More Imprezas.......but with a difference

Hi Guys,

Here some shots of some recently completed Imprezas. These kits are 1/43rd scale. They are made by Heller/Airfix and are of somewhat lesser detail, not up to the standard of Racing43 1/43rds for example - but who can complain for less than 10 Australian Dollarydoos (that's US$5 or 3 quid).

Anyway, "Street" Impreza was built by myself. Local fad here is to put car audio stickers in back window, hence "Clarion" transfer from a Pug 206 kit. I intend to eventually outfit interior with speakers, subs etc. "Rally" Impreza was built by my girlfriend - not bad considering it was her second kit ever.

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very nice Imprezas i built one those when i was younger, i brush painted it dark blue and and only applied about a 1/3rd of the decals :bloated: :rolleyes:

nice and clean! i like the green one!

Very cool!! I like the green Scoobies!! :p

Pretty darned cool!!:cool: :cool:

Hoopy! :flash: The green one looks very sleek and mean, particularly in the second last photo.

Lucky guy having a GF interested in your hobby!

Look great, where in Australia are you Potsie? I've never tried a 1/43 scale car. Might look for a 78 Trans Am if I can. Welcome to AF by the way.

the blue one loooks pretty nice.. buit the green one looks like it still has some orange peel effect, or is it just the picture?

Originally posted by jon364
the green one looks like it still has some orange peel effect, or is it just the picture?

Doesn't look like orange peel to me, rather the flake in the metallic green paint. Flash photography probably accentuates the effect. Remember these models are 1/43rd scale. Metallics often look overscale in 1/24th so at half the size again it would be a real problem.

Very nice. How are the tires? Every heller model I've built came with really awful vinyl tires. Have they improved the quality recently?

Both cars are really looking good! I love the WRC one, seems like a 1/24, so well made!
also, maybe you should consider accentuating the panel lines, should come out nicely...

:D great job !

I like the rally one better somehow the green just looks so fake, still very nice though

1:43 scale.. thats pretty small.. it looked like a 1:24 model..

can you take some pictures with a 1:24 model or something like a US. quarter..

never seen a 1:43 model in my life yet...

1:24 is already damn small..

Got to agree.. I love the green one. Something different!
Very nice job on these small ones!~ :)

those look good, but the green one doesn't have "b" pillars.. or the pillars behind the front windows!

Great job tho!

1/43rds are pretty small, and they do accentuate scale problems - such as the metallic paint issue pointed out by RallyRaider.

As I said, these kits have very little detail - but for the money they aren't too bad, and take about a day to build. Longest time, and most expensive, is the exterior paint job. The wheel are actually two pieces (front and back) and all plastic - including the tyres.

I mainly started with these kits as my gf wanted to have a go at modelling, but did not want to ruin a more expensive Tamiya or Hasegawa 1/24th kit. I also have a collection of 1/43rd diecast rally cars, so this is a very cheap way to add some variety to my collection.

Thanks for your comments,
Pots.

By the way, I am from Newcastle - so I wish I had shares in, or worked at, Frontline Hobbies!