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Post by afx on May 18, 2020 2:40:35 GMT -8
Coming along nicely Joel.
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Post by pnance26 on May 18, 2020 6:02:54 GMT -8
"... a piece of screening from a coffee filter that Chris had sent me for another early build."
This is what I really love about this group! There is such a sharing of knowledge, materials, and encouragement amongst the few of that are here on a regular basis.
Do I wish there were more? Of course, I do but Chris, AFX, Articwold, Adrian, Joel, Illegal10, tatocorvette, 2whl... and all the rest make this place one of the first I visit when I fire up the computer!
Great job, Joel. This is a great build of a great car for a great driver!.
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Post by Joel_W on May 18, 2020 7:55:00 GMT -8
Chris, Thanks so much for the thumbs up, it's always greatly appreciated. Joel
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Post by Joel_W on May 18, 2020 7:56:48 GMT -8
JC,
Thanks for checking out my progress to date. Coming from you, it does mean quite a lot.
Joel
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Post by Joel_W on May 18, 2020 7:58:26 GMT -8
Patrick, what a fantastic giant thumbs up for all of us. And yes, this is certainly one very special site.
joel
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2020 7:13:00 GMT -8
"... a piece of screening from a coffee filter that Chris had sent me for another early build." This is what I really love about this group! There is such a sharing of knowledge, materials, and encouragement amongst the few of that are here on a regular basis. Do I wish there were more? Of course, I do but Chris, AFX, Articwold, Adrian, Joel, Illegal10, tatocorvette, 2whl... and all the rest make this place one of the first I visit when I fire up the computer! Great job, Joel. This is a great build of a great car for a great driver!. This is a wonderful post, thank you Patrick I must say that I too visit this Forum daily pretty much to check on on everything everyone is doing, and yes it's beginning to feel like a bit of a family - at least to me anyway
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2020 7:14:38 GMT -8
Great work so far on this special build Joel - you are such a solid builder - everything is so clean and I like that - great weathering on the side Filters by the way - I may try to copy some of that on my Mears Ride
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Post by Joel_W on May 20, 2020 12:23:41 GMT -8
Adrian, Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my Lotus 99t. The weathering is nothing more then Tamiya Black panel line wash. I have all 3 colors as I do mix the Gray with the Black at times if I actually remember to do so.
joel
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Post by Joel_W on May 23, 2020 7:58:17 GMT -8
Just a quick update as to my current progress on the Lotus 99t. I finally finished the front suspension, only to realize that all the detail painting I did on the front shocks will never be seen as they're inside the tub. I just gotta pay more attentiion to these things, as it's really a waste of time at no one including me will ever see it. Of course the shocks came out perfect, but you'll just have to take my word for it. Took a few hours to sand down the tire surfaces. I got them as best as I could as the molds for the right and left sides of both the front and rear tires didn't align correctly, so there's quite a large step on the North side, and the step on the south side is on the other half. For Tamiya, that's really weird. Also the front suspension is meant to be adjustable so it uses the clip type of connections that takes so much pressure to snap in, that I was really concerned about breaking one, but I managed not to this time. Also the brake discs are held in place with SCREWS, so now I have to hand prime and then paint them flat black. I'm not thrilled with the any of the brake air intake scoops as they're not scoops but just half of ones. Another issue that Tamiya QC just let slide on by. The front wing does fitslike a glove. I finally finished the super simple cockpit. the racing harness is molded on the seat. Without a Dremel or power tool there's just no way to remove it and polish out the seat. So I hand painted it, then added the decals. Looks better then I thought it would. The digital tach is a a decal, then glossed with Pledge. Cockpit done. The tub surround for the dash is in the process of being cleaned up as I didn't much care for it in Aluminum. So it's back to Dark German Gray. The front wing has been polished and waxed. The shell in the background hasn't been touched since it came out of the paint booth. Joel
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Post by 2whl on May 23, 2020 9:50:38 GMT -8
Nice progress. I'm really loving the look of that monocoque
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Post by Ben_B on May 23, 2020 11:36:40 GMT -8
That's looking great! I love the blue on yellow.
Ben
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Post by Joel_W on May 23, 2020 13:44:50 GMT -8
Paul & Ben, Thanks guys for checking out my progress to date. At this point of the build, I'm starting to look forward to my next build, but I've still got a pretty long way to go to cross the finish line.
Joel
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Post by 2whl on May 23, 2020 13:49:48 GMT -8
At this point of the build, I'm starting to look forward to my next build, but I've still got a pretty long way to go to cross the finish line. Joel
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Post by chrissmith on May 23, 2020 20:15:05 GMT -8
Looking fantastic sir, you are doing an amazing job with this! Would be cool if they made this in 1/12. Think of the fun you could have with extra detail.
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Post by tatocorvette on May 24, 2020 3:41:02 GMT -8
Joel,
You are doing a magnificent job on this kit. Combine that with a beautiful livery of yellow/blue and this is becoming an out of the park home run!
Thanks,
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