1/8 Lotus 72 back from the grave

[roymattblack]

Here's a current project - a box of basically scrap parts from an Entex 1/8 Lotus 72.

A TERRIBLY built model which somebody then decided to (roughly) break into pieces.

 

It was painted black, then orange, and then black again. Last coat with a brush.

 

Most of the assembled parts are so heavily glued together, I'll have to do what I can.
The project - ?
Bring this old girl back from the grave.

 

Upon inspection and careful dismantling where possible, I found a large amount had been put together wrong.

Location pins - broken off.

Fixing tabs - broken off.

Locating holes and slots - filled with glue and broken plastic.

 

Fortunately, it does seem that most of the car is here.

 

The first job was to soak all of the body parts in Mr Muscle (for over 2 days - 3 coats) to get most of the paint off.

The main tub was then cleaned up and given a coat of primer and then blue - yes, BLUE.

I did have to cut and make the extra air vents in the nose section. Not too much bother.

 

I'm going to make the rarely seen Walker/Graham hill car so I had to design and print my own decals.

Let's see how it goes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 18, 2020 by roymattblack

[klubman01]

I wish you well with this one.  Progress thus far looks good.  Great choice of colour scheme!

Trevor

[Vesa Jussila]

Nice project, goo luck with it.

[Pouln]

We know you like challenges, Roy. I’m sure you will succeed with this one.

[Pete in Lincs]

A proper racing car. Nice one, Roy.

I was tinkering with a Sci Fi glue bomb yesterday. I had an idea and it worked.

Tube glue blobs, I found were weakened when a drop of Tamiya extra thin was brushed on.

It doesn't always work, and the Tamiya may then attack the plastic a little, but it's better than breaking the plastic.

Good luck with the build.

[Kitkent]

Very nice subject,you've made a massively good start.Chris.

[Mumbly]

15 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said:

A proper racing car. Nice one, Roy.

I was tinkering with a Sci Fi glue bomb yesterday. I had an idea and it worked.

Tube glue blobs, I found were weakened when a drop of Tamiya extra thin was brushed on.

It doesn't always work, and the Tamiya may then attack the plastic a little, but it's better than breaking the plastic.

Good luck with the build.

Great tip Pete, I have a glue fest of a Protar AJS 7R that has been taunting me for ages.

[cherry268]

I can see another masterclass in the making

Where do you find these?

[roymattblack]

Thanks for looking in, and the kind words chaps.

 

Next was to strip down the engine parts and the rear gearbox etc.

All the pieces were cleaned up and then reassembled and given a coat of primer and then ally and matt black.

 

The rear suspension frame parts were a MESS and had to be sawn apart - so hefty was the glue.

Once cleaned up it was all rebuilt by drilling and pinning each part so that the components now move as they should.

Finally, the pieces were painted and fitted to the rear end along with the rebuilt brake parts.

 

The fuel injection system was cut apart, de-glued cleaned, repainted and rebuilt.

The injectors and velocity stacks were cleaned up and the broken injectors drilled and pinned.

Finally, all fitted back to the engine block.

 

On we go...