1:24 Ford Focus WRC- Neste Rally Finland 2007- WINNER

[rallymaster]

I agree, superb work !
Impressive what can be done from a diecast and a lot of talent

[Mikezibit]

Great work !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LucaC.74]

exceptional work ....
congratulations!

[sportracer02]

Great stuff so far !!

[eugene78]

Wow, Petteri, I haven't been checking this thread for a while, but you've made some amazing progress! The PE and the engine look totally awesome!

[spede]

Some progress, I had to make molds because some joints came visible through paint work :-( . Actually the sun roof was the difficult area.



Sun roof, joints are not easy to see.



Mold making of the bonnet. Old Legos are very useful :-)



Castings...



The very first resin parts for test fitment.

I also started with lamp lenses. I do have clear resin, but I think vacuforming gave better result in this case.



I used original lenses of the diecast model as basis. I had corrected the shape of lamps better.



I did gypsum mold first and casted white metal "mandrels"



Polished mandrels.

I will show you the results of vacuforming later.

Just for teaser, the resin body already has paint on it :

[firun]

Petteri, that's absolutely the greatest Focus build i've ever seen! Have you used vacuum for casting resin parts? Your casting looks very good and I cannot find any bubbles in the resin! Great job!

[rallymaster]

Superb work and superb result !!
what are the paint references you used ? seems perfect.