Ford Fiesta WRC - Rally of France 2011 (Black Livery) 1/24

[dias]

Hello guys

It´s been a long time since i posted a wip in AF.
But now in my working table i have the new Ford Fiesta WRC from Belkits, and i'm doing the Black Livery - Rally of France 2011.
So the waiting was over and for the last 2 weeks i've done a lot of work.



The kit will be almost OOB, only with minor changes.

First thing was to sand the mold lines, glued the front-fenders and aplied the first coat of primary...



After that the first coat of Brilliant Black...



Completed the chassis with some wear...



And the interior is almost done to...









The last thing i´ve done till now was to include the solar protections on the windows...




Tell me what you think.

The next steps will be towards the beautiful decoration.

[JesusM]

You are working very fast!! And it seems ook at the moment. Nice to see that complex livery!!

[sam01contact]

Good job!! I can't wait to see the body with the decals!

[stevenoble]

Looking good so far and the interior is really nicely detailed. Can't wait to see how the decals apply...

[rallymaster]

Interesting build, I've just started the Henning Solberg version, but with some improvements as the kit, even if good, has some strange conception choices that deserves some work on them, especially opening the front face, and then, making the radiators.
I will probably show my work in a WIP but I lack time...

[dias]

Thank you guys!

The body have almost every decals applied... so the kit will be ready in the next days.
I was scared about the size of some of the decals, but after all they are really good and easy to apply and nothing that some MicroSol and a hair-dryer don´t fix it.
Belkits have done a good work in this matter.

[rallymaster]

Nice decalling job and good result, this model with this particular livery will look good for sure !!
PS: if you want some pics of the real car (for display purpose or so) feel free to ask as I have some good pics of it living on the area of the France/Alsace rally.

[dias]

Originally Posted by rallymaster

Nice decalling job and good result, this model with this particular livery will look good for sure !!
PS: if you want some pics of the real car (for display purpose or so) feel free to ask as I have some good pics of it living on the area of the France/Alsace rally.

Thank You Rallymaster

The car is already done. I´m only trying to solve some last problems that i caused to the car, and in the next days i will post some photos of the finished work.

[racer93]

I noticed that Belkits said to use gloss black for the body color. I can't see how that is correct. The reference pics show that the paint of the car is flat or semi-gloss at best, no? I would think that the decal part of the "paint" is gloss and then everything else is flat. Am I wrong? Anyone care to show a pic that proves me wrong? Here's the one I saw:



(I'm very interested, as this car and livery is one of my next projects...)

Thanks.

Daniel

Originally Posted by dias

Thank you guys!

The body have almost every decals applied... so the kit will be ready in the next days.
I was scared about the size of some of the decals, but after all they are really good and easy to apply and nothing that some MicroSol and a hair-dryer don´t fix it.
Belkits have done a good work in this matter.

[dias]

Originally Posted by racer93

I noticed that Belkits said to use gloss black for the body color. I can't see how that is correct. The reference pics show that the paint of the car is flat or semi-gloss at best, no? I would think that the decal part of the "paint" is gloss and then everything else is flat. Am I wrong? Anyone care to show a pic that proves me wrong?

(I'm very interested, as this car and livery is one of my next projects...)

Thanks.

Daniel

Hello Daniel
I had that doubt also when i started building my Fiesta, but looking to the decal sheet and comparing with the reference pics, you will notice that you should paint the car Gloss Black, or Satin Black.

The parts that i've signed in red in the reference pics, are parts that show the color that should be painted in the body. The green ones are the parts that are included as decals.





I hope I've helped...

[yelo]

It sure help me a lot....

Thanks

[The Sheene Machine]

Your best bet would be to complete the decalling over gloss black, then clear the decals, polish out, then mask off the sections to stay gloss and airbrush or spray can a satin or matt coat.
I've seen this done on the Tanak version and it works well.

[racer93]

On looking closely at it, it looks as if they tried to vary the finish gotten from the decals. ie/Some of the decals have a *definite* gloss and some more of a semi-gloss or satin appearance. I'm just not sure that this way will get the desired effect.

Paul, I may just end up doing that. I'd rather not but hey--whoever said things would be easy?

[rallymaster]

Sincerely, having seen the car very closely at service park or on some stages, under different conditions of light, it's very hard to clearly say how the car is or has to be. I think belkit plus or minus perfectly restitutes the colors.
When you see the car from a certain distance, it looks all black, mostly matt... When you are closer it looks like it's grey, and depending on the light it seems grey and black, matt or glossy...!?!
So I think that the perfect shades or black couldn't be restituted perfectly more than it is.
I may follow same paint scheme for mine (damn, I now have 5 fiesta WRC to build !!) as I don't see better way to get somethig accurate close to reality.

[racer93]

Originally Posted by rallymaster

Sincerely, having seen the car very closely at service park or on some stages, under different conditions of light, it's very hard to clearly say how the car is or has to be. I think belkit plus or minus perfectly restitutes the colors.
When you see the car from a certain distance, it looks all black, mostly matt... When you are closer it looks like it's grey, and depending on the light it seems grey and black, matt or glossy...!?!
So I think that the perfect shades or black couldn't be restituted perfectly more than it is.
I may follow same paint scheme for mine (damn, I now have 5 fiesta WRC to build !!) as I don't see better way to get somethig accurate close to reality.

Thanks, Phil. I wouldn't paint it anything other than black, just varying sheens of black. (Gloss/semi/flat.) I would love to get up close and personal with the WRC cars but they're pretty much nonexistent in the USA...