belkits Ford Fiesta WRC Solberg finland.

The belkits fiesta`s are available. I was very curious about them so i decided to build one OOB just to see how they build. In a while i`ll build the Rossi fiesta with some more detail ling but now the Sol berg.
I`m not really interested in the WRC. In my eyes it`s been boring and rules were adjusted to fit Citroen, so call it a Citroen cup if you like.
Why then this Sol berg. A while a go, a guy contacted me on face book. We started chatting and it was the man behind racing decals43. He got me interested in his decals and i bought the Sol berg livery. I`m always curious about a new brand. So this was a nice choice for an OB build.
I started dry fitting body and chassis and bottom parts. I build a couple of 207`s so it was no surprise that everything fitted very nice.
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I`m not really happy with the front suspension, i like it when the front wheels can turn. In a later build i will adjust the parts so the front wheels can steer.
The only thing i upgraded was the exhaust pipe. I removed the original one and replaced it with a piece of evergreen rod to give it some more dept.
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Then i did the same with the S2000 so i could compare the difference between gravel and asphalt version.
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After dry fitting everything was painted and weathered. Now the bottom is ready.
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I added some detail to the front of the body were the night lights are supposed to be.
http://imageshack.us/a/img843/3539/sizedcimg00012.jpg
After this the body was cleaned, panel line are done and the body is sprayed white with tamiya spray.
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Next step are the interior and decalling the body.

I started decalling yesterday. The decals from racing Decals43 are really good, better then i expected. They are very smooth and easy to work with. Much better kwality then renaissance, shunko and reji.
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Nice livery! and also a good job with decals. Will keep watching.

Great start. I'm looking forward to seeing how the decals turn out..

Looks very nice - I like those decals.

Looking really good - Go Petter!

Thanks for the comments guys.

I`m also working on the S2000 and that one`s in tarmac conversion. Both chassis are finished so here`s the difference between gravel and tarmac.

http://imageshack.us/a/img231/5885/sizedcimg0003.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img20/3898/sizedcimg0002.jpg

And the body is clearcoated. I used tamiya primer and paint, and gunze clear coat. Livery looks good, decals are great so up to the interior now.
http://imageshack.us/a/img11/7154/sizedcimg0020.jpg
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And finally an update. The interior is finished. Overall putting it together wasn`t that big of a problem accept for the roll cage. Putting that together needs some time and patience. But once finished, the result looks good.
http://imageshack.us/a/img32/5341/sizedcimg0005.jpg
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And for the first time i used the airbrush to spray the panel lines. that looks much better
http://imageshack.us/a/img803/5853/sizedcimg0006.jpg
After the interior i sprayed the back bumper with X-18 so i don`t have that shinny glossy finish on that part.
Placed the lights and windows without a problem.
After that i put body and chassis together. The result looks good,

http://imageshack.us/a/img834/5108/005ize.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img163/9301/004hno.jpg
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Up to the finnish now. ;D

Looking good. I like this livery and can't wait to see it done.

Nice.