Revell or Hasegawa - Or both??

[freakray]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

about the stratos models.....

someone said that the rally and stradale versions has different engines
but isn't the engine the one from the 246 dino?

ok.... it might make more sense this way...
i have a few fujimi EM kits of the dino and was thinking of making a full detail Stratos.
can i swap in the dino engine (and strap on the stratos' exhausts) or would it make more sense to get hold of the fujimi stratos kits with the engine?
they do exist, right?)

Maybe do the research?

The Stratos rally version and road version both utilised the Dino engine, but the rally engine basically only shared the major parts, the rest being specifically designed for the higher performance requirements of rally, and these components even tended to change from one rally to the next as required.

The Fujimi Stratos Stradale kit is still freely available and comes with full engine detail, it would make a lot more sense to just buy the kit rather than sacrifice a kit to get the engine.
Not only that though, Hasegawa have also released a Stradale kit, although I am not certain it comes with an engine.

[drunken monkey]

ahhh...... well when they said it had a different engine i thought they meant it had a totally different block.
as for the fujimi stratos kits.... i've never been able to find/get one.
for some reason, whilst i've been able to get the dino kits, i've only ever come across one fujimi stratos (rally) and even then it had the same body as the stradale.

anyway....
thanks.

[freakray]

There were 3 different body styles of rally stratos, depending on the team(factory or private) and the period.
The Fujimi rally version is only the Stradale kit with decals and depicts one of the body styles, which was rallied.