INTERMEDIATE BUILD
Adding to Italeri’s increasing range of 1/12 car kits, Italeri’s new-tool Lancia Delta Integrale HF was a subject rally aficionado Alan Price was keen to construct… and improve.
Based on the Delta production road car, the Integrale was Lancia's replacement for the Delta S4 following the cancellation of Group B rallying in 1986. The car was developed under Group A regulations with eight- and then 16-valve engines (the latter replicated here). The kit represents the cars entered in the 1990 Monte Carlo Rally, where Miki Biasion and Tiziano Silviero’s #1 finished 3rd overall while Didier Auril and Bernard Occelli won in #7.
This subject was only previously available as a Model Factory Hiro multi-media kit in 1/12. Despite Italeri’s offering being cheaper by approximately £400, it’s still expensive. Cars are popular subjects in this scale and this example, packed with detail, requires a huge box to hold all the parts. It comprises eight runners in black, white, silver and clear styrene, one chrome runner, a main bodyshell, rubber parts, one large sheet of photo-etched (PE) metal, two A4-sized Cartograf decal sheets and a bag full of tubing, wires and screws. The instruction book comprises 63 steps across 42 page…
