Le Mans 2004 - The Complete Grid

[lotus_man]

A little more progress... delayed by some decal issues. They seem to have taken a dislike to the clear coat I used and one or two have lifted. Still I've managed to rescue them, I'm trying to work out what happened as it's not a problem I've experienced with BBR decals before.

Flattened down the black areas and added BBRs excellent new pre-cut glass.



Interior and dash added, wheels rested in place until the wheel wells are blacked out. Some etched body detail added


All thats left is to do the wheel wells, add all the etched parts to the body, finish up the rear wing, sort the exhaust exits and decal the tyres. If I get a good run at it the finished pics will be up tommorow evening.

[lotus_man]

OK, the 550 is done and in the case... here's a 98% done image, I forgot to take any of the completed model



Next one along is the Cirtek 360 N-GT, again a BBR resin. This is the state it's in after about 3 days working on it. Need to get a move on as I have a black 360 to do, and the Baron-Conner 575s arrived this morning!



Excuse the cluttered work bench!!!

[Murray Kish]

Love em all!! You've obviously done a few of these before! Great job!

Murray

[Tikiman]

They look great. How many of these things are you making? Complete grid? That sounds like it will be quite a few.

[JTRACING]

Great job!! gotta love Ferrari's!!

[RallyRaider]

They look damn nice, especially the 550.

[JuanPollo]

that is somme good stuff right there can't wait to see the others

[_835_]

Very nice work !!!!!
how do you make the all in the acetate windows ?

[joelwideqvist]

Lovely cars, Lotus man. Really appreciate you for sharing them.
Joel

[lotus_man]

Originally Posted by _835_

Very nice work !!!!!
how do you make the all in the acetate windows ?

Thanks for the kind comments guys... it's helping keep me sane! Right now I'm finishing up the 360, and looking at the boxes for another 360, another 550 and two 575s to do!!!

In answer to _835_'s question, BBR make the windows in their new kit's pretty easy. The come as a flat sheet, tempo printed with the black surrounds and pre-cut. Just lift them from the sheet, cleen up with vinigar+water and dry them off. Then I use Formula 550 canopy glue (get it from an RC plane supplier, it's a very strong version of white glue). I put a thin bead around the window, and drop it in place. The acetate is nice ad thin, so with some tape to hold it in place for a couple of hours it drys perfectly. The trick is to not handle the windows after cleaning them, as the finger marks will be really visible at this scale, and will attract a lot of dust! I must say I much prefer them to the old vacform windows PM and such like used, although they do scare some people!

[_835_]

Thanks,
i also discovered this new acetate windows in the 360 redbull kit, i will try it soon
But I made a writting mistake in my last question : original question is how do you make the "Hole" in side windows, it s bbr pre-cut ?

[Murray Kish]

Curious about the windows....(acetate).
How do you put them in after cleaning them, without getting finger prints and stuff on them? Gloves?

Murray

[lotus_man]

Originally Posted by _835_

Thanks,
i also discovered this new acetate windows in the 360 redbull kit, i will try it soon
But I made a writting mistake in my last question : original question is how do you make the "Hole" in side windows, it s bbr pre-cut ?

Yep, BBR pre-cut! Their kits are generally quite easy to make as they do a good trade in pre-builds and don't like to make their own life too hard! If you do need to drill them I use a set of titanium-nitride plated micro drill bits and a pin vice.

Originally Posted by Murray

Curious about the windows....(acetate).
How do you put them in after cleaning them, without getting finger prints and stuff on them? Gloves?

Them kinky latex surgical gloves again. Hum... rubber

Should have some finished 360 pics up this weekend, then I think I might do a 575. If I do it'll be one of my Blitz projects, so keep yer eyes peeled!

[BRM]

Love the 550! Do a 575!

[lotus_man]

Final pics of the Cirtek car, not much to say other than after taking the photos I blacked in the exhausts and side vents I missed and then decalled the tires. One more in the case!

Originally Posted by BRM

Love the 550! Do a 575!

Just for you

A 575, cleaned up the body a little, and assembled the cage. I just love the etched gusset plates on the cage, should look real nice when done. More pics when I've actually done some real work on it