Subaru Impreza WRX '99

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May 12, 2023
Primed this time. Also a couple of minor mould lines removed from the bumpers. I'm sure I didn't bother with either when I made this same model 20+ years ago.
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May 12, 2023
Painted straight from the can of Tamiya TS-50. Nice glossy finish and it dries incredibly quickly. This helps to keep the surface dust-free.
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May 12, 2023
There are already some very detailed build galleries, so I'll just remind myself what lurks under the (yet to be fitted) underbody panels. I shamelessly stole the idea of using kitchen foil as an exhaust heatshield from Ricardo Reis's excellent build. I did add texture using the knurling on the handle of my modelling knife but, by the time I got it to sit flat, I had sacrificed most of it.
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May 12, 2023
A couple of shots of the interior too. Ricardo Reis also used an aftermarket seatbelt set. This looked incredibly complex but did look good. I cheaped out and used the supplied decals, but I did extend the shoulder straps back to the roll cage using red-painted strips of Tamiya masking tape.
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May 12, 2023
I used the supplied Tamiya decals for the carbon fibre on the rear of the seats. The decals are thick and stiff but I remember that they did conform quite nicely on my 'old' build and that was without the use of any decal softener. Using Microset and Microsol certainly helped this time.
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May 12, 2023
The supplied masks are great and more straightforward to position than I had anticipated. The rear screen was the first mask I fitted and it is not exactly centred, but I was loathe to risk deforming and/or tearing it by having another go. The textured portions of the window transparency help position the masks and hold the paint. I used Vallejo black primer.
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May 12, 2023
The big thick decals seem to cause even 'serious' modellers some grief, so I thought I'd take some shots of the car before I put any on.
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May 12, 2023
All the transparencies are loose to check that the masking worked and that the chrome painted light reflectors look OK.
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May 12, 2023
The TS-50 paint is really resiliant. I managed to splatter the floorplan with a few drops of aluminium acrylic paint but found I could remove them without a trace using a wet cotton bud and a toothpick. I got rid of some minimal excess chrome silver around the headlights the same way.
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May 16, 2023
I put on the large side decals first and repeatedly applied Microset to them as I got on with the others. I thought I'd got away with it but they had other ideas and split overnight. The drivers side was the worst with splits to the main 'swoosh', largest star and door handle.
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May 16, 2023
Rather than try and match the paiint I decided to try and patch the splits with leftover decals. There was not much in the way of leftovers in this colour and I ended up trying to overlap two halves of 'subaru france sa' to fill in the split in the swoosh. Smaller swooshes intended for the auxilliary lights were cut up to tidy the door handles and the star got a section of a slightly larger :'subaru' decal. It definitely looks better from a normal viewing distance now.
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May 16, 2023
I still need to seal the decals and give it a final polish but, as usual, impatience got the better of me and I wanted to see how it looked.
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May 16, 2023
Final painted details were picked out before a clear coat goes on.
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May 16, 2023
Transparencies, spoiler and roof intake are not yet fitted to make polishing easier once the clear coats have been applied and allowed to dry.
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May 22, 2023
Calling this done! Final finish is not as shiny as the blue out of the can, but at least the decals are protected.
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May 22, 2023
All parts now secured.
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May 22, 2023
Mesh in place for radiator and bonnet vents.
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May 22, 2023
No weathering will be applied so that the finish matches my existing Peugeot 206.
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May 22, 2023
Oops! No heat shield on bumper over tailpipe - so perhaps not 100% finished after all. ?

Kommentare

18 12 May 2023, 21:12

Martin Oostrom
Blue over gold never gets old

12 May 2023, 21:35

David Smith
My Mrs. didn't agree, she found gold too flashy, so we had the same wheels but in gunmetal. The car was a darker blue and that combination also looked good. 😉

12 May 2023, 22:17

Chris Reimann
Not easy the big curved side decals, but it looks great!

17 May 2023, 05:19

Kyle DeHart
Nice!

17 May 2023, 05:40

Stéphane Jayet
Cool

18 May 2023, 00:56

Dennis
Well done David 👍👍👍

Had the Same Problems with the decals in my build...

23 May 2023, 20:59

Michael Kohl
For whatever reason I always had a soft spot for the Impreza. Yours is a well done rendition.

24 May 2023, 01:08

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I honestly think that this is the first time I've built the same kit twice! I've made a couple of models of the same subject by different manufacturers but never a direct repeat. There is a reason: the first one I built was displayed proudly on the rear parcel shelf of my own Impreza until a particularly warm summer day in the sun turned it into a Sierra lookalike. That was well over 20 years ago and I've been meaning to replace it for a while...

Subaru Impreza WRX '99

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Subaru Impreza WRC 1999

World Rally Championship (WRC)
Subaru World Rally Team 5 (Burns/Reid)
Mai 1999 Tour de Corse - Rally de France - Corse

(Result: 7th)

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