982 is a historically exceptionally important car. From the pen of Gordon Murray it came as the carrier of the turbocharged BMW engine — it was the car with which the BMW turbo made its mark in Formula 1 and set off on a path that a year later led to the world championship title. It was driven by Nelson Piquet and Riccardo Patrese. And one more thing: it was with the BT50 that Brabham came up in 1982 with the planned pit stop in the middle of a race — refueling and a tire change as a deliberate tactic. The car started light and fast and took on fuel only during the race. That idea changed the tactics of Formula 1 for good.
This is an additional set of parts, not a kit. The basic Tamiya model, the glue, the paints and the tools are not included in the package.
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