First we start with some plastic surgery: replaced the Roof of the transkit Body with the roof of the Kitpart. Transkitpart is way too thick. That way the clearparts will Not fit...
The rollbar included in the Kit is far from being complete. So one has to build the missing section By using reference pictures from the Web from scratch. This is MK3, 1 and 2 did Not work out because my thinking was too complicated...
A little mock-up to Check the stance of the chassis suspension: i think i will have to rise the height of the ride a little Bit for using graveltire setup.
Then build a new gear shifter from scratch by reference of some pictures from the real thing. Not 100% but far better then the kit parts. Also changed position of the fire-extinguisher...
Main components of the cockpit are done. Little filling and sanding of ejectionmarks have to be done then cockpit will be ready for priming and painting. Did not intend to do a kitbash but what the heck.
Put the decals on. Ran into some problems during that. Part of the decals where so brittle and stiff that they could not being applied. The big yellow stripes turned out to be useless because they fell apart when getting contact with water...
So those had to be masked and painted. Other decals from the same sheet required a lot of decal softer to match the contours of the body shell while others worked perfectly. again: all decals came from the same sheet. Never experienced that before...
Drivetrain, suspension, exhaust etc. where painted and mounted. Realized now that I forgot to fill the holes I drilled from rollbar attempts Mk1 - Mk3... bummer! Skid plate under the engine was scavenged from the italeri kit...
Clear cote (gunze mr. Super clear) was applied. This time I wil not polish it: Came out of the rattle can pretty smooth and I don’t want to achieve a show car Finish on this rally car.
Dashboard painted after reverence pictures from the real thing. Instrument decals from the italeri kit and an reji model sheet. Steeringwheel also painted with zero textured paints...
Clear parts where also installed. Had to cut out the rear window and glue it separately to achieve a good fit. Clear parts where glued in place by using 5 minute 2k epoxy glue just to make sure that they stay where they are supposed to. Rear wing was mounted using white glue (zero crystal clear). I tend to ruin the surface finish of my models when using super glue...
Been working on the wheels. One thing that bothered me was that the Tamiya kit has tyres with Kleber label but the actual car is spotting Michelin sponsor stickers...
Auxiliary lights where glued together, primed and painted. Reflector painted with my trusty molotow felt pen. Quite fragile so this things will be glued in place as very last step when finishing the model...
Turn lights same procedure. Added some etched netting to the front end. Real car spots that too (the netting. Don’t think that it’s made from photo etch 😉)
Engine was completed. Several details where added to the Kit parts. Used pictures from the real thing as reference. Side mirrors and towing hook where also added...
Auxiliary lights where glued on, antenna made of steel wire and mud flaps made from some blister pack has been installed. That’s pretty much it. Et violà! Will add more pictures of the finished model when there is better light...
It resembles the 1984 Rallye Monte Carlo winner car from Audi Sport works team piloted by mr.
Walter Röhrl and his co Pilot mr. Christian Geistdörfer...
The audis dominated this Rallye by finishing 1st (Röhrl/Geistdörfer), 2nd (Blomquist Cederberg) and 3rd (Mikkula/Hertz), leading with a whopping 24:24 Minutes to 4th placed Renault 5 Turbo piloted by Thérier/Vial...
A finished model is never perfect: the body shell is warped a little bit so the engine hood does not close perfectly. Could not figure out how to solve this issue...