Lotus 79-1. Hasegawa 1/20 (was Need cockpit advise)

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Lotus 79-1. Hasegawa 1/20 (was Need cockpit advise)

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I feel unsure on what to do now. Tamiya and Hasegawa has different set-ups of the cockpit.
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Hasegawa has a side console in front of the seat while Tamiya doesn't. Just in front of the seat Tamiya has a rounded plate with two holes while Hasegawa has a flat plate without holes. Both are right. Tamiya depict the 1978 version and Hasegawa the 1979 version and the way the cars look now. As I'm building cars from Canada 1978 I probably should remove the consoles but I'm not sure if I should bother to do this or just let it be. On the other hand I can't tell when these consoles was added. On pictures from Germany they are absent and I would guess that the cars remained the same for the rest of the season but what about 79-4. It was built late 1978 and got a different bulkhead in front of the driver. Could it also have got the side consoles as well?
I have to make a note to add these consoles when I build the Martini cars.
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Re: Lotus 79-1. Hasegawa 1/20 (was Need cockpit advise)

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Well as I have to rebuild the front scuttle for the 79-1 and I know that I will be irritated if I let it pass I started to remove the offending consoles.
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