Lotus 25 British GP Aintree 1962

[klutz_100]

This is the second part of a project I had planned for this year – The cars that Jim Clark would have driven to the track and on the track in 1962. The Elan has been completed already.

The ‘62 car was somewhat different from the famous championship winning ’63 car that is the base for the Tamiya kit but I will restricting modifications to the most visually obvious: no yellow stripe, different windshield etc. (lazy, I know… )

I have borrowed heavily on SeanyG’s shared experience in his build (thanks, Sean!) but hopefully I will also add some thoughts of my own to the subject.

I started with the engine block which was drilled out, painted and washed.





And then metal bolts from RB Motion and Scale Hardware were attached.





The body was painted with Tamiya TS paint through my airbrush. Unfortunately, I got quite bad orange peel which was wet sanded out with 1200 grit and micromesh.










British GP decals from F1 Specialties were then applied.








Wheels have been painted and detailed with air valves from Aber (excellent BTW).





However I am planning for this car to be displayed open on stands. Something like this….






Kit rotors are being replaced with white metal alternatives from the Thunder Valley transkit which were drilled out to accept some bolts.







Thanks for looking

[iharos]

Ah yes. I have been waiting for this. Glad to see you have your Thunder Valley parts, I have been waiting 2 years for mine. Well done.

[tuned.by.twenty]

I always enjoy seeing builds like this, where the builder pays attention to the details. I'll be watching this for sure, it looks really cool.

[88Porsche944]

Great work

I'll be watching this one.


Trevor

[gionc]

A haa, one girl of your years... must be like look at an old school's picture to you J/K

Fantastic job Sir, I like the engine appeal also, it speak by itself : clean but abused old school!

[jaykay640]

Neat and clean! I like it! Have one lying around half done since years :-)

[klutz_100]

Thanks guys.

@ iharos - TBH the TV kit isn't really worth it. The only things that are truly nice to have are the turned trumpets (available cheaper elsewhere) and the pre-shaped mesh cover. Otherwise, 90% of the parts seem to be simply white metal copies of the Tamiya kit parts which can all be made realistic enough with paint IMO. I only used the metal rotors because of the way it will be displayed - otherwise the kit parts are more then sufficient. However, if you really want one, I have a second transkit that you can have

@ Gio - Yep That was the point of choosing the '62 cars LOL The Aintree race numbers are even the same as my birthday

@Jaykay - God, I am glad you haven't finished! It's bad enough following in Sean's footsteps but if you had done it already, I'd never have posted LOL




Anyway.....Some detailing was made to the chassis/tub/

I removed the plastic blob from the oil tank and replaced it with a piece of alu tube and a cap made from styrene rod and sheet.






Cooling pipe was detailed with a brass nut, some wire and insulation made with heat shrink tubing.









The seat was modified, pre-shaded and painted with Vallejo acrylics and then detailed with stretched sprue.







The control panel was painted and detailed.







And then wiring was applied.








The braking system was modified and detailed with plumbing and brackets made from scrap p/e parts.






The kit part for the pedal assembly was completely cut up, thinned out and re-worked.






The callipers were plumbed and detailed with a brass bolt attached upside down to accept brake lines. I really regret that I was too stupid to fill in the join between parts before painting - too late now






Bolts salvaged from some old clocks and watched were glued into the rotors and then leveled off with a grinding disc in my Dremel.






Rough assembly to see how it looks

[jaykay640]

Very nice...and getting even better! :-)

[gionc]

Originally Posted by jaykay640

Very nice...and getting even better! :-)

I agree, I love the seat very very much!!!!

Hey Steve you "was" great with models but now you're showing quite superior skills... I'm wondering if you closed up us some dozen builds since last years

[Decs0105]

great stuff, Steve!

[godfather23]

Hey, I´m glad to see you back here with some work you´re doing! I really like what you´re doing here. The brakes look amazing and using clocks and wachtes parts if the klutz-input in this build I like to see.

Seeing the backside of the control panel with all the wiring it makes me wonder how you do that. I mean it is a 1/24 scale build and all the small details...that is awesome.

Way to go and good luck with the rest of the kit.

Robert

[allnie]

WOOOOW. STUNNING. Simply stunning.
Only complain is the green, which in my opinion should be darker.
And I agree - The TV "detail kit" is IMHO a disappointment. I do not want to spend (waste) money on metal copies of Tamiya plastic parts. I am looking for parts which are really much better than delivered by Tamiya.

[Macio4ever]

Very clean and precise. Clearcoat looks really great - what have you used?

[Spike2933]

fantastic Steve!!!!!!!

the detail is stunning

[AmazonSprite]

Very glad to see an update on this & very impressed by the extra detail work!