Post by Orso on Sept 28, 2013 6:07:39 GMT -5
Hasegawa 1/20 converted to the prototype 79/1 that was used by Hector Rebaque in 1979.
To make the prototype I had to convert the front of the cockpit.
Just to make things harder I decided to build it from the Belgium GP. The body was the same as the kit in the first races but later changed to the 1979 style.
So I took the air outlets in the side pods and the rear mirrors from the Tamiya Martini-Lotus and grafted them to the Hasegawa kit.
I also had to make some louvres for the rear of the side pods as well.
Normally the Lotus 79 has the rear roll bars dressed in with a plate that runs all the way round the bars but not at Belgium.
The roll bars were visible at the top so I had to simulate this.
I painted it with Humbrol enamels and used decals from Tabu
