Beemax Lancia delta s4 Rallycross:Matti Alamäki

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[racer1]

Matti Alamäki drove the Lancia Delta S4 in the ERC of 1987 and Jarmo Lähteenmäki drove that very car in the ERC of 1989 first. I don’t remember (or know?) what happened with the S4 in 1988, when Lähteenmäki still drove a Porsche 911 BiTurbo 4x4. In 1988 I saw Bruno Saby driving his wing monster S4 in the ERC round of Lohéac (pic on page 19 of my 88/89 RX yearbook). In 1989 Paul Châteaux drove a somewhat more civilised looking S4 into the 'A' final of the ERC round at Lunéville-Chenevières and, after Herbert Breiteneder had "kicked out" Matti Alamäki in the first corner and was subsequently excluded from the results, eventually finished third overall (pic on July page of my 1990 RX calendar). In Jacques Privat’s French RX yearbook 89-90 it is mentioned, that Châteaux drove a Lancia Delta HF Turbo in 1986 and 1987 and a S4 in 1988. Therefore I’m quite certain that the Saby and the Châteaux S4’s were different cars.



TEXT by :Eddi Laumanns

[racer1]

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[racer1]

This is the rallycross version of the Finn Matti Alamäki, his Lancia delta S4. The construction kit is from Beemax.
I also used several parts from KMP, but most parts, such as the rims, tires, connections, etc. were drawn in 3D and printed at Shapeways.
I also designed and drawn the decals myself.
Enjoy the photos, and have a question just ask them?

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The final pictures.

[corrrado]

Great job on the Lancia Racer1!!! Looks really superb!

[mel79]

Super work on a rare but interesting subject! I still remember watching from TV as a kid when Matti raced Porsche, Lancia and Peugeot 205 but unfortunately I never got a chance to see any events live.

I see Matti has shared and admired your work also on his personal Facebook page

-Mikko