Henri Toivonen tribute build

[rallymaster]

You're welcome !
wow impressive work, especially the Inside, lots of details.
how did you do the blue lights of the Dashboard so clean ? what are they made of ?
your scratch building work is inspiring !

[corrrado]

Thank you Phil! Those transparent blue fuses are actually made from a CD cover. I noticed that the edge of the lid has square profile, so I just cut a piece from it and only had to sand one side. Than I painted them transparent blue, placed them over baremetal foil so they reflect the transparency. I also had some progress on the other parts of the interior. Still missing the intercom and the copilot's reading light. Hopefully tomorrow I can put together the chassis and the body...

[corrrado]

[corrrado]

First dry fitting the chassis and body

[corrrado]

The original car:

[chris24]

Impressive result so far, without the use of any transkit

Do you have that Hobby Design Wheel reference ?

[afxracing]

The seat belts look fantastic. Can you tell me what you used?

[corrrado]

Thank you guys. The wheel is HD03-0327 16" SSR Formula Mesh wheel center part put in the original Tamiya rear rim. The seatbelt is Eduard 24012 Sparco converted to Sabelt. I did not have the Sabelt version which is the proper one for this car, the no.24016.

[rallymaster]

This is one of my favorite rally cars ever and you did a great work on it !!

[rgriffs]

superb work. interior looks great

[gtziaf]

Great job! Well done mate...

[Martini Man]

Wonderful work, i really like the weathering in the footwells

Paul

[koooba]

super cool build, I like it very much.

what's that Grp.B themed underlay you are using on some of the pics?

[corrrado]

Thank you guys! I am trying to do my best on this build since - as Phil said - was one of the nicest rally car and it was driven by - from my view - the best driver ever. I finished the interior today and glued the glasses with 5 min. epoxy glue. For the "weathering" of the interior, I use the "hairspray technique", I spray the chassis with Tamiya TS30 Silver Leaf as a base, than spray my wife's current hairspray (I say current because it really does not matter which brand) than I spray it with semi gloss black (Humbrol 85 or Tamiya TS29). After it dries, you can chip away the paint with an X-acto or a simple toothpick. I think it is more realistic than drybrusing the silver over the black.

[koooba]

very, very nice.

so can you tell me, what's that underlay (i See a 205 Evo 2, and there is Lancia 037 written on it, et cetera) you are using?