Lotus 72D,Entex 1/8

Hello,
today i want to start my latest wip.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3966663233623963.jpg

The Entex Lotus 72D.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3863373961343634.jpg

This picture shows the version which i want to build.
Its the john player special cup at brands hatch at the end of the 1972 season.
The car started with the number one on the hood,because Emerson is the the new worldchampion 1972!
The entex kit shows some special items,that only come to show at the end of the 1972 season.
Lotus put a movable rearwing on the car,something like Red Bull is doing with their frontwing today.But that was nearly 40 years before!

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6637383630356431.jpg

The rubber tyers are very soft,so i decided to make some out of resin.Here is a comparison with a tamiya 1/12 scale car.In front are the massive rubbers from entex.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3631643061393833.jpg

After some days,here are the results.
I also want to make a version of the early lotus 72.In this case i need some tyres with profil.Now i have a mould to start this after the end of the jps car.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3936326364666163.jpg

Here are the actual parts.The car was started,but i cut them of and started new.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3734303564303064.jpg

This is a part i dont know what is behind.
Its right and left from the tube.
It looks like a service cover,but what is behind them?
Can someone help me with this?

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3636656564396230.jpg

The cockpit cowling is wrong in the kit.The lotus cowling is a one part piece from clear acrylic glass and only the part at top is not painted.
This will be one of the next steps.To make my own vaccum thermoforming box.But later more...

I hope you enjoy this wip.Make a lot comments,please!

Kind Regards
Christian

I hope that your bench has enough space for this HUGE kit, :lol2:.

Always liked the old JPS LOTUS cars, so this will be a thread worth watching.




gpz900ra7.

I'll be watching the updates. It should be awesome!

Little step forward.

I made the service holes for the fuelbags on the left and right side of the tube.
I found one pic from the real car.Its not the jps car,but a lotus 72.
The services hole show the rear cover,with the throttle linkage to the engine.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6232393131353638.jpg

I drilled some holes into the plastc,which is really some 2,5mm thick,and made them a little thinner.
After that,i glued a thin sheet of alu behind,and drilled the inner diameter out.A few holes for the screws and finish!


http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3066306466386335.jpg

The chassis need a lot of sanding work,because the guy who started the kit was using a lot,really a lot,of glue.
Especially at the parts who can be seen!

Kind Regards
Christian

..another small step forward.

The original cockpit was looking like that.


http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6564643930323163.jpg

..at least of some pics i have.

Entex made the direction from the fire extinguisher wrong,and too long is he also.
I also made some changes to the seat,cut a part of,and the chassis behind the gear level was also slightly changed.
There must be added another few sheet to it.

The next pics shows on the left the original entex,and on the right my changed version.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3039656336613664.jpg

I also have changed the cushion bags in the foot space.They are wrong on my pics.

Kind Regards
Christian

Little step forward.

I made the service holes for the fuelbags on the left and right side of the tube.
I found one pic from the real car.Its not the jps car,but a lotus 72.
The services hole show the rear cover,with the throttle linkage to the engine.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6232393131353638.jpg

Kind Regards
Christian

Hi

It is not the throttle linkage. It is the gear linkage. The throttle is activated with a simple cable connected to the top of the engine between the intakes.

Flemming

This is a nice big one ,lets see what you do with it Christian. If its anything like your others it'll be fantastic

Hi,
just made a few changes in the cockpit area.
The gear lever was scratch made.The kit doesent have a fuel filler,so i made it scratch.
Some changes to the seat,but not ready yet.The seat become a layer real leather from MFH.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6534343964633639.jpg

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3461346436613766.jpg

The service cover had become some stuff behind.I made both fuel tanks with some fittings in front.Its not much,but now you can see something behind the covers.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3434326639353761.jpg

Kind Regards
Christian

Hi,
just 2 pics,but i dont have new stuff to show.
Here are the actual step.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3665633564373331.jpg

And here are the reason that i dont come any step further.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6466303965343065.jpg

I got a lot of resin stuff to do,but for now i´m ready with this and can go on modeling.
Christian

great work and impressive model.
It reminds to me when I had to paint 2 of theme, with a scratchbuild conversion to obtain Rindt Car in gold leaf livery ;)

http://multiply.com/mu/alsoldatino/image/1:soldatino/photos/94/600x600/5/DSCF0030.jpg?et=KXWfYv0ZiAifEO5O2e9Pyg&nmid=370098260

http://multiply.com/mu/alsoldatino/image/1:soldatino/photos/94/600x600/7/DSCF0032.jpg?et=jviSxdctoNBut1LD6VqzAQ&nmid=370098260

http://multiply.com/mu/alsoldatino/image/1:soldatino/photos/94/600x600/11/DSCF0036.jpg?et=jGSgZb85Mj8mB%2Blhdj2BAw&nmid=370098260

Thanks for sharing the pics of your conversion.

