The kit has been started. Everything has kicked off nicely, suspension has been installed along with the sumpguard and exhaust. The tooling for this kit is actually the 1992 Safari rally Celica which I noticed after spotting the snorkel in the kitset.
The cockpit tub on the older tooling has a lot of the detail built into the floor - extinguisher, footpan etc... A slight challenge for painting however it's a refreshing change.
One cool thing I noticed about the group A rallycars is that they had a 'beefier' sumpguard then, compared to now. Lots of ventilation was used on the older cars via the sumpguard whereas now the suspension is totally enclosed off from rocks as they snap the control arms, and other suspension components much easier nowadays.
Comments welcome as always!
