Another Lotus 102

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Re: Another Lotus 102

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Nice work...so that's what the styrene was for:-)
While i fully agree with you that the endplates should be as thin as possible the 0,05mm you were looking for sound really thin. That's quite wobbly when you get to painting and polishing :-)
I see that you put two layers so you end up with more. 0,1mm brass or nickle silver plates would have worked too i think. Nice job on the curvature. The heat wasn't really necessary i think. I have made 0,1mm barge boards fo an MP4/8 that have that sort of curvature and they keep their shape when bent cold ( surprisingly :-) )
I'm looking forward to more progress!

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Re: Another Lotus 102

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Wow very smart way to do the front wing end plate... I failed to do that because I was thinking to glue the extension on, but it kept breaking off.... Keep them coming :)

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Re: Another Lotus 102

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Superb work, front wings looks fantastic.
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Re: Another Lotus 102

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Amazing Job!!
Congratulations!
It´s the Camel or the white and green version?
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Re: Another Lotus 102

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Very nice and creative building techniques!

This 102 conversion looks quite hard though.
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Re: Another Lotus 102

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Really nice work so far Steffen. This is a conversion that I'd like to do sometime too.
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Re: Another Lotus 102

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Hello

Well done conversion
I see the last posts were from 1 year ago. Are you still doing it or did you already finished?

One question: What about the ice cream??
Steffen_T wrote:I finally went the way JamesB (thank you James! ) suggested and bought some ice creme.
Do you use it as styrene source ? which brand do you prefer??? :D

Thanks for sharing and congrats for the stunning work and tips
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Re: Another Lotus 102

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Finally after almost 7 years without any progress I am back on this project.

I had run in two problems which I had to solve before I could continue:

- Not enough space between enginecover and undertray to fix the gearbox between
- always re-appearing cracks on the enginecover

The gearboxproblem was solved by sanding away everything that was going to be hidden by the enginecover:
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The problem with the enginecover was solved by adding styrene-stripes and putty on the backside of the cracks, which was very difficult.
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With both problems being solved I could continue on the 102 and it's predecessor the Lotus 101, which I had recently started:
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I am sure you won't have to wait that long for the next update.
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Re: Another Lotus 102

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Awesome! Great to see some progress here, very nice conversion!

What color did you use?
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Re: Another Lotus 102

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Thank you for your comment, Tormentor! :D
The color I have used is the Camel Lotus yellow by Zero Paints.
On the jar is written that it is meant to be used for the 99T and the 100T, but I don't see a difference between the Camel Lotus cars in terms of the color.
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