Completed: Jim Clark's 1963 Lotus 25 - Mexican GP
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Completed: Jim Clark's 1963 Lotus 25 - Mexican GP
This has been 10 weeks in the making, although Ive been restricted to just weekends I thought it would have taken longer.
There are only a couple of fuel & cooling lines to add - for that Im just waiting for some fishing line to arrive.
I used a mixture of the Tamiya kit, parts from RB Motion and the transkit from Thunder Valley which really did add alot and it is great using white metal for parts that are supposed to be metal - no painting just polishing to achieve the desired finish! A further etch set from Acustion was also used but proved to be virtually useless. I would have liked to have used some red leather look covering for the seat however I couldnt get my hands on any.
The kit as whole went together easily with little problems although I was surprised by some of the parts that Tamiya omitted. Nevertheless a thoroughly enjoyable build of an important car in motorsport history.
IMG]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/ ... C03063.jpg[/IMG]
finally, a quick comparison against my 310B. 34 years between them, its funny you would think the Lotus is 1/24 next to the Ferrari.
thanks again to one all for the help & encouragements along the way, now onto the Porsche 917.
Sean
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There are only a couple of fuel & cooling lines to add - for that Im just waiting for some fishing line to arrive.
I used a mixture of the Tamiya kit, parts from RB Motion and the transkit from Thunder Valley which really did add alot and it is great using white metal for parts that are supposed to be metal - no painting just polishing to achieve the desired finish! A further etch set from Acustion was also used but proved to be virtually useless. I would have liked to have used some red leather look covering for the seat however I couldnt get my hands on any.
The kit as whole went together easily with little problems although I was surprised by some of the parts that Tamiya omitted. Nevertheless a thoroughly enjoyable build of an important car in motorsport history.
IMG]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/ ... C03063.jpg[/IMG]
finally, a quick comparison against my 310B. 34 years between them, its funny you would think the Lotus is 1/24 next to the Ferrari.
thanks again to one all for the help & encouragements along the way, now onto the Porsche 917.
Sean
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http://www.scalereproductions.co.uk
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Guys you are too kind, many thanks for the comments.
Sean
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