Tamiya Lotus 99T

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Re: Tamiya Lotus 99T

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Phenomenal work! I love the undertray aluminium and the hose clips
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Re: Tamiya Lotus 99T

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Many thanks for kind comment and following guys! Bodywork will be one of the final steps i think, actually it is too cold to do paint job, will wait a bit more and hope that the temperature will raise again, otherwise i have to heat the room cause i need some of the parts. Lets wait and see if weather changes a bit better.
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Re: Tamiya Lotus 99T

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gp-models wrote:Many thanks for kind comment!
Realized i wrote everytime commend instead of comment! Lol Sorry for bad english! 8)

Some more progress on the Lotus is finished or even prepaired.
First i finished the undertray with CF work and flat clear. Next was putting on bare metal foil and some heat shields which i made from aluminium sheet, detailed everything with some etched nuts.

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Next is some scratch build fittings for coolers, intercoolers, airbox and so on. Tiny stuff again, soldered from brass rods and pipes. I reworked the coolers and changed the plumbing with its straps, the fittings for overflow are missing in this picture. Painted the part for the sidepod silver, but still not happy with it, i guess i will do it again. Last i painted some bottom support brackets. Most of this parts will be installed once Tub, engine and undertray is glued together, some engine plumbing has to be done infront of that too. Sorry for crappy pics, the cam is sometimes not working like i want it to. :?

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Finaly i made a dry set up with everything together to see where i can get into trouble with adding more details, Snorkel on gearbox is installed and i scratch build some connectors with wiring for the injection nozzles. Exhaustpipes and Turbos are still in work, needs paint and detailing.

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Thanks for watching!

Simply amazing! What kind of CF did you use on the undertray? Looks great! Can`t wait to see all those tiny parts on the model!
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Re: Tamiya Lotus 99T

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Thank you for kind comment, i used SMS high definition decals for the upper side of the undertray and Pit Wall CF for underside.
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Re: Tamiya Lotus 99T

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I'm impressed with the work you do. I love these little parts. Very clean CF and detail work. Looking forward to the finished model.
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Thank you for kind comment! This is good news, looking forward to it and many thanks infront! :)
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Re: Tamiya Lotus 99T

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Simply amazing. The photos with the engine/gearbox in place are mouthwatering!
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Thank you for kind comment, motivating to see you guys like it!
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Re: Tamiya Lotus 99T

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Any news on this amazing build? Can`t wait to see another update! :)
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Re: Tamiya Lotus 99T

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Inuyasha wrote:Any news on this amazing build? Can`t wait to see another update! :)
Things are moving on slowly actually cause i`m painting the wheels for my real car, maybe i will do one in the next days, but not for 4 or 5 parts only.
Stay tuned, will get back to it in a few days ;)
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