Post by steviesx on May 20, 2022 11:48:28 GMT -5
I picked up this old Solido 1/43 Renault 5 a couple of years ago locally for a fiver. I didn't think much of it at the time and was going to sell it recently but nobody wanted it so it just sat in its box.
When I first picked it up it was as per the pictures below (minus the attempt at doing the lights in the front bumper which I had done before taking these pictures):
I decided to take a stab at improving the model. I had posted some of the work on the old forum but it's had it's final and full update now. It needed the wheel centres to be coloured, the mirrors, aerial and all lights to be painted in bar the headlights. I added a better rear exhaust and the light on the rear bumper. There were a few decals missing here and there so a set from Le Mans decals (I guess they don't just do Le Mans...) sorted that out, along with painting in the lighter blue area that runs around the edge of the roof and down the A pillars. Unfortunately the decal kit did not have two of the same Gitanes decals for the rear for some reason. Finally, the spotlights came today so it was time to add them and I think in the end that it will display pretty well alongside the other rally models when my new cabinets eventually arrive.
When I first picked it up it was as per the pictures below (minus the attempt at doing the lights in the front bumper which I had done before taking these pictures):
I decided to take a stab at improving the model. I had posted some of the work on the old forum but it's had it's final and full update now. It needed the wheel centres to be coloured, the mirrors, aerial and all lights to be painted in bar the headlights. I added a better rear exhaust and the light on the rear bumper. There were a few decals missing here and there so a set from Le Mans decals (I guess they don't just do Le Mans...) sorted that out, along with painting in the lighter blue area that runs around the edge of the roof and down the A pillars. Unfortunately the decal kit did not have two of the same Gitanes decals for the rear for some reason. Finally, the spotlights came today so it was time to add them and I think in the end that it will display pretty well alongside the other rally models when my new cabinets eventually arrive.
