Progress: Lancia Stratos 1977 Monte Carlo

[winstona]

Back to the workbench, I started the work on filling the gap.

I used some tape to mask away the side:



Then I used putty to fill the gap and remove the tape:



After coloring:



I know this is not quite 100%, but it is at least good enough for shelf display...

Finally, I attached the headlights as well:



Aside from the tragedy, I really love what hasegawa has done to replicate this great rally car.

Winston

[sportracer02]

Hi,

sorry for the fender. Great built nevertheless.

Look at some 1:1 rallye photos. Maybe you should weather it a little bit to look like "during the rallye"

[winstona]

Originally Posted by sportracer02

Hi,

sorry for the fender. Great built nevertheless.

Look at some 1:1 rallye photos. Maybe you should weather it a little bit to look like "during the rallye"

Nah...This is my 4th build so I rather keep it clean...

I guess at this point every build is a learning process. I am sure the day will come where I can build one with 0 problems...

Winston

[sportracer02]

Originally Posted by winstona

This is my 4th build

Winston

R E S P E C T

Originally Posted by winstona

I guess at this point every build is a learning process. I am sure the day will come where I can build one with 0 problems...
Winston

I hope you are right, I´m building since years and there is always a little problem, even it is some dust on fresh painted colour ;-)

[winstona]

Hi all,

I finally manage to finish this build.

The frustrating thing is, while I was finishing this, one of the seats fell off inside and became loose. It got caught up in an area where I have to kind of rattle it back to position. In this process, it knocked off the rear view mirror and the hand brake...I am almost ready to explode! The one unfortunate thing is I cannot open it up to fix the stuff inside, as I am very very afraid of doing the chasis thing all over again.

Aside from that, I was able to finally complete this car. Here are some finished pics:













Winston

[RallyFanatic]

After your spell of bad luck it turned out brilliant!
I relly like the paintjob.

[mickbench]

Such a shame for the crack, I was gutted to read it, but you must have been really gutted. But, what a great save, I know you can still see it but for the shelf this will be fine, and after a while you’ll forget about the crack, and no one will ever notice unless they really look.

I’ve patched up so many models now, it’s untrue. Nearly all my models have something I’ve had to hide, or patch up. I feel this is the challenge that model building presents. Yes, it’s nice to have it all go right, but where is the fun in that? LOL

Nice model, of a true classic.