Custom Subaru Impreza

[rab_95]

Hi got this model of ebay super cheap. It is a Subaru impreza wrc 03, im fond of scoobys and thought this would be a good model to do for my 2nd model.

I sprayed it Nissan Green

Here is a couple of mock-ups:

The rims are off a mini convertible but im not sure if il use them.

Comments are welcome good or bad, i want the inputs cheers Reece

[cazxr2]

Looking nice. I too like the scoobys. Like the colour it's kinda like a silver. I say go with the mini rims. Are u going for decals?

[rab_95]

Cheers , kin scoobys are quality lol. Not sure about decals was thinking about the rally decals but not sure , any suggestions on decals?

[cazxr2]

Cheers , kin scoobys are quality lol. Not sure about decals was thinking about the rally decals but not sure , any suggestions on decals?

I say go for a thin black stripe along the side of the car and 2 viper style ones over the top of the car?

[wgflatliner]

nice choice on color.

one critique and please don't take this the wrong way:

There are mold lines on the corners of the bumpers, and also the vertical line that comes from the rear fender area down the side of the door..

what i do for that is i sand them down so the body is smooth, using sand paper polishing sets. work your way from 1800 grit down to 12000 grit. i know some people think it's ridiculous to go that far with the sand paper, but it's easier to get rid of sanding scuff marks when you go to polish it. The end result is a paint job that doesn't take much to polish up and make a mirror-type shine.

keep up the good work

as far as other paint suggestions:

i think these cars look good as one solid color. The body lines are almost too aggressive and sharp to have a fluid stripe going down the side (this being my opinion of course).

the only place that i personally think a pinstripe would be visually nice is if you start at the front corner near the headlight and have it go straight back between the door handles and the window trim working your way to the back of the car. You could even have it wrap around completely like it's one complete pinstripe starting on both of the front fenders. i'll try to fiddle with your picture so you can understand what i mean.

i bet if you painted the little thin parts around the door a semi-gloss black it would look like weather stripping and give you a little more color than the greenish goldish silver (i'm thinking of calling that color grolver)

Edited November 16, 2010 by wgflatliner

[wgflatliner]

alright here's my poorly edited rendition of your photo of what i meant earlier:

the mold lines down the side of the car and the front corner (also do the rear corners) is poorly edited to make them look like they're sanded down.

the black stripe starts on the corner of the fender, and goes to the back and completely wraps around the back to the other side of the car and finishes at the same spot on the other fender. one solid stripe starting at the fenders!

did i mention my renditions are horrible in MS paint?

[doublejuggs]

Would have to agree with Mark on the mold lines, but the rest is looking sweet. If you can get some, P/E bonnet pins would look great and would save having to paint those molded one's.

[rab_95]

Thanks for all the comments, I like the idea of the black stripe going round the car and I will try it out and was also wondering if use had any suggestions on the interior etc. Cheers Reece

[wgflatliner]

usually the rally cars have pretty slick interiors to begin with. got any pics of what you have to work with on the interior?

[rab_95]

Yeh will get a photo up soon was just really wondering about colours? Cheers Reece

[cazxr2]

Red buckets with a White roll cage would look awesome that's just my view?

[rab_95]

Sounds good anyway think il try it out

[doublejuggs]

I agree with craig but i think i would paint those wheels white as well.

[cazxr2]

I agree with craig but i think i would paint those wheels white as well.

With a red lip like this

I think that would look ace

[rab_95]

Yeh think it would look smart so I'm going to go with that cheers reece