206WRC progress thread (pics included)

I wondered what had happened to this model :wink:

Everything looks fantastic Mikko, it's coming together really well.

Can we have some close up shots on the interior, please :smile:

Please tell me you're going to paint the wheel lug nuts:wink:

I look forward to your next update.:smile:

Here's two interior pics. Not the finest hour of close up photography, but they'll show some details anyhow. That rollcage blocks view quite effectively no matter where I tried to photograph..

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/466579Pa300002.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/368853Pa300004.jpg

Nothing dramatic has happened to the model then (good or bad:icon16: ). Progress just slowed down due to a small lack of interest, but I think the model should be ready by the end of the month.

And yes, I'm going to paint those wheel nuts:iceslolan The wheels are going to get OZ-decals too.

-Mikko

I've never seen this car in action. But man, that model looks good.
Keep up the good work. http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/images/icons/icon14.gif

Man! This car is wicked! Absolutely great job. :bigthumb: :icon16: :icon16:

Today I added the screens to front bumper. Like I said earlier, I couldn't find a S27 etched set for '99 Pug, so I made the screen from the net supplied by Tamiya. I made the five support strips to it from black graphic tape. I think it looks quite nice after all, so it's not absolutely necessary to buy an etched set to detail this kit nicely.

You can also see that I had to made some cuts to the red decal to make it conform around the front of the bonnet. Unfortunately these cuts are quite visible:( But they're less visible than the decal wrinkles would have been.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/617294Pb050006.jpg

-Mikko

:eek2::eek2::eek2:

thats such a sweet model! i cant belive you had all the motovation to keep going! you must love that car!

whatchu talkin 'bout willis? i would not have notice some cuts in the DECALS if you had not mentioned it.. that is one bad ass model. love the work.. i like it :) :bigthumb: :bigthumb: :bloated:

:D Absolutely gorgeous, and great eye for detail!
I love your way of making everything as accurate and realsistic as can be !

Good, I mean great job!
Olivier

Looking good Mikko.
Only part I don't love is the shape of the light covers on the front bumper.
Can't wait to see it all finished.

Yes, those lightcovers somehow went completely wrong:( I don't know what I was thinking, I just eyeballed them and wrong they went. I should have been more careful... The fault shows more clearly with the finished paint, it didn't look that bad when the primer was on.

I don't know if it's just my luck, but the rear wings seems to fit a bit poorly. I had to shave and sand its lower parts to make it fit.

Now I have to finish the wheels and make the mudflaps and then it's almost ready. Does anyone know where to get good mudflap material? I've used surplus bits from Hasegawa kits but now I'm almost running out of the material (unless I steal it from unbuilt kits in my stash).

-Mikko

I made the shields inside the wheelarches from overhead projector transparents painted in Tamiya desert yellow. They block the view nicely and light wont show through to the interior anymore.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/396427206arch.jpg

I also decaled, clear coated and weathered the wheels.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/153880206fwheel.jpg

-Mikko

:bigthumb:
Top job on the further detailing!
I love the way you're really getting deep into this!
Great work!
Olivier

Is it possible that we could get all the photos of the finished project in one post so we all can see the true magnificence of this master piece. Does any body smell that...................................the shit being shoveled. :icon16: J/k GREAT WORK MAN, TIME WELL SPENT !

Good idea with the plastic sheet in the wheelarches. :bigthumb: Did you have to glue them down or will they hold in there themselves?

You must be getting close to finished now - can't wait to see the final shots. Nice big high resolution ones please :biggrin:

Not yet completely finished, but almost:biggrin: Since last post I've added mudflaps, mirrors, rear wing, rear lights, antennas (Sakatsu and streched sprue) and some small details like etched SMS nuts on front and rear bumper. Like I said earlier, Renaissance had missed yellow 'seura' markings on mirrors, so I made them myself by printing the text onto a clear decal with laser printer and then adding the print on a piece of yellow decal.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/897439206WRCprew2.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/361373P6260001.jpg

I'll take better pictures once I've finished. Next I'm going to add a very light weathering on the lower parts to make the car look a bit dusty.

Phil: the plastic in wheelarches was glued with cyano.

-Mikko

All I have to say.....:eek2:.....and then..... :worshippy

Absolutely stunning Mikko, what more is there to say?

Originally posted by freakray
All I have to say.....:eek2:.....and then..... :worshippy

Absolutely stunning Mikko, what more is there to say?

Nothing! It's a beauty!

Originally posted by freakray
All I have to say.....:eek2:.....and then..... :worshippy

Absolutely stunning Mikko, what more is there to say?

:iagree:

You are a mad man when it comes to detail. :bigthumb: big ass thumbs up!

Dear god, I think I could hop in and run a few stages in this thing. It's exquisite!

********************** ( Sorry!! My mistake! )
Stunning job!! :bigthumb:

That is a perfect Pug you've built there Mikko. :bigthumb:

Have to rate it 10/10 - probably 11 when you add a touch of road grime.

Great Pug!:smile: Seeing all these WRC cars are making it unbearable to wait for my Pug to come to my doorstep.

Originally posted by Forhod
You are the best female modeler I known on the board!
Stunning job!! :bigthumb:

Ummm... heh - Mikko is a guy, not a girl. :biggrin: But you're right about one thing - absolutely gorgeous car! Very, very nice!

-Pille-

Fa-bu-lous!

Best 206 model ever!

Olivier

Time spent on doing this model really paid off, just one word to describe this beautiful masterpiece.

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

I can actually see this car blazing around on a safari rally with a lot of smoke behind its back!
SO SO SOOO REALISTIC DUDE:eek7:

Stunning!!!

Maybe you could still do the panels lines. but other then that :bigthumb: :bigthumb:

My bad!! Sorry!! Still.. :worshippy :worshippy

damn how did I miss this thread?


Awsome work, the extra detail added makes for one sweet kit




Well done

OUTSTANDING!!!!!

:worshippy :worshippy :worshippy

Originally posted by huudo
Stunning!!!

Maybe you could still do the panels lines. but other then that :bigthumb: :bigthumb:
:iagree:

Took alot of time and effort but it was worthwhile the wait.

Brilliant! :worshippy

I've finished, see another thread (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=114628) for pictures.

I added the weathering by airbrushing Tamiya buff with some flat base for extra flat result on the lower parts of the car. I also almost made a big mistake, because a front wheel strut snapped and I had to glue it back and while I held the model on my hands that damn soft Tamiya yellow got some fingerprints on it. It has been curing for nearly two months and still it's so soft... I think from now on I'll be only using automotive paints for painting bodies (unfortunately I have to limit using them to summer months because I don't have a place with sufficiently good ventilation to use them indoors). Thankfully I managed to rub them out, but the weathering got damaged on the driver side front fender.

I think that's it for the Pug now, thanks all for comments along the way:)

-Mikko