discussion Mitsubishi Lancer WRC, Heller, 1/24

[PaulTRose]

kit is the Heller 1/24 Mitsubishi Lancer WRC rally car

hope this one is better than the Focus!

actually ive already checked the glass, its intact and it just fits!, bit fiddly but it fits......makes me wonder if this was a very common defect back when these rally cars kits came out from airfix/heller

we shall see how it goes

 

[Guest]

Looks good, I'll watch this one

 

[Guest]

I do like an Evo.

 

[flyjoe180]

Looks to be a nice kit

 

[Guest]

Ahhh....the Lancer! A classic and one of my favorites!

 

[Wendall]

Nice one Paul, wouldn't be a proper rally GB without a Lancer.

Jason

 

[Ian M]

Oh an EVO. One car that I came very close to buying a while back.

I'll look forward to this one.

Ian M

 

[Guest]

I was looking at one 6mths ago, Ian. Soon stopped looking when I got an insurance quote!

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[PaulTRose]

currently on the back burner for a while

had a bad paint experience on the body shell...........for some reason the primer didnt take as well as i thought.

i primed, sprayed white lowers, masked, sprayed the red and when i removed the tape it peeled the paint right off back to the plastic

so i decided to strip the paint, try washing the shell again and try a different primer

i gave it a long soak in oven cleaner which normally does the trick and it didnt even touch it, even tho i can sratch the paint off with a finger nail! weird................so until i can pick up some brake fluid this one is on hold............but im not going to let it get the best of me lol

 

[PaulTRose]

so even tho i cant get on with the body shell til i pick up some brake fluid, ive got the chassis finished

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

That's looking the bee's knees, are those PE seatbelts?

Adrian

 

[PaulTRose]

nope, they are the kits decals..........the seats come with raised detail, decals just to over the top

theres no way id waste pe seatbelts on a crappy kit like this

 

[Guest]

Hi Paul sorry to here about your paint problum, had the same thing happen on one of my E-Types i used heavy duck tape to remove most of the paint then very fine wet & dry with plenty of soapy water on the rest, as for the rest of the build looking top notch keep up the good work.

John

 

[PaulTRose]

so here we go again

stripped the shell of paint with brake fluid, scrubbed it with water and degreaser to make sure it was as clean as possible

used a new can of primer, which was a very dark grey so as not to get the same problem as last time

my masking of the white wasnt as neat as it could have been but i dont think its going to matter in the long run as its going to get muddied up

its had a couple of coats of clear ready for the decals

 

[Guest]

That's nice and shiny !! Good luck with the decals

Cheers, Neil

 

[colin m]

All looks great. Your wheels have a nice colour variation to them.

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice paint job Paul. Glad you were able to rectify the situation.

 

[PaulTRose]

im at the decal stage

this has to be the biggest P.O.S. kit ive done for a very long time, if it wasnt for the fact im doing it for the GB id have binned it long ago

even the decals are a bit dodgy but im determined to finish it.............im actually looking forward to plastering mud all over it to hide all the crapness!

 

[PaulTRose]

halfway thro the decals

 

[Guest]

Doesn't look too shabby from where I'm sitting, looking forward to the rest of it.

Cheers, Neil