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Where? When? How much? Sean, can you save me one please? I hope it drives as good as it looks!

Mark.

QUOTE (Pendleslot @ 12 Mar 2004, 10:17 PM)Mark, better get one quick. They're in extremely short supply at the moment. I believe a paint issue at the factory has meant a large number have been recalled resulting in short orders being supplied.
Recall for dodgy paint? I hope they don't put those bodyshells in the skip I wonder if they would keep them as cheap spares for doing your own paint jobs? better still, send the entire car out cheap, so then I'd have to buy the Alitalia one and another for a repaint
Would that sort of thing work, Sean?
Or is it stuff?

Mark.

QUOTE (Pendleslot @ 12 Mar 2004, 10:54 PM)Hmmm. I wonder what the chances of a mud splattered effect paint finish alitalia will be.
Perhaps its a good job its not Fly or they'd charge another 50 quid
Do you know if they're going to bring out any other liveries for the Stratos so that they could recover those recalled bodies

Shame it's not SCX - they still only charge you £26 for a mud effect car don't they?

Mark.

Now you mention it, yes it does look too stubby (the Stratos wasn't very long anyway ). However, I'm hoping that the stubbines is caused by the camera lens distorting the image on a close up (fish-eye effect?)

Mark.

Tropi,

Thanks for posting those pics. Now I'd definitely swear that the model was taken with a wide angle lens. Look at the model's wheels - the front wheel looks as though the car is turning right. The rear wheel appears to be turning left. In fact you can almost trace a curve from the front of the car to the rear, very similar to the distortion created in a fish eye lens. I'll worry about how the model looks when I can see one in the flesh

Mark.

QUOTE (Tropi @ 14 Mar 2004, 12:52 PM)Hmmm . . .
Look at the line along the top of the drivers side window comparing the model with the real thing -
It's bent!
Once again I think that it's the angle of dangle of the photo. The top of the side window appears bent towards the windscreen (red paint) because of the way it curves around to the front of the car.

I stand by what I've said before. Only when a model appears in someone's sweaty palms will we get a true opinion.


Mark.

Here's a thought. Compare the Team Slot version with previous incarnations of the Stratos. Not in the paintwork and detail departments, but in the actual shape of the shell. Should really get people confused then

I must admit, looking at the side window, it doesn't seems to be as long as the one on the real car. Could it be that Diff is contradicting himself?

Mark.