My 1st love in F1 started when I got my 1st copy of Road and Track in 1964 or so as they had a road racing section in the back that was written by Rob Walker (owner of the walker F1 racing team that always used Lotus cars. Here’s the main sections after the Gloss Black has been applied.

I don’t prime under it as the primer adds texture to the Gloss Black and that’s exactly what I don’t want. Any parts that need to be Aluminum was AB’d Tamiya X-1 Gloss Black. I prepared for painting the 1st 6 steps in the instructions to build the monocoque chassis including the front suspension. Work this time starts with the monocoque chassis.

So unlike nearly all of my previous builds, I can’t start with the body right through painting, decaling, and polishing.

The Body is quite complex and is comprised of almost 30 pieces and is built around the aluminum monocoque chassis. Right now I’m not sure which way I’ll end up going. As an alternate to the kit decals I bought the AM decals from Indy Cal. My kit was molded in 2006 so the decals are 15 years old, and the kit was purchased off of ebay a while ago already opened. What’s more the decal sheet has been printed by Cartograf which took me for a surprise.

Download 1978 lotus f1 car