1/43rd Lotus 7

Finally finished my detailed Lotus 7 build, the progress thread is here:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=745667

Now the photos:

http://www.miniaturemotorco.co.uk/builds/lotus_7/complete_side1.jpg
http://www.miniaturemotorco.co.uk/builds/lotus_7/complete_fquarter.jpg
http://www.miniaturemotorco.co.uk/builds/lotus_7/complete_fquarter2.jpg
http://www.miniaturemotorco.co.uk/builds/lotus_7/complete_rquarter.jpg
http://www.miniaturemotorco.co.uk/builds/lotus_7/complete_rear.jpg
http://www.miniaturemotorco.co.uk/builds/lotus_7/complete_fquarter3.jpg
http://www.miniaturemotorco.co.uk/builds/lotus_7/complete_engine1.jpg
http://www.miniaturemotorco.co.uk/builds/lotus_7/complete_engine2.jpg
http://www.miniaturemotorco.co.uk/builds/lotus_7/complete_scale.jpg

Thanks for all the kind words of encouragement, may your airbrush never clog and your putty never shrink :)

Cheers - Rab.

Nice!, and small :P

really awesome work, congrats! 1/43 models built like this are simply mindblowing!!!

Excellent. Well done. Thanks for posting.

Astounding work, well done! I love all the incredible detail.

P.S. Thanks for the last photo 'especially' for me :) It's just hard to visualise sometimes how small this thing is.

Absolutely love it! :thumbsup:
That last picture just...begagglefies :eek: ;)

The only comment I have is that the fit of the bonnet is disappointing :(
What's teh problem there? Is it fixable?

may your airbrush never clog and your putty never shrink
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/klutz100/SMILEYS/rofl.gif

I've done a 1/24 lotus.. I'm working on a 1/12 lotus.. this HAS to be my next lotus.. the amount of details you've put into it is mindblowing! I love it.

Does it run?

Great job, thanks for posting!

a great, small build! I like it.

really awesome work, congrats! 1/43 models built like this are simply mindblowing!!! :iagree: The details are very good in this scale.

my warhammer models want a ride. looks great.

Thanks for all the comments folks.

@klutz_100: I agree with you about the bonnet, one of the problems with such a small scale, even a small gap looks huge.

It's down to the thickness of the resin, I thinned it down as much as I dared, but any thinner and it would almost certainly break.
I'll be displaying the model with the bonnet off anyway so I decided to settle for an imperfect fit rather than risk destroying the part.

Once again, thanks for all the kind words and encouragement, the only question now is what's next:

'53 C-Type Jag, '66 Ford GT40, '95 Mclaren F1 GTR or maybe a street car, Dino 246 GTS or Ferrari F430?

Stay tuned for the next installment of "Rab strains his eyes and patience in 1/43rd" :)

Cheers - Rab.

The '53 Jaggy gets my vote ;)

That's great! So cute! I gotta get me one. Nice wiring job too. - Mark

It is extremely nice for a scale, I love the front lights, they look very realistic.

I agree with Klutz, last picture really blows your mind.

The mclaren get's my vote... There just aren't enough mclaren's F1 on this site ;-)

I look at the engine and consider the scale and think... How the?? Superb precision build, consider this as a world-class kiddy toy?:smokin:

Rab - just got back off holiday so missed the end of your WIP - the finished model came out very well and looks great: a credit to you. Take a bow!!

Cheers

Looks great. Awesome work on the small scale. Much respect here...

Murray