Subaru 22B progress pix

Asurada · 10-09-2003, 05:20 AM

Tamiya's subaru rally car,impreza wrx'99, not just trying to make it into a road car but also make it looks like as 22b as possible ~~ give me some suggestions ~~

_835_ · 10-09-2003, 06:50 AM

hum, i don't know if it can help to have a suby as close as 22b but david @ www.scaleracecars.com sells many transkit made by s27 to modify suby.

Do a seach with "s27mo" word.

Sebstar · 10-09-2003, 08:19 AM

nice! i was looking for a 22b model but couldnt find one, so I thought about doing something like that as well sometime in the distant future. Your main concern will be to find/modify a different STI interior to match the 22b. The badge on the back you can either paint or photoetch or even just carve out of a small piece of styrene. Also, dont forget the 22b never came with a stereo so you will have to remove all traces of that if you want to retain authenticity. Lastly, you will have to find some 17in BBS rims and paint them in the same golden colour as the STi, as those were the specially made rims for the 22b.

dont forget the interior is two tone, black with blue inserts!
hope this helps a bit

-Seb

Asurada · 10-09-2003, 06:10 PM

thanx ~ guys.. but finding a 17in BBS rims is hard ~~ geeeeez.. i was looking for aoshima's rim but i can't find it anywhere ~~~ it's all sold out ~ i have asked my aunt in jap... ask her to find me one.. but it's all sold out too ~~

. lastly ... the interior part... i was thinkin to use fujimi's interior .. but it doesn't seem fit on it, so gotta thinkin a way to figure out wut to do...

supramike420 · 10-09-2003, 07:01 PM

lookin good. only one thing-i think too many wrx's r blue-we need a grey one or a black one

Asurada · 10-09-2003, 07:04 PM

well ~~ too bad ~~ 22b only has blue ^^"

supramike420 · 10-09-2003, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Asurada

well ~~ too bad ~~ 22b only has blue ^^"

u could always PAINT it

Sebstar · 10-09-2003, 10:09 PM

but you wanna keep authenticity!!!

22b is a one of a kind car. fastest Subaru production car made!!!

Tea · 10-09-2003, 11:19 PM

You have touched my favourite.
I have prepared everything for converting a 22B and everything has been planned out. Excpet for the wheels.

I think the best donor car is the Hagesawa Impreza WRX sedan.
Its rear seat is a seperate piece from the interior tub, and its dash fits perfectly in the interior.
plus it has a center piece where the shiftknob and handbrake are located,
Its mirrors, unlike the fujimi ones, which only have a mirror set and not bases, come in as a complete piece with both mirror bases and connecting bases (like Tamiya WRX STI)

And add a 3rd LED brake light on the base mount of the rear spolier.

Along with subway and limited24, there is another very talented modeler from Taiwan who does a PERFECT job in recreating a 22B from WRC99 and fujimi GC8, whose name is sarafia 25.

You might want to check out his website

www.serafia25.com

Asurada · 10-10-2003, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tea

You have touched my favourite.
I have prepared everything for converting a 22B and everything has been planned out. Excpet for the wheels.

I think the best donor car is the Hagesawa Impreza WRX sedan.
Its rear seat is a seperate piece from the interior tub, and its dash fits perfectly in the interior.
plus it has a center piece where the shiftknob and handbrake are located,
Its mirrors, unlike the fujimi ones, which only have a mirror set and not bases, come in as a complete piece with both mirror bases and connecting bases (like Tamiya WRX STI)

And add a 3rd LED brake light on the base mount of the rear spolier.

Along with subway and limited24, there is another very talented modeler from Taiwan who does a PERFECT job in recreating a 22B from WRC99 and fujimi GC8, whose name is sarafia 25.

