MGTC/Lotus Hybrid: British quasi Hot Rod

[jbwelda]

see build thread for details:

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=70271

thanks for looking and comments, positive, negative, neutral always cheerfully accepted as long as they are somewhat constructive, if not, they are easily ignored.

Edited August 27, 2013 by jbwelda

[sjordan2]

Very, very nice. Where did the wire wheel for the spare come from?

[beeRS]

A really cool and different rod. I like different. I am familiar with Monograms MG TC kit, but I never thought one could look this good.

I'm guessing that's the Lotus 7's engine in there (a Ford pre-Cross-Flow).

[skymnky721]

Really cool,,very clean build.

[jbwelda]

Thanks for the comments so far; one thing I forgot to mention is that these photos were taken before I fabricated some front fender supports (and I used Tim Boyds suggestion on the fenders: epoxy them to the tires and then make the support struts, never would have thought of that and sure made it easy to get them to appear to float just above the tires, thanks again Tim!)

anyway, that spare was a southeast finecast photoetch wheel set I had laying around, wasn't planning on using a spare but as the build concluded I thought I needed something back there to disguise the fact the fuel tank didn't fit like I wanted it to and sits up kinda high. with the spare there it looks nice though the spare itself is a bit of a joke because it doesn't match either wheel style on the car!

Yep that's the Tamiya Lotus 7 Ford motor in there along with the live rear axle and other running gear from the same kit.

[Ace-Garageguy]

YES YES YES !!! Great little rod...made me smile more than anything in a long time.

[realgone58]

Now that's different! I'm diggin' it!

[Foxer]

Loving that! --- it really honks!

[slusher]

Very different and cool.

[PappyD340]

Very NICE!!

[S. Svendsen]

Neat idea. I like it.

[John Goschke]

Really neat little car and a clean build!

[drodg]

Nice build. did you replicate someone's real car?

[jbwelda]

>did you replicate someone's real car?

only in my mind!

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[hjracing]

Wow! Incredible build! I really like it! Great combination too!

[curt raitz]

Narley...

[Jon Cole]

Wow! That is sweet! That is very close to what I want to build!

[Helix]

That's a great build, good job!

[Jeremy Jon]

Very creative build, I like it, Nicely done!!

[Bill Edman]

very nice

[IMSANUT]

Cool.

[Kennyboy]

Really cool idea to do a Euro-rod!

[Danno]

Bloody good!

[Silver Foxx]

So different and so nice , I like this.