Justin Porter Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 This has been a kit I've long looked forward to building and I finally got my hands on one for a less than nose-bleed price. It really is a very cleverly engineered kit, probably at the very edge of what injection molding could do at the time it was tooled up. I'm building it purely box stock though I am aware that I may be turning to Indycals for a replacement set of decals. We'll see when that comes up. Paint is Tamiya TS-43 Racing Green over Stynelrez white primer, with the tub's aluminum done in AK Real Color aluminum and the engine block in Vallejo Metal Color dull aluminum.
Rich Chernosky Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 Justin, that is a great little kit and you are off to a good start. I enjoyed building mine. Just make sure the lower link that attaches to the upright on your rear suspension is secure. Mine keeps falling apart.
Justin Porter Posted October 7, 2020 Author Posted October 7, 2020 Just now, Rich Chernosky said: Justin, that is a great little kit and you are off to a good start. I enjoyed building mine. Just make sure the lower link that attaches to the upright on your rear suspension is secure. Mine keeps falling apart. I wasn't too thrilled with the way they designed it to attach for sure. I ended up soaking the little spots in the rear bulkhead in a bit of Tamiya Extra Thin Quick Set to get the lower link piece settled down into the channels, then built up a strengthening fillet of Slow Cure CA.
Rich Chernosky Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 Just now, Justin Porter said: I wasn't too thrilled with the way they designed it to attach for sure. I ended up soaking the little spots in the rear bulkhead in a bit of Tamiya Extra Thin Quick Set to get the lower link piece settled down into the channels, then built up a strengthening fillet of Slow Cure CA. When mine lets go again, and it will, I will probably just wire it back together with fine armature wire. This is a common problem with F-1 kits and it won't be the first repair I have ever done. Its still a cool kit. Tamiya rules.
Justin Porter Posted October 17, 2020 Author Posted October 17, 2020 Fresh update. Suspension, Cockpit, and Engine are all together (with the exception of the intake trumpets) and we're in the home stretch. The steering wheel Lotus emblem was my canary in the coal mine for whether or not the vintage Tamiya decals would co-operate and as long as my water was fresh out of the Keurig, they do! Fingers are still crossed on how the stripe will turn out though.
Justin Porter Posted October 22, 2020 Author Posted October 22, 2020 Going to take more pictures in a better shoot, but happy to say the Lotus is finished!
gbtr6 Posted October 22, 2020 Posted October 22, 2020 Looks great, turned out well. I have a couple of these, the Ebbro version and the 1/12 version. I want to day a Rob Walker livery on one of these. One day. Perry
Bainford Posted October 24, 2020 Posted October 24, 2020 Very cool. Nice work on the Lotus. Did you go with the kit decals? They look great.
Rich Chernosky Posted October 24, 2020 Posted October 24, 2020 Turned out great Justin...you did a superb job.
Justin Porter Posted October 24, 2020 Author Posted October 24, 2020 16 hours ago, Bainford said: Very cool. Nice work on the Lotus. Did you go with the kit decals? They look great. I did in fact use the kit decals and joy of joys they co-operated. The secret lay in getting my decal water from my wife's Keurig. lol
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