Subaru Impreza WRC - Argentina 1999 Kankkunen

[freakray]

I meant Argentina, I have photos of the paddle shifter, I will fiind them.

I used SMS C/F decal for that dash, I prefer Studio27 C/F to work with though, I just used SMS on this one because I had used a lot of St27 elsewhere in the car.

Here's 2, I have more folders I need to look through to find more, I do have more though.

[rallymaster]

Wow, thank you! great pics !

I think I will retry to cover the dashboard with Carbon this evening. I will sand all the buttons to get a smooth surface to cover and make part by part.

Carbon will change a lot even if I won't open the window (that's why I gave up so quickly - well, after 3 days trying to make it !).

I firstly wanted to build this oob, but finally...

thanks again

Phil

[rallymaster]

This time it's sure: I won't try to put this f***g carbon decal one second more !!!
It's impossible to make this hard and fragile decal match with round edges of the dashboard, I'm becoming completely crazy as long as try again and again wasting time and meters square of carbon !!
I haven't the adpated carbon sheet, mine is too hard and to fragile even with liters of softener, it won't work and that's it !
I never intend to make this model becoming a masterpiece.
My patience has limit, I have 900 models to build then I won't take 4 days for a closed car's dashboard, even if it would be the killing detail.
I have dozen of other models in which I would easyly be able to put such details and which are hundred times more interesting than this f***g Subaru !!
from the start this model is making me crazy, now that's enough !
I won't put Carbon in all my car so why should I mostly in this Subaru ?
NO CARBON is the last word !

update to come
Phil
(already feeling better )

[SteveK2003]

Try some gunmetal paint: The poor man's CF. On those areas of the dash it won't be the easy to see with the body in place either.

[rallymaster]

here is the update.

Thanks Steve, I put brilliant black, that gives carbon effect but it's a very poor solution... but a solution that works at least !

So, the dashboard, not so good but but not so bad, too...
BTW I will satisfy myself of it:








Enough for today...

thanks for reading

Bye
Phil

[OrangeR]

Dashboard is looking fine!
The detail on the switches and buttons is great, so great that maybe, just maybe I can pardon the lack of CF

[rallymaster]

Originally Posted by OrangeR

Dashboard is looking fine!
The detail on the switches and buttons is great, so great that maybe, just maybe I can pardon the lack of CF

Thank you Rodrigo !

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by OrangeR

Dashboard is looking fine!
The detail on the switches and buttons is great, so great that maybe, just maybe I can pardon the lack of CF

I agree, so I guess I can pardon it, too

[rallymaster]

Short update

The wheels:



I've noticed another mistake today: I didn't cut off the bottom of the front spoiler...
So I carefully cut it this evening with a scalpel and repaint the bottom of the car (precisely under the bottom where plastic were cut).
Fortunatly no problem happened.

And now... Christmas break !!

Merry Christmas everybody

Phil

[stevenoble]

Wheels are looking mighty fine Phil as is the dashboard.Once fitted into the car the lack of carbon fibre will be unnoticable.Anyway,good job all round.The buttons and switchgear look very impressive. Keep the updates flowing.

Merry Christmas to you as well !

[klutz_100]

Merry Christmas to you too!

[rallymaster]

Hello,

Thanks Steve, thanks Stevenski, Christmas was fine. My brother bought the new Wii games set and we played virtual sports in family

A small update as I couldn't resist restarting modelling this evening as soon as the last guests were gone home.

The seats, with Tamiya CF on their back:



The inside, for the moment OOB, without wiring :







First fitting test with the dashboard:





I painted the black on the body; I did something I usually don't like and never do, I put a light black line in door & hood panel lines...





I am finally happy with my paint job and the result, the body seems fine and shiny enough, I won't clear coat it to be sure not to risk breaking all the effort on this model.
I will try it on the last former Sub' I have to build, the 1997 Corsica Mc Rae's car.

Thanks for reading
comments welcome

Phil

[rallymaster]

Hello all,

happy new Year and best wishes for 2007 to everyone.

new update here !

As I decided to add the paddle shifter which was used in Argentina, then I had to think of the inside once more, because I firstly only wanted to add the paddle shifter, but if I do that I would have to modify the iside, too: H-type gearbox lever doesn't have to be kept and hand break lever must be different...!

So I looked for more informations about the car and its history. What I found is that this system appeared in 99, my reference book only talked about the year 99... But if tamiya released a Corsica version with former parts, I think it's right and new gear box system had probably been used after Corsica even if the book talk about "1999"...


So I had to modify once again what just has been done before...
(and after that some may ask why I don't like sub's very much !! )

I dismounted H-type gearbox lever and hand break lever. Of course some paint came with the part due to the glue. It also let the holes appear...
I sanded the tunnel, filled the holes with putty, and sanded again:





After that I prepared the part for painting...Packed like a fish ready to be to cooked !



I sprayed some TS50:



The result wasn't that good as expected; paint revealed that the holes were not perfectly filled, putty dilated and hole surface isn't perfectly smooth...

so here it goes for another lap !

the new paint coat :



this time I had to do with the can end...
Tunnel look like a clear summer's starry sky...
But I think that once dry, sanded and polished it could be nice enough to be acceptable (holes are completely covered now)

In the same time, I started working on the new hand break lever, made in plastic card :



this part only will require a lot of attenton and time... But now I have to go straight to the aim !


Thanks for reading
Feedback welcome

Phil

[deltableh]

Looks great so far! I never thought of using tin foil for masking... very innovative!

[klutz_100]

Keep it up Phil!

Originally Posted by deltableh

Looks great so far! I never thought of using tin foil for masking... very innovative!

Wet paper tissues and kitchen cling film are also useful for large areas.