1/24th Toyota Celica St205 Castrol pics

stevenoble

10-03-2005, 06:09 AM

Spitfire7

10-03-2005, 10:39 AM

Very nice. Is this the Studio 27 or the Racing 43 transkit? And what was it like to work with.

stevenoble

10-03-2005, 05:18 PM

Very nice. Is this the Studio 27 or the Racing 43 transkit? And what was it like to work with.

It was the Studio 27 Transkit and I used some Photo etched Eduard Pre coloured seatbelts.
The Transkit was excellent a real pleasure to work with,minimal clean up of the metal and resin parts and an almost perfect fit.The decals were excellent also.

RallyFanatic

10-04-2005, 04:55 AM

Brilliant build, really clean!
I'd love to build one of these in time, never got round to it though (delta soaking up enough time already).
A very very good build of one of the best looking rally cars ever!

ny2000

01-19-2006, 02:11 PM

Stevenoble do you have night driving extra lights? Do you want sell it?

stevenoble

01-19-2006, 02:47 PM

Stevenoble do you have night driving extra lights? Do you want sell it?

Yes,I still have the night lights but the photoetch spring clips are missing because I used them on another Celica model.I've got all the other bits though.I have circled the missing bits in red on the photo below.Let me know if you are still interested in the lights.You could probably make the clips yourself.
Steve.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b61/stevenoble/Untitled-Scanned-01.jpg

Technoman

01-19-2006, 03:17 PM

Very nice, one of the best looking rally cars IMHO and you have certainly done it proud, beautiful model, soooo clean..

I have the R43 tkit for this, and the S27 ST165 tkit, but is there anywhere to get the S27 ST205 tkit online still?

RallyRaider

01-19-2006, 03:21 PM

Beautiful work, lovely (and sadly infamous) car and great job building it.
Did you do any work in the engine bay?

rallymaster

01-19-2006, 03:28 PM

Very Nice !!
I've just bought this TK before Christmas on Ebay...
I don't know if I will build the lights parts, they seem not accurate to me but maybe I'm wrong...
those seat belts are very realistic, they just look like the real ones ! :grinyes:
where did you find this stuff ?
Did you use the full resin wheel of the TK or other ones ?
I plan to use Corolla WRC wheels because they are the same. I think that rubber tyres will give better effect, but on your model I couldn't swear you chose one or the other way as it is so clean build... :wink:

Phil

NissanSkylineGTR98

01-19-2006, 03:31 PM

Very nice!

stevenoble

01-19-2006, 04:00 PM

Very nice, one of the best looking rally cars IMHO and you have certainly done it proud, beautiful model, soooo clean..

I have the R43 tkit for this, and the S27 ST165 tkit, but is there anywhere to get the S27 ST205 tkit online still?

If you go to www.mediamixhobby.com.sg and do a search for celica they still have the transkit as in stock (Monte Carlo Version) same as the one i used.Kit no: 29C

stevenoble

01-19-2006, 04:05 PM

Beautiful work, lovely (and sadly infamous) car and great job building it.
Did you do any work in the engine bay?

The resin chassis that comes with the transkit includes the basic engine structures and I added some bits from the Tamiya donor kit,but I never really went to town on the engine as I never had any good reference photos of the real engine.If you wanted to there is the potential to detail the engine,the transkit would provide a good starting point.

stevenoble

01-19-2006, 04:13 PM

Very Nice !!
I've just bought this TK before Christmas on Ebay...
I don't know if I will build the lights parts, they seem not accurate to me but maybe I'm wrong...
those seat belts are very realistic, they just look like the real ones ! :grinyes:
where did you find this stuff ?
Did you use the full resin wheel of the TK or other ones ?
I plan to use Corolla WRC wheels because they are the same. I think that rubber tyres will give better effect, but on your model I couldn't swear you chose one or the other way as it is so clean build... :wink:

Phil

I think I got the Eduard seat belts set from www.hannants.co.uk I have used them on a couple of builds since and they always look very realistic.They are pre coloured (including the Sabelt logos) and all you do is assemble them and add them to your seats.The range includes all the popular straps for most rally and race cars.I did use the full resin wheels from the transkit and remember that they were a real pain to mask out to spray the tyres.I ended up using a compass cutter and made circular masks from thin masking tape to create a neat edge.

Viccario

01-19-2006, 05:06 PM

Superbly finished model.

I know this is nitpicking but the suspension seems to be a little high for a tarmac spec car. Is that because it is unchanged from the road car base model?

Still looks great though.

Darren

blubaja

01-19-2006, 10:01 PM

Super clean! Keep up the great work!

blubaja

01-19-2006, 10:06 PM

Super clean! Keep up the great work!

ny2000

01-20-2006, 06:08 AM

I'm still intersted i send you a mail
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stevenoble

01-20-2006, 09:32 AM

Superbly finished model.

I know this is nitpicking but the suspension seems to be a little high for a tarmac spec car. Is that because it is unchanged from the road car base model?

Still looks great though.

Darren

The answer to your question is that there is no suspension to adjust.The Studio 27 transkit includes a complete replacement resin chassis and this has no suspension whatsoever.The brake discs fit into pre marked holes in the chassis and the wheels fit to the brakediscs,so in theory the suspension is not really adjustable unless you drill the holes higher than the ones that are pre marked.All the road car suspension and chassis parts are confined to the spares box or the scrap bin.
Steve.

Viccario

01-20-2006, 01:25 PM

The answer to your question is that there is no suspension to adjust.The Studio 27 transkit includes a complete replacement resin chassis and this has no suspension whatsoever.The brake discs fit into pre marked holes in the chassis and the wheels fit to the brakediscs,so in theory the suspension is not really adjustable unless you drill the holes higher than the ones that are pre marked.All the road car suspension and chassis parts are confined to the spares box or the scrap bin.
Steve.

Thanks for the info.

It seems a shame that they seem to have made a bit of a basic error when all the other components were so accurate.

Darren

malscar

01-21-2006, 02:46 AM

Steve, another lovely build. Makes a good pair with your ST185.

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