Changing gears...
So now that my racing season is over I can start spending my free time doing other things. One of those other things that I'd set aside nearly completely during the summer was my model-building. Well, I'm back at it now. Back in a pretty strong way too. I sat down to my work bench only about 2-3 weeks ago after many months of just not having the time or energy. In the past couple weeks I've managed to make some good progress. My Lotus 7 is ready to be masked off and the body finished, my Mini Cooper is wearing fresh primer and will be shot BRG by this weekend if the weather is nice, My Porsche 930 is about 70% complete and now only requires detail-painting and final assembly. And, ta-da! My Lancia Stratos is done!
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This one had me a little frustrated for a while. Not because it was hard but because I bought it out of nostalgia and then ended up losing interest in it. When I was 6 my dad and I picked this kit out together at the local hobby shop and built it together. Well, as together as was possible. Mainly he built it and I sat patiently at his side watching. Watching and learning. I had that model for 14 years until the glue got so brittle that it just wasn't going to take any more abuse. It fell off my dresser. Now, I'm not sure if it was the victim of a cat or the victim of Angie cleaning, but it broke enough that it was pretty much a goner. I put the pieces in a box and moved on. This was the summer of 1995.
Last winter I found the pieces and got to thinking about it. It was the kit that started me in the hobby, the first kit my dad and I built together. I needed to have it on display again. After about a month of eBay surfing I managed to get not just a Lancia Stratos, but a Stratos in the 1977 Rallye Kenya livery. Just like the one I used to have. After getting it in the mail and realizing what a poorly designed and molded kit it really was, I set it aside to work on something else. Until just a few weeks ago. I was determined to finish something I'd started since I'd been away from the workbench for so long, and the Lancia seemed the best bet. And now it's done! Yay!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schultrichs/2966034470/in/set-72157594414523788/
This one had me a little frustrated for a while. Not because it was hard but because I bought it out of nostalgia and then ended up losing interest in it. When I was 6 my dad and I picked this kit out together at the local hobby shop and built it together. Well, as together as was possible. Mainly he built it and I sat patiently at his side watching. Watching and learning. I had that model for 14 years until the glue got so brittle that it just wasn't going to take any more abuse. It fell off my dresser. Now, I'm not sure if it was the victim of a cat or the victim of Angie cleaning, but it broke enough that it was pretty much a goner. I put the pieces in a box and moved on. This was the summer of 1995.
Last winter I found the pieces and got to thinking about it. It was the kit that started me in the hobby, the first kit my dad and I built together. I needed to have it on display again. After about a month of eBay surfing I managed to get not just a Lancia Stratos, but a Stratos in the 1977 Rallye Kenya livery. Just like the one I used to have. After getting it in the mail and realizing what a poorly designed and molded kit it really was, I set it aside to work on something else. Until just a few weeks ago. I was determined to finish something I'd started since I'd been away from the workbench for so long, and the Lancia seemed the best bet. And now it's done! Yay!