Woah! First Tamiya RC purchse/build in my lifetime. Not the last though
The reason for this is the Lotus Type 79 and Ronnie Peterson.
This will be a homage to Ronnie also known as the Super Swede. The greatest Swedish F1 driver of all time.
He tragically passed away after a horrific crash at Monza Sept. 11 1978.
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Working with Alclad 2 Chrome.
Now that was a lot of fun.
Picture does not make it justice, but happy with the end result.
Need to paint spokes gold to get it more like the original.
Thanks guys!
If you're to use Alclad paint buy the clear coat as well. The paint rubs of if you just look at it
Now starts the the tough job of painting the body black....
Nah The big job with the body is trimming clean lines and getting "body parts" to look and fit right.
Nice project. Any hopups planned? Always wondered why Tamiya removed the Goodyear on the front tires but kept it on the rear. Silly trademarks...
I've got Ronnie Peterson driving my Tyrrell P34 six wheeler.
Thanks Smoke-dog! I really like your Tyyrell (Y)
No hopups at this moment... maybe rear shock..Going all in on apperance at the moment.
I have to cut into the horrible front bumper that more or less looks like a shovel. We'll see how much is left of it once I'm done.
Allso I cut of the rear diffusor as the real thing did not have one (I have removed a little more material at the rear than what shows in the picture)
Might have to fabricate a dummy gearbox at the rear end to fill up the void.
although not a classic chassis the car definitely is so i thought i'd post a couple of pics of my 79 to see what you think.
i've also painted my new f104x1 in the jps livery with 2009 spec wings a kind of 30th anniversary of lotus's masterpiece.
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thanks for the comments the jps decals are off ebay for around £9 and the quality is excellent.
The shop is called screenprintdigital and they're in knaresborough north yorkshire.
I brought mine back from England about a year ago - thanks FB for the reminder! Finally it is running and I am having some fun with it. So much so I bought a 2nd on eBay and got that tricked out! The plan is...
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Those are pretty cool, I also like the simplicity of that chassis. But someone put the headlight stickers on wrong on one of those bodies...probably the front one, it looks like it's gazing skyward. :mrgreen:
A guy came in the shop and was talking about some old Schumacher Lotus 1/6th scale. I had never seen one so I asked him to bring it in. Now I own it... just cant help myself!
I think it's pretty cool. Think I'll drop some big brushless power in it...
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I had a Big 6 for a lot of years, just sold it last year... great fun car to drive. I drove mine last on the Velodrome with twin NiMH packs and a 4.5R brushless.... used to melt the solder on the battery wiring, and I'd lose power!
Hi all,
First post in the Tamiya section,here's most of my Tamiya's all in various states of condition.
cheers Peter. DSCF0120.jpg DSCF0121.jpg DSCF0122.jpg DSCF0115.jpg
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Nice collection you have. The only thing I see missing is a striker and FX-10
so i got the bug i drove a friends f1o3 and was hooked so i have a cross TF 2 and love it so when i saw a CF-01 Fire Force i grabbed it i have a CROSS CFP-70 Mercedes CLR GT Body-shell to go on it its a shame the livery is so dull on the car any...
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so i haven't checked my paypal yet to see if i got my shipping refund but i started the kit anyway
cross cf01
all carbon mmm weighs very little the build is going great the Axel has a slight rust on it :shock: so i will give it a oil rub in the...