AMT 1/25 Lola T-8800 Arie Luyendyk

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AMT 1/25 Lola T-8800 Arie Luyendyk

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Hi everyone,

Here is my latest finished work, and possibly the most frustrating. This is Arie Luyendyk's Provimi Veal Lola T-8800 from the 1988 Indy 500. The Provimi scheme is one of my all time favorites. Sadly, the kit was pretty awful. Nothing fit and details were soft at best. I ended up making the kit curbside to make the build end quicker! I used Alclad gloss black base for the paint. The kit decals were used and terrible. I really should've used Indycals on this one. In the end, I'm reasonably happy with how it all turned out. I wish I had built this before I bought a half dozen of these AMT Indycar kits!

As always, comments and critiques are welcome.

Thanks,
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Nice to see a car from Dutch racer Arie....
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Always great to see an Indycar....Nice.
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:D Come on, the result is not bad. Don't be that hard with the kit and yourself :D
Anyway, if you have regrets on having fought amt's Indycars, please pm me to see if I can find them a new home 8) 8)
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Sharp! I don't know my Indy cars, but I like this one!

Cheers, Chris
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Looks great
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The build looks nice. Great paint and details. Shayne's right, it is good to see IndyCars here and we need to see more!!

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Hi Jake,

Your CART turns out to be pretty good!

The AMT CART series is a series with normal AMT quality of the 80's. The panel lines are large and lines are a bit soft. There are some fit problems as these moulds were hand cut not the NC machine cuts like Tamiya.

The Revell-Monogram CART cars of the 90's are better even they lack the engine.
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Always a pleasure to see another IndyCar here. I've got this kit in my stash and appreciate the heads-up on using Indycal decals. Anything but a curbside build seems like an exercise in frustration with most of these kits.
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Re: AMT 1/25 Lola T-8800 Arie Luyendyk

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Very nice & clean Build :) .
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