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Richy C
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Martini Lotus 79 , this car was driven by Carlos Reutemann in the USA at the Watkins Glen GP on the 7th October 1979 , I`ve done the qualifying spec car which was in dry conditions , in the race it was raining and I don`t have wet weather tyres of this era , for the race Reutemann qualified 6th but spun out on lap 6 Mario Andretti in the sister car retired on lap 17 with gearbox problems , a bad day for Lotus and a long way from home , the race was won by Gilles Villeneuve in a Ferrari.
Straight foward build , being tamiya and a new tooling it was superb it was detailed very crisp with no flash at all , I had a Studio27 pe kit but only used a few bits as the detail on the tamiya kit was fine .
Materials used - Indycal decals , various Studio27 pe bits , Hiro pe harness set , Halfords grey primer , various Tamiya and Vallejo paints , Alclad polished ali - chrome - gloss black base coat , Mig dark wash , Zero Martini racing green , Zero pre-thinned clear coat , Humbrol liquid cement and Loctite easy brush super glue.
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Straight foward build , being tamiya and a new tooling it was superb it was detailed very crisp with no flash at all , I had a Studio27 pe kit but only used a few bits as the detail on the tamiya kit was fine .
Materials used - Indycal decals , various Studio27 pe bits , Hiro pe harness set , Halfords grey primer , various Tamiya and Vallejo paints , Alclad polished ali - chrome - gloss black base coat , Mig dark wash , Zero Martini racing green , Zero pre-thinned clear coat , Humbrol liquid cement and Loctite easy brush super glue.
Richy
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