1/12th James Hunt M23

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1/12th James Hunt M23

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This was built using the 1/12th Tamiya Texaco-Malboro and an EJAN conversion kit from MFH. It was fun and I just had to watch the movie Rush again.
The car depicted is the 1976 Japanese GP with rain tires. The paint is Tamiya TS pure white and EJAN floro red. The tire decals are Indycals. The Hunt helmet is from Bestbalsa.
I have had this kit around for awhile. After reading Hunt's bio I decided to take it off the shelf and build it.

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Very nice sir

I have this one is progress
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TY Alex
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Beautiful job, I really like the last photo, together with the Ferrari

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Wonderful!
Congratulations!!

Question: the sidewall of rear tires looks like it is in reverse rotation compared to front tires . Maybe left/right rears need to swap?
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Truly awesome build!!!
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Redbox wrote:Wonderful!
Congratulations!!

Question: the sidewall of rear tires looks like it is in reverse rotation compared to front tires . Maybe left/right rears need to swap?
Good catch. I will swap before putting it in the case.
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marlborored wrote:Truly awesome build!!!
TY, hope you are doing well.

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daves wrote:
Redbox wrote:Wonderful!
Congratulations!!

Question: the sidewall of rear tires looks like it is in reverse rotation compared to front tires . Maybe left/right rears need to swap?
Good catch. I will swap before putting it in the case.
Happy to help.
The model is great, congratulations!
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Looks fantastic and I agree with Jeff the last pic is so good.
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