Ford Fiesta RS WRC

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March 29, 2014
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March 29, 2014
Glued the rollcage and made a gap in the floor to give room for a nut.
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March 29, 2014
Here you see the nut on the floor of the car.
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March 29, 2014
Removed the rear window frame and made some space behind the doorhandle.
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March 29, 2014
Glued the window frame back in but this time a bit "lower".
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April 14, 2014
Assembled the rollcage. Green arrow indicates were the protection used to be.
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April 14, 2014
Completed the seats.
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April 14, 2014
Completed dashboard.
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April 14, 2014
Left inside panel.
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April 14, 2014
Build up of the interior. Most of it exactly as in the build-manual!
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May 7, 2014
Body was painted white then black to kind of match the decals.
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May 7, 2014
First decals were placed on the body. Fitment is not the best though...
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May 10, 2014
Decals on roof and bonnet were added. Painted a small piece orange on both sides to match a non-fitting decal.
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May 11, 2014
Right side decal is on.
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May 11, 2014
And the left side decal is on as well.
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May 14, 2014
Pfff, 2 long evenings of decalling and still not done (or completely satisfied). Red arrow indicates one of the parts that needs extra decals becaus of "mis-fitting".
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May 26, 2014
Finished the airscoop using a self printed decal for the blue and leftovers for the red stripes
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May 26, 2014
Body is almost done now. Red arrows indicate self-made decals.
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May 26, 2014
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May 31, 2014
Painted the windows using the templates in the kit.
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May 31, 2014
Lights were painted using Alclad Chrome.
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May 31, 2014
Added a couple of extra decals to compensate for the mismatching decals. Every arrow points to a single decal!
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June 3, 2014
Rear window was finished.
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June 3, 2014
All 5 wheels were painted black.
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June 3, 2014
Rear wing was corrected with a small strip.
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June 21, 2014
Body was given a gloss clearcoat for protection and then a semi-matt coat for effect.
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June 21, 2014
Body was given a gloss clearcoat for protection and then a semi-matt coat for effect.
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June 21, 2014
Some work done on the interior. Handbrake was replaced (right green arrow).
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June 21, 2014
Protection for the bottom of the car.
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June 21, 2014
Suspension was glued into place.
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June 23, 2014
Inside view of the body.
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June 23, 2014
Rear window with number decal and rally-sponsor "Brother".
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June 23, 2014
Openings in roofscoop were painted black and scoop was put into place. Also laid down "Hoonigan"-decal on windshield.
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July 8, 2014
Front light-units painted and put into place.
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July 8, 2014
Light covers were painted. Rear ones with clear red, front ones were partly done with Alclad chrome.
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July 8, 2014
Rear lights put into place.
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July 8, 2014
Front light covers done as well. Also note the grill which was finished.
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July 19, 2014
Added the belts to the seats.
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July 19, 2014
Finally I could put the seats and rollcage onto the chassis.
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July 19, 2014
Added windscreen wipers(1), front grill with Ford-logo (2) and mesh over the cooling exits (3).
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August 30, 2014
Rear wing with home-made decals as the decalset was worthless...
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August 30, 2014
Rearview mirrors with home-made decals.
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September 15, 2014
Notice the 2 missing parts in de decals.
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September 15, 2014
Printed the 2 missing parts and added them. Looks a lot better now!
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September 15, 2014
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September 15, 2014
scratch build rear windows glued into place.

Commentaires

29 March 2014, 19:00

Tim van Dooremalen
Added a couple of new pictures to this album showing the progress so far.

14 April 2014, 17:35

Steve Wilson
Looking great Tim...
Excellent detail work, very interesting...👍

14 April 2014, 17:38

Tim van Dooremalen
Would you believe I barely did any extra detailling? Most of it is straight from the box 🙂

14 April 2014, 17:50

Steve Wilson
When I say detail work, I'm meaning...
For instance in the fifth pic, the inside of the door, the application of the decal without creases or bubbles is well acheived. The application of paint is flawless, giving a satisfying look to the work so far.
It's your attention to detail, rather than applying extra aftermarket detail, that I'm actually speaking of.
From the pics, I judge it's a well executed (so far) peice of model building. 🙂

14 April 2014, 18:28

Tim van Dooremalen
Thanks! Great to see other builders can look beyond aftermarket detailing 😉

14 April 2014, 18:31

Steve Wilson
Aftermarket detail is OK!!!
Used correctly it can enhance a look, such as radiator grills, for instance...
But it can also be overdone, it can be taken to far.
I prefer scratch building a lot of my extra detail work, it's cheaper as well.
Some aftermarket stuff is more expensive than the kit, that's why I like the MFH kits so much, everything you need to build them, is in the box!!!

