Very British 2 Belkits MG Metro 6R4 Tony Pond

[JesusM]

Wooow....beautiful!!!!

[stevenoble]

Looking good, following with interest and look forward to seeing more progress....

[corrrado]

Thank xou Jesus and Steve! I also hope to progress more with the car, I would like to see it on its wheels soon Little advance with the engine bay I glued in the air filters and added some more details.

[corrrado]

Little advance on the interior and engine bay where only few things left to add.

[Kaj45rpm]

Sublime details. Looks fantastic. I can't wait to see the bodyshell. It's a great GpB kit. Hope the RS200 & Ascona 400 are just as good. Happy days for rally fans.

[LucaC.74]

After a very long time I managed to get back on AF .. and I see that you always work in a fantastic way!
I wait to see the Clio!!

[corrrado]

Thank you Luca and Kaj45rpm! I can't wait to see the body either. Luca, I will start the Clio soon, I promise you . I made some progress on the car, the engine room and interior are practically finished, I only need to add the intercom. Strange thing about the rollcage that it is molded on the "A pillar" on the front and missing the vertical part of the main center arch. It will not be too noticable since all the interior is black. I finished the brakes, painted and riveted the front bumper with 0,5 Top Studio rivets. Next step is the bodyshell.

[JesusM]

Beautiful engine, brakes and bumper. Very good detail!!

[corrrado]

Thank you JesusM! I finally managed to paint the body, after lots of time spent on masking. It is difficult to find the correct color for the Metro, almos all photos show different shades of blue. Tamiya TS44 - which is recommended in the instructions is too light in my opinion so I mixed it 50/50 with Tamiya TS93 Pure Blue. This is how it turned out:

[corrrado]

I managd to make some progress over the weekend, I replaced the photoetched grills with a finer mesh. I changed the tow-hook to a brass wire and assembled the front bumper with a Gurney flap added to the edge of the front and rear wing - as my references show them. I applyed the kevlar decals on the skid-plates and toned them down with some black color airbrused - the technique I learned from JesusM's excellent Lancia Delta build. I also glued the rear hatch hinges, this is the first hinge I ever made on a scale model. A bit thick in my opinion but the next one will be better I started to put some decals and decided to represent Tony Pond's last victory and eventually his last rally on the 1986 Manx Rally. I will use all the three decal sheets I have, Belkits, Decalcas and my homemade Manx decal, to best represent the original car

[michel1973]

Very nice build, with a great eye for details. Looking forward to see the finished result

[JesusM]

Good progress and happy that something done by me is valid for you!!

[Kaj45rpm]

Corrado, there is a great set of photos of this actual car on https://oldnewsclub.com/the-legendar...rally-car/?amp
Car was for sale at a Bonhams auction for £500K

[afxracing]

Impressive work my friend.

[lasagna99]

truly a remarkable job,as always ....
This kit, in the engine compartment, is really disappointing .. but you did an exceptional job.
Bravo!