Trying to identify these built ups

[Jonathan]

I picked up a few kits some months ago, and these three were in the lot.  I believe the two Indy cars (Indy?  Formula?) to be Lotus cars - but I'm not sure.   The Porsche also has me stumped.  Clearly it's a 911, or something related to the 911, but I'm trying to identify the kit.   Any ideas?

 

 

 

 

[Straightliner59]

The McLaren's Heller. I just picked up one of those, recently. The lotus is probably MPC, I believe.

[jokar124]

The first car is a Heller Formula 1 Lotus 49B, built and painted to resemble a McLaren

The second Indy car is not a Lotus, it's MPC's Dan Gurney Olsonite Eagle, built as the Denny Hulme version.

Edited November 21, 2022 by jokar124

[Straightliner59]

29 minutes ago, jokar124 said:

The first car is a Heller Formula 1 Lotus 49B, built and painted to resemble a McLaren

 

The second Indy car is not a Lotus, it's MPC's Dan Gurney Olsonite Eagle, built as the Denny Hulme version.

 

At least I had the brands correct!? I knew those, based on the tires.

[iamsuperdan]

The Porsche is most certainly a Fujimi kit, but the wheels aren't.

Most likely a version of this...

 

 

I'll take it off your hands if you wish. Trade or whatever.

 

[mr moto]

I don't know the kit manufacturer but the top car is no Lotus. It appears be a McLaren M7A (Google it) with the wing installed backwards.

[Jonathan]

I'm wondering if this is actually something other than 1/25 or 1/24 scale.   It seems a touch bigger than other stuff I have.

 

Edited November 22, 2022 by Jonathan

[jokar124]

11 hours ago, mr moto said:

I don't know the kit manufacturer but the top car is no Lotus. It appears be a McLaren M7A (Google it) with the wing installed backwards.

 

10 hours ago, Jonathan said:

I'm wondering if this is actually something other than 1/25 or 1/24 scale.   It seems a touch bigger than other stuff I have.

 

Here is the real  Lotus 49B that matches up to the built model. If the built model is too large to be 1/24 scale, then it might be one of several 1/20 scale kits made by either Ebbro or Model Factory Hiro, but I haven't found a kit where every detail matches up exactly, although the tires do appear to be Ebbro's.

[Jonathan]

7 hours ago, jokar124 said:

 

Here is the real  Lotus 49B that matches up to the built model. If the built model is too large to be 1/24 scale, then it might be one of several 1/20 scale kits made by either Ebbro or Model Factory Hiro, but I haven't found a kit where every detail matches up exactly, although the tires do appear to be Ebbro's.

 

It's a mystery!  

Looking at Scalemates.com, I thought it might be the Ebbro 1/20 Lotus 49C, but the wing is wrong for that, based on the instructions on that site.  Almost everything else matches.  Well, I think so anyway.  

https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/6/5/2/155652-34-instructions.pdf

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/ebbro-20006-lotus-49c--155652

 

[Matt Bacon]

Both the Lotus 49 and M7A had a wheelbase of a shade under 8ft (96 inches). Based on the ruler in your pictures, it looks like the wheelbase on the model is around 6”, which would make the scale 1/16. 60s race cars in that scale are few and far between (1/12 and 1/20 are standard, with a few outliers in 1/24 like the Hellers). My guess would be it’s 70s era kit from one of the Bandai/Entex/Nitto/Eidai companies in Japan that we’re doing quite a few models in 1/16 at that time…

best,

M.

[jokar124]

14 hours ago, Jonathan said:

It's a mystery!  

Looking at Scalemates.com, I thought it might be the Ebbro 1/20 Lotus 49C, but the wing is wrong for that, based on the instructions on that site.  Almost everything else matches.  Well, I think so anyway.  

https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/6/5/2/155652-34-instructions.pdf

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/ebbro-20006-lotus-49c--155652

 

Mystery solved thanks to SpotModel!  The Ebbro Lotus 49B kit contains the optional low wing.

[Jonathan]

Awesome!  Thank you!

[Jonathan]

Thank you all for your help identifying these!  One of the many, many great things about this board is everyone's willingness to help with even oddball stuff.