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turboF1 wrote:How’d the chrome plating work out?

I still have to do it, but I will let you know...

Eric

Because the nosecone of the Lotus took some effort (3 times allready) I decided to make the diorama for the Lotus with Jim Clark. I have some reference pictures and wanted the Lotus in the pitlane Zandvoort. I did not want to build the complete pitboxes, so I made the wall from Balsafoam and the tar...

Fantastic and amazing build.

Eric

Excellent build. Correct me if I'm wrong but.....are you by any chance also infected with the Kamimuravirus??

Can you tell me where you bought the wingholder. I know it's for sale at Barchetta but I don't have any idea how to buy it there.

Eric

I sprayed the Lotus British Racing Green and yellow. I used Zero Paints.







Eric

I highly suggest a magnetic tumbler/polisher. It makes clean up of the small stuff much easier. Thanks for your comment. A magnetic tumbler?? okI've heard of them but never found the need to use this. Most of the time I replace these parts with my own made parts such as suspensionarms, exhausts etc...

Me to Jaykay...

I began working on refining the detail on the MFH Lotus 49. The tube for transporting the coolant was made from white metal, I replaced it with a brass tube and made the fixingpoints from brass. https://imageshack.com/a/img922/9768/HH1y6C.jpg https://imageshack.com/a/img924/3980/EvZXdg.jpg The strut...

Not much progress on the Lotus 49. I finished painting the Jim Clark figure. I used Valejo paint and the excellent decals are from BestBalsaKits (shame he doesn't make more 43rd decals). https://imageshack.com/a/img924/1613/RSWhoL.jpg [imghttps://imageshack.com/a/img923/671/gUflxt.jpg][/img] https:/...

Outstanding work James. These Brabham's look great. Always loved the white/blue colorscheme. I noticed your picture of the computerscreen making your own decals. Now I tried this, but with mixed feelings. I'm no expert in making computer drawings. I have the drawingprogram paint but I still get blur...