In Box Review of Platz-NuNu 1/24th Scale
Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo
’82 Rally of 1000 Lakes
Kit no. PN24018
Copyright 2021
MSRP: $42.50
Copyright 2021
MSRP: $42.50
HISTORY:
In the 1970’s, global automakers were busy complying with the vehicle emission gas control regulations. In the midst of this situation , Mitsubishi , who was active in the rally's, was suspended from activities in 1977.
However, while the prospect of regulations had been set, Mitsubishi first started with a facelift of product lineups, and then moved to resumed motor sports activities. Needless to say, the field was rally.
The European specifications of the Lancer EX2000 Turbo was announced to be the base vehicle of the rally car at the Tokyo Motor Show, held in the fall of 1979, and caused a sensation in the Mitsubishi booth. The engine was equipped with a 199cc in-line 4-cylinder SOHC at the front in the body that adopted the flush surfaced design with a full model change and focused on more indoor space.
One super-charger, manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and an inter-cooler system were equipped. The intake system was equipped with an electronic fuel control , and produced 80 horsepower . With the rear-wheel-drive 2WD, the Lancer EX2000 Turbo adopted a conventional two-wheel drive system of the front-engine and rear drive.
The rally specification of the Lancer Turbo , which continued to mature in 1980, made its debut at the WRC Round 6 Acropolis Rally in 1981. Although it retired early in this rally, the next race at the 9th round Lake Rally, the Lancer EX Turbo finished in 10th place, 11th and 12th place with three cars.
Furthermore, the Lancer Turbo competed in many rallies such as the RAC rally and proceeded with development. The next year, at the 9th Round of 1982, 1000 Lake Rally, the Lancer Turbo won the third place in P. Airikkala’s drive. However, a Turbo with FR 2WD system for the group 4 race continued to fight well into 1983, and retired from the front line. However, the experience and technology handed over to Mitsubishi’s subsequent machines, created an era such as Lancer Evolution and others.
In the 1970’s, global automakers were busy complying with the vehicle emission gas control regulations. In the midst of this situation , Mitsubishi , who was active in the rally's, was suspended from activities in 1977.
However, while the prospect of regulations had been set, Mitsubishi first started with a facelift of product lineups, and then moved to resumed motor sports activities. Needless to say, the field was rally.
The European specifications of the Lancer EX2000 Turbo was announced to be the base vehicle of the rally car at the Tokyo Motor Show, held in the fall of 1979, and caused a sensation in the Mitsubishi booth. The engine was equipped with a 199cc in-line 4-cylinder SOHC at the front in the body that adopted the flush surfaced design with a full model change and focused on more indoor space.
One super-charger, manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and an inter-cooler system were equipped. The intake system was equipped with an electronic fuel control , and produced 80 horsepower . With the rear-wheel-drive 2WD, the Lancer EX2000 Turbo adopted a conventional two-wheel drive system of the front-engine and rear drive.
The rally specification of the Lancer Turbo , which continued to mature in 1980, made its debut at the WRC Round 6 Acropolis Rally in 1981. Although it retired early in this rally, the next race at the 9th round Lake Rally, the Lancer EX Turbo finished in 10th place, 11th and 12th place with three cars.
Furthermore, the Lancer Turbo competed in many rallies such as the RAC rally and proceeded with development. The next year, at the 9th Round of 1982, 1000 Lake Rally, the Lancer Turbo won the third place in P. Airikkala’s drive. However, a Turbo with FR 2WD system for the group 4 race continued to fight well into 1983, and retired from the front line. However, the experience and technology handed over to Mitsubishi’s subsequent machines, created an era such as Lancer Evolution and others.
THE KIT:
Platz us a prolific model company based in Shizuoka, Japan.. They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales. I have never seen the name NuNu before on any of the previous Platz kits that I have reviewed in the past. I assume they are a new partner?
This kit comes in a tray and lid type box that is not shrink-wrapped.
The cover art shows the Lancer speeding down a track, past admiring fans and trees. It is going so fast that all four wheels are off the ground.
It is white with orange trim. More about this later.
The bottom of the cover gives Mitsubishi’s permission to use their name on the kit.
