Lancia Delta S4 Monte Carlo rally

[Rich Chernosky]

Always luv a good rally car. They have so much detail. And this one especially since it fits right in with my extensive Martini collection.  Kit was very well engineered with lots of detail but I went the extra step and added the Hiroboy detail up set. Color on this project is Tamiya TS26 white. Mr Color #3 was used for accents.  Many more details under the pictures. 

The chassis on this beast mostly complete. These cars are built like a tank and Aoshima represented this very well.  Lots of photo etch was added and I left most of it bare for effect. 

Hiroboy added material for the seatbelts but I rejected it as it was too stiff. Instead I used silk thread cut down to 2mm. The hardware was nice.

The rear engine Abarth tuned and turbo-charged 4 cyl is nestled in there somewhere under all those pipes and radiators. 

The incredible photo etch dash. This was over 80 of the smallest pieces of PE I have ever attempted. 80+ pieces. Took tyhe better part of 3days to complete but worth it in my opine. 

Some of the detail in PE on the hood. Thiose hinges comprised of 6 pieces and actually would have worked if I had decided to open this section.  Camera never lies and the Martini decal picked up some of the number identification off the sheet. Not really visible to the naked eye. Haven't decided how to correct this .

More photo  etch detail back here. I lost the exhaust tips from the kit but was going to replace them with antenna tubing anyway. 

Finished car on its wheels   Whew!...what a job to get to here.  Body fit well and both the front and rear clip open as well as the wheels steer

Rear veiw. Those PE mud flaps were a real treat to build and install. Front flaps wound up being black vinyl tape as the PE ones were never going to fit no matter how much bending it took. 

This car represents the one Henri Tiovonen / Cresto won the Monte Carlo rally in 1985.  Next up on the bench is the 1/12 version of this car.  Should be a little easier on these ancient eyes...he says jokingly. 

[Dave B]

Looks tough Rich, I do like the Lancia rally cars.

Dave B

[Mike 1017]

Fantastic

[Jim B]

Nice looking Lancia.  Well done.