Mario Andretti '93 Lola

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Just finished this one yesterday. Tamiya 1/20th Snap-Loc kit with Studio 27 photoetched racing harness, some flocking for the seat, and scratchbuilt antennas. I was a little concerned about this being a snap kit but it went together really well with only a couple of minor fit issues. I was also concerned with the decals because they looked to have some yellowing but once they came off the backing they were nice and clear. The decals for the roll hoop and rear wing were a pain and needed a lot of solvent to snuggle down even halfway decent.
I'd like to build the speedway version in the same livery someday and display the two cars together. If you haven't built one of these I highly reccommend giving one a try. It was a really fun build.

Thanks for looking.
G

[indy]

GREAT BUILD!!!

Jordan

[Admin]

Great job

[professor]

Nice model but I would suggest using carbon fiber decals on the black inner body parts. It would improve the model 100%

[shunter]

Nice work Greg, and when i asked you about this one you played coy saying you were not doing it?
Great job and these do build up very nicely, shame Tamiya never went to the more normal 1/20th with these like the F1 cars.

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Dec 20, 2008 0:17:28 GMT -5 professor said:

Nice model but I would suggest using carbon fiber decals on the black inner body parts. It would improve the model 100%

Would you happen to have any good reference photos with the cowling removed? The photos I had weren't all that clear so I only added the silver shielding around the lump.
I have the car displayed with the cowl on so it's no big deal but for future builds I may want to add more detail than just flocking, photoetched belts and the scratchbuilt antennas.

Thank you,

G

[indy]

By 1993 the chassis were pretty much all CF. It had only been a few years though as Porsche's all CF chassis had been disallowed about 3-4 years earlier.

Jordan