Jonathan Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 The McLaren's Heller. I just picked up one of those, recently. The lotus is probably MPC, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokar124 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr moto Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokar124 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokar124 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 Awesome! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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