Tamiya 1/24 Lotus Super 7

[Guest]

stunning work there.

Ive definately got to give alclad a try sometime, looks brilliant

[Guest]

Update on 6's 7.

Blimey, this ones been a while in the making but it's almost there, i will say, though it's taken some time i've enjoyed doing this in bits and pieces.

Now have the resin cast Lotus Elan pressed steel wheels painted and fitted, the supplied ones in the tamiya kit are incorrect, these were very kindly donated to me by a forum member on the escale models forum who did his own version of 6's 7, these were his mis casts but they are plenty good enough for me, with a clean up, bit of superglue and filler and attacking with a file they look pretty good I think.

Bits to do are, scratch built rear lights, again the kit ones are different to the one used on KAR 120C, paint and fit the windscreen in either polished aluminium or alclad, not sure yet and finally the windscreen wipers and create some license plates.

[yak face]

Looking the biz now mike, the wheels look great to me, you did a good job cleaning them up. Looking forward to the end result. cheers tony

[Guest]

Very nice build m1ks , you`ve made me want to do the racing version now.

Richy

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Quick update on this one.

OMG, is this still sitting here unfinished? I hear people gasp,

It's been sitting on the bench for a while, my modelling get up and go hasn't been right, (but neither has my sleep pattern etc etc blah blah blah blah, however), I've been looking through the stash, trying desperately not to buy anything else till i've built at least 1/4 of what I have, started a revell 1/9 bike but lost interest quickly but then got the urge to do a car, so, revell 57 Chevy BelAir on the go and in the meantime I thought, perfect chance to finish this longstanding bench paperweight that is the Lotus 7 of number 6.

So Alcladded the windscreen bracket/surround plus fuel cap, (though it's under the hood cover), added some very nice, (If I do say so), piping to the hood cover and some to add to the seat edges.

In the process of making new rear lights as the kit ones are wrong and a retaining leather strap for the spare wheel, the only thing I can't do at present are the mesh headlight grilles but that's something I can add later when i find the material to do it.

No pics just yet but I hope to have it completed v soon and images up.

[Guest]

Looking great Mike ca'nt wait to see the updated pics!

[tr1ckey66]

That's a lovely finish to the paint on the Lotus. This is going to be brilliant when it's finished.

All the best

Paul

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Quick pic update, Not quite finished as the plans for a day modelling yesterday were scuppered when I was informed on being dragged out of bed too early that we were going shopping to the city, so returning exhausted at 8.30pm left me in no mood for aything.

Got a few little bits done tonight, going to add one more piece of piping to the seat then i'll be happy with that, have battery leads to fit to the engine and number plates to make then just the rear lights to finish fettling and add.

Windscreen and wipers

Seat piping, (bit of creative license here, you never see the seat bases but as the seat back has piping i'm guessing the seat creases did too.

Rear shot showing hood cover piping and spare wheel retaining strap, (i'd painted this brown to simulate brown leather originally but on watching some of the DVD's again today discovered it is a black leather strap, (strange how your mind plays tricks on you), very pleased with the strap, made from masking tape with home made buckle.

Full side shot