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A while ago I got myself a Revel Audi Avus quattro concept in all its chromed glory...

Ever since, I thought there was a room for improvements that should'nt be much of a bother. But I know from forehand that every work I think it's "a quick job" always ends up adding more and more elements and taking months unend. Let's hope it's not the case.

This is what it started from:

And this is what I'm looking to get closer to:















Therefore, this is the "to-do list":

- Paint matt black the back end of the wheels in order to highlight the disk brakes;
- Paint aluminium the brake callipers;
- Highlight the perforation of the brake discs;
- Sand down the tyre thread for greater realism;
- Paint aluminium the chassis (after all, the chassis of the original model was all aluminium...);
- Paint the B-pillar of the doors and side windows matt black;
- Ad windows to the doors;
- Paint matt black the side air intakes
- Give depth to the exhaust pipes;
- Repaint matt red the seats and door handles ;
- Carpet the interior and luggage compartment;
- Add fabric 4-point safety harnesses;
- Detail the centre console and gearbox handle (to simulate wood);
- Eliminate mould marks on dashboard and steering wheel (as much as possible);
- Manufacture new coilover-damper assemblies and repaint the suspension arms;
- And all the rest that I find along the way!

It's all taken apart, let's get to work:

 

[Upgrades]

Interesting model, I have this model aswell, somewhere. Always loved those Lamborghini doors and the wheels....for that time they were massive. Wanted to use it for a Kyosho A8 W12 at the time, never did. Looking forward to the out come off this.

Giovanni

 

[D N'D-Land]

Looking forward to seeing this one progress!

 

[T1000]

This is going to be hot

 

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First comes first, I had to remove the excessive chrome on the back end of the wheels (which almost prevented us from seing the brake discs) and took the chance to give some depth to the disc wholes and paint the brake calliper aluminium:



I detailed both differentials, including the bellows and respective clamps, bolts, chassis fixations (particularly the rear diff, in which the brackets are supposed to be part of the ASF space-frame):





The space-frame is now painted fully in aluminium except the belly plates which I sprayed matt black in order to simulate the corrosion insulation usually applied. Since I was at it, I also gave it a bit of colour painting copper the seat fixation points and added the tank straps which I did in aluminium duct tape:



Front and rear suspensions painted in metalic grey and the control arms matt black. Next up. the coil springs:





As for the engine, after giving some colour to a few components that were just black plastic (as was the case of the starter motor, oil filter and alternator), I added a few more cables and pipes to add a feel of more detail. Only the brake lines are missing, now:



After digging up some rare photos of the complete W12 engine, I noticed the valve covers were painted black. Although that isn't visible after the car is assembled, I did the same to the model's engine so that the cylinder rows weren't just "grey parallelepipeds". The auxiliary belt pulleys were also painted as on the original:

 

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On the interior, a bit of flock in good measure:



The cabin floor was flocked bright red according to the original and I took the chance to eliminate a few mould marks from the dashboard and steering wheel:



The gearshift knob was all chrome so I added a bit of brown paint to simulate the original wood handle, added a bit of depth to the shifting gate and added a bit of black the the buttons on the console:



The trunk was also flocked with the cabin:





The Audi logo at the rear is pressed-in the panel and I painted it black as on the original:



Deleting the taillights fixation pins:



And I straightened up the front grille:

 

[T1000]

Very nice progress as usual. And those tiny cables in the engine bay

 

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I'm getting there. I replaced the original plastic pedals from a photoetched set I got from Tremonia:



I added the radiator some water hoses to and from the engine, fixated by their respective clamps:



While the seats are drying up from their new re paintjob, I took the time to build the 4-point safety harnesses (once again, from Tremonia):





The doors also have windows, now:



Chassis and drivetrain are finished and include the brake lines:

 

[Cornbeef]

Sweet!

This was a model crying out for more detail. It looks great, can't wait to see it finished.

Can you give more info on the door glass?

 

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Final stretch. The rear suspensions now have new coil-over-spring sets, I almost feel like leaving the bodywork aside:







The seats were resprayed a brighter satin red and the back are now matt black, in order to imitate the carbon fibre shell and the lateral adjustment strut was painted aluminium, leaving the backrest inclination knob black:



Four-point safety harnesses with cloth belts and photoetched buckles. Greetings from Tremonia:





Harness fixations to the chassis:





Rolling chassis:

Sweet!

This was a model crying out for more detail. It looks great, can't wait to see it finished.

Can you give more info on the door glass?

Yes, indeed! The door windows were made out of clear acetate sheet, made a template out of paper and cut the acetate to fit and added a lip so that it can be "tucked in" under the door trim panels.

Just bolted the bodywork back on and it's pretty much finished!!

 

[Cornbeef]

Thanks for the info. The nearly finished car looks great - the bottom now looks good enough to display on its own!

 

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You can see it in its finished form at https://www.diecastxchange.com/forum1/topic/226915-x-clinic-audi-avus-quattro-finished/!

 

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This is what it started from:

This was the "to-do list":

- Paint matt black the back end of the wheels in order to highlight the disk brakes;
- Paint aluminium the brake callipers;
- Highlight the perforation of the brake discs;
- Sand down the tyre thread for greater realism;
- Paint aluminium the chassis (after all, the chassis of the original model was all aluminium...);
- Paint the B-pillar of the doors and side windows matt black;
- Add windows to the doors;
- Paint matt black the side air intakes
- Give depth to the exhaust pipes;
- Straighten the front grille;
- Repaint matt red the seats and door handles ;
- Carpet the interior and luggage compartment;
- Add fabric 4-point safety harnesses;
- Detail the centre console and gearbox handle (to simulate wood);
- Eliminate mould marks on dashboard and steering wheel (as much as possible);
- Manufacture new coilover-damper assemblies and repaint the suspension arms;
- And all the rest that I find along the way!

This is the finished model:

 

[drivinghermad]

Thanks for the close up photos, it looks fantastic with some Great detail to it.

 

[HealeyWorks]

Night and day difference! Especially the underside.

 

[Mike K]

Great improvements

I have one of these too, along with the BoS Quattro Spyder, although it looks like these improvements make it better (more detailed) than the BoS QS.

 

[T1000]

All those small changes really do add up and transform the model

Did the train give you a horn greeting?

 

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All those small changes really do add up and transform the model

Did the train give you a horn greeting?

Haha, I use to make some of my photoshoots on the same railway bridge so some of the drivers already know me. But yeah, there's always the horn greeting (which I return with a salute).

 

[Upgrades]

Very nice details. I always like your choice of cars to upgrade and they all look very good. Great attention to detail and of course finding all those details by resourcing it from the original must be great fun!!!

Giovanni

 

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It sure is. Thanks for passing by!