206WRC progress thread (pics included)

[mel79]

I made the secondary roof scoop (not included in the kit) by heat forming a piece of thermaform plastic over a pattern made from plastic sheet.





-Mikko

[Guido]

what an amazing build up this is!!

[Veyron]

Originally posted by mel79
I made the secondary roof scoop (not included in the kit) by heat forming a piece of thermaform plastic over a pattern made from plastic sheet.





-Mikko

I'm going to use this technique to make Altezza tail lights for my 350Z project.

[freakray]

Originally posted by mel79
I made the secondary roof scoop (not included in the kit) by heat forming a piece of thermaform plastic over a pattern made from plastic sheet.

-Mikko

Thanks for the great idea, this is something I have been aware of but never thought of attempting, now you have made me feel like it is something I could do, as you have shown how it is done.

Your Pug is coming along well, I look forward to seeing more progress.

Ray

[D[X]P]

looks great!!

[mel79]

It's been a while since my last update, but the progress with the project has slowed down a bit.

I decided to remake the lower gravel shields, as the first ones were too thin in my opinion and more importantly the upper line was not quite straight. I made new shields by making the upper part from one plastic strip and then adding milliput epoxy putty to the lower part to make the shield look like one part.



I also corrected the sit of the car by raising the rear suspension by about 0.5mm.



And then there's some progress in the interior. The spare wheel is actually a 14" wheel from Hasegawa Integrale, but it's practically impossible to see difference in size compared to other wheels. I added a round disc with 5 holes to the inside of the wheel to add a bit detail. Belt buckles are Reji's etched parts and belt is made of Tamiya masking tape painted blue. Fuel tank is covered with SMS carbon fibre decal.



That's all for now. I have some final priming to do on body and then I'm hopefully ready to paint it yellow with a mix of Tamiya acrylics.

-Mikko

[Jonno]

WOW, very nice detail!

Can't wait for progress :smoka:

[k_dog]

Very nice, but I have one question, do the gravel tires have the seam line down the center of the tires. I know some slicks do but I dont know if this could be corrected if not. Very Nice so far..

[RallyRaider]

Looks super Mikko, really like the gravel sheilds, neat solution to the problem using the plastic card. Ride height look ready to rumble. The fuel tank looks good too, going to CF the mirror shells?

Originally posted by k_dog
Very nice, but I have one question, do the gravel tires have the seam line down the center of the tires. I know some slicks do but I dont know if this could be corrected if not. Very Nice so far..

Ah k_dog, no there shouldn't be any seams there but the damn thing ain't finished yet and even when it is they won't be very visible. Find it quite bizzare that someone who painted the chassis of their Evo VI Group A black is harping on about a tyre seam

[k_dog]

Originally posted by RallyRaider
Ah k_dog, no there shouldn't be any seams there but the damn thing ain't finished yet and even when it is they won't be very visible. Find it quite bizzare that someone who painted the chassis of their Evo VI Group A black is harping on about a tyre seam

Damn Strait...

No, I was just curious....

[bigfrit]

Fantastic how-to-technique!

Thanks, this will be useful !

Olivier

Ps.. Great build- up!!

[mel79]

Yes, I'm going to carbon fibre the mirror shells too. However I think SMS black/pewter CF is a tad too bright or is that just an illusion? To my eyes the mirrors (and other CF:s too) look much darker in pictures.. Maybe I should give the mirrors a final coat with Tamiya's smoke or something like that to cut down that bright pewter color a bit.

And no, the should be no seam line on the tires. I just put them on so I could take photos.

-Mikko

[RallyRaider]

Originally posted by mel79
Yes, I'm going to carbon fibre the mirror shells too. However I think SMS black/pewter CF is a tad too bright or is that just an illusion? To my eyes the mirrors (and other CF:s too) look much darker in pictures.. Maybe I should give the mirrors a final coat with Tamiya's smoke or something like that to cut down that bright pewter color a bit.

I used F1 Specialties carbon fibre for the wing mirrors. Their 1/20th decal is a lot finer and darker than the SMS ones. Seems to conform better too. There is a photo if them in my NZ 2000 206 progres thread.

[freakray]

Originally posted by mel79
Yes, I'm going to carbon fibre the mirror shells too. However I think SMS black/pewter CF is a tad too bright or is that just an illusion? To my eyes the mirrors (and other CF:s too) look much darker in pictures.. Maybe I should give the mirrors a final coat with Tamiya's smoke or something like that to cut down that bright pewter color a bit.

And no, the should be no seam line on the tires. I just put them on so I could take photos.

-Mikko

Mikko,
I don't know how easily you will be able to get it, but I have found the Renaissance C/F decals to be great as far as the darkness of the grey goes.
On another note, I do know you can use Tamiya smoke over the SMS decals to make them look darker.

Ray

[mel79]

The Pug has now received a couple of coats of paint. I made the yellow by mixing Tamiya's acrylic Lemon Yellow and some Orange, because Lemon Yellow was too bright. Now I have to wait for the paint to harden before I can polish it (it has some orange peel and few small imperfections which need to be taken care of).

I wasn't sure what color the undersurface shield should be. First I painted it silver, but then I thought it might be yellow because everything looks so yellow inside the radiator opening. I'm not sure if it's right, but I think yellow looks nicer than silver anyway:sun:



I haven't used Renaissance decals before, but atleast on the sheet they look nice...



...except for the light misalignment of light blue:



That's it for now. Interior still needs seatbelts for the co-driver and then it's nearly finished. I hope it won't take long to finish the whole model, but now I have to wait for the paint on the body to harden and Tamiya acrylics need quite a long time to cure

-Mikko