One side panel begins with a suggested paint color listing of Mr. Color brand hobby paints, followed by: Kit is an un-assemble un=painted plastic model kit that produces the Mitsubishi Rally Car Lancer Turbo when finished, 3rd at the 9th round of the 1982 WRC , the 1000 Lakes Rally. Scale is 1/24th, it finishes to be about 180mm in length (7”) and 76mm in width (3”). The flush surfaced body design is reproduced realistically. The interior parts, such as the roll cage, bucket seat, and dashboard for rally specifications are reproduced in detail. Markings for the Lancer Turbo, that won the 3rd place in the 1000 Lakes Rally in 1982 are provided.
Platz’s telephone and FAX number and their web and street addresses are provided. Some parts are extremely sharp. Use care around infants. Do not use cement or paint near a flame.
Kit made in Macau.
All said in Japanese and English. NuNu’s street address and e-mail are provided.
Platz us a prolific model company based in Shizuoka, Japan.. They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales. I have never seen the name NuNu before on any of the previous Platz kits that I have reviewed in the past. I assume they are a new partner?
This kit comes in a tray and lid type box that is not shrink-wrapped.
The cover art shows the Lancer speeding down a track, past admiring fans and trees. It is going so fast that all four wheels are off the ground.
It is white with orange trim. More about this later.
The bottom of the cover gives Mitsubishi’s permission to use their name on the kit.
One side panel begins with a suggested paint color listing of Mr. Color brand hobby paints, followed by: Kit is an un-assemble un=painted plastic model kit that produces the Mitsubishi Rally Car Lancer Turbo when finished, 3rd at the 9th round of the 1982 WRC , the 1000 Lakes Rally. Scale is 1/24th, it finishes to be about 180mm in length (7”) and 76mm in width (3”). The flush surfaced body design is reproduced realistically. The interior parts, such as the roll cage, bucket seat, and dashboard for rally specifications are reproduced in detail. Markings for the Lancer Turbo, that won the 3rd place in the 1000 Lakes Rally in 1982 are provided.
Platz’s telephone and FAX number and their web and street addresses are provided. Some parts are extremely sharp. Use care around infants. Do not use cement or paint near a flame.
Kit made in Macau.
All said in Japanese and English. NuNu’s street address and e-mail are provided.
The other side panel shows 2 color photos of the model made up. It shows the model made up with the separate detail set that Platz sells for it. Followed by a repeat of info on the other side panel. Kit is intended for modelers age 15 and older.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX:
The kit contains 4 chalk-white trees, 3 jet-black trees, white body part, clear tree, 2 chrome-plated trees, black vinyl tires and poly caps and a section of black screen in 5 self-sealing clear cello bags, the instructions and 2 decal sheets.
The instructions consist of a staple-bound booklet of 12 pages in 7 ¼” x 10” Page format.
Page 1 begins with a black and white repeat of the cover art, above the history of the Lancer Turbo and READ BEFORE ASSEMBLY instruction, in Japanese and English.
Page 2 begins with a suggested paint color listing of Mr. Color brand hobby paints, over decal application instructions and international assembly symbol explanations in Japanese and English.
The bottom of page 2, through to page 10 gives a grand total of 16 assembly steps.
Page 11 is the marking and painting guide, all in black and white. It shows a 5 view of the Lancer.
The car is white, with orange trim on top of the fenders and side edges of the roof. A wide diagonal bar of orange with 3 horizontal orange bars below it is on the doors.
On top of this bar there is a blue horizontal bar with white “OSUUSPANKKI” on it, over a white square, outlined in black that says “RALLY OF THE 1000 LAKES” in white across the top and has a large black no. 7 in the center.
Upper white headlight covers have a black sponsor name “COBOE” on them. White lower headlight covers have black sponsor name “ADVAN” on them. Advan is also in the center of the front bumper. There are small black triangles with Advan on them on the sides of the front fenders.
High on the sides of the front fender is a white rectangle with black “PENTTI ARIKKALA O over JUHA PIIROMEN B”.
On the sides of the rear door there is square that is black at the top over a white bottom. It says white ADVAN on the black top and black PYROFIL on the white bottom.
The top of the rear fender has a black rectangle with white RALLY ART on it above a black LANCER.
The car carries a black license plate with no. St 944.192 on it.
