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Icon in the car business, to say the least. I've know the Bugatti Veyron was a "loser" financially, won't say more because it broaches a political theme. Lee Iacocca passed a couple months ago, I built a tribute model, I'm already done with mine for this guy!

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Far as a modern car goes, it's not ugly IMHO. Safety regulations dictate some things, like a hood that cushions stupid militant pedestrians who walk right in front of you. I like their concept car, this seems to be tamed down. As for using BMW for the engine, that will bite owners down the road, I owned 2 MINI Coopers, their parts are gold-plated. If I already didn't have 180+ models, I would probably get this, but won't.

Thanks for the compliment! Thank you. That's why I weather almost all my builds, bug splats if the paint is supposed to be shiny, it covers the dust specks. ? Thank you, appreciate it. I'm not happy with the pictures, still need to take the iPhone in to open up storage, so been using the Nikon with 300MM zoom lens, which has an extremely short depth of field. Am planning on taking glamor shots outside, starting with Sedona. I used AAA insurance sticker for the mirrors, instead of the dull photo-etch parts, glad you noticed that tiny detail! Oh yea, welcome to the forum! Thank you! Finishing is a feat unto itself, congrat me after the first contest. (fingers crossed) Since it's a replica, I was obligated to, a completely different frame of mind than kit bashing a fantasy. Thank you. Wow, thank you sir!? I wanted to do it justice, considering I skipped eating for a week to pay for the transkit. ? It's a sign that I have obsessive compulsive disorder, why some projects are still *in the box*. I know right? ? Thanks for following, appreciate it. Thank you too! Thank you. IMHO a rally model that is brand spanking new, and is really shiny, is fake looking. I've worked several rallies (stage worker, video and photography), even the professionally prepared cars are not polished shiny, the sponsor graphics are dull stickers, and the paint is factory paint that isn't waxed (in general). Private cars are usually beaters. ? Here is an example of "beater", would be a fun project. This team was leading the 2012 Prescott Rally, I witnessed them rolling it just before the end of the last stage! The second place car stopped, got the tow strap out, and towed them across the finish line! The leading team intentionally "forgot" to turn in their time card, giving the overall win to their rivals. Look how dirty it is, and that's after only about 150 miles of stages.

I can understand all the extra work you put into this! I didn't know about the wheel color. Looks great!

Tamiya Porsche 959 donor kit, with ModelingMaster resin transkit from Russia. The WIP thread, showing what happened to the leftover parts. I found the source on Facebook, ordered direct from the maker in Russia, so it was interesting to see it tracked to the border, and then waited a couple weeks for it to arrive. I printed out all the decent pictures I could find online, and taped to a foam core board, a first for me; had to sort out the 1985 & 1986 races, then the 3 cars. Discovered that there is a counterfeit that shows up at events such as Goodwood, the front hood is the giveaway, and lack of turbos.? I damaged the front fender based on photos of Jacky Ickx's race, the other car has the other side with similar damage. The third car DNF, and found out that one burnt to a crisp in an Egypt rally. The Porsche museum car has Turbolader and Schmitthelm logos added, which were not on during the race! Started April 22, 2018, finished Aug. 26 after 101 hours. The quality is better than some mass produced kits, the photo-etch is finely done, even the glass is just like injection molded parts, the decals are perfectly done with all colors registered, but are very thick. The Dunlop tires have very good sidewall and tread detail, but had gaps and a couple of bubbles on the back. Some of the assemblies had fit issues, so that slowed down construction. The pet peeve I have with both the Tamiya kit and this, no turbo plumbing from the air box to the intake manifold. I made the two intercoolers for the road version (one picture here), but this rally car had one intercooler mounted high in the wing, so I *had to* re-engineer with rotating the turbo compressors and making all new piping, all with zero reference pictures. Added some cargo, including 2 water bottles (it's the bloody Sahara!). The instructions are the weakest part of the transkit, they used the Tamiya graphics, pasted crude computer drawn parts with almost invisible arrows to the general vicinity, and some parts were incorrect such as the hood pin parts that needed the top piece rotated 180°. Some of the photo-etch parts were not even shown, and the RECARO seat decals were not shown. I added a few photo-etch details such as hose clamps and screw/bolt heads. Used sewing ribbon for the 5-point seatbelts. Wired the engine, found a firing order label so IPMS rivet-counter judges will be happy; the distributor has only 5 "boots". ? All Testors paint airbrushed, but did brush paint some interior areas. The "weathering" is flat clear, with different ratios and mixtures with Africa Korps tan and Leather brown. Tried out tile grout and water, with acrylic paint, that was goober dry-brushed onto the bottom first before final painting, dusted the interior and engine with the tile grout too. Scuffed the tires, flaps, and skid plates with rough emory cloth. I really love doing this finish technique, because I suck with shiny perfect paint jobs. ? And a rally car really needs to look like it was rode hard and hung up wet! Grinding through Mars the Sahara: Scratch-built turbo plumbing, intercooler mount (American hot rod style, I'm sure Porsche had a complicated setup), added sheet plastic for screw mounting body to chassis. No car washes in Africa.

