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First step of the wing construction is finished. I divided the single 312 T front wing in two parts(black) and added some styrene(white). The rear wing is from the grab box and enlarged by alu sheet. In the second step I will cover the wings by 0.1 mm alu sheet. E28B0DCE-FB36-489F-B840-C344E84C79BD....

An original Foto from the motor cover.

The single upper longitudinal radius rod is fixed to the roll bar above the motor cover. That requires an gap for the longitudinal rod and a cover between ram box and roll bar. F6968BF4-73A5-4E7E-95A3-6D0C87DE1789_1_201_a.jpeg E70DD11B-CA90-4A0B-89E2-1C84F00FBA1D.jpeg 7BE22757-6B05-43B0-8DB2-0102F71...

Lotus '77 and '78 are sold.

It's a long time since my last post to this WiP, but I lost a little the inspiration to continue, because there were some unexpected problems. 1. Front and rear track got 5 mm too wide, what required new suspensions to reduce the track. 2.Testing the steering wheel position, I noticed that the cockp...

I'm going to sell the following kits: not started, original box, sealed. Shipped from Germany, shipping cost:€12.00 in Europ. Payment by PayPal. Lotus 77 includes: Lotus 78 Tamiya1:12 + MFH Lotus 77 conversion kit included rain tires € 450.00 DSC_0001.JPG DSC_0010.JPG DSC_0011.JPG Lotus 78 includes:...

Some improvement ar the motor: I replaced the resin cast Protar 312 B2 half axles by resin cast MFH axle copies from the 312 B. 434FF57F-5155-420A-BD8E-486D31A5B253.jpeg 797A14C3-0EB3-4840-97A3-3ACC2845422F.jpeg Next was the construction of the bottom part of the ram boxes. Made the master from hard...

DSC_0012.JPG Motor cover was complete now, but the roll bar elongations were too wide. DSC_0013.JPG So I cut them at the black line and moved the outer wall inside. The now existing surface irregulations are leveled with Tamiya light curing putty DSC_0019.JPG DSC_0017.JPG DSC_0016.JPG DSC_0021.JPG ...

Over christmas and new year days was no time to continue this endless work.Now I will go on. Starting this car I didn't foresee the the challenge of that build. But I hope for a lucky finish now. The motor cover is finished so far. First I bent the brass sheet for middle part over some layers of sof...

Cockpits rear wall (0,25 mm brass sheet)is soldered. Cockpit needs some putty and finish, some open seams I will close by solder.