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Tamiya 1/20 scale Lotus 99t
Joel_W
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Posted: Tuesday, June 02, 2020 - 04:30 AM UTC
The current Car Group Build is The Strip, Track, & Trail GB. I thought that I'd share my just finished Tamiya 1/20 scale Lotus 99t that Senna drove with all of you, since many members don't visit or follow the GB builds.

The build is almost pure OOB as it has enough challenges being one of the older Tamiya 1/20 Formula 1 kits. I used Gravity paints for the Camel Yellow and Indy Car decals as the Tamiya decals substituted Lotus for the Camel logo as per the regulations.

Overall, the kit had no real issues, and built up as I expected it would being a Tamiya kit.

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Posted: Tuesday, June 02, 2020 - 06:13 AM UTC
Congrats Joel, that is one beautiful build. Ayrton would have been proud to ride in that!
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Posted: Tuesday, June 02, 2020 - 08:44 AM UTC
David,
Thanks so much for those most kind words. I truly appreciate it.

Joel
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Posted: Tuesday, June 02, 2020 - 04:24 PM UTC
Another fine addition to your Lotus collection Joel!
Feel free to show us a family snap of them all.

cheers
Michael
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Posted: Tuesday, June 02, 2020 - 05:02 PM UTC

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Another fine addition to your Lotus collection Joel!
Feel free to show us a family snap of them all.



Indeed, a group photo would be great!
Joel_W
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Posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 - 01:41 AM UTC
Michael & D,
And thanks again for your thumbs up. I'm always greatly appreciative.

As for a group Lotus F1 picture, all I've gotten built so far is the Lotus 25, the Lotus 72E, and now the Lotus 99t. I've got I think 4 more Lotus F1 kits in the stash with more to come. But I'll try to take a few pictures and post them for the full Lotus effect

Joel
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Posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 - 06:58 AM UTC
That crossed the finish line, with flying colors. Great paintjob, top notch decal work(wouldn't expect anything less, form you Joel) engine certainly looks the part.

Jesper,
Thank you for those really kind words. it's greatly appreciated.

Joel
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Posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 - 07:36 AM UTC
Another winner Joel - well done !
Cheers - Richard
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Posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 - 07:42 AM UTC
Richard,
I just knew that you'd show up. Just like I always feel that you're following my every post/update.

Thanks for your thumbs up. Coming from you it means quite a lot to me. I keep on checking to see if you started your bike build yet, but it's still on hold, so you must still be finishing up your real bike.

Joel
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Posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 - 11:19 PM UTC
Amazing work Joel

I wondered where you'd got to... A campaign of course


Love the colour on this one
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Posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 - 11:44 PM UTC
PM sent - check your inbox
Joel_W
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Posted: Thursday, June 04, 2020 - 02:07 AM UTC
Russell,
Thanks so much for your Thumbs up. I'm thrilled that you like my Camel Lotus.

And you're right. I usually do a duel post in both the Garage GB Thread and in the Car Forum. Just totally forgot about it for this build. That's why it's just a finished thread.

I'm about to start another FIA build, the new Nunu Audi R8 LMS GT3 car from the 2015 series. I'm do a double post as it's a 2nd build for the GB as well.

Joel
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