Spiny Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 This one is a rebuild of a kit I built at least 30 years ago. It's quite a simple kit what with being motorised, so it only took a couple of months to complete. Nevertheless, I'm still quite pleased with the way it's turned out - not perfect by any means but a big improvement on how it started out. This is the build thread if anyone wants to see how it came together. The kit started out in one pieces apart from a couple of pieces which had gone missing, but was decidedly grubby and looking a bit sorry for itself. So, for a fun little project between longer builds, I took it to pieces, painted it (just bare plastic before) and got hold of the Shunko decals to have another go at those. The decals are definitely the biggest challenge with this kit (60 in total, including some which are quite large) and the Microsol saw a bit of action. The end result isn't perfect, but that's as much down to the shape of the car and trying to get the decals to conform than it is anything else. Clearcoat is Pledge Revive It (aka Future) - it didn't airbrush too well but spread out quite nicely when brush painted and apart from a couple of runs produced a decent finish. Anyway, enough chatter, here's a shed load of photos No pics on the mirror this time, mainly because the underside if low to the ground and pretty featureless, but I'm sure there's more than enough below anyway. (I couldn't get a better pic of the interior than this) Thanks for looking. 20 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawk Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 The best looking rally car ever IMHO. mohawk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Well done resto Spiny. Good job on those decals and nice pics too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 15 hours ago, JeroenS said: Well done resto Spiny. Good job on those decals and nice pics too! Thank you to everone who liked and commented. I'm pleased you like the pics too - it's another thing I'm getting better at, and after the Charger I felt that the pics taken at car level do seem to give a better look than those from higher up so I thought I'd major on that this time around - glad it found favour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 19 hours ago, Mohawk said: The best looking rally car ever IMHO. mohawk I have to disagree - the best looking rally car ever is a group 4 Escort RS in 1981 Rothmans livery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan R Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Hi Spiny, I just wish I still had my old Tamiya Stratos which I built nearly 40 years ago. I think I dumped it when I moved into my current house about 20 years ago. I feel a loft inspection coming on, just in case! Cheers, Alan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy J Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Well worth the effort looks great 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 7 hours ago, Alan R said: Hi Spiny, I just wish I still had my old Tamiya Stratos which I built nearly 40 years ago. I think I dumped it when I moved into my current house about 20 years ago. I feel a loft inspection coming on, just in case! Cheers, Alan. Good luck with the hunt, I hope you find it. If not, as you said in the build thread, there's always the new silver version... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelbautony Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Great photos Spiny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Just now noticed this. Really nice work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Great restoration work. Great car. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy37 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Great resto job . Classic livery . I've said before , but old liveries are great ; clear , easy to read ,simple. Modern designs are Just a mess . Watching WRC over weekend and current colour schemes are just an over complicated mess !! Gary . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitkent Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 A worthwhile restoration job,Shunko decals do help though! It's a very good looking car now. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 10 hours ago, Windy37 said: Great resto job . Classic livery . I've said before , but old liveries are great ; clear , easy to read ,simple. Modern designs are Just a mess . Watching WRC over weekend and current colour schemes are just an over complicated mess !! Gary . I do get the impression at times that vinyl wrapping was the single worst invention when it came to race/rally car liveries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Congratulations on a beautiful model, as said before i think its the best looking rally car ever ,well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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