Tamiya Peugeot 206 WRC Monte 2000

Another one finished.

I started this kit a long, long time ago. If you want to have fun at my expense then you could look for the WIP thread :icon16: That's the reason why the side vents in the front bumper are not blended in and why I used decals for seatbelts. I really did not know better back then...

The kit is built 95% box stock and the only changes are CM hood pins, masking tape for rear portions of seatbelts and the spare wheel belt. Guitar strings are used for antennas and it really allowed me to achieve that wound look of the base of the FWD antenna. It's really subtle on the real car but it's there. The kit itself is really really good - classic Tamiya.

The paint used is Peugeot Gris Quartz Metallic from Glasurit (colour code is EYC) and this is the firsts and only kit of a racecar where I have clearcoated the decals. Worked out allright, actually. The clear is also Glasurit.

The biggest headache probably is the decal on top of the roof that goes over the roof scoop - I did not really manage to make it work and had to touch up with paint. Not perfect, in all honesty.

The car the kit represents did not finish the Monte Carlo rally in 2000 (engine failure) but Marcus did go on to win the championship that year. And here are the pictures.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/ales12911/Pug%20206/Pug_206WRC_MC_2000_0001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/ales12911/Pug%20206/Pug_206WRC_MC_2000_0002.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/ales12911/Pug%20206/Pug_206WRC_MC_2000_0003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/ales12911/Pug%20206/Pug_206WRC_MC_2000_0004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/ales12911/Pug%20206/Pug_206WRC_MC_2000_0005.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/ales12911/Pug%20206/Pug_206WRC_MC_2000_0006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/ales12911/Pug%20206/Pug_206WRC_MC_2000_0007.jpg

As always, comments are welcome, and thank you for looking.

Alex

Very beautiful model! I love this series of rally cars from Tamiya.They can be built at all without altering.And the result will be good.

Love the work you did at paneling... The best I've ever seen.

Great job!! Very inspirating...

Looks great. A reminder of what a cool little rally car the 206 was!

nice & neat job! :iceslolan love 206

Wow.. great finish.. you could explain about the details you used to improve it, like antenna.. hood pins and the wheels nuts..

Congrats.. very nice looking

Very neat job!!!. The paint job is awesome.... From every point, looks perfect!!.

I really appreciate all the comments, thank you kindly, everyone!

Wow.. great finish.. you could explain about the details you used to improve it, like antenna.. hood pins and the wheels nuts..

Congrats.. very nice looking

Thank you very much!

OK, the little details then. The antennas are really guitar strings. They're a little thicker than I would have liked but that was the smallest wound guitar string I had.

The front antenna is the string with the wound part, and the wound part was painted chrome silver from a Gundam marker. The aft antenna is just a piece of guitar string painted black and the thicker bottom part is made by dipping the end of the wire in superglue a few times. The tops of the antennas are just a small drop of enamel black paint applied with a toothpick.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/ales12911/Pug%20206/antennas.jpg

The hood pins are aftermarket photoetched parts from Crazy Modeler, nothing more.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/ales12911/Pug%20206/hoodpin.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/ales12911/Pug%20206/trunkpin.jpg

There is nothing special about the wheelnuts - just detailed the kit wheels with silver and a sharpened toothpick.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/ales12911/Pug%20206/wheels.jpg

Very neat job!!!. The paint job is awesome.... From every point, looks perfect!!.

Thanks! It really isn't perfect but thankfully camera hides the flaws :) I am quite happy with it, though, especially considering when I painted the thing.

Best,
Alex

Nice, pics could come out of some kind of rally magazine, flawless paint, as ususal !

Thanks for the explanation Ales, guitar strings.. i would never thought about it!!.. great idea!!..

Congratulations again for your model.. it´s a great model..