marky asked for some start to finish project threads and thought id stick this one up as its the only one ive got a decent amount of photos of.

Started life as a Japanese police Impreza WRX, #5806 of 6000, when i got it there was a few of the police parts missing etc, but was no problem as i had plans from the start.



the plan;


the limited edition WR1, 500made in real life, this will be the only one in 1:18 (that im aware of..)

Model motorvations supplied the Prodrive PFF7 wheels,

and kindly printed me the waterslide decals which id designed in photoshop, excellent quality

spent about 20-30mins taking it apart and taping the screws together so none were lost etc lol


nitromors'd it to bare metal, and then used milliput to fill the holes from the police lights in the roof and front bumper, and the other holes in the bonnet and A pillars, primed with halfords' best.


colour wise, rather than faffing on getting it custom mixed etc, i just opted for the closest off the shelf match, which was Ford Tonic blue..

not 100% but for a model that'll probably never come close to a real WR1 it'll do me spot on

today i masked up the inner wheel arches and parts of the floor

painted

then i put on a decal MM did me, says 'WR1 #1 of 1, hand built by pete brown', thought it was a nice touch as it had a similar thing on with the model number before it was painted
the suspension and antiroll bars etc were painted here and there too to jazz them up a bit, black is boring


probably get the colour on the shell tommorow, been putting it off long enough, will update as & when

cheers