Dams Lola T 98/10 Judd LM '99

[Brendan]

The kit is a Scale Productions kit; no longer being produced. Was given to me as a Christmas gift. There's not a whole lot to this kit. There were only seven resin pieces and half of them are for the body and chassis. The rest is all pewter, except for the rims, which is machined aluminum. The centers are pewter though. Fairly clean kit. A couple of sink marks that need to be filled in. They designed it in a way that you don't need to fill in the seams as they are natural seams on the actual car for the body parts. (roll bar and air scoop) It will be a simple paint scheme of BLACK! With Motorola markings. Have quite a bit of it done, but still need to work on the body.

Rims painted with Alclad polished aluminum.

Seat painted in Tamiya's XF-69 NATO Black with a flat lacquer coat.

Rotors painted with Alclad Steel. Still need to do detailed painting.

Dashboard painted detailed; replaced the kit's steering wheel with one I had in my parts box.

Edited January 8, 2009 by Brendan

[Nick F40]

Wow I love Lola's and I love Judd powerplants, ehh I just love these cars.

[935k3]

Nice build so far. The Judd V10 is pure music to the ears in person, I got hear it at the 2001 6hrs at the Glen. It powered the winning Ferrari 333(Dallara)chassis. I also remember how rough the 427 Ford in the Saleen S7 sounded in comparison. Mazda rotaries are also very interesting in person. Hey Nick did you look at the progress on my Toy yet. I am sick of doing Carbon Fibre decals. I used about 5 different types on it. I have some great reference shots of that car.

Edited January 4, 2009 by 935k3

[Brendan]

The car I wish they would do is this car with a different front end so I can make one of favorite Lolas. It was in the Lotus colors of green and yellow. And it ran on the Lotus twin turboed V-6. Made some of the prettiest noises and chirps you could possibly hear.

[Brendan]

Got the car painted. It's in Tamiya's TS-14. I decanted and airbrushed it. I usually have problems trying to lay gloss black down. But this one turned out rather nice, I think.

Mirror painted along with bare metal foil for the mirror. Wing and side fins. P/E three-piece wing upright assembled and painted TS-29 (airbrushed).

Wheels assembled with brakes.

[MADmodelDOCTOR]

That black paint looks awesome. Great job !

[Brendan]

Chassis put together and decals on the body. Did not have fun placing the decals. They were old, brittle and starting to yellow. Lot of decal solvent used. But they did turn out pretty well. It took me all day yesterday. I mean it in the literal sense. I figured at least 18 hours. The main problems were the silver decals as they did not like to be handled. Need to wash the car and then shoot clear over the decals. Then the kit will be done. Thank you for following along. Will be in the Under Glass Section soon.

Added a small radio box on the side of the interior wall that the kit left out. (might be a little hard to see) Also added a hose and connectors to the air jack.

The silver decals I figured took me over 4 hours to get into place. (in one sitting) Was a decal that you could not let sit alone. It had to be attended the entire time. The hair dryer didn't help.

Finished decals after a long day of work. It's one of those jobs where you start pulling out your hair because of the decals not laying down or they started to crack.

Cutting the number was one of the harder things to do for the radiator vent. It started cracking on me as soon as I dipped it in water.

[Raul_Perez]

It's looking pretty good, Brendan!!

It looks like you'll have about 2x as many models built as I'll have at the NNL West!

Later,

[Nick F40]

Nice build so far. The Judd V10 is pure music to the ears in person, I got hear it at the 2001 6hrs at the Glen. It powered the winning Ferrari 333(Dallara)chassis. I also remember how rough the 427 Ford in the Saleen S7 sounded in comparison. Mazda rotaries are also very interesting in person. Hey Nick did you look at the progress on my Toy yet. I am sick of doing Carbon Fibre decals. I used about 5 different types on it. I have some great reference shots of that car.

No I haven't but i'll have to check it out. I love everythuing in your post but the sound is nice and rotaries do sound interesting especially going up a hill through the woods

The car I wish they would do is this car with a different front end so I can make one of favorite Lolas. It was in the Lotus colors of green and yellow. And it ran on the Lotus twin turboed V-6. Made some of the prettiest noises and chirps you could possibly hear.

ooooo yes!

[Brendan]

It's looking pretty good, Brendan!!

It looks like you'll have about 2x as many models built as I'll have at the NNL West!

Later,

Thanks for the comment. I'm figuring about 14 models for the NNL West plus or minus two. That's if I can get them finished. A lot of the kits I've built have already gone to the customers. I'm still waiting on replacement parts from the manufacturer for two other kits. Who knows if I'll get them done in time.

[chris coller]

Dude , I got to tell you I enjoy your modeling subjects. That Lola plus the 430 you are working on are just incredible. Decals that wont stick just suck!

[935k3]

Spaking of decals that don't stick. I dipped a Q-Tip in Future and wet the back of the decal it set much faster.

[Brendan]

Spaking of decals that don't stick. I dipped a Q-Tip in Future and wet the back of the decal it set much faster.

I've done that in the past. But the problem was that these decals were just too old and brittle. And it makes it nearly impossible to use any type of glue to help them stick. Shot the clear coat on last night which will help quite a bit with the decals sticking. It's just one of those things with the older kits and the decals weren't taken care of when stored.

[Nick F40]

I love this build