Audi ETron GT, Revell, 1/24 (EasyKit)

[Matt Bacon]

In need of something a bit less involved, I turned to a Revell Easy Kit snapper. It could certainly be built without paint and with the stickers provided as an option instead of decals, but I wanted to make one I've seen locally regularly. It's Zero Paints "Kemora Grey" externally, and I liked the look of the rich mahogany upholstery. This is just Taimiya red-brown primer with a Citadel flesh contrast paint over the top...

Several different flavours of "black" to give the interior a bit of variety.

The wheels are cleverly designed to make painting relatively easy: the "spokes" are a separate insert moulded in black, with the diamond-cut look added thanks to an SMS Hyperchrome pen. Brake callipers are lurid Citadel green.

he front end is very cleverly engineered to nest various pieces one on top of the other without the need for lots of masking to give a realistic result. The lights are also a pretty good combination of detailed moulding and decals, but I'd strongly advise stripping the chrome from the plastic provided and recreating the look based on references. It's been Revell's Achilles heel for over a decade -- most cars since the 2010s have not had chrome headlight "buckets" and look so much better with charcoal grey mouldings and embedded projector lenses like the real thing. Bizarrely, Revell usually gets the underlying structure and relief moulded right, and then chromes the sprue!

All the best,

M.

 

 

[Exotics_Builder]

Loving it.  I got some Geromino wheels to finish mine (still on the shelf)

[Bennyg]

I’m curious on how you’re going to do the windows? Your work is ace and cheers for the tip on the lights.

Ben

[Funkychiken]

Looks fantastic so far, the quality of the mouldings looks good!

[slusher]

Love the body color and all the black trim gives it such a realistic look!