thanks for the reference source help guys and thanks for the link Phil, a couple of those books are on ebay at the moment so I'll be trying to pick em up there.
so here's another brief update...
Well it's done - I have chopped the doors off, alot trickier than I thought it was going to be as the bottom of the front wheel arches and also the windscreen pillars were extremely fragile, unfortunately I cracked the passenger side pillar but a little CA glue and filler has fixed this - just hope it doesnt prove to be a weak point later on in the build.
I then removed the four moulded bonnet/boot clips - these will be replaced with etched versions.
I have also started to clean up the resin engine, Im probably going to start the project here as most of the engine needs to be built and detailed prior to installation - I can always add further cabling etc once its installed.
I have decided to remove the resin axles and will replace these with metal rods or pins, Sakatsu also produce a set of boots for the 037 Rally which look to be very similar to the ones on the Stratos so Im gonna invest in a set and add them - this will require the transmission housing to be drilled to accommodate the new axle.
thats all for now, more when I can get some more modeling time in.
Sean
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