New Brand & Model announcement: 1/24 Renault 5 Maxi Gr. B - full

[gionc]

Originally Posted by freakray

and is that before marriage or after?

ROFL before and after, important is other guy's wife

[gionc]

Originally Posted by rallymaster

... thinking I bought a modeler's R5 Maxi turbo a few months ago...

better for you to re-sell quick

Originally Posted by rallymaster

even if I find the front system very ugly, heavy and too big, I suppose because it was also the case on the real one, I still haven't checked that!

TBH Luca that done the mold, liked it very robust: at least you need just to sand down a bit, also whole area is matt black so...

Originally Posted by rallymaster

you say 4 versions, but is it really 4 versions choice allowed with one unique kit ???

Nope: impossible, it mean 8 Zero bottles inside (that you won't pay if you don't use) and spare rims and tyres, spare decals... 4 kits, one for each version.[/quote]

Originally Posted by rallymaster

which rally is the DIAC version representing ? 86 Corsica I hope...

Sure, Rallye de France.

Originally Posted by rallymaster

PS: can I use your pics to relay information over french forums please ?

YOU MUST PHIL! LOL

I wanted to contact in advance Jan Marie and ask him if he liked to to do it but I was busy and I can't see he around for the AF lately...

[Titanicshiloh]

awesome looking kit. i'll take 4.

[Richy78]

[quote=rallymaster]

you say 4 versions, but is it really 4 versions choice allowed with one unique kit ???
which rally is the DIAC version representing ? 86 Corsica I hope...



Hi rallymaster, here there are the four version available:

Philips #3 Tour de Corse ‘85
33Export #27 Tour de Corse ‘85 (with Gotti rims)
Diac #11 Tour de Corse ‘86
Sainz #4 Spanish championship ‘86

[MidMazar]

Is there a price range? Put me down once i save some money. The kit looks awesome, from the decals, to the engine detail. Looks very promising.

[mugenhb]

very nice! I want one.

[sjelic]

Congrats Gio and the rest of the guys, you have done absolutely amazing kit, I like the name of the company by the way
Paint inside, cartograf, full detail and I mean full, it is like dream come true.
Can't wait to get it

[hrmodeler]

Looking very good! Looking forward to see final product.

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by sjelic

Congrats Gio and the rest of the guys, you have done absolutely amazing kit, I like the name of the company by the way
Paint inside, cartograf, full detail and I mean full, it is like dream come true.

[puffyrs]

Well done guys.
Good to see another group B model.

Thanks

[drunken monkey]

a sort of related question.
hot did you make the mould for the body?
I've been trying to make a clean negative cast of some body parts using silicone for the past two weekends and both attempts have been less than successful. The best one has lots of bubbles which ultimately has left my resin positives full of bubbles which is a pain to fix.

Are there any secrets beyond getting a pressure pot?

[gionc]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

a sort of related question.
hot did you make the mould for the body?
I've been trying to make a clean negative cast of some body parts using silicone for the past two weekends and both attempts have been less than successful. The best one has lots of bubbles which ultimately has left my resin positives full of bubbles which is a pain to fix.

Are there any secrets beyond getting a pressure pot?

DM, all of us are decent resin caster but we thought to leave the job to pro resin caster: at least we love think the model's solutions, do the protos, design PE and liveryes but be free from ripetitive jobs like cast (well) resin.

On the question: in my jobs I followed the giudes& how-to I found here and on another american forum that you know, I guess. I found no secrets but little attentions: like mix the sylicone gum and the kat without to include air bubbles and let the mixed compound flow from the baker very very slow, to help air bubbles breaking.

I also found helpful do the mould in a unique piece, thinking and doing before all air and resin ducts, and cut the mold later like done by gold/silver's casters. It can't be done ever, depend of the shape, but you save time and achieve a better quality.

last one: like I said you I found much better polyester than polyuretanic resin: a bit harder to work then but it flush much better (less viscosity) so do less bubbles.

DM: little secrets pay 5%, experience 95% everyone fuc##d his first material, before achieve a decent result

[sportracer02]

Hi,

nice to see the Maxi, however, this seems to be an unfinished master.

The engine doesn´t look so great to me, why are there cabels/wires in the mastermodel in primer?

These hinges are a joke to me, they look like transferred from a die-cast. This might be the reason that the cooler isn´t really what it should look like.

[gionc]

ROFL, you Micha were one of the few fellow modellers we selected to receive a free kit to review, better for us to do a different choice I guess

This is like the IC should be, TBH we do an excellent job on it, scratchbuilt 100%, not die-cat ROFL



And following the engine's part, something was recasted and improoved (oil filter with PE face)



On the hinges, thanks for the opinion, should be precious for nex issues.

[gionc]

And if you mean the front cooler, it's 100% PEtched stay tuned