Rondeau M379B: Chassis and bodywork

Turns out the #16 car, which won Le Mans in 1980, had a different rear body section as well as different decals. Le Mans Miniatures doesn't have the decals in stock, which wouldn't fit my kit of the #15 car anyway. So I will build the #15 car, driven by Le Mans legend Henri Pescarolo and Jean Ragnotti. This car blew a head gasket after 124 laps (the winning #16 completed 338 laps).



The chassis sitting on its wheels: it all sits nice and square; the rear track may be a bit wide to fit the tires under the rear deck, but a bit of grinding will fix that problem.



It all looks good in full Batmobile form!



Next I got the decals on OK, a major step. Many were simple square items but there were a couple of the blue and yellow stripes that were challenging.



In particular the decals making the blue stripe were challenging and I am quite happy as to how they turned out.









Next: glass and final assembly. Stay tuned!