HIRO DBR9 LeMans 2008

[sportracer02]

Jochen, wheels look convincing, I like it

[DerXL]

Impressive work on the wheels and tires. You have a great eye for detail.
I really love following this WIP. And it clearly shows that the time between each update is well spent.

[KorkyOtt]

Fantastic!! I have never seen tires so well detailed as these before. You are really doing an outstanding job on this build. Keep it coming.

[Mikezibit]

wonderful wheels



Mikezibit

[godfather23]

Nice detailing the wheels. Much detailling effort into this part of the build. Shows nice dedication to the project. Keep it up!

Robert

[Die-Cast Models]

Motorama
Aston Martin DB9 Racing



www.diecastmodels.it/

http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&i tem=230306783473

[jochen kieslich]

Cheers community,
first of all thanks a lot for all your kind words, thats an extra boost of motivation through bad times!
Unbeliveable, but when you honestly take a look at my "newest" pics below it seems i made no major progress at all. Thats what i think and it makes me wonder (and kind of angry). Where did the hours and hours go to when sitting in front of a project? There are so many little things to do, like cleaning up all kind of parts, drilling holes, filling and sanding, reshaping .....etc. It's not worth to show that, you all know that, often enough our hobby is a time grave.
OK, enough words, here are the pictures.

I made 3 new partial covers for the hood, the etch parts seemed to be to small (IMO!).



I made tryouts for the antennas, scratched the bases for them. Then there a small "parts" in front of the headlights inside the covers. Bad enough i don't know the function of these but they took me some hours. Then i reshaped the ports for the hydraulic jack and also filled all the holes for the fast-openers with evergreen round profiles, because the etch parts would appear too low if glued/fixed in the holes. Taking a closer look at the ref pics it clearly shows that they are slightly araised.



Then, a big thanks and aplause for Rob(rex) and his 935-bible, he inspired me to go even further with my wheels. I simulated that grinding on the surface with a mixture of black and grey pastel chalks, farina and cigarette ashes. Just squirl it and you have a nice powder. Then i made a kind of glue with warm water and wood glue / white glue and carefully brushed the surface with that mixture. Then i rolled the wheel trough the powder on a flat and wide surface. I had to keep the smaller scale in mind so thats why i had to made the effect very fine and rough. Even very small grinded stones can be demonstrated.



OK, thats it for now, i really hope not to steal your time but i want to keep you updated and informed because of the interest a lot of you show!
Very much appreciated!!!
Yours sincerely
jochen

[klutz_100]

I'm giving my time o this thread with much pleasure

Great stuff

[pawlie]

Those tyres are excellent, don't change a thing!

[jaykay640]

Nice work Jochen!
Yes, it's a bit annoying to do all that work prepping parts ( in particular on those multimedia kits ) an later most people won't really realize it because the result just looks like it should. But you know, that's what will make the difference to a "quick" build and the people who do that sort of modeling too ( like us here in the forum ) will know :-)
Keep it up!

[Shunter]

Love every bit of this so far...

[Robi J]

So Jochen... these are THE wheels! Fantastic weathering.

Did you plan to replace the resin antenna supports with turned items?

Robi

[jano11]

Originally Posted by jochen kieslich

Then, a big thanks and aplause for Rob(rex) and his 935-bible, he inspired me to go even further with my wheels. I simulated that grinding on the surface with a mixture of black and grey pastel chalks, farina and cigarette ashes. Just squirl it and you have a nice powder. Then i made a kind of glue with warm water and wood glue / white glue and carefully brushed the surface with that mixture. Then i rolled the wheel trough the powder on a flat and wide surface. I had to keep the smaller scale in mind so thats why i had to made the effect very fine and rough. Even very small grinded stones can be demonstrated.

Very nice job on the wheels.
Still allow me to suggest a bit of weathering on the sides of the tires, IMO the Michelin logos are way to clean (like new in fact).

[rollover]

I love the tire tricks, but if my wife wakes up while I'm pulling her hair out I'm blaming it on you guys!

Keep up the good work. This is a good build to watch and learn from.

[KorkyOtt]

Hello Jochen
It may be a lot of work and slow progress but to produce the quality and detail that your putting into this build is what it takes. Keep up the excellent work!