1978 Pirelli Lancia Stratos Gr.4

Just finished. Just a "quick" build from the Racing 43 resin/metal kit. I add just few parts from the Hasegawa Stratos: front light lens and complete tailights (& surround), side fasteners are the Sakatsu metal kind and PE fasteners are Crazy Mod.

The only little experiment I done was a system wich I wondered about for ages to allow wheels to turn, in other word this resin kit has steering wheels: I ever lover car's pict with wheels turned, they're badass!

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/StratosPirelli/CIMG6455.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/StratosPirelli/CIMG6456.jpg

You'll see the small, quick WIP there:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=907243

Ok, completed picts:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/StratosPirelli/stratos1.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/StratosPirelli/stratos10.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/StratosPirelli/stratos2.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/StratosPirelli/stratos3.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/StratosPirelli/stratos4.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/StratosPirelli/stratos5.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/StratosPirelli/stratos6.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/StratosPirelli/stratos7.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/StratosPirelli/stratos8.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/StratosPirelli/stratos9.jpg

I must admit friends: I started several but..... this is the first multimedia kit I finished... this sounds comic since I co-run the Scuderia... LOL

This is awesome Gio - the car is bad ass and the paint scheme is just... !!

Great build, excellent livery, superb car :) :thumbsup:

Just seems maybe a bit fuzzy on some of the window surrounds?

top class! the finish looks very realistic.

I think it looks fantastic. I love the Stratos and this livery is one of my favorites.

Thanks a lot guys, too gentle.

Yes Steve trims are not top class: after a good mask job I tried for the first time do do them by brush.... just to skip to wash the airbrush... the result wasn't crappy but not perfect: I fixed some spots with a toothpick but still far from be perfect: like says Veyron, there's a lesson in any kit ;)

Another lesson I got from this lady is when you glue a PE, better place glue (I'm asshole so I used CA :D, but also with clear paint or white glue you'll do disasters) in the bigger part than in the PE: in fact I glued the PE... after a malefic rotation it got to stick in the polished paint.... in the wrong place..... I fixed but... another lesson!

It's a truly fantastic build!! That livery looks great!! :)

The livery is very striking, fantastic little model.

Cool build and the livery is tops :bigthumb:.

Looks great, gio, inspite of some minor "faults" you listed it looks convincing.

Where did you get the hood fastener from (pre-last photo in the red circle?)

Superb looking car.

I like it very much. A real beast.
Also great work on the paintwork, with the semigloss / gloss finish.

Where did you get the hood fastener from (pre-last photo in the red circle?)

Thanks guys, Micha, the fastener is a Sakatsu metal one, good quality.

Great Gio. Simply great. Do I understand it right or am I just overtired - did you combine a 1/43 and 1 /24-kit? If so, admiration from my side. Besides that - very nice work especially considering this scale.
Everything is superb and don´t worry about Klutzi going crazy about the window trim...He is showing off his eagle eyes again :grinyes: :grinyes: . He might be right - but then again...

Robert

Great Gio. Simply great. Do I understand it right or am I just overtired - did you combine a 1/43 and 1 /24-kit? If so, admiration from my side. Besides that - very nice work especially considering this scale.
Everything is superb and don´t worry about Klutzi going crazy about the window trim...He is showing off his eagle eyes again :grinyes: :grinyes: . He might be right - but then again...

Robert

Not exact Robert: it's 90% the 1/24 R43 Big Scale series Stratos with few additions from the Hasegawa kit and some PE ;)

Yep, figured that one out, when I surfed your WIP-Thread once again - sometimes I just like to believe things that aren´t really there. And again -how could you combine a 1/43 and a 1/24 kit. This post truely wasn´t one of my strongest.

Robert

That looks great Gio! especially the Red / Matt black contrast!

Very very nice Gio, beautiful photos. Bravo :)

Robi

So multimedia kits can be finished! :eek: Who knew? :dunno:

Terrific looking Stratos, I like the scheme very much.

I have no place to comment on pics, :grinno: but it would be fun to see this one against a different background. Outside maybe?

Now it would be fun to see Hase one beside this one. Nice looking model in the end and nice to see it done, I love to see Stratos laying so low :D
Great job Gio, specially on the gloss to SG paint.

Thanka a lot guys. Yes Andy I'm wondering to do "car roof shots", I'll update in case..

At last I agree with the few/soft critics: the model isn't perfect, quality isn't great, in part becouse the trouble/wrongs I got (mask texture... fixed only at 90/95% it is ever a "shadow" of the fault seeing the model counter-light) and the other part is R43 responsability: the model is for sure a havy brick but far from today's quality standards, speaking of details, instructions, trims, transparents fittings, on the other hand it has a convincing line, probably the best in 1/24 but with no dubt derived by the 1/43 stuff...

Ok I think I'll do better with the next R43: the Safari one, I'll forgot steering wheels and pay attention to quality :D

ciao and thanks a lot for the kind support!

great job Gio, sorry i missed this. Love the finish you have achieved on the black. Very realistic and true to the real car.

beautiful job and what is my favourite rally car of all time!