Really sweet and beautiful subject, and it looks great from here!

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You didn't need to tell me, it was so close that I didn't work today. ? Thank you. I see your icon picture. ? Buttoned up the body/chassis, and "weathered" the heck out of it! I airbrushed flat clear with tan or brown mixed in around the engine first, and dusted. When I woke up this morning, thought about making a jig with wires that go into the hubs, that way I could flip the whole car (unlike my other jig). The mud flaps were cut per instruction patterns (instructions have much to be desired). The skid plates were ground across rough emory cloth, painted and quickly wiped to simulate the carbon-fiber color, then glued on. The mud is tile grout with a little acrylic paint to get the reddish color, and stabbed on with a brush, sort of a dry-brush. The front flaps photo-etch angles had large holes, so I added HO train bolts, made aluminum plate retainers, and used photo-etch nuts. They must have replaced those at every service. The middle flaps in the instructions was really vague, some p-e parts were not clearly indicated, so I figured out they must have been angles for these flaps. The flaps are unpainted styrene sheet, ground across the emory cloth, and bent. Used pictures of the real car to get placement correct. Last parts glued on was the windshield with last photo-etch parts and wipers. Then the fun part, airbrushing lots of layers of flat clear with color added. When I looked at pictures, saw that I needed to add the wire tow hook. That stand really made a HUGE difference. I kept spraying on "dust & mud" until I was happy, very happy! ? DONE!!!!!

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Whoops, missed your comment (last one page 1). It's more like this project is kicking my butt! ? Got over the biggest hurdle without doing a faceplant. ?

Thank you for dropping in! ? Finally sat myself down, put aside the whiny brat little voice ?, and forged ahead to do the plumbing. I will admit to making up the intercooler mount, which is aluminum plate, punched holes American hot rod style (I'm sure Porsche had a much more complicated setup), added some photo-etch bolt heads for the final touch. Hand painted the BEHR, no way was I using the thick decal, which was a generic font anyway. I cut off the pipe down from the air box, made new aluminum rod pipes all the way to the turbos. The single pipe from the intercooler to the intake is solder. It took at least 90 minutes to test fit about a hundred times, but I *had to* put in what both kit manufacturers left out. I assumed they rotated the compressor part of the turbos, stupid to point the outlet outward and turn the pipes 180°. Aiming inward reduced length and avoided interference with two other pipes. I had the body/chassis screwed together for fitting the parts. I had temporarily glued the intercooler into the hood, then I winged it (pun intended) for making the mount. Same with fitting the 3 pipes. Saw that someone else had added hose clamps, so now I *have to* do that before calling the engine done. Then I can airbrush flat clear/tan "dust" around the engine, then add grout dust, before buttoning up for the last time! Scraped the skid plates across extremely rough emory cloth, then painted and wiped. The pictures show how sloppy this build is, can hardly wait to really muck it up, as a proper rally car that was rode hard and hung up wet should look. ?

I have the Audi Quattro kit. Too bad they didn't do the engine (but I know there is aftermarket), nice this has the engine. This is a very cool subject, look forward to watching this!

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Welcome to the forum. I'm not a newbie, and would like to see expert advice on this too! Could save the trouble and shave everything. ?

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Well executed and cool subject! I had considered doing this to the BTCC wagon, but chickened out. Subaru Impreza is another possible civilian conversion. Thanks for sharing, gives inspiration.

That's awesome! Where is the can with the nuts? ?

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My dad's father bought this '57 Handyman brand new, traded it for a '72 "Chevy" LUV before he died, which is what I inherited. So seeing any wagon no matter what is done to it, makes me smile. I dig that old British car with the blown engine. Facebook ad for a handyman had this Ca...an.

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I listen to the little voice that says "I wouldn't do that!" ?