Stefee's 1/24 Tamiya Subaru Impreza WRC '99

[Mark1]

All coming along very nicely

[Tworrs]

Brilliant paint job there Stefan, it seems a pity to muddy it up, or are you going for a before racing look?

[Stefee]

Brilliant paint job there Stefan, it seems a pity to muddy it up, or are you going for a before racing look?

Thanks but I don't have the guts, heart, pigments/washes or skills to dirty it up.

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[Stefee]

No photos today you will be glad to know.
6 hours spent deseaming and prepping the suspension, brakes, drive train, wheels and exhaust components in readiness for primer tomorrow.
Got to say that Tamiya put their very small ejector pin marks in virtually non visible sites and the seams/mould lines are very light and absolutely no flash. Not used to that.

[Allen Dewire]

WOW!!! That's a beautiful 8 light coats on the WRC, Stefan. It looks really good and so nice and smooth. You sure aren't wasting any time building this puppy. Nice work, Sir!!!

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Allen

[Mr Bowcat]

Lovely paint job Stefan, the blue really pops. Looking forward to seeing it after the 2K.

[Stefee]

Slow but steady progress today. Drivetrain and wheels primered black. Interior parts being deseamed in preparation for primer and holes drilled in accelerator pedal and foot rest.

[Lee Drennen]

You're motoring along

Lol

[Lee Drennen]

Beautiful shade of Blue

[Stefee]

Busy day today, finished prepping and primered all remaining parts. Painted the rims with Tamiya X12 which is pretty close to the real colour in preparation for recalling and clearcoat.
Talking of decals, what a pig the large "swoosh" on the side is, body stage line, door handle and panel gap to go around - needless to say I cocked it up with the decal cracking and disintegrating in places. Will have to try and find something luminous yellow to try and disguise the messes. The tiny Pirelli decal on the corner of the front bumper curves in numerous directions and all the MicroSol in the world doesn't quite cure it. Oh well 40% done and more to do tomorrow.

Thanks for following along.

[Mark1]

Good luck with the decals,it's looking good though.

[Mr Bowcat]

You are racing thought this build mate, think you will see the chequered flag first.

[Jim R]

A great choice Stefan. Very few cars scream rally pedigree like an Impreza. Lovely paint job. Big decals are always awkward and even smaller ones, when intended to go over multiple curves, often don't behave.

[Stefee]

Yay!!!! the exterior decals finally finished, same problem with the side swoosh as yesterday but the rest went on better or maybe I am just getting used to applying them.
There is even a Dec 99 tax disc fitted to the roll cage on the off side as the car is LHD. Apparently rally cars never had them on the screens because they could be changed after every stage due to damage. The OZ Racing decals on the rims were very trying.

[Allen Dewire]

That is beautiful work Stefan!!! So nice and neat too. Like I said to Pete, you two need to slow down as there are still 75 laps to go in the race. Heck, I'm still trying to figure out what to paint first, let alone still nipping parts off the sprue...

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Allen