Lotus 102B Judd V8

[kyledehart5]

More incoherent ramblings follow. Feel free to skip below to get to the photos. Had this kit in my stash for awhile but the box decals were yellowed pretty badly. Luckily for me Michael has them on his site so I decided I'd go ahead and get this built. He gives you the full kit decal suit so you can choose from the two liveries with either more or less sponsors. Less sponsors are always better so I elected for the plainer early livery. I like how this car looks, even if it isn't Lotus's prettiest machine, but the main reason for wanting to build it is me being a Hakkinen fan growing up. I also have always had a soft spot for Judd engines, even if they weren't very competitive. Another excellent Tamiya kit that I really enjoyed building and typical excellent decals from Indycals. I messed the nose decal up just a little bit but not enough I was too worried about it. Then also i didn't think about attaching the engine cover to install the green decals so that the pinstriping matched up  . I am oftentimes not the brightest bulb. lol. Plenty of detail out of the box but I added some seatbelts. On the engine I added some hoses and I scratch built the very prominent plumbing of the Judd out of some styrene rod. Broke the one on the left (facepalm) and had to patch it as you can see. My first time attempting something like that. Overall I'm pleased with the end result and I'll add it to the shelf. Thanks for looking!

[indycals]

Nice! It is tricky getting some of those pinstripes to line up, so just a reminder - don't be hesitant to invoke oops protection if you want/need to redo something. As for the nose you can always make up some BS story like it replicates the car after he ran into the rear tire of Gianni Morbidelli at Suzuka

[kyledehart5]

Thanks Michael! Great decals as always. Nothing on this car is bad enough I feel I need to redo it. Just a learning experience and something to remember for next time. If I had just set the engine cover on I’d have known I was too high on the monocoque. I like the Suzuka story on the nose. 😂 Working on my first Tamiya Lola now so you may here from me if I mess up the Scott Goodyear decals. More pinstripes!

[arcticwolf]

Jan 5, 2022 16:20:02 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Thanks Michael! Great decals as always. Nothing on this car is bad enough I feel I need to redo it. Just a learning experience and something to remember for next time. If I had just set the engine cover on I’d have known I was too high on the monocoque. I like the Suzuka story on the nose. 😂 Working on my first Tamiya Lola now so you may here from me if I mess up the Scott Goodyear decals. More pinstripes!

If you mean the MacKenzie Financial car, it took me 2 complete repaints and 2 sets of decals to finish that little bugger. Nice kit when its done though, even if Tamiya did leave out a few rather obvious parts.

[kyledehart5]

Jan 5, 2022 16:59:01 GMT -5 arcticwolf said:

Jan 5, 2022 16:20:02 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Thanks Michael! Great decals as always. Nothing on this car is bad enough I feel I need to redo it. Just a learning experience and something to remember for next time. If I had just set the engine cover on I’d have known I was too high on the monocoque. I like the Suzuka story on the nose. 😂 Working on my first Tamiya Lola now so you may here from me if I mess up the Scott Goodyear decals. More pinstripes!

If you mean the MacKenzie Financial car, it took me 2 complete repaints and 2 sets of decals to finish that little bugger. Nice kit when its done though, even if Tamiya did leave out a few rather obvious parts.

Paul, that’s the one. I’ve never done one of the Tamiya Lola’s before but I always enjoyed the Mackenzie scheme and it looked especially good on the 93 Lola. If I get away without having to strip it I’ll be tickled. Its painted now. Just have to hope I did a good enough job cutting out the masking medium.

[Gary Davis]

That really looks good Kyle!! Decals and paint came out sharp!

[kyledehart5]

Thanks Gary!

[indy]

Nice work. That is a good looking Lotus.

I like your detail work. Items like the pickup points in another color, cockpit detailing, and engine bay work all elevate this one.

Jordan

[kyledehart5]

Thanks Jordan! I had a good time building this one!

[arcticwolf]

Jan 6, 2022 18:44:35 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Thanks Jordan! I had a good time building this one!

Nice job.

For the record, I hate pinstripes  .

[kyledehart5]

Jan 6, 2022 22:04:14 GMT -5 arcticwolf said:

Jan 6, 2022 18:44:35 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Thanks Jordan! I had a good time building this one!

Nice job.

For the record, I hate pinstripes  .

Thank you! I didn’t know it but I think I also hate pinstripes now. 😂

[justmike]

Those Tamiya F1 kits are great. Nice work on yours. I have managed to mess up the decals on my kits in a very impressive way too.

[kyledehart5]

Thank you! The Tamiya kits are definitely great! I think at least half my decal issues could be solved with a little more forethought and patience. Lol

[justmike]

Forethought? What's that?? lol You should see how I messed up my Gap Guard decals because of lack of that. One would think after all these years of decals on Champ cars I would have learned to use some forethought, but nooo! Its let them dry in place and then cry.

[kyledehart5]

Feb 15, 2022 22:48:17 GMT -5 justmike said:

Forethought? What's that?? lol You should see how I messed up my Gap Guard decals because of lack of that. One would think after all these years of decals on Champ cars I would have learned to use some forethought, but nooo! Its let them dry in place and then cry.

Mike, Thanks for the chuckle and thank your for posting this because I feel your pain, my friend. 😂 Let them dry in place and then cry seems to be my MO