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Citroën Xsara WRC - Francois Duval, ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2007 (part 6)

Welcome to the next part of this build report. I left you last time (or should I say long, long ago...) with the images of the primed body, floor and roll cage, showing that there was some work to do to get everything ready for some color. In this update I will show you how far I got with these parts. I'll start with the body and floor. Sanding everything back turned out to be quite a bit of work. And of course there were several areas still in need of attention. Especially around the wheel arches there was a lot of additional work left. Luckily, with the car in tarmac setup, there's not much room left to see the remaining rough spots that have survived the clean up process... Which leads me to the conclusion that I could have cut some corners in this particular area by only cleaning up the most visible sections. It's a good lesson to check beforehand what is actually visible when the car is built together. I'll definitely be cutting some corners for the other two
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Stupid things you shouldn't do...

Okay. Where to start. Generally speaking there are a lot of stupid things you shouldn't do. But I'd like to be a bit more specific in what I would advise against.  That's why this short "story" instead of the next installment of one of my many ongoing projects.   As I've previously mentioned I own an Anycubic Photon 3D printer. So far so good. I might previously also have mentioned that my housekeeping skills might be good (enough), but my motivation to execute these skills isn't always present, so to say... Why might that be important, you might ask?   Well, since making my last print I hadn't emptied the resin vat of the printer. I mean, what could possibly go wrong? On Facebook there are more than enough users stating that it is no problem to leave the resin in the vat for a prolonged period of time. You only need to gently stir/mix the contents before starting your next print. So again, so far so good.   Until you drop your printer (...), onto your

Citroën Xsara WRC - Francois Duval, ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2007 (part 5)

As promised in the previous part in this update I'll show what I changed on the roll cage. The roll cage as included in the kit is far from complete. When looking at on-board footage and reference images found on the internet the roll cage needs some extra tubing added.  Over the years the roll cage of the Xsara WRC has had several variants as I've noticed studying my reference images. Which isn't that strange as the crash test and safety regulations have changed over the years.  The reference images I have of the specific chassis (#28) which Duval raced during the 2007 ADAC Rallye Deutschland are sadly inconclusive about which version of the roll cage was fitted. Which means that the adaptations I made are at best a good "guesstimate"... As long as it looks and feels right, it is right I guess... I used Evergreen styrene rod of 1.6 mm in diameter for the added sections for the rollcage.  The added sections are highlighted in the images below. Another section I&#

Aston Martin DBS "James Bond" (Tamiya 1/24) - part 5

Since the previous part of this build I've been slowly and quietly working on the interior to give it the "James Bond" look. Question is, will this build be like the latest Bond movie or will the end result see the light of day eventually? Most of the work for this update is focused on the back "seat" of the car. As I had noticed in some reference images, the back seat of James Bond's car has not much in common with the back seat of the customer version as shown in the previous update... Looking at some additional images I noticed that, apart from the fire extinguisher in the middle, there are also two "seats" (as highlighted in the image below). Although it seems they seem to be used to house equipment or other stuff in the Bond car...   I roughly shaped a piece of 0.5 mm polystyrene sheet to match the few reference images I have to make it look as close as possible to the car from the movie. To that end I had to glue the parcel shelf to the tub f

Leuchtfeuer/Funkfeuer dio (part 8 - Einheitsdiesel Kfz.61)

The next update for the Einheitsdiesel Kfz.61 is here. As reported last time, I decided to drill holes for mounting the suspension parts. I used a 0.4 and 0.6 mm drill bit for this successively. Quite a bit of work as there are lots of holes to drill. In the end though I'm happy I did this as it made assembly quite a bit easier.  In theory this would also help me align all six suspension arms so that the truck will stand on all its wheels when finished. Although that won't be such a big deal as I think I'll be able to hide eventual alignment issues in the groundwork... In the end it wasn't as easy as that though. In my previous post I already feared that my mounting of the suspension parts was slightly questionable. And when mounting the suspension arms this proved to be true. Below are some images of the completed suspension. To aid alignment I even made a makeshift jig of LEGO bricks to try and get the suspension as straight as possible. But as can be seen from the i