Studio 27 photoetch.

I wondered what peoples general opinion and experiences are regarding S27 photoetch upgrade sets are? I brought the set for the Renault 5 rally car sometime ago and was quite disapointed. Firstly there is no translation into english to say what the parts are - ok most of them are obvious like brake discs and grills but others i have no clue even with all the reference pics i have??? Just a simple diagram would do! But more importantly some parts are too big - in this case the grills to go over the intakes on the wheel arches. grrr!

Just bought a load of the kits for the rally cars (Xsara, 206, Focus and Impreza), although I haven't got around to doing these kits yet so couldn't say on the fit of the parts etc. The kit I'm doing at the moment is a Studio 27 kit and some of the photo-etch in that is a little on the big side.

Steve

Steve: You going to do a WRC Corolla. I've got some reference pics I can share with you. They had a WRC corolla at the autoshow this year and I managed to get some pics. They wouldn't roll the windows down but they are still usable, sort of. :rolleyes:

They probably adhere to the idea that if they give you too much, you can cut the extra away, but if they give you too little, you're SOL! :p

Anyone ever try Scale Motorsports? They have some cool photoetch sets for F1, GT, and rally cars; some spectacular-looking composite fiber decals; and more...

Look at their Porsche 956 Super Kit! :eek:
http://www.scalemotorsport.com/sms_956_main.cfm

Originally posted by G-Forces
Steve: You going to do a WRC Corolla. I've got some reference pics I can share with you. They had a WRC corolla at the autoshow this year and I managed to get some pics. They wouldn't roll the windows down but they are still usable, sort of. :rolleyes: LOL! :D I wanted to climb up on the platform of the Subaru WRC to take pics of the inside, but they wouldn't let me... :(

G-Forces,

See my Viper thread, Cheers anyway!

Steve

Really! I was thinking of ordering the Studio 27 Mazda 787B PE set and the Impreza WRC 2001 PE set. I have translations on hand for the 787B but not for the Impreza! Maybe I will order the set they offer at www.twoguysracing.com but it is quite expensive.

They have the pre-cut carbon fibre decals for the Corolla here if any of you Brits are interested. Price is about £10.
I can bring a set back with me.

The latest S27 sets do have English translations. MY CLK ones do and so do the new Astra and Focus ones I have. I also have a mate in Japan that used to translate them before they started English. SO if anyone needs a translation, send me a scan of the parts list or a list of what ones you may need. Friends of mine on the yahoo group forums on car modelling have a database of translations.