JHDrew Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 OK, after being away from the hobby for about two and a half years I decided to get back in slow. After going through the storage shelves I came across an old SMTS Lotus 56 in 1/43 scale. The kit decals were pretty rough so I ordered some decals from Mike at Indycals for both the car and the tires. After cleaning up all the soft metal parts I shot the whole thing with Tamiya white primer and wet sanded that with 3500 grit. I masked off the nose and then shot it with three coats of Tamiya Fluoresent Red. I created some white decals to lay down first before the 70's and STP's were done in case of ghosting through the white area. Other than the Indycals it's pretty much out of the box. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Nice, clean little build. Thanks for posting pictures of a car/model I haven't seen too often - kind of looks like a falling wedge with wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Jim, nice little build there...you know, if you look quickly at it from the side view, it almost looks like a "pinewood derby" car with the exposed wheels, pure wedge shape and no wings or frills on it....which is not meant to take anything away from the build....1/43 race cars require lots of skill. Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Madlinger Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Great job. Glad you are building again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeker589 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Great build on a unique subject! The world needs more Lotii! Lotuses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GO-figureit Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Thats a super build with a great finsh all round - it looks superb it's hard to believe it's only 43rd scale - the proportions are spot on. Like you, I haven't built a 43rd in yeras and last week I just took delivery of the SMTS Brabham BT26 - hopefully with the inspiration from your project, I can geat a finish even half as good, Cheers, Paul Strive for the Happy medium - more than too little and less than too much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruz Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Awesome work on such a small scale, very clean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_R Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 That sure looks like a brother to the one I saw today, nice work! Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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