You might want to check out his website

www.serafia25.com

wow ~~ i didn't notice that much detail ~~ BTW, which hasegawa WRX are you talking about ??? what yr ?? guess u can't find the wheel too eh ~

///Beck · 10-10-2003, 03:12 AM

I have a pretty useful link (but in chinese), this guys did the same thing. and it turns out that the car is really amazing! check it out

http://home.kimo.com.tw/serafia25/new_page_21.htm

Tea · 10-10-2003, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asurada

wow ~~ i didn't notice that much detail ~~ BTW, which hasegawa WRX are you talking about ??? what yr ?? guess u can't find the wheel too eh ~

Hasegawa only releases 1 kind of WRX, the GC8 sedan/wagon

since you(we) dun need the body we can use both interchangably I suppose

I forgot to mention
dun forget to remove the starter kill and change the wiper location
and exhaust outlet sits at a different location as well.

For the wheels, check out the link I posted, or the other guy's
which is exactly the same thing.

I think when I get my hands on the project I want to leave it as if it had gone through a brake/wheel upgrade =)

And "Asurada"
Is that name what I think it is ? The all-mighty racecar??

Asurada · 10-10-2003, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tea

Hasegawa only releases 1 kind of WRX, the GC8 sedan/wagon

since you(we) dun need the body we can use both interchangably I suppose

I forgot to mention
dun forget to remove the starter kill and change the wiper location
and exhaust outlet sits at a different location as well.

For the wheels, check out the link I posted, or the other guy's
which is exactly the same thing.

I think when I get my hands on the project I want to leave it as if it had gone through a brake/wheel upgrade =)

And "Asurada"
Is that name what I think it is ? The all-mighty racecar??

yea.. i'm goin to leave the brakes as upgraded too, but i don't think it fits in any of those aoshima wheels.

HMM ~~ dat's rite ~~ this name is from animation called cyber formula. duno if u seen it b4 tho ~

flyonthewall · 10-10-2003, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tea

You have touched my favourite.
I have prepared everything for converting a 22B and everything has been planned out. Excpet for the wheels.

I think the best donor car is the Hagesawa Impreza WRX sedan.
Its rear seat is a seperate piece from the interior tub, and its dash fits perfectly in the interior.
plus it has a center piece where the shiftknob and handbrake are located,
Its mirrors, unlike the fujimi ones, which only have a mirror set and not bases, come in as a complete piece with both mirror bases and connecting bases (like Tamiya WRX STI)

And add a 3rd LED brake light on the base mount of the rear spolier.

Along with subway and limited24, there is another very talented modeler from Taiwan who does a PERFECT job in recreating a 22B from WRC99 and fujimi GC8, whose name is sarafia 25.

You might want to check out his website

www.serafia25.com

I've been looking into this project for a while too, I wouldn't recommend the Hasegawa kit as a donor for the interior. Apart from being a 4door, their kit is narrower than Tamiyas. The Fujimi WRX interior however is a near perfect fit.

Tea · 10-10-2003, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by flyonthewall

I've been looking into this project for a while too, I wouldn't recommend the Hasegawa kit as a donor for the interior. Apart from being a 4door, their kit is narrower than Tamiyas. The Fujimi WRX interior however is a near perfect fit.

This is completely correct if one is trying to tackle this project's interior by fitting the tub onto tamiya's chasis. I was thinking of building the interior directly on the chasis. That race-filled floor could be covered by dark color coarse-grit sandpaper which, in my experience, is better simulating carpet than flocking (or better yet, Hasegawa WRX gives you a piece of carpet sticker), the rear seat is to be placed right on where package shelf and the seat meet, test-fitting shows this to be a good match. Dashboard and center console would sit very nicely in between the 2 door panels.

Biggest reason I am recommending this is that both Hagesawa's and Fujimi's door panels are SUPER flat and un-detailed, while Tamiya, even tho having gone through minor race-car mod, still stands out better-looking than other 2 brands.

I can snap a few photos upon request.

Moreover, in order to get the tub sitting on top of the chasis, the chasis needs to undergone a lot of cutting and sawing, which may not sound too good to some of us, including me.

just my little :2cents

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asurada

yea.. i'm goin to leave the brakes as upgraded too, but i don't think it fits in any of those aoshima wheels.

HMM ~~ dat's rite ~~ this name is from animation called cyber formula. duno if u seen it b4 tho ~

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