Polo R WRC White

Polo R WRC White, the light base of a rally machine

A white named after the Volkswagen Polo R WRC. With modern rally machines the paint carries only the smaller part of the final look, as the rest is done by the graphics and the sponsor lettering, which gain their proper depth only on a light ground.

The car the shade is named after

The Polo R WRC was created on the basis of the production fifth-generation Polo, it had a turbocharged gasoline engine of 1.6 liters and four-wheel drive. Sebastien Ogier took four drivers' world titles in a row with it from 2013 to 2016 and the brand added the matching constructors' cups to them, and after the 2016 season the works team left the world championship. The short body with its drawn-out fenders, a wide sill flare and a massive rear wing is among the best documented rally shapes of the last decade.

Where the white lies on a model

• the basic body surface under the decal scheme of a modern rally car
• light fields between the colored wedges on the flanks, the hood and the trunk lid
• wheels, which on rally cars tend to be done in a light tone
• the service park setting for a diorama, with tents, crates and fencing items

Who the white is for

For builders of modern rally cars who work with decal sets and need a uniform light base under them over a whole body. It will also serve well where several machines of one era are built side by side and the white on them is meant to look the same. On the real subject the light surface reaches over the roof and the engine cover as well, where the race numbers and the names of the crew rest on it, so it has to be even even where few people look during a build.