Spad Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) Well, this one was "fun"! The Revell Audi A4 as driven to Championship victory for Audi in the 2009 DTM series. Built for a friend it was actually a very nice build and a beautifully fitting kit, albeit with a fair amount of mould seam clean-up being needed - seems a typical trait of Revell kits? Lots of lovely bits to put together, plenty of detail and fun to be had though much of it ends up hidden. I have left it with the body loose as there is so much interior detail and most is almost invisible with all that black in there. Built pretty much OOB but I have use a little carbon decal on the front splitter and also on those, shall we call them webs, between the roll-cage and the roof arches where they are visible through windscreen and side screens. Kit provided carbon was used on the rear wing and the refuelling receptacle. The bodywork design is quite unusual to say the least with all of it's sophisticated aero features well replicated - took me a while to get my head around it for some reason. Maybe I was being dim but it all became pretty clear to me as soon as I started to assemble the thing! Message to self there I think - stop overthinking the hobby and get on with it! The fun bit came with that blasted matt black finish, complicated by a livery featuring a gloss black repeat behind the primary white logos, bit like a drop shadow. I have an aversion to applying decals to a matt finish so I sprayed it gloss black and decalled-up in the normal fashion - error!I Previously I have found that matting down straight onto decals will leave the decal with a gloss sheen whereas the paint will matt nicely. Not so this time! It all went matt so I had one option - hand paint gloss varnish over the faint drop shadows. Not ideal but kind of gets there. Another side effect I found is that the finish is extremely difficult to remove dust from and this kit just pulled dust in from everywhere - so, apologies for the dust in the pics. Anyway, here it is warts 'n' all. Hope you like it Sanjay! And finally one with it's clothes off! All C+C welcome in equal measure. Thanks for looking ATB Rick Edited February 18, 2017 by Spad 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Absolutely stunning result! I'm sure that your friend will be delighted with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Nice job Rick. I have a few of these old revell dtm cars to do soon thanks to the missus. Shaun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 love that front on shot - it looks very real there Great job this kit I'd be proud to have that on the shelf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbdesignart Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Great build. I've always liked the DTM cars and have at least one in a box somewhere. I didn't realise that they were all 'back seat drivers' in this series! A good idea to leave the body loose too, all that work deserves to be seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Well done Spadit looks superb! I have one on the shelf and need to get round to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrsmatt99 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Nice build! Looks great! I love the DTM cars and have built a few now myself, I think the Revell kits go together really well too. Cheers Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiezoom Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 This is the very first kit I'd looked at buying last year to get me in to modelling. Great looking kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Nice. Love me some race cars! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStig Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) Great job Rick Edited March 8, 2017 by TheStig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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