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Lotus 100T Honda

1/20 Lotus 100T Honda

1988 Hungarian GP #1 Nelson Piquet

On the paper, the 100T should be a World Championship contender. It was one of the few remaining Turbo-powered cars in 1988 and it had the highly rated Honda engine, which won the Championship in 1987.

The reigning World Champion Nelson Piquet was contracted to drive the car, so the future looked bright. Unfortunately, this was not to be... Because of the shortcomings of the car and the resulting demotivation of it's drivers, Team Lotus didn't win a single race this year. At season's end, several key staff had left incl. Gerard Ducarouge and Peter Warr...

Lotus 100T last steps before finishing

Monday, 24 January 2011 22:34 Projects - Lotus 100T Honda
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Finishing the kit

I'm about to finish this project, here are the last steps:

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I had to repaint a small area of the bodywork because of a damage. Then I assembled the wings and added small bits here and there. Now I consider it done. Pics in the gallery.

Last Updated on Monday, 24 January 2011 23:08
 

Lotus 100T nearing final assembly

Tuesday, 14 September 2010 21:11 Projects - Lotus 100T Honda
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Preparation

I opened the exhaust ends in the undertray, will be hardly notable on the finished model, but I know they're here. I removed the molded-in washers from the monocoque. They will be replaced by real washers later.

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The S27 kits still need much more time for early preparation than the usual plastic kit... You need to fill gaps and holes, rescribe panel lines etc.

Decals and PE

I'm using the FMD Lotus 99T/100T decal set and some washers from the 99T Perfect Parts set.

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Last Updated on Saturday, 22 January 2011 17:48 Read more...
 

Lotus 100T version and available kits

Tuesday, 14 September 2010 21:10 Projects - Lotus 100T Honda
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Race version

I'm working on a 1/20 Studio 27 Japan GP kit. But I decided to build Piquet's race car from the 1988 Hungarian GP, because this version can be depicted with the kit. The front wing, rear wing, sidepods (radiator outlets) and the absence of turbo ducts just fit the kit.

Available kits

Because the car was also driven by Japanese local hero Satoru Nakajima, we got several 1/20 scale curbside resin kits:

  • F-Plan resin transkit (needs Tamiya 102B donor kit)
  • MOA resin transkit (needs Tamiya 102B donor kit)
  • Hobby Base Custom full resin kit (incl. white metal, full decals)
  • Modelers full resin kit (incl. white metal, photoetch parts, full decals)
  • Studio 27 "early season" and "Japan GP" (incl. white metal, photoetch parts, partial decals)

 

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 September 2010 12:51
 


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