Lotus 72 Rob Walker, Ebbro, 1/20

[MarcoSaupe]

Hi

and another one... while I couldn't spray the clear on the Alfa I already did a lot of work on this one.

The kit is the Rob Walker version of Ebbros first line of kits, and I like what I see. The metal mount of the mirrors is very nice, and so are the details, the fit, a good kit. Only thing I found not that good was the plastic they used - it behaved a bit strange when glueing and sanding (no big problem, but still a bit strange) and unfortunately it reacts not well to "hotter" paints. I painted the white areas, and when I put the Zero 1k clear on, the blue color of the plastic came through. You can see it a bit on the number on the front; the rear wing I painted again and used self printed decals as replacement. So if you use a bit agressive paints, do only use light coats, no wet ones.
For the rear wing, I drilled holes through the side plates into the horizontal elements and glued them on with small bolts, to make it more stable. I added belts and some wires, the rest is OOB.

For the color I used decanted TS55 with a little bit TS23 to make it a tad lighter and bluer.

Hope you like it.

[eyckles]

Beautiful work Marco. Looks amazing. Keep up the good work.

Best regards,
Lesley

[ianc911]

Looks fabulous!

ianc

[JesusM]

Great kit, and great pictures!!

[Eric Cole]

I do like it, very much. Great looking model and great work you've done on it.

[MarcoSaupe]

Thanks all

[rgriffs]

great looking model.

[jochen kieslich]

Hi Marco,
very very nice one!!!! Superb miniature, absolutely fine and very accurate. Stylish!

All the best
jochen

[Mech@niC]

Wow what a beautiful vintage F1 racer you have here.
Thank you!!

Greetz Maurits

[nangiala]

I've always wanted to know, how do you wire up engines on a model of this size? How do you know where all the wires go?

[wangjianlin]

nice work！

[MarcoSaupe]

Thanks

How do you know where all the wires go?

Ignition and fuel lines are straightforward and identical for all DFVs (look at the instructions of a 1/12 Tamiya), others can be seen on photos you can find on the net, and some... well, are a bit guesswork

[Veyron]

Beautiful finish, grats!

[plunabr]

Hi Marco,

Congratulations on your job. Very nice building.
Is the wheels original of the kit or metal ?
Rgds,
Paulo Luna

[gtziaf]

Nice work... Looks great in blue!!!