Tamiya 1/24 Lola Mk II John Surtees Racing / Can Am ‘66

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Re: Tamiya 1/24 Lola Mk II John Surtees Racing / Can Am ‘66

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Bruce, that looks great! And the idea to use ILM techniques to detail this is perfect!
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On a roll!
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Thank you, Carlos and Lyle! Your support is always greatly appreciated. Last night I sanded and shaped the quarter panels to make them closer to the smooth seamless look of the prototype, and early this morning I received a great 3D design by Marius of correctly fluted header pipes! Now all I need is to take his design to a printer...

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This one ain’t dead either....
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Yowsa! Whatever that means...this will be fun to watch.
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Means I stopped, started—which we all do—
Currently think the driver as molded is much too small. Will have to rebuild him a bit larger. Time to break out the putty and toothpicks....
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We ALL do that. The "what it means" was for the Yowsa….But, you are right on the driver I think. Too small by about 1/4 a head.
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Maybe 2-piece sculpt - head and neck first then helmet

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speedgraflex wrote:Image
This one ain’t dead either....
Woohoo! :shoutout:
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Progress is moving along nicely Bruce!!
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