I have two questions.
How did you manage to make the tires with the structure?Or did you take the slicks from the box?

Did you change the cockpit cowling at rindts car?
At the real car the used a one piece cowling instead the two part cowling from the box.

Thanks!

Nothing new from me.The only one is the cockpit with selfmade rivets inside.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3833643935643137.jpg


Christian

ah christian, I only fixed that part of the models. Just primer and paint for body.
It was done by italian engeneer from this website:
http://www.collezioneingrao.com/

think he also sells the Tk for rindt car, but beware cause prices are stellar.

Really dunno how he fixed the wheels.

Hi,
its time to bring an new update here.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3366303262393933.jpg

The cockpit is just ready for do some cable work and stuff like that.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6239326635353661.jpg

Inside i try to do something new.I used woodglue and a toothpick to make some rivets on parts where i can dont drill holes.
It looks a bit non-uniform,but i think its ok.
I also aged the seat a bit with tamiya oil stain.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3238363563636234.jpg

Today i made the clearcoat,which must dry some days before i´m save of fingerprints on it.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3235376264393664.jpg

The rest of the bodywork will become his color in a few days.

Thats it for today.
Thanks for watching!
Christian

hi christian,

i think having the rivets not uniform and not perfectly in line actually adds to the realism of the build. having spent a lot of hours looking through references of old race cars of the 60s and 70s i am under the impression that most of them were "slapped" together, sometimes rather crude, other times, well a bit more thoroughly. in any case, i have done a few hires textures for old formula cars (for the game gpl) and i actually make a point of trying to get a certain bit of randomness into the rivets, going slightly this way, slightly that way so they are NOT perfectly alligned as you would get on today's computer engineered cars. back then the holes were drilled by people with hand tools, not robots running computer scripts :D

the car, or should i say cars :), is coming along nicely. and being a lotus fan for some time now, i saw one or two of these kits on ebay a few weeks (or months) ago. now i guess i know who got them hehe. anyway, in the 2nd and 3rd picture, the inside of the air intake looks "interesting". was that part of the kit (fibreglassed like that?)

Hi,

im almost done with the paint job.
The decals are from wim from bestbalsa,and they are really great.
First i thought they are crap,because the carrier foil was grey instead of clear.But after the first coats of clearcoat it all went good.
Puhh!
:wink: :wink:
The only bad thing is,that my clarcoat makes the gold color a bit crisspy.But now im proud of this 3d effect. :mrgreen:

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6661373634323330.jpg

Next step will be the details on the dashboard.There are no instruments on the decalsheet,so i use the ones from an other lotus 72 decalsheet and print them on my homeprinter.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3563303137616237.jpg

I gave a big "thank you" the a german user at the"Wettringer Forum",
He made me an fantastic lotus identification plate.
It looks really awesome.

Thats all for now.

Bye
Christian

@sky1911:Thanks for your answer.The rivets where indeed not so correct like on the new computer cars.Between the races there are a lot of work for the mechanics,even when a car was not crashed.I dont think they give a hell for the right sizes of rivets. :icon16:
I bought these two kits at ebay us,in the middle of march this year.I dont know is these are the ones you were watching?

big and beautiful. :iceslolan

Hi,
the front of the dashboard is finished.
Please take a look.....

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3962353462663130.jpg

I still working on the back with all the cables and stuff.
More to come soon.

Christian

Very cool!! Can't wait to see more updates.

Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2012-Chicago March 2012

Hi,
i have just ended with the dashboard.
There was a lot of cables who must be hide from seeing.
I made some alu covers for the cables who are going to the rear.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3330343464363732.jpg

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3435373561656161.jpg

The body was started to polish,but only on the first steps.Black is not a thankful color for fingerprints and stuff! :evil:
The next step,after all the polihing stuff,will be the front suspension.

Thanks for watching!

Christian

Hi,
little update of the emergency trigger for the fire extinguisher.
Here the entex part.
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6638633130363130.jpg

and here my version.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3465316562636332.jpg

The coolers are ready,just added some aluplate.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3236656539383537.jpg

The small parts under the rollcage are painted.I will add some details to it in the next days.
Thanks for looking!

Christian

P.S.Here is a pic of the repainted cable of the dashboard.It looks now more real,not like a toy.
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3839376133376164.jpg

Why has this thread stopped?
I can't wait to see more!

Hi,
its stopped because of this build here.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=1069853

At moment all my time goes to the capri.
I didn´t have the nerves for the lotus.
Maybe when i finished the capri body parts?

But its good to see that the lotus is watching from someone!

