As my faithful reader knows, I do enjoy building up oddball stuff and getting my hands on aftermarket bits from a range of sources. One favourite upgrade is putting an engine into a curbside.
A while back I got my hands on one of the Lancia Delta HF Integrale kits from Hasegawa. Unlike the gorgeous Delta S4, which is currently stalled on the bench, the HF is a curbside. I have had a resin underhood kit from USCP, essentially a tray with a few bits to dress it up, for quite some time now.
But I recently came across a complete engine produced using 3D printing by GPModeling. So of course I had to order it.
Quite the difference. The USCP kit is simple and really just fills the hole you get when you cut off the hood. But the 3D printing bits show how the new resin printers work. Of course deciding what is sprue and what is part will be challenging. Once the S4 is complete I'll tackle this. Or maybe I'll tackle the new Flaminia resin kit first... there are far too few kits of pre-Fiat Lancias out there.
Stay tuned!
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