Citroen Xsara 2004

Hi everybody,

I am a registered member of this forum since yesterday.
This thread is just a test, I hope it works.

The model is the 2004 Citroen Xsara WRC from the Monte Carlo Rallye. It is from heller with Renaissance Decals and a detail-set.

Hope you like it

Micha


http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/28/1077928/3735303465376233.jpg

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/28/1077928/3239376435663233.jpg

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/28/1077928/3931623033623461.jpg

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/28/1077928/3930396234383861.jpg

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/28/1077928/6339653438363230.jpg


About the weathering: The body is covered with 2-K-Acrylic Clear. Weathering is waterbased airbrush-color from Schmincke.

Micha

Nice work Micha. Specially like the weathering job, it's stunning.
/Joel

It looks excellent!!:sunglasse

That looks WAY better than any Heller Xsara I've ever seen!

Wow really nice work there.

how you've done the weahering? great job!

You've done a great job on a kit that is generally recognised as being very poor. Always nice to see rally cars on this forum, got more? :) And welcome to the board, your introduction was excellent ;)

Excellent job. I have put that kit back on my shelf a couple of times already because of the reviews on it, but your pictures give me hope it could turn out nice after all. Beautiful job, got any more cars you want to post up?

You've done a great job on a kit that is generally recognised as being very poor. Always nice to see rally cars on this forum, got more? :) And welcome to the board, your introduction was excellent ;)

Hi ales,

after I built this kit, I must say you cannot compare it to a kit produced in Japan. This model cost about 55 - 60 Euro (kit + decals + resin/etch parts). It took about twice the time to build it, f.e. I scratched the complete rollcage because the kit parts were too thin. There are no inner doors, the whole sides must be scratchbuilt. Nevertheless, the result was worth the efforts.

I have some more photos of built kit (race cars and streetcars) and within the next weeks I´ll make some phots and show you them. Recently I started to make photos during the building process, I intend to show them, too.

Thanks for your welcome
Micha

Sweet! awesome job with it!

Just for mentioning it.. Loeb has been here in my small village for about one week and preparing his car for the Swedish rally.

Great work!

Welcome to AF Micha :wave:
Great result on a tricky kit. One of the best Xsara's I've seen.

this is a great build. i want to build this xsara very bad but the Heller is a bad model so ive waited forever for Tamiya to make it but it seems hopeless. maybe ill give the Heller another look. nice work and welcome to AF!

Awsome job with a poor kit!

Very nice weathering!

weathering looks nice, looks to me you probably got some mud inside also, great job on the windows.

Looking good, great weathering!

Welcome!
You did a very convincing job on the most over priced model I've ever seen, in Sweden it costs almost as much as a Tamigawa kit without everything that comes from thoose two! To get a toy look this good takes some modeling skills! Got me one for a long time ago and it still sits on my shelf. After seeing yours I might get around finishing mine some time.

Thanks for the inspiration!
Niclas

Looks great. Love the weathering effect, subtle but realistic.

About the weathering: The body is covered with 2-K-Acrylic Clear. Weathering is waterbased airbrush-color from Schmincke.


Hello and welcome!

How are the Schmincke colors working? Some shop owner in Dresden gave me a sample, but I didn't test it yet... Does this color dry out to be water-resistend? Or does every drop of water destroy the wheatering?

BTW: The red color of the Xsara looks almost real!!!

Awesome job!! I wanna build one of those!

Very nice work on this one, hard work indeed to get it look like this. Welcome to AF.

Agree with what most of the others are saying. Always interesting to see how modelers are able to turn the relatively poor kit into a nice model!

It's about time I start mine. :)

Hi,

thanks everybody for the positive feedback.

In the next days/weeks you will see some more of my models.

@ hueb_s:
as the Schmincke colours are waterbased, they do not stick to the base as model colours. Also it is possible, to wipe them off, however you need a certain pressure.

You should avoid to bring water to painted areas, it may leave spots on them. Of course it is possible to bring some clear over these colours, but in this case I wanted to leave the colours as they are.

Micha

Look really nice. I like it !

I wish Tamiya or Hasegawa made this car....

Look really nice. I like it !

I wish Tamiya or Hasegawa made this car....


.... me too ...

Micha

Very Realistic!!! Great job!!!