Because I don’t have enough Lotus kits. ...

[absmiami]

So ive decided to try the Pierre rivet thing …. These are .06 solder balls - just dumped a bunch if them on to this black tray and started drillin …  .06 is a bit over scale - but the thought is that a coat of primer will help seal the rivets - and that i can leave a scale appearing rivet after some light sanding -  

[absmiami]

On the restored 38 - none of the rivets are exposed - but the best pix that ive found of the Clark 38 at Indy in ‘65 show exposed rivets - my theory is that Team Lotus used a minimum of paint and that the rivets were exposed after repeated polishing in the weeks before race day - Chapman did value appearance - but paint added weight - and at Indy extra weight made a big difference … the rivet decal that ive taped to the surface of the cowl is used to help me space the rivets …

[absmiami]

Ths hardest part is drilling a shallow hole and making a shallow “divet” that the rivet is glued into - i want the top half of the solder ball above the surface of the body - 

[absmiami]

 Getting bettter at this as i go - the right hand - in the picture - row of rivets is better than the left hand row - which was done first …