SpikeSchumacher Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Built this a few years ago but never got around to posting it. Excellent Tamiya kit with the equally excellent Indycals set (thanks Michael!). Believe it or not, the paint is done completely with Tamiya rattle cans, and not even polished! Cheers 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Chernosky Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Super nice build of an excellent kit. We need more F-1 on this forum so thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Beautiful. It’s amazing the results one can with Tamiya spray cans. The only paint I use anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 That is gorgeous! Great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Gorgeous Lotus! Great paint. That really looks the business. Very nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanL Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 amazing paint job from a spray can... I have one of these waiting to be done and I'm going to try using Krylon satin black spray paint. Won't turn out as well as yours but should be pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Wow, this is a beautiful replica of what might be the best looking F1 ride ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Stunning livery and iconic car. JPS Lotus is among my favorite liveries. You did a fantastic job on this. She is a beauty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTony8 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Love to use that TS-14 for black cars. Almost as hard to screw up as is primer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Fantastic model of this iconic racecar - Mario would be proud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSchumacher Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 On 8/25/2022 at 10:27 AM, Rich Chernosky said: Super nice build of an excellent kit. We need more F-1 on this forum so thanks for sharing. On 8/25/2022 at 1:58 PM, unclescott58 said: Beautiful. It’s amazing the results one can with Tamiya spray cans. The only paint I use anymore. On 8/25/2022 at 5:15 PM, bbowser said: That is gorgeous! Great work. On 8/25/2022 at 6:46 PM, Bainford said: Gorgeous Lotus! Great paint. That really looks the business. Very nicely done. On 8/25/2022 at 9:44 PM, DanL said: amazing paint job from a spray can... I have one of these waiting to be done and I'm going to try using Krylon satin black spray paint. Won't turn out as well as yours but should be pretty good. On 8/27/2022 at 6:19 AM, Pierre Rivard said: Wow, this is a beautiful replica of what might be the best looking F1 ride ever! On 8/27/2022 at 9:21 AM, Nacho Z said: Stunning livery and iconic car. JPS Lotus is among my favorite liveries. You did a fantastic job on this. She is a beauty! 20 hours ago, ZTony8 said: Love to use that TS-14 for black cars. Almost as hard to screw up as is primer. 10 hours ago, ChrisR said: Looks great! 3 hours ago, 1959scudetto said: Fantastic model of this iconic racecar - Mario would be proud! Thanks everyone! 😀 Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sflam123 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireguy14 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Stunning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSchumacher Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 On 8/28/2022 at 10:04 PM, sflam123 said: Beautiful! 8 hours ago, fireguy14 said: Stunning! Thanks! 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Fantastic looking Lotus. I built the 1/12 version back in the 1980s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papajohn97 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 (edited) Lovely JPS Lotus, shiny black is the ultimate scale model painting test and this one is an A+. The decals look great as well, did these IndyCals come with a black background printed within the gold pin stripe areas as well as behind the gold/ biscuit printing? If so, it looks like it matches perfectly with the Tamiya TS-14 gloss black. Edited September 23, 2022 by papajohn97 Addie a missing word 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSchumacher Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 On 9/22/2022 at 8:51 PM, papajohn97 said: Lovely JPS Lotus, shiny black is the ultimate scale model painting test and this one is an A+. The decals look great as well, did these IndyCals come with a black background printed within the gold pin stripe areas as well as behind the gold/ biscuit printing? If so, it looks like it matches perfectly with the Tamiya TS-14 gloss black. Hi John, Thank you! 🙂 Sometimes the conditions for spraying a paint job like this are perfect, this one was such instance 😉 Yes, the decals came with a black background. See the link below: https://www.indycals.net/decals/f1/78lotus79.html Michael at IndyCals is makes a great product, and has great customer service! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papajohn97 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Thanks Spike for the decal feedback. I agree with you on Indycals, they are great to work with and hand-cutting them is no longer as big an issue for me. I’ve got several black JPS Lotus kits still unbuilt and will order these black background IndyCals decals instead of risking use of old Tamiya/Hasegawa kit decals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Absolutely stunning! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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