Kind Regards
Christian

Ahhhh..... Thank you for that Christian.
Extra good luck with the Capri then. I shall be watching that too now.

I picked up a wrecked 72D 1/8 scale, and I'm going to try my best to rebuild it and detail it, but unfortunately I don't have the instructions.
I did find a pdf copy of them recently, but have since had a hard drive crash and lost the instructions and I can't find the site where I originally got them from. I've spent hours looking but have given up.
BTW, if anyone out there has a copy or a link to a copy, I'd be very grateful.
I do know someone that has it, but he's much too busy to bother..... :(

Anyway, great build, so far, and really looking forward to you getting around to the rest. (whenever)

Cheers lots to everybody,
'dad.

http://www.bestbalsakits.be/bestbalsakits/gifs/manuals/1-8/72D/

wim
bestbalsakits

http://www.bestbalsakits.be/bestbalsakits/gifs/manuals/1-8/72D/

wim
bestbalsakits

What a saviour!
This is just awesome.

Thank you Wim so very very very much...... :grinyes:

Hello,

after a long break some new shots from Emmo`s car.
My current project,the capri scratch is banned to my hobby room.Because there was a lot of sanding dust,my wife banned them from the livingroom.
Today i bought a convolut of 3 lotus cars,a 49 and a 72 in 1/12 scale.The third car was an edai grip lotus 72 in 1/8 scale.
This was the reason i remember this build.
So i pulled them back on the workbench and cleaned up the dust.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6264646662383333.jpg

The next step are the frontsuspension.There are a lot of broken little parts.So i must replace them with scratch made parts.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3565313033366131.jpg

My thoughts goes in an other direction than my last projects.
I dont want to take it to the edge with the detailjobs.I want to bring a car to the end and dont look at pics till there is no end.
There are so many cars i want to build,so i must be a little faster than i was this year.

Kind Regards
Christian

Capri-schosche - your skills are amazing - John

Hello,

just a quick picture from the actuel standing.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3264396531636364.jpg

Frontsuspension is almost done,only the cables need to be made.
I also make the resin wheels and resin tyres ready for painting.

Christian

This looks great.

Ahhhh..... Thank you for that Christian.
Extra good luck with the Capri then. I shall be watching that too now.

I picked up a wrecked 72D 1/8 scale, and I'm going to try my best to rebuild it and detail it, but unfortunately I don't have the instructions.
I did find a pdf copy of them recently, but have since had a hard drive crash and lost the instructions and I can't find the site where I originally got them from. I've spent hours looking but have given up.
BTW, if anyone out there has a copy or a link to a copy, I'd be very grateful.
I do know someone that has it, but he's much too busy to bother..... :(

Anyway, great build, so far, and really looking forward to you getting around to the rest. (whenever)



Cheers lots to everybody,
'dad.


Hi, I have the complete instruction booklet as well as all pages in .jpg format. There yours (the pics) for the asking and they are pretty big, as well I have the parts pictorial sheet copied that may help in checking to see if all is there?

Regards,

Ronald

Hi,

some little progress with the lotus today.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3664643764363231.jpg

The frontsuspension is ready now.There are some major problems with all the rods and stuff at the front.The guy who sold me the kit put some rods with the wrong bars togehter.When he try to make it right,he destroyed some parts.
So i must scratch a lot of parts.
Its now ok,but not perfect.But i didnt want to spent more time with this stuff right now!
I glued the pedals and added some extra cables to the brakes and reservoirs.
Question?
Is it a fire extinguisher or a air surge tank at the front?I mean the red one.I´m not shure?
Meanwhile the engine is primed,a second time.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3861303730333539.jpg


Christian

Hi Christian, I have seen all your photos of this build and I must simply say, “WoW!”
Oh, and thank you for posting them,eh! :)
Regards

Ronald

Hiho!

I got my wheels now at the right place.
The rims and tires are selfmade by resin. I got some trouble with the rims fastener,but now is everything ok.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3839306362656136.jpg

The steering wheel is in his place,needs only some wheatering more.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3435613838383566.jpg

The front side is ready.Fire extinguisher is in place,with cable and holders.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6463633362373638.jpg

Testfitting with the front hood.There is some place the hood dosent fit well.I need some rework to do.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3364306233356132.jpg

At least the engine.I tried to make some rough surface with microballs.Its not easy when you want to have it not overall.
I think i will give the tamiya diorame color with structure some change at the next time.Maybee its better to work with it than with microballs?

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3932666465653732.jpg

The engine still needs some other color,and some wheatering.

Thanks for looking!
Christian

The old Ford engine got some dirt and oil.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3561366430373938.jpg

I tested some pigments from AK.Its really easy to work with,but i´m not shure if i fix them with clearcoat?


http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3433303065613065.jpg

I also bought some tamiya texture paint.I saw that at the french porsche 936 1/8 scale build.
I will give them a try.

