groo12 Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 I love this car. A good start on the guts of it. I like to build stage by stage, so the small pile of parts are for the next stage. Another view of the guts. and from the front:
Rob Z Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 Now that's a really great looking start to one of my favorite 70's rally cars... The Alitalia livery and the Martin livery were my favorites... Can't wait to see more...
935k3 Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 Nice start. Beware of the warning in the instructions about spreading the body and i may not come off after it's on. I built two versions of this kit. I cut the raear deck loose so i could feed the chassis in through the back and then remount the rear deck. There is no spreading and it comes off if needed. I found it to be a much safer way of building these.
groo12 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Posted January 1, 2012 Thanks for the heads up. Pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean by the rear deck? Sorry, new at this.
W-409 Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 I've built one Stratos from Revell kit. I was installing the body just like instructions say... First time I failed, since half of the parts on chassis got apart. And then, second try I managed to make it, but it wasn't easy. Anyway-the kit is great, and really fun to build. Keep up the good work, I'll be following, how this turns out. And here's a link to my build (sorry, it's in Finnish, but pictures can be seen. And if you want some details, let me know. ) http://rallimallarit.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=36
groo12 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Posted January 1, 2012 The Finnish isn't a problem, because the pictures are excellent and will be a great reference for my build. Thank you for sharing.
935k3 Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 Thanks for the heads up. Pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean by the rear deck? Sorry, new at this. I meant the rear part of the body over the engine from the firewall back. I cut it at the line where the rear would open at. I then added tabs and mountings to re attatch in final assembly. Believe me it's worth the extra work in the end.
weasel Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 those are cool kits...i've got the '76 SanRemo version, it's painted, but.....
groo12 Posted January 8, 2012 Author Posted January 8, 2012 (edited) Little bit more progress. I am back at work now, so things have slowed a bit...but need to work to pay for more bits and pieces, especially paint! Edited January 8, 2012 by groo12
Dr. Cranky Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Should turn into a very cool model. BTW, these types of vehicles will often make excellent WW3 vehicles, not that you should consider doing that to this one. Cheers, DC
W-409 Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Very good looking interior and chassis. Painting is done nicely, all of the parts look like they could be straight from the Lancia factory. This will turn out as amazing build, I'm sure about it.
Deathgoblin Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Need to get another one of these. One of my favorite cars of all time and you're doing a fantastic job. Keep it up!
groo12 Posted February 18, 2012 Author Posted February 18, 2012 Some more progress Next up is the dash!
GeeBee Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 This is coming on real nice, I love the Stratos, I have the Fujimi HF version to build one day ....
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