Progress: Lotus Esprit turbo

[johanthemodeler]

HI I´m Johan from Sweden I´ve been looking and admiring all the models in here for a while but this is my first post to this forum:

I started working on the Lotus Esprit turbo

Progress:
Started the engine and transmission decided to cut of the original discbrakes and install some with more detail.
I haven´t decided if I should move them out to the wheels or I should let them be at the original place next to the gearbox.
Any suggestins are welcome


I haven´t decided on how much bodywork I will do but the rideheight is to high for me so some kind of bodywork is decided that I will do.
I´m thinking of using the rims on the pictures what do you all think?
On the picture I also added a strip of styrene as a sideskirt to get a better stance



Please let me know what you think of this project good or bad!

Veyron I´m really looking forvard of your progress tread on the Lotus Esprit Sport 300.

But people please don´t compare my work with a master like Veyron

Johan Larsson

[AstroRide44]

cool

[sportracer02]

Hi,

if I can see it right, this is a Monogram Kit. I built this kit years ago and want to give you a tip:

make lots of testfitting between "chassis" (where you fix the wheels) and the floor, I had a fixing problem when I glued both parts together and a big distance between upper side of the wheels and fender was the result.

I wouldn´t take too big wheels for this car.

[MidMazar]

looks good, sideskirts give a nicer race stance, as for the rims they seem to bling bling (too big) for a lotus, btw what company makes this kit?

[proosen]

Tjena Johan!
Welcome, nice project...never got around finishing mine before I gave it away to a friends kids to build. I think the rims look alright on your Esprit, put the brakes inboard as this was positive for the handling on the real deal.

Hej å hö!
Niclas

[johanthemodeler]

It is the Monogram kit. And Micha thanks for the tip
Johan

[DukeMan]

Good to see so many swedes around here! I totally dig your Esprit man, twin-turbo coolness .

Keep it up Johan!

[Amazon]

Hejsan Johan!
Your Esprit looks fine to me. And the wheels look nice on it too!
Keep on gluing!

[pre98zetec]

I love this kit,

Heres a tip, resin cast the turbo and the cam gears, they are very useful for other projects.

[RallyRaider]

Exceptionally cool. Will you need to drop the nose down a bit? Seems to sit quite high in the profile shot.
Man I'd like to track down some Lotus kits like this one!

[MkIIboi]

Nice rims. Hope to see more progress soon.

[Orion37170]

oh...nice rare model you have
good luck, i built them twice and agree with sportracer02

[Tikiman]

Hej granne,
(I live in Umeå.) Nice project. This shape of the esprit is one of my personal favourites. Keep up the progress.

[johanthemodeler]

Thanks for all the replys I´ll try to have an update soon. I have decided to bring the discbrakes out to the wheel(rear) because the ones I´m planning on using is to big for the space it is supposed to be

To all the Swedes here: tjena grabbar kul att det är så många svenskar här.

Johan

[mike united]

Välkommen !!! .............nice start to a nice project. Keep us posted.

Mike