Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2011 22:54:33 GMT -5
I've been wanting to do this project for awhile (as I have been always drawn to the obscure) & have been gathering references
in the process. I alway thought it was a sharp looking car.
The team had excellent pedigrees with Lola & a strange, interesting sponsorship arrangement with MasterCard plus a host of good associate sponsors for funding. But I guess the undoing came from trying to put together a car on the track in less than 3 months time. The car was designed with NO wind tunnel time & with very limited testing a week or so before departing to the seasons 1st race in Australia. At Australia the car had no grip (could not even keep the tire temps up) & DNQ (due to the 107% rule .... was 11-12 seconds slower than the pole winning car). This was the teams only on track showing & was never seen again. Eventually lead to the bankruptcy of Lola at the time.
I want to build as detailed a car as possible (1/20 scale) but
it looks as though it will be mostly scratch building as there appears to be no resin or diecast available.
The decals for the car (believe it or not) are available in most any scale from Platos
As best I can tell, the nose of the car appears to have a close
resemblance to the Ferrari F310B & cowl of the Benetton B194.
The side pods & rear flaring appear to be the greatest problem.
Any help or recommedations are MOST APPRECIATED !!
Also the car used a Cosworth (Ford) Zetec-R V8..... anyone know of a kit engine source ??
See link below for references:
www.f1rejects.com/teams/lola/picture-gallery.html
I have other photos if anyone is interested
As I had never done a scratch build ...Any advice or help is most appreciated !!
in the process. I alway thought it was a sharp looking car.
The team had excellent pedigrees with Lola & a strange, interesting sponsorship arrangement with MasterCard plus a host of good associate sponsors for funding. But I guess the undoing came from trying to put together a car on the track in less than 3 months time. The car was designed with NO wind tunnel time & with very limited testing a week or so before departing to the seasons 1st race in Australia. At Australia the car had no grip (could not even keep the tire temps up) & DNQ (due to the 107% rule .... was 11-12 seconds slower than the pole winning car). This was the teams only on track showing & was never seen again. Eventually lead to the bankruptcy of Lola at the time.
I want to build as detailed a car as possible (1/20 scale) but
it looks as though it will be mostly scratch building as there appears to be no resin or diecast available.
The decals for the car (believe it or not) are available in most any scale from Platos
As best I can tell, the nose of the car appears to have a close
resemblance to the Ferrari F310B & cowl of the Benetton B194.
The side pods & rear flaring appear to be the greatest problem.
Any help or recommedations are MOST APPRECIATED !!
Also the car used a Cosworth (Ford) Zetec-R V8..... anyone know of a kit engine source ??
See link below for references:
www.f1rejects.com/teams/lola/picture-gallery.html
I have other photos if anyone is interested
As I had never done a scratch build ...Any advice or help is most appreciated !!
