Subaru WRX McRea/Grist

I have been working on this car for about 6 months now but not detailing, waiting to get money to finish it as I want to place Luxon LED's into all the front lights.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/Desert_Scout/Rally%20Cars%20Model/P4060002.jpg
Headlights drilled for LED's
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/Desert_Scout/Rally%20Cars%20Model/P4060003.jpg
Lightpod drilled to suit LED's
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/Desert_Scout/Rally%20Cars%20Model/P4110011.jpg
Waiting for paint

Dingo :cool:

It's nice to see other cars being lit up and this is a great project to do so with. Are you going to do the rear lights at all?

Can't wait to see how this ends. This is STILL the best looking Impreza WRC

KevHw yes I will be lighting up both ends and may even try for the co-driver map light BUT no promises on that one.

Dingo :cool:

hi guys have just found this site looks great. i have just got this model on ebay have been collecting 1:18 rally models a few yrs now so going to chance building a few 1:24 now. few questions for you guys or if their is a thread already started about the basics for building models can someone post a link please.

1. before you prime the shell do you sand the shell what grade paper?
2. what paint do you use for the subaru blue ?
3. when you put on decals do you seal with a lacker?
4 brush on lacker or spray on lacker?

any help would be great thanks

Irishrally in answer to your questions & I can only tell U wot I do hopefully some of the others will give U some ideas as well.

1. No I don't sand it before painting BUT I do wash it in warm soapy water and let it air dry for 24 hrs.

2. I paint it with gray primer BUT depending on the colour I also use white primer. I have the Subaru Blue made up for me at a paint supplier so it's the right colour blue (don't trust auto shop rattle cans).

3. After place the decals on the body and depending on whether or not the car has been dirtied up I coat the body in future floor shine for its final coat and to hold the decals in position, if U have place any sort of detailing as far as grime goes don't polish the body and if U have put future floor shine on it, it doesn't need it anyway, that's what I have found.

4. If I where U I'd use only a floor polish a it brings up a good shine and as I saif before it doesn't need polishing like other laquer, enamel or acryl based polishes.

The above is only my opinion and if there are others please feel free to add, contradic or change them in any way.

Dingo :cool:

cheers dingo1 i have only ever made one 1:24 model the revell mcrea 95 rally gb i only put on the decals and sprayed with a clear lacker from a can to seal the decals, what happened !!!!!!! some of the decals reacted not to bad but its ok for my first try at decals. im going to do a few irish wrc cars over the next few months as i have found a company in holland to do the decals for me. first one is going to be nial maguire white 2005 subaru wrc its not going to be mad inside just his colour and decals, big prob is most irish wrc car are rhd not lhd but im not two worried about that yet.hope to start a new thread in the next week or so so keep an eye out for it will want your help along the way im sure. cheers

Irishrally, I'll help you as much as I can but I must let you know that I'm an Aussie so when it comes to building Irish stuff I'm way out of my league as for any WRC cars I'll help as much as I can OK. I build any WRC cars and I like building ARC cars as well. ARC stands for Australian Rally Championship and I only do the outside of cars as I can be bothered with tricking up all the insides of them either.

Dingo1 :cool:

Nice project, i love the look of subaru coupes