On top of the hood and the trunk, there is a blue outlined circle over a blue horizontal bar. On the circle it says in white RALLY OF THE THOUSAND LAKES 1982. On the bar its says in white OKOBANK FINLAND.
Page 12 is the parts trees illustrations. At the bottom is a paragraph in Japanese and Platz’s telephone and FAX numbers repeated.
Trees are alphabetized.
First is the chalk-white body part and the second is the chassis (2 parts)
The kit contains 4 chalk-white trees, 3 jet-black trees, white body part, clear tree, 2 chrome-plated trees, black vinyl tires and poly caps and a section of black screen in 5 self-sealing clear cello bags, the instructions and 2 decal sheets.
The instructions consist of a staple-bound booklet of 12 pages in 7 ¼” x 10” Page format.
Page 1 begins with a black and white repeat of the cover art, above the history of the Lancer Turbo and READ BEFORE ASSEMBLY instruction, in Japanese and English.
Page 2 begins with a suggested paint color listing of Mr. Color brand hobby paints, over decal application instructions and international assembly symbol explanations in Japanese and English.
The bottom of page 2, through to page 10 gives a grand total of 16 assembly steps.
Page 11 is the marking and painting guide, all in black and white. It shows a 5 view of the Lancer.
The car is white, with orange trim on top of the fenders and side edges of the roof. A wide diagonal bar of orange with 3 horizontal orange bars below it is on the doors.
On top of this bar there is a blue horizontal bar with white “OSUUSPANKKI” on it, over a white square, outlined in black that says “RALLY OF THE 1000 LAKES” in white across the top and has a large black no. 7 in the center.
Upper white headlight covers have a black sponsor name “COBOE” on them. White lower headlight covers have black sponsor name “ADVAN” on them. Advan is also in the center of the front bumper. There are small black triangles with Advan on them on the sides of the front fenders.
High on the sides of the front fender is a white rectangle with black “PENTTI ARIKKALA O over JUHA PIIROMEN B”.
On the sides of the rear door there is square that is black at the top over a white bottom. It says white ADVAN on the black top and black PYROFIL on the white bottom.
The top of the rear fender has a black rectangle with white RALLY ART on it above a black LANCER.
The car carries a black license plate with no. St 944.192 on it.
On top of the hood and the trunk, there is a blue outlined circle over a blue horizontal bar. On the circle it says in white RALLY OF THE THOUSAND LAKES 1982. On the bar its says in white OKOBANK FINLAND.
Page 12 is the parts trees illustrations. At the bottom is a paragraph in Japanese and Platz’s telephone and FAX numbers repeated.
Trees are alphabetized.
First is the chalk-white body part and the second is the chassis (2 parts)
Jet black letter A tree holds: roll bar, steering wheel, drive chain, axles, suspension parts etc. (20 parts)
Jet black letter B tree holds: the floor, side panels, seats, springs, bumper etc.(24 parts)
Jet black letter C tree holds: exhaust pipe, transmission hump, windshield wipers, dash etc. (14 parts)
There is no letter D tree.
There is no letter D tree.
Chalk white letter E tree holds fender extensions (4 parts)
Chalk white letter F tree holds: headlight cups and wheel rims (8 parts)
Chalk white letter G tree holds the front bumper (1 part)
There is no letter H tree.
There is no letter H tree.
Chalk white letter I tree holds the rear bumper etc. (11 parts)
Chrome-plated letter J tree holds headlight bezels etc. (6 parts)
Chrome-plated letter K tree holds hub caps (4 parts)
Lettering jumps to the clear letter N tree. It holds the windows and light lenses etc. (20 parts)
The 4 black vinyl tires, 5 black poly-caps and section of black screen are next.
The two decal sheets complete the kit's contents.
They both have tissue to protect their faces from scratches. The large one holds the orange body trim sections. The smaller one holds all the sponsor marks, seat belts and license plates.
They both have tissue to protect their faces from scratches. The large one holds the orange body trim sections. The smaller one holds all the sponsor marks, seat belts and license plates.
There are no figures included. This is what is referred to as a CURBSIDE MODEL. Meaning there is no engine parts included.
Great detail.
I want to sincerely thank Platz Models for this review sample.
All their products can be viewed on their web-site at:
Great detail.
I want to sincerely thank Platz Models for this review sample.
All their products can be viewed on their web-site at:
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.