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I used a couple of coats of Tamiya Smoke from a rattle can to darken the tan carbon fibre, which worked well. What method did you use?

This link works from eBay in the UK:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/cnt/intermediate ... d=st.irish

There's an eBay seller in Austria who sells resin wheels that fit Tamiya Lotus 72 Firestones, suitable for a 1972 312B-2. They're home cast, so a bit rough, but better they work (I've used his other pieces with success. Trades under the name st.irish.

Jadlam Toys & Models in the UK are now taking advance orders on the Meng MP4/4, at £150. Had to do it!

What interests me here is the licencing issue - has McLaren actually licenced both companies to produce kits of their cars? Remember that for a while Tamiya had an exclusive licence to sell Ferrari kits, which was mentioned on the box art. Hard to imagine McLaren not 'protecting' their brand in a si...

I built Rindt's German GP car, using parts of that set. As mentioned above, the decal sheet is incomplete, so was augmented from a variety of sources. The etched tyre treads were obviously useless and I picked up resin replacements. The transkit ignores the sidepods, which required a lot of work to ...

Worth noting - Michael at Indycals is already selling a full decal set for the 1/12 99T. Just received mine - absolutely stunning, and delivered from the US to the UK in eight days! Just need the kit now...

Zero Paints.

If Michael's reading this, a set of 1974 Lotus decals in 1/12 would be of interest to me too.

Must comment on the state of the paintwork on 70s race cars. I visited Tyrrell during the 1976 season, and as part of the tour, they mentioned that all bodywork was stripped and repainted when the cars returned to Okham between races. It was important to the team and its sponsors that the cars shoul...