I'm sure this will be a progress thread I'll love to follow!
I'm working on Markku Alén's 1978 Sanremo Stratos (of all the choices it really had to be Markku's
) and I've also chopped the engine hatch off, but I'm using the engine parts straight from Fujimi Stratos as I had one (I bought it couple of years ago and I was going to convert it to Markku's rally Stratos, but fortunately Hasegawa brought their kit before I got started).
I have no idea when I'm going to finish it, but I guess my progress may be quite slow because of all non model related things going on right now. Currently I'm finishing the fit between body and the engine cover. I'd need to see some pictures of the inside of the rally Stratos' engine cover, as I believe it was different from the civilian version when the car used the big round glassfibre air filter box. There are two air tubes coming from the side scoops to the airfilter box, but I'm not quite sure how the rest should be... I have seen only one small pic of this type of cover and I couldn't quite figure out how the horizontal panel below the slatted rear window cover should be (or should it just be removed?).
Good luck with your project!
-Mikko