Lotus 79 decals now available

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Re: Lotus 79 decals now available

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craig wrote:I am assuming the number "6" that I don't see on your decal sheet from your website also comes with the decals?
Only if you ordered the Ronnie Peterson version.
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lezdep wrote:
Habu12 wrote:The Taisan Starcard Porsche GT2 also has black border decals on the Starcard logos. It's a total nonissue. They look tip top.
Funny you should say that, because on high resolution picture attached, you can actually see very thick black border around "Starcard" logos.
I guess it would be much less noticeable in real life when you don't have such magnification level.
That's exactly it right there. The magnification REALLY shows everything, and the pic itself is about twice as large as the real thing. But like Indy said, you can also see the clear carrier. As for color match though, there's no difference. Sorry for the large size. I'll resize. Also this is an ooooold kit I build 13 years ago, and it's seen a lot of wear and dust.
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Well crap... it looks like the front wing difference in the kits is going to be enough to require a separate Hasegawa and Tamiya sheet
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Ah well. At least it's not too much work, right? You already have a basis to work off of, yes?
Whenever it's ready though...
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Habu12 wrote:Ah well. At least it's not too much work, right? You already have a basis to work off of, yes?
Whenever it's ready though...
It's ready. There are four options: Andretti Hasegawa, Andretti Tamiya, Peterson Hasegawa, Peterson Tamiya.

A couple of the stripes are not a perfect natural fit on the Tamiya kit, but I didn't change them as they can still be laid down to fit easily.

It's real interesting to see the differences in the kits - the engine cover section on the Hasegawa kit is a full 1/8" (3.5mm) longer than the Tamiya, but overall the Hasegawa is only 1mm longer than the Tamiya (201mm vs 200mm)
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