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

 

now thats more like it... keep these sort of threads coming!!!

Cheers Pete

 

slight update, the car got painted, decals were applied and laquered


masked everything up and painted the window seals and roof trim today



need to mask up the front bumper now, gonna be a pain to do but needs doing!

both grills are black plastic on the car, but on the model theyre moulded into one piece
if theres a bit that goes wrong, it'll be this bit lol

 

looking nice pete
top job,

 

looking good petey .
love the chassis , will have to start doing the underneath on mine as it really does finish the model off well.
love the idea of putting your name on the underneath too

 

I would love to have the patience. Look cool.

 

very nice job, good work andattention to detail. underside decal is definately a nice touch.

 

just needs some mirrors and plates now

 

that is brilliant
well worth the effort

 

been worth the wait m8.
was looking forward to seing the graphics and wheels put to good use.
got to pic a subaru up myself now as i have all the bits to make something special like u have.
the wheels do suit the scoob 100%.

 

thanks lads, pretty happy with how its turned out, no massive flaws lol
dave without the graphics and wheels off you it wouldnt have turned out half as good - so thanks a lot, and feel free to use the any of the above pics for ebay listings for the wheels

 

That is just brilliant

 

Thats cracking mate.

 

havent got any ready yet to list lol. but will def use some of your pics

 

thats just perfect mate i love it

 

awesome mate,, what patience!!

ive seen a few of these cars in past few years

needs uk spec headlamps (with reflector) and prodrive grills and it would be perfect

well done! Andy www.scoobyteknixuk.com

 

tell you what petey ,
that is way beyond perfect
it looks better than a pure untouched autoart , you have made a big improvement on the standard autoart model.
the underneath is now better detailed than the original and the finish topside is perfect , flawless mate .
cant wait to see what you do next mate.

 

just remembered i have 1 of them scoobys on the way to me.
do you need the mirrors doing mate?
if you do ill pop them off and get copies done for you.

 

thanks for all the comments lads makes it all worth it .
Andy what are the uk reflectors? Theres something not right about the headlights i cant put my finger on..although i dont like the prodrive grills - i did consider them though
Steve, if you could mate thatd be superb! Saves me pulling the mirrors off my brand new S204! Lol ill have to rememer to send you my shopping list tommorow too

 

The JDM(japanese domestic market) headlamp doesnt have the orange reflectors

http://www.japanpowerinc.com/images/...RU_035_tmp.jpg

Type UK (wr1) does have an orange reflector in the headlamp unit

http://www.modifiedcars.com/pix/cars...1306_26436.jpg

hope this helps,,

 

Nice job m8

 

Gobsmacked Petey i best get mine out to you

 

ahh yeah! think ill whip the bumper off and do that at some point then

ready for it when you are mate

 

fookin superb mate can i have it bak lol