Tamiya 1/12 F1 Lotus JPS Mk3

[Guest]

Hi all due to the kindness of Richard, this arrived today all the way from the US of A.
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It looks an amazing kit, obviously since it was a kind donation I have decided to take greater care than I did with the RE20 first thing I noticed was the fuel lines are way out of scale they should be 8mm which scales down to 0.7mm roughly (slightly less than that its actually 0.67recuring) the supplied clear tubing is 1.33mm [ATTACH]431266[/ATTACH]
After heating and stretching I have a very close
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That is about all I will get done before the funeral.
I'm looking forward to getting stuck into this.

[tigersteve]

An iconic car in a memorable sponsors colours ! looking forward to your build ...

[minitnkr]

Is that Players black?

[Guest]

Not at home at the moment (father in laws funeral) (will be sadly missed) but before I left home I managed this much
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Where would I find pics of this engine, I google it but all I get are pics of this kit in various stages of build.

[outrunner]

I think they used the Ford Cosworth DFV v8 engine, but I could be wrong.

Andy.

[minitnkr]

Ask and you shall receive. Google Ford-Cosworth DFV image.

[Tim Marlow]

I’ve never been a huge F1 fan, but I always liked this car so I’ll tag along with the petrol heads if I may….

[Guest]

Thanks Paul and Andy, great to have you along Tim.

[JR]

Sorry about your loss Ken .

I shall join in as follow FI every race .Should be a great model of the iconic car.

[Guest]

Hi all so heres the next installment.

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[minitnkr]

Beautiful tub.

[Guest]

More progress on the engine and chassis.
I can't believe these engines are the same scale considering they are similar CC's
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[minitnkr]

Excellent engine & tub. Been trying to find an old photo taken in our racing teams' garage back in the 60s of a small block Chevy 327cu. in., an Oldsmobile 324cu.in., & a Chrysler 331cu.in. hemi. all in a line. They look like papa bear, momma bear & baby bear or small, medium & large size engines.

[Guest]

More work on the engine of this, reducing the size of that clear tubing made it a real pain to get on but I do think it looks better.

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[Tim Marlow]

That’s looking good enough to put fuel in! Nice job.