YellowHound Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 My wonderful wife bought this kit for me as my Christmas present. Haven't felt this excited about an Xmas present in a while! I've been trawling the internet for sources of detail images of the original car but really that has come up short. Some things that 'help' but largely it's replicas and road cars. I've been looking at books and may buy the Lancia Stratos 50 tome, but I suspect that's going to be mostly images of the cars in competition. So if anyone can make a recommendation...... I'll post progress images but I think this one is going to take a while. 1
bytownshaker Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 You might consider looking at Technics build a little further down this for as his build has some good pictures. 1
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 Wow. I have a couple of these in 1/24, but thanks to you, now I NEED one in 1/12. Cool project. I'll be following. 1
jaymcminn Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 I'm eagerly following this build. Can't wait to get started on mine when it arrives!
YellowHound Posted January 6 Author Posted January 6 A bit of engine progress. Lots of other bits coming together, but nothing that's worth showing yet! 5
jaymcminn Posted January 11 Posted January 11 My Stratos finally arrived from Italy today, I'm enormously impressed by the look of this kit so far. Italeri really swung for the fences with this one! 1
Old Nasty Posted January 11 Posted January 11 One of my favorite cars. I've only seen one in person & was impressed with it's tiny size. Model on. 1
YellowHound Posted January 13 Author Posted January 13 Blast, one of the pins for the HT leads on the distributor snapped.... 2
YellowHound Posted January 19 Author Posted January 19 Engine is done - maybe a few little areas of touch up required. Next step will be to fit it to the chassis (which is almost ready for it). The ignition wire in the kit is laughably thin - more like something for a 1/24 kit - so I used my own material for the leads. 3
YellowHound Posted January 20 Author Posted January 20 Engine is in! It's a tight fit to get it into the chassis, but fortunately not too difficult. Here's how it stands today: 6
MarkJ Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Cool, we are watching an awesome small one come together, now we get to see a big one. I'll be watching for sure. 1
YellowHound Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 1 hour ago, Funkychiken said: Very sharp progress on this fantastic looking kit! Thank you!
Mpfiend Posted February 9 Posted February 9 Hi Chris, Really nice progress on this build. Did you test fit and check the body panels before you assembled and painted the monocoque? I have this kit and the body parts E1, E2 and G4 were very badly moulded, I had to request replacements from Italeri. Best Regards Keith.
YellowHound Posted February 10 Author Posted February 10 On 2/9/2025 at 9:01 AM, Mpfiend said: Hi Chris, Really nice progress on this build. Did you test fit and check the body panels before you assembled and painted the monocoque? I have this kit and the body parts E1, E2 and G4 were very badly moulded, I had to request replacements from Italeri. Best Regards Keith. Not yet. Have been enjoying some health issues which have floored me.....
Mpfiend Posted February 13 Posted February 13 On 2/10/2025 at 4:35 PM, YellowHound said: Not yet. Have been enjoying some health issues which have floored me..... Hope you are feeling better soon. Keith. 1
YellowHound Posted February 13 Author Posted February 13 4 hours ago, Mpfiend said: Hope you are feeling better soon. Keith. Thank you - haven't touched any model parts for quite a few days now... Hopefully back to it soon(ish).
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