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Post by Calvin on Apr 6, 2010 12:33:37 GMT -5
How many do you guys plan on getting?
I think two would be appropriate, for myself. Mario and Ronnie
This is great! I never thought we would be seeing a War of Model Company's!
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Post by stuboyle on Apr 6, 2010 13:05:43 GMT -5
Damn! I'm running out of closet space as it is! Probably just one for me.
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Post by indycals on Apr 6, 2010 13:19:08 GMT -5
How many do you guys plan on getting? I think two would be appropriate, for myself. Mario and Ronnie This is great! I never thought we would be seeing a War of Model Company's! Two. JPS and Martini :-)
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Post by Calvin on Apr 6, 2010 13:53:44 GMT -5
Oh yeah, almost forgot about Martini.......Man.....Decisions, Decisions I'll Probably do both cars from 1978 and do a Martini car later?
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Post by indycals on Apr 6, 2010 14:38:51 GMT -5
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Post by indydog on Apr 6, 2010 17:45:37 GMT -5
Given the criminal prices of some of Hasegawa's kits, I'll be buying 2 of the Tamiya kits.
(Yes, I build more then just cars... sorry)
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Post by pje on Apr 6, 2010 19:06:08 GMT -5
Got mine ordered! Plus the photoetch.
Paul Erlendson
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Post by indy on Apr 6, 2010 20:32:32 GMT -5
These are going to be nice ;D Can't wait to see you guys building them. I'm going to pass on this one unless maybe it shows up at the local Hobby Lobby ;D lol
Money is tight and I think I'm probably going to let this one slide by.....
Jordan
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Post by Calvin on Apr 9, 2010 2:38:44 GMT -5
From looking at other forums, sounds like there is question about the quality of the Tamiya compared to the Hasegawa?
I think I will wait to see what happens before jumping in and spending a lot of money.
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Post by indycals on Apr 9, 2010 9:34:57 GMT -5
Given the criminal prices of some of Hasegawa's kits, I'll be buying 2 of the Tamiya kits. (Yes, I build more then just cars... sorry) Actually the Hasegawa kit will be about the same price, if not slightly less than the Tamiya version and it will come with two roll bars, two different helmets, two different wheels and hose fittings - none of these were apparent in the Tamiya pics. It looks like it will be out in July. I'll be getting one Tamiya and one Hasegawa, but I'll wait until I have both before I start building them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2010 14:05:59 GMT -5
Dumb Question: What is the Tamiya 1/20th J.P.S. MkIII kit? It looks so much like this Lotus 79, but I am not real familiar with the F-1 cars of that vintage.
Mongo
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Post by indycals on Apr 13, 2010 14:57:02 GMT -5
Dumb Question: What is the Tamiya 1/20th J.P.S. MkIII kit? It looks so much like this Lotus 79, but I am not real familiar with the F-1 cars of that vintage. Mongo The Tamiya JPS MkIII is actually a Lotus 78. It was the first ground effects car. It was campaigned primarily in 1977 but also in some races in 1978 (and is the car Ronnie Peterson was in when he had his fatal accident at Monza) The Lotus 79 was campaigned during 1978 and carried Andretti to his world championship. Aside from the paint job, they are nothing alike. First pic, Lotus 78, second pic Lotus 79
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Post by indydog on Apr 13, 2010 17:12:12 GMT -5
I've always thought the 78 is a beautful car, even more so then the 79.
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Post by Calvin on Apr 14, 2010 1:25:27 GMT -5
(and is the car Ronnie Peterson was in when he had his fatal accident at Monza) I didn't know that. All these years I thought it was the 79. I never looked into it just because I assumed it was the 79 not the 78.
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Post by alwaysindy on Apr 14, 2010 9:38:41 GMT -5
Gentlemen; All this talk about this car...isn't it true that Jim Hall got with Colin Chapman (or Somebody at Lotus?) and designed the "yellow submarine" that dominated in '79 and won in '80 @ Indy? After seeing Michael's picture of the Lotus '79 the first thing that hit my mind was "why ain't it yellow and where's J.R.?" Tim
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Post by indycals on Apr 14, 2010 10:26:31 GMT -5
The Lotus 79 was designed by Chapman, the Chaparral was designed by John Barnard who would go on to design the similar looking McLaren MP4/1 and eventually go on to Ferrari.
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Post by Calvin on Apr 14, 2010 10:37:49 GMT -5
Gentlemen; All this talk about this car...isn't it true that Jim Hall got with Colin Chapman (or Somebody at Lotus?) and designed the "yellow submarine" that dominated in '79 and won in '80 @ Indy? After seeing Michael's picture of the Lotus '79 the first thing that hit my mind was "why ain't it yellow and where's J.R.?" Tim The Chaparral 2k was the product of a collaboration between Jim Hall and John Barnard. The first car was built in England by BS Fabrications. Just the idea was taken from the Lotus 79. It was fast right out of the box at indy but the lack of testing that year really hurt the team with reliability. They finally tested at Phoenix toward the end of the year, then when the circuit went to Phoenix for the Miller High Life 150, Al Unser and the 2k absolutely crushed the field. Then in 1980 J.R. Hoped in and won Indy and the championship.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2010 15:02:36 GMT -5
Thanks for the clarification, Michael!
The Ronnie Petersen death was an odd event. He was recuperating from the leg injuries, and then had a clot enter his lung....
Mongo
P.S. I have the JPS Mk III kit (along with your decals, Michael) and I think it is really good looking! ;D
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Post by Patrick on Apr 18, 2010 0:15:11 GMT -5
Well, here's some drawings for you! Patrick
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Post by Patrick on Apr 18, 2010 11:30:32 GMT -5
Another nugget... Patrick
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Post by Calvin on Apr 28, 2010 18:58:57 GMT -5
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Post by indycals on May 7, 2010 13:04:34 GMT -5
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Post by Calvin on May 7, 2010 16:35:35 GMT -5
The only differences I've noticed with the bodies is The tamiya kit has one radiator exit on the left side pod and the hasegawa has 2 on both sides.
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Post by indycals on May 10, 2010 13:22:10 GMT -5
Actually Tamiya has a couple of radiator exit options.
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Post by Calvin on May 10, 2010 13:42:21 GMT -5
I wonder if the Hasegawa has options also? Because race by race they seemed to change the pods. Like for the Beligum GP Mario's car had the 3 exits, IIRC British gp had 3, German gp had 4, and Austrian GP had 4. Just think...here in about a month we all might be messing around with some 79's !
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Post by indycals on May 10, 2010 14:41:09 GMT -5
I wonder if the Hasegawa has options also? Nope. Hasegawa's radiator exits are molded into the sidepod bodywork. Tamiya has separate parts for the radiator exits.
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Post by Calvin on May 10, 2010 14:46:43 GMT -5
I wonder if the Hasegawa has options also? Nope. Hasegawa's radiator exits are molded into the sidepod bodywork. Tamiya has separate parts for the radiator exits. Yeah your right, I wasn't thinking when I asked that I think Im liking Tamiya's 79 more and more
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2010 19:26:15 GMT -5
I could see this car in the brazilian GP 1979, in Martini color , really beautiful, don't know why don't take photos. Old Interlagos (almost 8kms) track, good old days. . . this is why i don't like F1 today. Today F1 cars looks like fiction movies spaceship . Cheers. Alex
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Post by Calvin on May 11, 2010 14:32:34 GMT -5
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Post by Calvin on May 12, 2010 13:45:56 GMT -5
How in the heck do they bump up the date that much? They must be really hauling donkey.
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