Yet another, the tenth!

[PatW]

The Tamiya Subaru Impreza, fits together in possibly the best, easiest form of any kit of  it's type. Plus the original cars were built just 20 miles away at the Prodrive complex in Banbury Oxfordshire! This is, the tenth one in my collection.

 

[Pierre Rivard]

It's beautiful Pat. Is it curbside? If not pop the hood please?

Sorry, the bonnet! ?

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[PatW]

  On 2/18/2023 at 7:30 PM, Pierre Rivard said:

It's beautiful Pat. Is it curbside? If not pop the hood please?

Sorry, the bonnet! ?

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 Thanks Pierre. Most if not all Tamaya kits are kerbside.

[PatW]

Thanks Chris.

[Jim B]

Great looking Subaru.  Well done.

[absmiami]

sorry Pat - just gotta ask - whats in your driveway - or garage ///  ???

[PatW]

Thanks Jim.

On the driveway Andrew?

It's a Renault Captur (no E at the end as it's French) ECO Diesel with key-less entry and start and an ECO switch on the floor, permanently switched on. 54mpg round town and 63mpg on a run. They call this type of car here a CrossOver. Diesel Fuel here at present 176.9pence per litre X 4 £7.08p per gallon!

Edited February 19, 2023 by PatW

[TooOld]

That's a pretty race car , well done Pat !

[TonyK]

Oh, those were the days. A classic. Very nice looking model.

[PatW]

Thanks guys.

[Bruce Scully]

A really nice looking build , well done .

[absmiami]

  On 2/19/2023 at 9:05 AM, PatW said:

Thanks Jim.

On the driveway Andrew?

It's a Renault Captur (no E at the end as it's French) ECO Diesel with key-less entry and start and an ECO switch on the floor, permanently switched on. 54mpg round town and 63mpg on a run. They call this type of car here a CrossOver. Diesel Fuel here at present 176.9pence per litre X 4 £7.08p per gallon!

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And a lovely choice of color …. 

[absmiami]

But i kinda expected to see a Subaru - dont know why …

[PatW]

Yes, thanks Andrew.

[slusher]

Great looking model and great looking ? one in your driveway !

[PatW]

Thanks Carl. No big block v8's here!

[Mattilacken]

Nice! I like these allot but haven’t come around building one yet. Is that paint or just polished plastic, I ask because I know the plastic on these are good! 

[PatW]

Hi Anton. It's just polished plastic. In the UK the price of spray cans has gone up and the shipping is the same price of the cans, so doubling the prices. Yes the bodies are very good quality so polishing is popular on this Tamiya model, I think that there are about four or five Scoobies by Tamiya showing slightly different models of the WRC car over a number of years of rallying.

Edited March 13, 2023 by PatW

[Mattilacken]

Same here, thats why i try to go to AB. Or i order a bunch of things but that gets expensive as well.

[PatW]

Even my Spray cans from the local hardware store have gone up over £1.50 to nearly £6. That's not happened in over 5 years!