Lotus 29

[IndyCarModels]

Does anyone has a Bobby Marshman Lotus 29 in 1:43 they would like to part with

[racewrench87]

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[nesmra]

Hi Terry

It looks like I got you interested in Bobby Marshman's Lotus 29.

At least you guys working with the smaller scale have a lot more kits to choose from.

Those of us working in 1/25 have a few old plastic kits and a reasonable group of 70s resin, very few in the 60s and earlier since Gary died.

What I'm trying with the old AMT is interesting.

Whoever measured the Lotus 29s for AMT needed to go back to school or smoke something else.

To correct this and make it look closer to correct is a lot of work. Notice I said CLOSER. To really fix it you need a complete new body.

The tub is about the correct width overall but shaped wrong and that means the top of the tub has to be to narrow.

that does not take into consideration that the nose is to short as well.

To make a better looking model do the following.

The first thing is one of Bob Clindist's Lotus 29 drawings then do the following.

Remove the nose on a line about even with the back of the intake on the sides of the nose. Then cut the top of the body down the center line and add a 1/8 spacer. Tape the two body sections with the spacer together and look at the assembly.the width is about correct according to the Clindist drawings. The cockpit may have to be widened a bit more. That can b done by cutting the cockpit sills off very close and then re gluing them.

The nose will need to be cut down the middle and a wedge shaped spacer installed. the reason for the wedge is because the intake is about correct but where the cut was made to remove the nose it will have to be widened to match a tapered spacer to make it longer.

For the tub there are two ways of modifying it. You can slice down the center line full length about half way through the thickness and then bend the top edges out to match the new width of the top of the body. this is the way I did it. It means grinding and filling to flatten the bottom again. This is the way I did it.The other way would take more cutting but might look better. Again cut down the center line but this time cut it completely in half. Then tape the top sides of the tub to the modified top. Keep the sides as close to vertical as possible and checking the width the same as the drawing ,see how much you will need to remove from the bottom so you can install a spacer to keep the bottom flat.

You will need to make new front and rear bulkheads as the shape has changed as well as the width.

Ralph

Ralph Ellery

NESMRA  ( It's a Super Modified thing )

Brooksville Fl

[chaparral66]

It always looked to me that the original Lotus 29 as initially tested at Indy was a modified 25 with the alloy 289/260/255 OHV engine. Can anyone verify. When I had my extensive library, Hot Rod magazine, Sports Car Graphic, R & T, C and D and even the hot rod and custom cars had great articles on the Indy 500, always a photo or comment you didn't know. Even mow I still find something I didn't know.

[robh]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_29