Christian

Christian - the micro-balloons and weathering on the engine look good - how did you apply the micro-balloons?? did you hand paint with them or did you spray it through an airbrush? and what did you use to add the "oil" wash to the drive-train assembly? was it Tamiya weathering kit? - Thanks - John

Hi John,

i used the microballons in this way:
First i sprayed two layers of primer and let it dry for a day.
Than i sprayed again a thin layer of primer and put the microballons on it.I simpley fiiled it over and after it gets dry,i used a brush and brushed it away.
Than another layer of primer and than the color that i want.

Thats all.
You can can them slighty for a better effect before you use the color.

The drive-train was made with tamiya ts-75 champagne gold.After this was dry,i sprayed a thin layer ts-71 smoke over it.
Today i used a mix of the pigments i just bought.Some black and some oil-graese.

kind regards
Christian

Hi,
last evening i have tested the tamiya texture color......and i´m really impressed!
In my mind its much better than microballs for displaying textures of metal castings.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6164353734333261.jpg

Its easy to handle.The color dosent smell.You simple needs a brush,cut the hair a bit.The color is dry in about an hour and can be colored with every tamiya color you want.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3038353934353539.jpg

I also made some small scratchparts.
The small parts with the springs on both sides.
I think ist something like throttle linkage or something?

greetings
Christian

Looking really nice Christian, I noticed the Tamiya texture paint in th 936 thread as well and have been meaning to find some and give it a try. It looks like it works great and not as messy as micro ballons. :biggrin::biggrin:

awesome build! i'm interested with the 3d effect on the gold decals. funny how sometimes we don't expect interesting things to come out of our builds. :)

Christian - can you tell me exactly what Tamiya texture paint you are using?? That is exactly the finish I want to apply to a kit I'm working on - what is the Tamiya part number - so I can try and find it here in the USA. maybe you can take a picture of it and post it - thanks very much - John

Here is a link from a shop were i have ordered it.

http://www.modellbau-seidel.de/index.php?firma=Tamiya&best=87115&name=Diorama-Textur-Farbe-Beton-Dunkel-Grau-100ml

Its Tamiya 87115.

I hope you can find it.

Christian

Christian - can you tell me exactly what Tamiya texture paint you are using?? That is exactly the finish I want to apply to a kit I'm working on - what is the Tamiya part number - so I can try and find it here in the USA. maybe you can take a picture of it and post it - thanks very much - John

Ebay can be your friend some times:iceslolan:iceslolan

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sop=1&_sacat=0&_from=R4&_nkw=tamiya+texture+paint&_armrs=1&_pcats=1188%2C220&_lncat=0&_arm=1&_armm=94&_ruu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_s op%3D1%26_sacat%3D2580%26_from%3DR4%26_nkw%3Dtamiy a%2Btexture%2Bpaint%26_armrs%3D1%26_pcats%3D1188%2 52C220%26_arr%3D1&_armi=Automotive

Pavement effect is what you are after.

Hello,

just a proof of life.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3132306566663131.jpg

All the small parts from the suspension are very crispy and most of them needs to be replaced.
But after a while i have most of the parts ready and colored for assembly.

Thanks!
Christian

Christian, I love the engine and the scratch work!

Hi,

small update.
Let the pics say the message.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3164633935343430.jpg


The deer horns.......

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6265616333643866.jpg

...and the trumpets.

Bye!

going along nicely!

It´s getting bigger and bigger now!

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6631656263633234.jpg

and a shot from the front.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3931613034316237.jpg

Its still a lot of cabeling and detail work to do.
I just saw that the lotus just fit a panel in my cabinet.Wow,that really a big thing!

Christian

Hi all!

I got the engine ready for running.
All the cables are in place now.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3034656432393637.jpg

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6530623666666138.jpg

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6139666366373936.jpg

The muffler springs and the engine hood springs are also done.
Next will be the small aluminium part on the front hood and also the front wings needs to be glued in place.
And dont forget to made the seat belts.

Christian

Engine really looks great!

ianc

Hello,

finally i did it.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/3565303763613065.jpg

Compared to my other 1/12 scale cars this is a real monster!

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/73/3980473/6461663037383066.jpg

I was having some trouble with the cockpit glass,but now its ok for me.

Some wheatering and some polishing is still to do,after that i only have to take some gallery pics.
Thanks for watching and for your helpful words!

kind regards
Christian

That is a very nice collection.

Well done, it looks great!!

Later,

Very nice restoration of a nice icon of modeling!

It´s done!
Here are the gallery pics.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=6980564#post6980564

Thanks for following the wip and for all your comments.

Christian