1998 Williams Renault Laguna BTCC Nescafé Blend 37

[insanejim69]

I have been wanting to do this project for a while now, but trying to find another Laguna body has been very difficult. Luckily I managed to source one from Germany and so they project began.

 

Firstly I painted the black details on the inside of the body using Tamiya PC5 Black Polycarbonate brush on paint.

 

 

Then it was time for paint. So the windows were masked up and the car was sprayed Tamiya PS9 Green. The colour match turned out great and just like the real car.

 

 

I managed to get some decals added. But had to have the Nescafé Blend 37 and a few others custom made, so had to wait on them arriving. But I cut and masked the rear wing before spraying yellow and then backing with green, making sure to leave a thin green outline around the wing.

 

 

 

Then the Tamiya 16 Spoke gold wheels arrived. Although their colour was more like copper !! So I bought some Halfords Ford Meteor Gold Metallic paint and gave them a few coats. Then I clean coated them too. A before and after shot .....

 

Then my custom decals arrived and were fitted. Then it was a case of just making sure the car had just the right stance to look like the real car. The body is mounted on a Tamiya TA05 V2. Hope you all like it.

 

 

 

 

Perfect companion for my 1997 Laguna.

 

 

So all that is left now is to fit the LHD cockpit set I have for the 1998 car and also buy another one to replace the RHD one that's in the 1997 car and small details such as towing eye hooks and 3d bonnet catches. I may also decide to fit some light kits to these, but still not sure as yet.

 

Thanks, James.

[53HRA]

Great work, it looks spot on - The sprayed on window trims look much better than sticking them on  

[Kpowell911]

That’s gorgeous! I now want a full set of 1997 Touring cars. Silver A4 and Rapid fit Mondeo ftw

Edited May 17, 2018 by Guns

[Bajadre]

Stunning great job mate

[A Return]

great job there dude, i do like a bit of btcc goodness

[insanejim69]

Thanks for the comments guys. Had a wee test run on Sunday, just making sure it all ran fine and taking it very easy. I did get nervous when the front splitter started to chirp under the bumps

 

 

James.