A_S Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Finished this off a couple of nights ago. Colin McRae's 1997 RAC winning impreza. Few mods to the Tamiya kit. Shunko decals, reniessance wheels and suspension to mimic the gravel spec tyres. I removed the moulded roof vents and did my own out of brass sheet and metal mesh. Adds a lot I think. I also had the Hobby design PE parts. Not sold on whether PE is worth it as most of the parts are inside and can't be seen but the etched detail above the subaru badge is nice. Much better than the Tamiya moulded stuff. 24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Wow! What a beautiful model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stgolf Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 You’ve done a great job on that fella. love the roof vents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Very smart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaxyg Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Very nice. The classic Rally car of modern times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy37 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Great job of the best looking rally car ever , in my opinion ! Gary . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coors54 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 1997? 23 years ago? 😲 Where has the time gone, seems like yesterday. That car and McRae were a sublime pairing. Beautiful rendition. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_S Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 19 hours ago, Coors54 said: 1997? 23 years ago? 😲 Where has the time gone, seems like yesterday. That car and McRae were a sublime pairing. Beautiful rendition. Dave Yes, its hard to beleive isnt it? I was looking at some photos of a built Bentley exp speed 8 (le mans 2003) and I was a saying to a friend - to put this in context, I started watching motorsport in 1992, 17 years before that your talking mclaren M23s or Porsche 917s as being current. So to a new motorsport fan this is what a mclaren M23 is to me, and that is quite scary - same applys here.... It was a hard build - I found the chassis was slightly twisted when i'd started to put the suspension together and done all the paining.... but apart from that it's come out looking fantastic. I'm really pleased with it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 22 hours ago, A_S said: I started watching motorsport in 1992.....and that is quite scary I started watching in1974! (and competing in 76, got married in 80 - that put an end to my dreams of a WRC drive....!! 🤣 ) My world was full of Mk1 Escorts, and that brand new spaceship, the Mk2...!! Anyway, that's a lovely Scooby, beautifully built and finished! 👍 Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyChiken Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Colin was a hero, and you've done his car proud, looks beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstaff Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Great build One of these was the first car kit I built when I got back into modelling a few years ago, nowhere near as good as yours though I've learnt a lot since then and may need another try at some point as Colin was the one who got me interested in rallying again since the demise of the group B monsters and Mk2 escorts I was brought up on Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoolioPaulio Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Amazing build, nice work. My second favourite of the Impreza shapes (first being the 2005 Hawkeye version), and the only one I've owned, but mine wasn't the rally spec of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Beautiful and inspiring! 👍👍 I have an African Safari Rally kit (also Tamiya) of about the same era, but the build stalled. Maybe your beautiful replica will spur me to giving it another look. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitkent Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 That's a beautifully built model,the colour is really outstanding,it just looks so right. Chris. -who started watching Motorsport in 1967...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_S Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 (edited) On 19/10/2020 at 22:04, Kitkent said:That's a beautifully built model,the colour is really outstanding,it just looks so right. Chris. -who started watching Motorsport in 1967...... sorry to drag this up - just catching up after being away for a few months - I’m glad you like it - there is always a debate about the colour. I worked really hard to get the right finish - testing both the TS spray and the LP mica blue on several different base coats. I went for the spray layered 4 or 5 coats lated on a grey primer in the end to get the richness. I find a lot of people paint them too light and the source images they seem to use are all taken from sunkissed Monaco mountains or baking hot san remo and Corsica etc where the light gives the car an almost medium to light blue hue. However having seen a few in real life and my memory of the time is a much richer shade of blue that under shadow and in flat light was quite dark Edited March 7, 2021 by A_S 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Great work, I think this has to be my all time favourite rally car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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