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There's an eBay seller in Austria called St.Irish who does a resin set. I've had a few bits for 1/12 conversions from him and he posts internationally (I'm in the UK). The parts tend to be a bit rough, but do the job if you're prepared to put the effort in.

I've pre-ordered mine. It's a 1/12 Lotus for under 200 quid. There are jokers on eVilbay wanting more than that for a Tamiya Lotus 78.

I've had similar situations, but not nearly as bad as that - small pieces could easily be missed, but tyres! I'd get in touch with the seller and see what they want to do - I've had part refunds offered (which I'd usually take) and been asked on one occasion to post it back for a full refund (includ...

Hasegawa made a 1/20 Ferrari 312T. Hardly an underperforming car!

I've had the Lotus book on order from Amazon since March, and still haven't received it: they keep sending apologies. I don't believe it's been issued yet.

Worth mentioning that Indycals international service is superb. I'm in the UK and have bought from Michael several times.

There's a chap on eBay who does resin tyres, including for the 1970 Lotus. Uses the name 'st.irish'.
Reasonable prices. I bought a set, as I couldn't see the etched wraps working.

There are some really good F1 groups on Facebook, where people post rare and unusual photos (of cars!). Worth it for that alone.

Sometimes old decals can be surprisingly resilient. I've been building an original edition Tamiya Lotus 78 - must be nearly forty years old and the decals - although yellowed - worked perfectly.

Just picked up one of these. Annoyed to find that, although shown on the parts map, the airbox parts for the 88B aren't included.