Tamiya subaru impreza WRC

I mean streetracer like the ones that go straight...not road racing...but w/e i think it looks better lowered

I am paintin it this saturday...or....well....my dad is with Standox Automotive paint...I cant wait!:D :D

Not doing your own paint job?!?!?! Ehhh thats no fun....lol
Brian

I dont kno how to spray with a real spray gun and with auto paint...otherwise i would :(

damn... looks good!

im likin the way it looks, lowered and all:bandit:

Thanx all...ONLY ONE MORE DAY TIL PAINT!!!!!!!!!:D :D :D :D :D :D

Here it is just painted...still a bit tacky so i cant put it on the chassis yet...tell me wut u think...:D
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looks real good!

I am able to touch it without fingerprintin it up so i carefully put it on the chassis and WOW does it look amazing in my opinion...:D
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wow.. that looks REALLY great.. maybe i should buy this kit too! WOW

thank you...This is probably one of the best models i have built yet...i am goin for tons of detail also...the handles will be painted there will be all the bolts painted, panel lines etc.

damn that looks tight
im going to be makin one of those for my friend for his birthday
thx for the thread
loving the color

That paint job looks so good that maybe your dad could be Pman. :D j/k

Did you watch him? How did he do it? Be specific. '

BTW is your dad going to restore that mustang?

That is an amazing paint job! Love the colour - the car is looking good. Keep the updates coming along - waiting to see the finished car.

Originally posted by bah humbug
That paint job looks so good that maybe your dad could be Pman. :D j/k

Did you watch him? How did he do it? Be specific.

Like bah humbug said - did you watch your dad?

yes i did watch him...it is actual paint used on cars...so he jus goes smoothly back and forth from the bottom the the car to the top very evenly so the pearl doesn't clump up...then he lets it dry for like 10 minutes and puts the clear coat on then it bakes in the spraybooth for like an hour so it is able to be touched...but it aint ready to be done stuff to until about a day or so...this mite be kinda confusing tell me if ya dont understand

THX!
Just 2 more questions.

When you said smoothly did you mean slowly?
How many coats did he give it?

When you say 'bake' - how hot was it?

he went at an even pace slow enough to cover the car but fast enough so there weren't runs on the car...kinda hard to explain the speed...and also he went over the car about 3 times...he would spray the car totally step away for a second and then spray it again and he did that 3 times...hope this helped

Originally posted by Blowncivic1320
he went at an even pace slow enough to cover the car but fast enough so there weren't runs on the car...kinda hard to explain the speed...and also he went over the car about 3 times...he would spray the car totally step away for a second and then spray it again and he did that 3 times...hope this helped

THX that helped.

:eek: I am in love...

THX that helped.

were u being sarcastic?

When you say 'bake' - how hot was it?
it was about 125 degrees...normally hotter but this is plastic

:lol2:

No, I was being serious. THX for helping. ;)

lol ok i have to wait cuz the paint aint completely dry but tommorow i will paint the dorr handles and hoodpins etc.. on it

I love that color! What is it? :eek:

It is from an 84 chevy...?
I cant remember the paint name but the number to mix it is...WA8754

Originally posted by Blowncivic1320
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I think this is looking very nice, but that exhaust is a bit big for my taste, Sorry

I would change it...but i like the way it looks...

Originally posted by Blowncivic1320
I would change it...but i like the way it looks...
That's cool, if we all liked the same it would be boring :)

True True...that is wut is cool about models :)

hey blown civic, i just figured something out, bout my mufflers... if u take one off and Qucikly run it through a naked flame (candle), it gets the Hot, look.. looks great...., try it

ok i will

Originally posted by Integra14
hey blown civic, i just figured something out, bout my mufflers... if u take one off and Qucikly run it through a naked flame (candle), it gets the Hot, look.. looks great...., try it

What the heck do you mean?!

Everything gets hot when you heat it. Maybe I'm missing something. :lol2:

Wow the car looks amazing......i glad you showed me this site ...im getting so much info for my next few kits......btw..the heated look is like when you have the tip of the exhaust looking like the middle of a candle the blue glow....kinda like that its hard to explain


-RaceMySS_454

It probably changes the paint color to look like it has been used.

ya, the exhaust turns like darker, and more "used".. looks 2X better

THX I didn't get that part about the heated look thingy.

Looks unreal! I suggest you put a Pipe coming from the exhaust under the chassis, it wont look as big and out of scale.

There is a pipe it is the same size as the stock piping uunder the car