My Audi S1

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June 7, 2021
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June 9, 2021
Tried to get close to the dashboard of the real car
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June 9, 2021
Some pre-work done for the seats. Thanks to Paul from ISM they look good with the microbaloons
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June 11, 2021
Engine set from USCP arrived today. Excited to work on it!!
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June 12, 2021
I guess the Cockpit is done
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June 12, 2021
Really hard to match the weird color and pattern of the seats, but I‘m ok how it turned out
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June 12, 2021
For the actual car I’m using tires with a tread from an old Tamiya Peugeot 205 kit. But I have only 4 tires, hence I had to use the slick tire for the spare wheel
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June 12, 2021
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June 13, 2021
Quick pit stop to change to the right rims 😉
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June 13, 2021
Some weathering done on the undercarriage
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June 13, 2021
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June 13, 2021
Opened the hood to fit the USCP engine into the car. Luckily the USCP kit is coming with a new hood
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June 16, 2021
Due to the nice weather only small progress on weathering the exhaust etc.

In addition cleaning and painting the engine parts is taking quite some time
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June 16, 2021
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June 20, 2021
Progress made and Decals applied. Of course it has to be the ´86 Rallye Monte Carlo car of Walter Röhrl.
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June 20, 2021
I decided to build the car running at the late stages of the Rallye. SS26 and onwards. This was already towards the south but the streets were a mix of rest snow and this typical winter dirt and mud on the cars.
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June 20, 2021
Watching videos from the Rallye and seeing the mechanics working under the car, the way I weathered the undercarriage is almost still too clean
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June 20, 2021
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June 21, 2021
Still a long way to go…..
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June 21, 2021
But coming together nicely
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June 21, 2021
Let’s see if I connect everything correctly and the engine is starting in the end 🙂
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June 24, 2021
Engine done!!! Fits into the chassis and looking good.
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June 24, 2021
Next is weathering as an engine can‘t be that clean. And for sure not in a Rallye car. As a comparison, a picture of the real engine.
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June 27, 2021
Engine looks way more realistic than before with the clean white
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June 27, 2021
Weathering done on the rims and tires to replicate the typical dark winter dirt
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June 27, 2021
In order to replicate Walter‘s car at Monte Carlo, there are a few inconsistencies and errors in the instructions.
Walter‘s car had only 2 black meshes in the front, and not white ones like in the instructions
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June 27, 2021
The flaps on the fenders had 2 different colors on the real car. The right flap was black
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June 27, 2021
The left one though was white. No idea why it was like this though
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June 27, 2021
Röhrl‘s car didn’t have the yellow strip on the back of the rear spoiler. It’s wrong in the instructions. At least for the Monte Carlo car.
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June 27, 2021
The side of the rear spoiler was white on silver and not silver on white or totally white. Also wrong in the instructions.

Next is to weather the car. Let’s see how it turns out
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Comments

17 7 June 2021, 20:08

Thomas Wild
First small milestone achieved. Was very fiddly but I'm happy with the result. Only thing that's annoying me is that I wasn't able to sand off all the fake wires from the kit. Need to be more thorough the next time

7 June 2021, 20:13

Dennis
Texture of the seats is looking good.

I tend to cut the Kevlar Decals in 2-3 Pieces when applying to the Seats -> that way its easier to get them fit properly into the contour

When you check pictures of the real thing you will notice that the seats are spotting some sort of squared fabric in a very grayish color. For my build i used some charcoal colored textured paint (you can see it also in may quattro A2 build). I think it matches the color of the real seats quite good

11 June 2021, 11:11

Guillaume Blanchet
Following!

11 June 2021, 11:52

Thomas Wild
Thank you Guillaume!

11 June 2021, 12:11

Thomas Wild
Thanks Dennis for the advice on the seats.
I was looking at many pictures and even the photos in the Komakai book the color of the seats look different, depending on the lighting.

11 June 2021, 12:14

Dennis
Thomas, i think you took the wrong wheel for spare wheel: there must be one without bolts in the kit wich is meant to be the spare. Better check before your Quattro is rolling on only three wheels 😉

12 June 2021, 19:56

Thomas Wild
Thanks, let me check ?

12 June 2021, 20:08

Thomas Wild
You are right Dennis ?. I just checked. Need to change it tomorrow. Thanks for spotting it ??

12 June 2021, 20:11

Dennis
You are welcome!

12 June 2021, 20:14

Dennis
Hm so how was the quality of that USCP-Engine kit? Been sneaking around this thing now for a while but the pricing kept me from buying it for now...

22 June 2021, 11:04

Thomas Wild
It's really good. Very nice details. A lot of clean-up of the parts necessary though. But the engine is the part that keeps the Beemax kit from being perfect. Something is just missing. Don't know why they didn't put an engine into the Quattro like they did in the S4. I would buy the USCP,kit again.

22 June 2021, 12:05

Dennis
When you look onto the parts breakdown of their future release Quattro S1 you will see, that they (Nunu/Beemax/Aoshima) will use much of the parts from the Quattro S1 Evo2 kit.
If i remember correctly the Engine also differs in some parts from S1 to Evo2 plus the Engine itself is not directly visible from the outside. So I guess its based on cost efficieny in building molds (imho).

A Proper Delta S4 kit "has" to spot the engine becuase it is clearly visible from the outside (though the Nunu/Beemax/Aoshima interpretation is not a 100% correct but thats another topic 😉 )

22 June 2021, 13:52

Thomas Wild
That's a wrap!!
I very much enjoyed this build.
For me the S1 was, is and will forever be the most fascinating Rally Car of all time.

29 June 2021, 18:08

Dennis
Well done mate! The efforts you made totally paid off 👍 👍 👍

One point of criticism: better check those rear lights. I think that they have to be tinted black…

29 June 2021, 18:47

Dennis
BTW: where did those gravel tires came from?

29 June 2021, 18:48

Thomas Wild
Thanks Dennis!

29 June 2021, 18:48

Thomas Wild
They are from a Tamiya Peugeot 205 kit. I built that one earlier but didn't like how it turned out.
I want to build the Peugeot again but with the Evo2 kit from Renaissance Models.
But first I need to get the kit itself ? might need to order it from Japan

29 June 2021, 18:52

Project info

Audi Sport Quattro S1 [E2]

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1:24

Completed

1:24 Audi Sport Quattro S1 [E2] (Beemax Model Kits B24017)

1:24 Audi Sport Quattro (Beemax Model Kits E24017)

1:24 For Audi Quattro Sport S1 (Decalcas DCL-MSK007)

Audi Sport Quattro S1 (E2)

World Rally Championship (WRC)
HB Audi Team 2 (Walter Röhrl/Christian Geistdörfer)
January 1986 Rally Monte Carlo - Monte Carlo

(Result: 4)
White, Yellow

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