As a kid my brother Dale had his cabinet full of spaceships, but in the midst of them all was this lone car - The Lamborghini Countach.
Its sublime and futuristic design stuck with me all through my childhood and whenever possible I would buy Matchbox and other toy cars of this beautiful automobile.
I have never made a model of the Countach before, so I thought as a little side project from my main builds I would give this a spin.
This is not a tutorial on this build, but my take on how I did it, some parts of this build are not photographed, but hopefully they will give you a better idea on how it looks than the website. - There are pictures on the site its from, but believe me they lack any informative instruction.
***MODEL DESIGNER AND WEBSITE ON THE CHASSIS***
Meet the Parts - Just two sheets - as per my usual, I had these blown up onto A3 paper
![DSC02536.JPG DSC02536.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192392-b68e85dc618fed563e95a0be28b8b831.jpg)
Simple parts first - floor pan and oddly coloured axles
![DSC02538.JPG DSC02538.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192393-68fa2e85924ec38610326a496cceccb7.jpg)
Tyres and wheel arch
![DSC02539.JPG DSC02539.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192394-13d709f25bc3b58a561e74b2a5948cbc.jpg)
![DSC02540.JPG DSC02540.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192395-ea7b42f3b3f86d384ba0381b1d045af7.jpg)
Tyres and the inside wheel hub were fairly easy, but I hate anything round, best to do these first and get them out of the way!
![DSC02541.JPG DSC02541.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192396-88d0c2c17df2dc73964fd713beef8d76.jpg)
Middle top roof section, rear light cluster, rear underside, exhaust shroud and exhausts
![DSC02542.JPG DSC02542.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192397-84536093a06e32bbdf4c51599a001a7b.jpg)
The middle roof section was easy, also the little exhausts - the rear undersection was an absolute nightmare! More on that later
![DSC02543.JPG DSC02543.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192398-6b9307a69f4d686b4f4b5f7fce78086f.jpg)
Upper rear back plate
![DSC02544.JPG DSC02544.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192399-32cad0fc7c1e9f73498af5bcf87d06b6.jpg)
With no idea where to start on the body, I plumped for attaching the rear lights panel to the upper rear deck - held with a peg to ensure everything lined up I glued from the middle outwards
![DSC02545.JPG DSC02545.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192400-fdcc2d0149882ac2a4fdf6f71eb8f2c5.jpg)
Rear engine cover
![DSC02546.JPG DSC02546.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192401-6bdbede2c880574adefa1764d0f8a1a4.jpg)
With some careful dry fitting I added the bottom of the rear engine cover to the rear section
![DSC02547.JPG DSC02547.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192402-765c5d2897992f030c8e84843a7e2ad7.jpg)
MORE ITALIAN AUTOMOTIVE FUN TO FOLLOW SOON....
Its sublime and futuristic design stuck with me all through my childhood and whenever possible I would buy Matchbox and other toy cars of this beautiful automobile.
I have never made a model of the Countach before, so I thought as a little side project from my main builds I would give this a spin.
This is not a tutorial on this build, but my take on how I did it, some parts of this build are not photographed, but hopefully they will give you a better idea on how it looks than the website. - There are pictures on the site its from, but believe me they lack any informative instruction.
***MODEL DESIGNER AND WEBSITE ON THE CHASSIS***
Meet the Parts - Just two sheets - as per my usual, I had these blown up onto A3 paper
![DSC02536.JPG DSC02536.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192392-b68e85dc618fed563e95a0be28b8b831.jpg)
Simple parts first - floor pan and oddly coloured axles
![DSC02538.JPG DSC02538.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192393-68fa2e85924ec38610326a496cceccb7.jpg)
Tyres and wheel arch
![DSC02539.JPG DSC02539.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192394-13d709f25bc3b58a561e74b2a5948cbc.jpg)
![DSC02540.JPG DSC02540.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192395-ea7b42f3b3f86d384ba0381b1d045af7.jpg)
Tyres and the inside wheel hub were fairly easy, but I hate anything round, best to do these first and get them out of the way!
![DSC02541.JPG DSC02541.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192396-88d0c2c17df2dc73964fd713beef8d76.jpg)
Middle top roof section, rear light cluster, rear underside, exhaust shroud and exhausts
![DSC02542.JPG DSC02542.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192397-84536093a06e32bbdf4c51599a001a7b.jpg)
The middle roof section was easy, also the little exhausts - the rear undersection was an absolute nightmare! More on that later
![DSC02543.JPG DSC02543.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192398-6b9307a69f4d686b4f4b5f7fce78086f.jpg)
Upper rear back plate
![DSC02544.JPG DSC02544.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192399-32cad0fc7c1e9f73498af5bcf87d06b6.jpg)
With no idea where to start on the body, I plumped for attaching the rear lights panel to the upper rear deck - held with a peg to ensure everything lined up I glued from the middle outwards
![DSC02545.JPG DSC02545.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192400-fdcc2d0149882ac2a4fdf6f71eb8f2c5.jpg)
Rear engine cover
![DSC02546.JPG DSC02546.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192401-6bdbede2c880574adefa1764d0f8a1a4.jpg)
With some careful dry fitting I added the bottom of the rear engine cover to the rear section
![DSC02547.JPG DSC02547.JPG](https://www.zealot.com/data/attachments/192/192402-765c5d2897992f030c8e84843a7e2ad7.jpg)
MORE ITALIAN AUTOMOTIVE FUN TO FOLLOW SOON....