ST27 Peugeot 908 WIP

[p9o1r1sche]

Hold on to your hats ladies and gents, we're diving right into this one. I just got this kit earlier this week from Stradasports and couldn't wait to get started. This is the first ST27 kit I have built.

One strange thing I noticed was that no where on the box or instructions does it say 'Peugeot 908', but only says '908'. There are a few 'Peugeot' markings on the decal sheet, but that's it. Guess they didnt wait for any licensing procedures to hold things up?

The panel lines look good. The castings are really clean, with minimal flash. The chassis pan was slightly warped on my kit, but a little steam fixed that. There is more white metal parts than I would like, but what are you going to do?

The fenders are cast separate to aid in fitment of a few parts that span the gap between the fenders and the body. There are locating pins on the parts and holes on the body. In some reference pics I have, there is a distinct separation line between these parts and the body, but not at the fender, so I glued the parts to the fenders instead of the body. I also need to figure out how to fill the gap around the bottom edge of the fenders at the chassis pan, as there should not be a separation line there.







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More to come...

[freakray]

Ken, great to see some more of your work so soon

I look forward to seeing more of your work on this kit, especially since I am still undecided over whether to get one myself.

[klutz_100]

There's a kit of this car?! Oh Lord, more money spent

I agree with Ray - it's a treat to see more of your work so soon. This is going to be great to follow I am sure

[deltableh]

I will be waiting with baited breath for updates

[Decs0105]

Awesome project. I will follow this one closely (I already ordered my kit ).

Are you going to CF the whole body? What No. will you be building 7 or 8?

[RallyRaider]

Super subject! Great to see it being tackled by a master. I share your sentiments about the white metal - something that will scare me away from this and other Japanese multimedia kits.

[p9o1r1sche]

Cleaned up some white metal parts and attached a few:





Naturally, some putty was used before priming.


The brass rods came in the kit, but I mounted endplates on them for easier handling. These parts will be painted before assembling them.


I have started painting the parts. I will put a black basecoat on before decaling with CF. The white top must be painted and I decided to paint the narrow red stripe on the body, and use the decals for the other graphics. I will use Tamiya paints, with TS49, bright red, being a close, but not perfect match to the red on the decals. I think it will work, as the red stripe on the body will not be too close to any red decals. My reference pics shows the carbon weave pattern to be a simple weave on the body and twill weave everywhere else. I'll tone down the twill weave decals with Alclad smoke. I'll use ST27 carbon kevlar decals inside the fenders.

[godfather23]

Interesting project and - as I read your paintment plans a very ambitious project as well. I´d like to see the results of the paint job and CF-ing. Keep things up and good luck!

P.S.: Those back air intakes look massive...I guess form follows function!

[davesans]

Great start looking forward to see this one come together. Looks like a very cool kit.

[mike@af]

Watching with eyes wide open my machining mate!

[p9o1r1sche]

Wheels cleaned up decently. Airbrushed on a mixture of Tamiya gloss aluminum and silver leaf.



After drying well, the centers will need a little detailing.

[johanthemodeler]

Looking great BTW I really want those wheels so just leave them out your Peogeot will look great even without wheels ;D

[p9o1r1sche]

So, then I would have to build the donk version????



No thanks.

[ScaleCentral]

I'm very curious how this will turn out. Looking forward the CF application. The absence of the CF compared to the price is what kept me away from getting it. It looks like a nice kit nonetheless.
Nic

[manu80]

well I still wonder if I won't put some carbon here and there but not recover the whole kit. Great start..... You could have wait for the others
Keep it coming !!!