14 April 2014, 18:42

Tim van Dooremalen
Added a couple of pictures with progress on the body, including the first decals.

7 May 2014, 17:21

Christian Meyerhoff
Cool! Nice work on the decals!

7 May 2014, 17:23

Gordon Sørensen
Looks great! Just need to make a Gymkhana dio to go with it!

7 May 2014, 19:41

Tim van Dooremalen
Another picture was added showing a bit more progress on the decals.

10 May 2014, 10:07

Steve Wilson
QUOTE>> Fitment not the best though <<END QUOTE:
On the plus side though Tim, from here on my computer, they look pretty good to me...👍
But as your the builder (we ourselves are our own worse critics) I respect your view...
You know best!!!
Is it one large decal in pic 12, or in sections???

10 May 2014, 10:17

Tim van Dooremalen
@Steve, the rear section is made up of 3 decals (not including the right rear fender). When I'v done the rest of the decals I'll make a few pictures with some pointers to show were the fitment problems were.

10 May 2014, 17:12

Steve Wilson
@Tim, I thought it would be sectioned, but you done it so well...
I can't see the joins and I did try!!!🙂

10 May 2014, 17:20

Tim van Dooremalen
The 2 big side decals are on as well. Not was bad as I was fearing before hand... although painting the orange part really was a good decision 🙂

11 May 2014, 14:44

Dirk Heyer
Hi Tim,
absolutely nice and stunning model!
Thx for sharing.

11 May 2014, 16:00

Luc B
great decaling! 👍

13 May 2014, 09:09

vincent coyne
very nice

13 May 2014, 16:18

Tim van Dooremalen
Anyone knowing the song "I'm Going Slightly Mad" by Queen? That's how I felt when I was decalling the front of the car. Not a single decal would fit. Literally every one of them I had to cut in several parts trying to get them to fit... I'll try to post some pictures tonight.

14 May 2014, 07:44

David Lengyel
I know the song and your experience is exactly the reason why I am afraid of large decals.

14 May 2014, 07:52

Jürgen Prischenk
Great Job!!!!

14 May 2014, 12:59

Tim van Dooremalen
Added a picture showing the front of the car....

14 May 2014, 17:32

Steve Wilson
Tim...
Again, looking at it on the computer, it doesn't look bad...
I'd say you've done a great job, the hard work you put in has paid off👍8)😄

14 May 2014, 18:51

Tim van Dooremalen
Added some pictures with an almost completed body.

26 May 2014, 17:58

Steve Desarzens
impressive decaling job !

26 May 2014, 18:38

Tim van Dooremalen
3 more in-progress pictures added!

31 May 2014, 13:08

Tim van Dooremalen
More progress!

3 June 2014, 17:42

Tim van Dooremalen
Finally had a bit of time to work on the Fiesta. Added 5 more pictures.

21 June 2014, 17:48

Steve Wilson
Great progress Tim...
Very nicely done, like the scratch effect on the under floor pic 29😄 tops!!!

21 June 2014, 17:53

Tim van Dooremalen
Did some more work on the body this weekend.

23 June 2014, 17:32

Tim van Dooremalen
A bit more progress. Haven't had a lot of time recently....

8 July 2014, 06:39

Stefan Suessemilch
Beautiful, great job Tim 👍

10 July 2014, 21:13

Tim van Dooremalen
Finally finished most of the interior and started added the small bits to the shell.

19 July 2014, 14:27

Tim van Dooremalen
Made some progress on the rear wing. As the decals for this are worthless I ended up painting the green parts and overlaying them with my own made decals. These were based on the decalset but only had the black "dots". Same procedure was used for the rearview mirrors

30 August 2014, 15:12