Skoda Fabia S2000 (2012 Czech Rally - Juho Hänninen / Mikko Markkula) - 1/24 Belkits (1)

To be honest I'm not a big follower of rally races, but when I come along interesting kits, I can't just let them pass! Besides it's good to see models kits of other cars being made. Afterall most European model cars we get are Lamborghinis and Ferraris (Occasionally Mercedes, Porsches and BMWs.....)

The Skoda Fabia S2000 kit was released in late 2015. Took me about 3 months to finish, it was quite a straight forward built this time. The kit itself was detailed enough, and come with photo etch parts.

Starting off with the interior. The doors are made of carbon fibre, so I try to apply carbon fibre decal on the doors. For me it's like doing a practice, I know I'll come across alot of cabon fibre decals when I build F1 kits later, besides even if I failed here, it's on the inside of the car, behind a roll cage. Hardly noticeable...

Good thing it turned out better than expected. First cut out the approximate area of decal, then apply it and let it wrap around the edges. Once dried (give it a day or so), use a blade to trim the edges off, and the parts without decal (the door handle, and the part below)

Next the seats. If I remembered correctly, the seat belts are 2mm red ribbons. I set the photo etch part in place with a bit of white glue. Once that's done I glue the seat belts in place.

The spare tyres. The instruction shows how you should tie the belt, but I find it too small to work with so I simplified it, looks close enough.

Putting the interior together, with the chassis.

I added a few more carbon fibre decal on the driver's side. The pattern is a bit bigger than I expected, but it'll be hard to see once the body is on. 

I'll leave painting for the next post.