Lotus 79, Hasegawa finished

[MarcoSaupe]

I finished the new Lotus 79 by Hasegawa, a nice and detailed kit. Compared to Tamiya or Fujimi Kits, the details are a bit more delicate, like the non-snap suspensions, on the other hand the plastic is rather soft and parts are sometimes difficult to attach, as there are less pins for glueing the part on.

The car was painted with TS14 using airbrush, Zero 1k clear and Tamiya wax an top. OOB Decals except for replacement wing decals (thanks to Michael from Indycals) after i botched the paintwork. Chassis with Alclad Aluminium, the gold came from a paint marker but I used a brush to paint it, the rest was done with Aquacolor. The tiremarkings were airbrushed, several wires, rubber lines and guitar strings were used for cables and hoses, I made the belts from Leukosilk and etched parts from KA Models and also used some etched DZUS. The mesh is from MrModel, the heat shield was made from alu foil rubbed over a mesh.

It's not perfect, the front wing is a bit steep, I intend to make the Tamiya one better, with etched parts and JPS Decals.

Hope you like it.

Wip: http://www.f1m.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=13489

[jaykay]

That looks very nice and clean! I like it

...and i still don't know which one to buy. Right now i'm leaning towards the Hasegawa

[jaws]

Very nice build. I like it!
I have the Tamiya kit. Will easy be a year before I start as I have other projects going.

[pete]

That looks very nice and clean! I like it

...and i still don't know which one to buy. Right now i'm leaning towards the Hasegawa

I don’t understand the controversy here…the only way to handle the situation is to buy one of each…that way you can build one as the JPS car and one as the Martini car…that is the simple way out.

P.S. Very nice clean build...if mine comes out half as well, I will be pretty happy. Man, that was one beautiful race car...Colin at his zenith.

[nmasahiko]

looks nice!! I'm still working Tamiya kit. After I finished it, I will start to build Hasegawa kit.

[lezdep]

Great build. Looks very good. Nice detailing.

...and i still don't know which one to buy. Right now i'm leaning towards the Hasegawa

I don't think it matters for you Jaykay. How much of the base kit do you use anyway - 20%, 30% ?
Buy Has, just to support them, as they reportedly are oversold by Tamiya. If you start one of your
superdetailed builds with 79, that will surely beat previous ones and will be instant hit on forums
and all over the Net, I think. And would be unbelievable treat for us here. Do it !

I'm really itching to start mine Tamiya's one, but also have a number of other project to finish first.
Should be fun project.

[eyckles]

Wow, amazing build.

Lesley

[CBartholomew4677]

Looks great!! Tire marking are the best I've seen painted with a template, perfectly clean !!
I look forward to seeing you tackle the Tamiya version.
Cheers,
Chris

[Fendt936]

very nice build.

[alexpayne]

Nice clean build but I agree the front wing looks a touch high.
Atb,Alexp.