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Lotus '77 and '78 are sold.

It's a long time since my last post to this WiP, but I lost a little the inspiration to continue, because there were some unexpected problems. 1. Front and rear track got 5 mm too wide, what required new suspensions to reduce the track. 2.Testing the steering wheel position, I noticed that the cockp...

I'm going to sell the following kits: not started, original box, sealed. Shipped from Germany, shipping cost:€12.00 in Europ. Payment by PayPal. Lotus 77 includes: Lotus 78 Tamiya1:12 + MFH Lotus 77 conversion kit included rain tires € 450.00 DSC_0001.JPG DSC_0010.JPG DSC_0011.JPG Lotus 78 includes:...

Some improvement ar the motor: I replaced the resin cast Protar 312 B2 half axles by resin cast MFH axle copies from the 312 B. 434FF57F-5155-420A-BD8E-486D31A5B253.jpeg 797A14C3-0EB3-4840-97A3-3ACC2845422F.jpeg Next was the construction of the bottom part of the ram boxes. Made the master from hard...

DSC_0012.JPG Motor cover was complete now, but the roll bar elongations were too wide. DSC_0013.JPG So I cut them at the black line and moved the outer wall inside. The now existing surface irregulations are leveled with Tamiya light curing putty DSC_0019.JPG DSC_0017.JPG DSC_0016.JPG DSC_0021.JPG ...

Over christmas and new year days was no time to continue this endless work.Now I will go on. Starting this car I didn't foresee the the challenge of that build. But I hope for a lucky finish now. The motor cover is finished so far. First I bent the brass sheet for middle part over some layers of sof...

Cockpits rear wall (0,25 mm brass sheet)is soldered. Cockpit needs some putty and finish, some open seams I will close by solder.

The middle part was cut from 0,5 mm alu sheet. Openings for the fir extinguisher jets are cut.

After a small modeling brake I'm back with this project. Before I continue detailing cockpit, motor, suspension and rear end I will construct the cockpit and motor cowling. But I have no plan or experience in doing that. My first idea was vacuumforming the cowling. But I rejected the idea, cause I f...