2012年6月13日水曜日

The Tamiya 1977 Lotus 78 MkIII


Another of Tamiya's original 1/20 F1 kits.  I built this kit twice, back in the day.  Used clear 1mm Modeller's tube for fuel lines going to the engine intake trumpets.  And as with most of Tamiya's older models, I had to order an extra set of decals because all the yellow ones showed through / were semi-transparent with one layer.  No clear coat on this one.  But I very carefully cut all the clear, excess bits between the letters out, with a fresh cutter blade, after the decals had semi-dried for a half hour.  And overall, the decals and the paint job still look good today.  You can still see "shininess" between the letters.  (Although, now we know that Tamiya should've made these decals a more beige color..)