Simil'r Ford Focus. Ken Block style

[lanesteele240]

Just picked this set up on ebay. 15 bucks shipped. Did not see the sheet i am planning on using

[CEKPETHO BCE]

What kind of green paint did you use for the rims? I love that shade of green.

[lanesteele240]

There is just not enough solvaset in north carolina to bend the hood decals into place. So i taped it off with nine dollars worth of tamiya masking tape and painted it sublime enamel model master paint. Same color as the rims and some bad to the bone cudas and roadrunners.

The paint was not lifted by the tape anywhere. Guess that is why it cost the big bucks

[lanesteele240]

The kit decals are printed by cartograph. They are by far the best decal printer in the world. The block decals are printed by colorado. They are quality but just not as good you can see it in the ford badges. The ones from colorado are pixelated. They will be scrapped and the cartograph ones will be transplanted in place

[lanesteele240]

Squeeky bumb time is here. Going to put the decals on and i cant find a back up set in the USA.

The pressure got to me and i goofed up. The colorado decal sheet does not have numbered decals with a sheet that tells where they go. So i used some internet pics of the car and got one wrong. I used one of the side rally number plates on the hood. The hood plate should have been much much smaller. I had to use one from a diffrent rally and try to fool whoever looks at it with the small hood decal.

And here is the trickery

Close to the other side. After i mudy it up, you might not even notice it

Edited August 29, 2012 by lanesteele240

[Ira]

LOOKS GREAT!!!

[slammedi'am]

Looking good!

[lanesteele240]

The decals laid down like a three year old after downing a monster enery drink. They needed tones of releif cuts to get them to touch the car. I cut some white off other kit decals to go over these areas on the bumper and a nother decal was addes just to hide this booboo

The monster energy decal also needed help to lay down around the wheel well

Getting to the short rows. The wheels and rear spoiler are done

[Drago]

Nice work so far! Congrats!

[lanesteele240]

Now that i am gettiing close to finishing, here is my next kit to jump on. Cant wait. I will probably get 97.8% finished with block and never complete it.

Am i alone on that one or is it a rampant disorder.

[GerN]

98.7% is phenomenal! I have around 20 customs at the primer stage and zero finished. I love the creative part of the build, but the details and paint bog me down. Once the body and mechanicals are set, "a brief break" with a new idea is irresistible. Your persistence with the decals is also exemplary.

[lanesteele240]

PE time. I hate PE time. I went to my lhs and he sold me this array. Apparently, the one in the center is to stop crazing. The one on the left is for sticking your fingers together and the one on the right is to save you a trip to the ER.

This is the natural position of blocks car on the WRC tour.

[lanesteele240]

All that is left is the light buckets and the stand. I muddied it up a bit

[slammedi'am]

Turning out good!

[lanesteele240]

Here is the stand i made out of 11/2 foam and some train stuff i had.

Some regular old pool filter sand on the top and this spray from lowes.

Mud was made with envirotex lite mixed with mud paint

Car will look like this minus the hand

Products used

[lanesteele240]

Next post will be in the under glass section