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TATRA 815 6x6 Dakar (Clay Regazzoni)
Scale : 1:100
Author : Ing. Arch. Milan Weiner
Publisher : WDS (MINIBOX W01)
After the box version, I decided to build Clay Regazzoni's Tatra in a slightly more elaborate version with a model chassis to which I will add a few details, including a simple interior...current status:
TATRA 815 6x6 Dakar (Clay Regazzoni)
Scale : 1:100
Author : Ing. Arch. Milan Weiner
Publisher : WDS (MINIBOX W01)
After the box version, I decided to build Clay Regazzoni's Tatra in a slightly more elaborate version with a model chassis to which I will add a few details, including a simple interior...current status:
Thanks
So I've made some progress, the minibox itself is glued...My modifications: added a simple interior, highlighted details on the cabin, improved wheels - not only the sides, but also the tread. Now I still have a pad waiting for me. Current status:
So I've made some progress, the minibox itself is glued...My modifications: added a simple interior, highlighted details on the cabin, improved wheels - not only the sides, but also the tread. Now I still have a pad waiting for me. Current status:
Thanks
So I'm done...
A few words about the real car:
Clay Regazzoni (September 5, 1939, Porza, Switzerland – December 15, 2006, near Fontevivo, Parma, Italy) was a Swiss racing driver, Formula 1 pilot. He raced in Formula 1 from 1970 to 1980, winning 5 Grand Prix. After a serious accident at the 1980 US Grand Prix, he had to end his career in Formula 1. He was paralyzed in the lower half of his body and confined to a wheelchair, but he later continued to race, for example in the Paris-Dakar Rally. He also worked as a television commentator.
In 1988, he started the Dakar Rally with a Tatra 815 6x6, which was modified for manual control. Clay made an agreement with the cigarette giant Marlboro and painted the Tatra in its colors. But he had to withdraw in Algeria and did not finish the famous Dakar. In the same year, he still started at the Rally of the Pharaohs in Egypt, which he won. A year later, trucks were banned from the Dakar, so Clay sat behind the wheel of an off-road Mercedes G-class and the team's Tatra remained as an accompanying car. (in Chesterfield colors)
Model:
The model is based on the minibox version to which a model chassis was added. I tried to add a few more details...My modifications:
-glazed cabin and added simple interior
-highlighted and added details on the cabin
-improved wheels-not only the sides, but also the tread pattern
-added exhaust and rear position light
-made a mat based on the photo where the journalists are talking to Clay
-the car is a little dusty, especially the wheels and the bodywork around the exhaust
The model is simpler than the models that are now designed as minimodels in 1:100 scale, but you have to remember when this model was released (1989), it is the very beginning of all minimodels, which I definitely wanted to have in my collection (similar to other "Dakars" from WDS)
So I'm done...
A few words about the real car:
Clay Regazzoni (September 5, 1939, Porza, Switzerland – December 15, 2006, near Fontevivo, Parma, Italy) was a Swiss racing driver, Formula 1 pilot. He raced in Formula 1 from 1970 to 1980, winning 5 Grand Prix. After a serious accident at the 1980 US Grand Prix, he had to end his career in Formula 1. He was paralyzed in the lower half of his body and confined to a wheelchair, but he later continued to race, for example in the Paris-Dakar Rally. He also worked as a television commentator.
In 1988, he started the Dakar Rally with a Tatra 815 6x6, which was modified for manual control. Clay made an agreement with the cigarette giant Marlboro and painted the Tatra in its colors. But he had to withdraw in Algeria and did not finish the famous Dakar. In the same year, he still started at the Rally of the Pharaohs in Egypt, which he won. A year later, trucks were banned from the Dakar, so Clay sat behind the wheel of an off-road Mercedes G-class and the team's Tatra remained as an accompanying car. (in Chesterfield colors)
Model:
The model is based on the minibox version to which a model chassis was added. I tried to add a few more details...My modifications:
-glazed cabin and added simple interior
-highlighted and added details on the cabin
-improved wheels-not only the sides, but also the tread pattern
-added exhaust and rear position light
-made a mat based on the photo where the journalists are talking to Clay
-the car is a little dusty, especially the wheels and the bodywork around the exhaust
The model is simpler than the models that are now designed as minimodels in 1:100 scale, but you have to remember when this model was released (1989), it is the very beginning of all minimodels, which I definitely wanted to have in my collection (similar to other "Dakars" from WDS)
Thank you, I'm glad you liked the model. A colleague - modeler pointed out to me that there was a hydraulic winch above the cabin, which was used to pull the pilot into the cabin, so I added this little detail (along with handles for easier boarding) to the cabin.
