Subaru Impreza WRC "Fruité" Monte Carlo 99 - Panizzi Bros

[malscar]

Hi Phil

This shot may help you. From Rallycourse 1999/2000.

If you look very carefully you can see the Subaru name on the rear window.

As to panel lines, I am with you. If you look at them on this photo, they are very faint.

[rallymaster]

Woooowowwwowowwww...

the pic I missed !!

Ok you're right about the triangle... I couldn't see it on my reference pic and S27 building instructions doesn't figure it...

For the subaru name I don't see it on the pic but will agree with you as I was very surprised not to see it in the decal sheet.

That's why I said you were wrong (I didn't forget them) and there were absent (from the decal sheet I meant)

In fact I see I had very poor reference pics for this car...

But the most incredible with your pic is that I really see very well now how exactly are the antennas !!!

Thank you very much !

Phil

[rallymaster]

Originally Posted by sportracer02

Hi Phil,

nice model in a different livery

Concerning the nuts under the seat to fix the model in the display box: I do this since I use the boxes. That is a reason, why I usually don´t superdetail the chassis.

As voyager said: the model looks a little bit unstructured without panel-lines, and yes, it is too hard to use black on a white car. So I suggest to deepen the panellines with a hobby knife before painting the body, this gives more natural shadow and / or to blacken them before painting the body to enforce the shadow affect (like the preshading of the airplane modellers)

Hi Micha,

thank you, very good tip, I know it and sometimes ever tried it but wasn't really convinced...

But for sure this model seems a little bit "too white".
But once more (and I now have a support thanks Malscar !! ) I prefer that to the risk of messing the paint or giving too much irealistic effect...
Most pics don't show panel lines, it's only a light effect.
But on a real car all that effects normaly take place according light, persons looking at the cars etc.
I think that on a scale model (which is a fixed representation of the car...) it could be usefull to add light panel lines.

I will think to that on my next models.


Thanks again for you support and advices


Phil

[rallymaster]

Another missing thing on the decal sheet I've already noticed is the "vignette" (??) in the right bottom corner of windscreen...
I would probably be able to find one in a Tamiya kit...

Phil