Soo.... What did you just get???

[DocRob]

Today, I received a car and some car build supplies from Spotmodel. Besides being always reliable, they have the best packaging in the modeling world.

The Lancia Stratos is one of my favorite cars and I didn´t own a single kit of it. I pondered about the new 1/12 Italeri release, but it´s Italeri....
When I saw the Hasegawa 1/24 Stratos in Rally Acropolis livery, I was sold and had to buy it.



I added some extras, like Reji PE parts, decals from Studio 27, because Hasegawa only included the blue borders for the orange arrows and I´m to lazy, to mask all of it and very thin green tinted clear acetate windows from decalcas, which give the possibility, to show the side windows half open.



Some random stuff, like Zero lacquer clear coat, which is fantastic, some texturized Zero paints for gearboxes and brakes and not to forget Tamiya´s fantastic lacquer gloss and semi gloss black jars. I also added some Tamiya masking fluid, let´s see, how good that is and some tiny sponges to apply polishing paste.
Seatbelts and intake funnels for my Lotus Type 88 from MFH , some USCP 3D printed engine parts for my 1/24 Ferrari GTO and Falcon Models radiators, to substitute the kit parts of Tamiya´s 1/20 Lotus Type 79.



The detail of the printed radiators is fantastic, you can read through the fine mesh of the radiators, if you like.



Cheers Rob

[BlrwestSiR]

Great choice Rob. There's a 3D printed engine designed for the Hasegawa kit but it requires a bit of cutting. 

I've always been a big fan of the Stratos myself. I have a few in the stash including both the Doyusha and recent Italeri ones in 1/12. The Italeri isn't as bad as it's being made out to be. Not perfect but not a hot mess either. 

[DocRob]

1 hour ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Great choice Rob. There's a 3D printed engine designed for the Hasegawa kit but it requires a bit of cutting. 

I´ve seen the GPmodelling engine, but plan to keep it relatively simple with this build. Only some PE where needed and the thinner and tinted Decalcas acetate windows will be used. The rear should be closed, but I have to inspect the kit a bit further to definitely decide.

Cheers Rob

[mark31]

Today from the mailman.

 

[BlrwestSiR]

Nice selection Mark. 

The Detail and Wonder gear sets are really impressive. I have a couple of different ones from them all they've all been excellent.