First WIP: Xsara WTC 1/24

[elmankester]

Hello my friends here is my first WIP and it's my first model kit in 10 years so be nice with me...
I've just painted it and it is also the first time I paint a model with airbrush!!!!
Here are some pics:

This is PPG automotive paint from a friend's real Tunned Xsara



Here is another pick of the hood...



And one form the Front...



I hope you like it!!!!!!!!

[deltableh]

Mmmmm... gold...

[Technoman]

That really is gold, nicely laid on too. Which specific car is this going to be?

[elmankester]

This is the Heller Kit of the Citreon Xsara Rally Car 1:24.
A friend of mine has a REAL citroen xsara and tuned it to be just like it!!!!
So he asked me to make this model for him.
He gave me the same paint he has used for his car that's why I painted it Gold...

[quiquepool]

Its looking really great, i love the color

[RallyRaider]

Originally Posted by elmankester

A friend of mine has a REAL citroen xsara and tuned it to be just like it!!!!

What a WRC? As in four wheel drive and turbocharged? If this is going to be a street car let me know and I'll move it to the appropriate forum.

[elmankester]

Originally Posted by RallyRaider

What a WRC? As in four wheel drive and turbocharged? If this is going to be a street car let me know and I'll move it to the appropriate forum.

Well he only tunned the exterior by now.
The next step will be the engine...
But yes when he finishes it I will upload some photos!!!

[freakray]

Originally Posted by elmankester

Well he only tunned the exterior by now.
The next step will be the engine...
But yes when he finishes it I will upload some photos!!!

I think you missed Phil's point. Doing some body work is not 'tuning' a car, and tuning a Xsara to be a WRC replica would require a complete chassis and transmission rework aside from all the actual engine work required.

[elmankester]

Originally Posted by freakray

I think you missed Phil's point. Doing some body work is not 'tuning' a car, and tuning a Xsara to be a WRC replica would require a complete chassis and transmission rework aside from all the actual engine work required.

Oppss...
Sorry, my mistake.
I'm new with all this vocabulary....
By the way the paintwork in my model is pretty good...

[elmankester]

I want to DIE!!!!!!!!!
Look what happened when I aplied the Clear Coat....


What the hell happened!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!:disapp oin



That FU**ING kind of spider web is all over my EX beautifull paint!!!!!!!!!
Are there any solutions??!!?!!!?
This is really dissapointing although it is may first model to be made and have a lot of things to learn....
Here are more pics....

[sportracer02]

Hi,

what clear did you use??

Btw, could you post smaller pics, otherwise I´d buy a 27" screen ;-)

[elmankester]

I used PPG one compound clear.
I thinned it 1 part of clear with 1.5 part of universal thinner (just like the instructions said....
Should I try to pass some compound to see if it goes away????

By the way sorry for the big photos, I'll try to make smaller ones next time....

[deltableh]

What a bummer, dude! That was a real BEAUTIFUL paint job too... I might make a gold car because of it.

[mvaneersel]

I'm no airbrush expert but there are a lot of them on the finescale magazine
forum. Looks like it dried as it came out of the nozzle so my guess too much pressure, maybe too much thinner.
Ask the guys on that forum, they're really good.

[elmankester]

Well I tried to solve it by using compound to get rid of those nasty things but unfortunately the result was not the best...
So... I'm now in the process of removing the paint and start all over again...