Lada 2112 S1600 1:24

Hi! I'm 18 Years old modeller from Finland and that was all what I can say in english.Because there are no 1:24 Lada kit or diecast model, I have to made the body from aluminium and copper and the chassis from copper. Roll bar is steel. The model represents Rally St. Petersburg 2001 version.
And there are some picks.

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1228/lada1ye9.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/9356/lada2pm0.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9637/lada4id0.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/1170/lada5kh0.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

The whole story is here, but in finnish .
http://www.fcma.fi/FCMABBS/viewtopic.php?t=4236&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

I'm trying to update this projekt in english, wish I could have more time:rolleyes:

You must be a big Lada fan, incredible work invested in this model. And in the end it realy looks good even for Lada. Great job!

Spede, first welcome here.

I understood wrong or is it a whole scratchbuild? IMHO the design is awful like often from lada but... my god if I understand right your skills are not human. More picts of the process starting from 0 to the actual result?

Wow, more pictures of how you have done this please

You are Superman!!!! Very nice scratchbuilt. Look so real so I think this is factory-made model.

wow! That`s cool! At such moments I am proud of our cars!

If I understand right you have made the whole thing yourself.That is incredible.The bodyshell looks like a kit one,beautiful work you have done there.

I haven't got pics from the beginning because I didn't own a camera before.
There are some pictures , before primer.
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3070/ladaetuvk6.gif (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://www.fcma.fi/FCMABBS/viewtopic.php?t=4236&start=0)


http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6250/ladaovetaukire5.gif (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://www.fcma.fi/FCMABBS/viewtopic.php?t=4236&start=0)

The pre-primer photos make it look like it's based off a diecast of the car?

I just registered here yesterday. I've been, however, visiting this forum for a long time. I though, that I could help you guys, and translate what spede has written in that Finnish car model forum about his project. Okay, I did it, and then clicked "submit Reply" button. Then it happened, that this page logged me out, and the post was gone. It was so long post, that I don't have now time to write it again, but will be doing that later.

The pre-primer photos make it look like it's based off a diecast of the car?
Yes, it looks like that, but there is no diecast model of this car in existence. The body is scartchbuilt, according to the posts in the Finnish car modelling forum. Spede has built also a Citroen C4 WRC before and there is no ready model of that car either afaik.

Here is one c4 wrc picture, I know, wheels looks terrible!:banghead: , luckily I have found better ones, I'm just too lazy to change those:) :
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/796/citroensivuqc7.gif (http://imageshack.us/)

That is truly amazing! I was already extremely impressed and then I saw that it had all opening panels....
:eek2:

Superb work!

Do you have any photos showing how you made the body? I'd be very interested in seeing those, as (one day) I'm going to convert a Revell diecast 1:18 Volvo Amazon 2 door saloon into a estate (with all opening panels) to match my everyday car.

Chassis pics of lada were very hard to find so I have used little artist freedom.
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8070/pohjasg9.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

All the parts, nearly, some clear and little parts are not in this picture.
I used Airfix citroen xsara's seats as base but as you see, there are not alot the original seats left.

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4445/ladaosatzr9.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

After painting.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8049/kylkiladazo2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

I just heard that Heller has introduced C4 WRC, will be interesting to see how much heller's version differs from my version:grinyes:

I saw on the finnish site this car was almost ready:

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/5905/kylkiob8.jpg

Looks very good!,

I don't know if it supposed to sit as high on your model in the front, otherwise you should fix it :P

Making decals was difficult, because printer doesn,t print white so i had to paint white on clear decal paper.

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4127/aut022wt4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

White decal paper was too thin to cover the paint perfectly.

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5542/aut021tr1.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

Engineroom

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/5612/koneog8.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

Interior, I couldn't find suitable PE mesh for foot bracket so I made it myself.

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/7866/ladaohjgz7.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

Most impressive, the C4 looks awesome. I can't figure out how you made the body from aluminium and copper. Is it carved out of a block or beaten sheets? Either way I am amazed.

Nearly ready, needs only the final polishing.

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5559/sivurf4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/8247/ladaetu2yd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/6136/ladakattobh8.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

That is truely amazing and a excellent craftsmanship. You have my respect!

Wow, this truely is one of the most impressive, yet unbelievable pieces of modeling I ve seen in a while!

Now take a bow!

Oli