AmericanMuscleFan Posted June 2 Posted June 2 If that's not passion for a particular subject, I don't know what else you call it!!! How many kits or parts from other kits have you used so far (besides all your scratch building) to get to this point? Maybe the answer is simply in the title of your thread? I take my hat off to you sir, you know your stuff! 👍
Pierre Rivard Posted June 4 Posted June 4 Amazing work on... which one of these Lotus (Lotuses, Loti?) is this... losing count. I really like what you have done with the rivets. Good stuff happens when you follow my lead...
absmiami Posted June 4 Author Posted June 4 Gracias AMF Pierre - what size solder balls did you use on your build …. Which car was it ?
Pierre Rivard Posted June 4 Posted June 4 0.65 mm, used them for the pass compt tarp on the '33 Alfa and fuel filler neck on Jag C type. Tend to agree with you that for body rivets, 0.5mm would be more in scale. Thinking of using them for a fifties streamliner alu body (still in planning stage)
absmiami Posted June 19 Author Posted June 19 here's the ZF trans on a GT40 display engine at rev' Naples ...
absmiami Posted June 20 Author Posted June 20 The Joker kit has an insert for the radiator - this needs modification since the nose will be removable on this 18 …
absmiami Posted June 20 Author Posted June 20 The 18 radiator had a center section for water that was flanked by two smaller oil radiators …. As usual - Evergreen strip and short sections of H strip for the brackets at the base …
Big John Posted June 20 Posted June 20 Where did you shoot the GT engine photos? and is that a buck for a D type Jaguar in the background? Meticulous work on this Lotus, as always!
absmiami Posted June 20 Author Posted June 20 BJ - the Rev’s Collection in Naples - world class - the buck is for a Scarab sports car - they got one of those too … 1
absmiami Posted June 21 Author Posted June 21 Between the footwell bulkhead and the radiator is the oil tank - which has a taper - the taper directs air exiting the radiator down and away from the nose of the car - early aero - designed by Lotus by instinct -
absmiami Posted June 21 Author Posted June 21 The main fuel tank on the 18 was mounted saddle style over the driver’s legs - team Lotus tanks were full length from the instr gauge bulkhead forward to the radiator - with cutouts for the oil and water hoses …
absmiami Posted June 21 Author Posted June 21 With the nose removable you’ll still be able to peek under the tank to see the footwell features, suspension, radiator and oil tank detail -
absmiami Posted June 22 Author Posted June 22 Time to check the fit of the fuel tank - so far - so good - the 24th scale body shell is relatively thick - about 1 1/2 inches - that effects the shape and make-pretend capacity of the tank - but thats ok …
absmiami Posted June 22 Author Posted June 22 Remember - fuel tank placement was a huge challenge for early rear engine GP car design because cars had to race with race distance fuel until - when? - the end of the 3 litre formula era ?
Pierre Rivard Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Chapman knew how to pamper his drivers. A fuel tank blanket. Reassuring... even cozy.
absmiami Posted Tuesday at 05:22 PM Author Posted Tuesday at 05:22 PM Gracias Pico Porsche stuck the fuel tank in front on their 804 too - actually - there wasn’t a good place for the tank until Chapman drew the Lotus 25 … the behind-the-seat tank on the 18 was too small for most races but serves the survivors well - so none of the remaining 18s have the full up-front tank -
absmiami Posted Tuesday at 05:27 PM Author Posted Tuesday at 05:27 PM Castings of the Girling disc brakes that Norman Veber did for me - the rotor is modified from the kit part - the white metal fr uprights are modified Joker kit parts … Joker cribbed them fr the Tamiya Lotus Seven kit - i won’t tell - oops …
absmiami Posted Wednesday at 08:14 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 08:14 PM Madness has many guises - tunermodelfactory briefly offered up these .018 bolts a numner of years ago - 3D printed bolts are not yet made in this size - although thats probably coming - in the meantime i’m adding some detail to the back of the dash bulkhead … it will be visible w the nose removed …
absmiami Posted Wednesday at 08:15 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 08:15 PM And yes - i used an optivisor -
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