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Ah, the good ol Nitto/Entex/Blue Tank/ whomever else produced those back in the day. Those were my first outlet into building F1 cars back around 1982. I always wanted to cut out the moulded in driver as well but had ZERO modelling chops back then. I "built" the BT46, Lotus 79 , M26 and JS...

Wow, sorry I missed something. As I look at the perfect picture of the front wing in Komakais Lotus 97 book, i'm going with pewter. Maybe a lite coat of smoke. Spoon test that to see if I like it or not.

No, this one. The one Senna nipped Mansell with in Spain 1986. Notice both the front and rear wing have a bronze hew to them.....because they're carbon fibre. The question is whether the carbon fibre is bronze or pewter ( with the hew coming from reflecting the sun).

Nose cuts on race weekend for the rest of the year!

I have been researching photos of the Lotus 98 ( and earlier cars) trying to determine which color carbon fibre they used and I can't decide if I am seeing pewter that is reflecting a bronzish hew or if I am actually seeing bronze. Has anyone seen this in person and can tell me which I am seeing?

For all Buyee users: Buyee recently switched from DHL to Fed Ex....at least to the USA.....without bothering to mention this before choosing "Buyee Air". And come to find out, Fed Ex have a nasty habit of "losing" parcels or - in my case - dropping them in the middle of your por...

For all Buyee users: Buyee recently switched from DHL to Fed Ex....at least to the USA.....without bothering to mention this before choosing "Buyee Air". And come to find out, Fed Ex have a nasty habit of "losing" parcels or - in my case - dropping them in the middle of your porc...

My only problem is that 2/3 s of the grid have black and red leathers on black or red bikes. Makes it easy to cheer for the VR46s

jaykay wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:02 pm Nice job!
I really have to dig this out of the stash one day and give it a go even though every time someone builds it there are complaints

....."observations"

Nicely done. It's a goofy kit, ain't it? I built 2 of them, the first one bit me with that seam with the 2 pieces for the headrest area and BOTH times, the black piece inside the sidepod that is supposed to be red. I had to go back and spray paint some white decal sheet red and apply it over that. W...