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Hi this will be my entry into the F1 historic competition Ebbro 1/20 Team Lotus Type 91 1982 first a little history. Satoru Nakajima won the all Japan F2 championship in 1982 driving a March 782 with gold and jet black John Player special sponsorship for the l&l racing team headed by Tetsu lkuzawa.As a reward for winning the series,he was able to attend the winter test of Team Lotus, the British based formula 1 team sponsored by John Player Special. At this time Team Lotus revealed its Type 91 but there only victory in the 1982 season was at the Austrian grand prix won by Elio de angelis. Sadly that was the last race that Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman, founder of Team Lotus attended, as he died of heart attack Christmas in that year. On December 7th, a Lotus Type 91 was prepared for Satoru Nakajima at the Donnington Park circuit located in central England. The tyres were changed from Goodyear to Pirelli. The team also tried 2 types of rear cowling,but at the end of the test, they removed all of the rear cowling and the car raced with a bare engine.the team were surprised that he drove the Type 91 without any trouble although the test was his first F1 experience. In spite of bad weather, he set a fast lap of 40 seconds.Team lotus manager Peter Warr said that this test was the biggest reason that Satoru was adopted as a regular driver for Team Lotus. And few pics of kit content.cheers mick. mogwai attached the following image(s): Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Great to have another join in. Good luck 
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Nice choice Mick. Good luck. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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 Lotus are very popular builds in this comp and good luck Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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I do like the JPS livery nice choice Mick and good luck in the comp. Al
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Nice choice of car ! Good luck in the competition.
Malc.
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Hi finally made a start, the engine bin painted metallic grey,gun metal on upper portions of ends,semi black,and flat aluminium on location tabs, the transmission, also bin painted metallic grey, and bits of suspension added.the arm on the end is not out of square just camera angle.and made up and painted front disk brakes.more soon cheers mick. mogwai attached the following image(s): Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Nice job Mick. Engine block looks sweet
Regards Gray
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Looking good and nice work Mick Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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You are off to a great start Mick regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
So Much to Build,But What a Hobby!
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An excellent start to your build Mick, well done, and a great choice of subject. I wish you luck in the competition. 
Kev 
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Great start Mick looks a nice kit. Al
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Great start
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Off to a good start..
Malc.
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Looking good Mick. Mark
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Hi thanks to all who looked in and left comments much appreciated, done bit more on this, put more parts on the engine, attached the transmission, put the exhausts in,the instruction got the wrong exhausts in the wrong ports,but it obvious where eh go, cause they just won't fit otherwise.started on the monocoque, put the back wall on, and the front suspension, on instruction 6 it tells you to cut off parts on front spoiler supports,don't or you will have nothing to attach them on.put the carbon fiber decals on top half of monocoque, it gives you metal stickers to put on the dots,trouble is there more dots than stickers,so I'll either leave them off or just do the sides, leaving top as it is.also added seatbelts decal to seat.needs few touch ups to tidy it up a bit.cheers mick. mogwai attached the following image(s): Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
Stash.airfix 1/24 mosquito. Diag Virginia schooner, tamiya 1/6 honda 750, tamiya 1/35 famo, tamiya 1/35 flak 88.
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Nice work and the carbon decals look great Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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am liking your build Mick. The vented disks, carbon fibre effect...just great Gray
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Some very nice work going on the Mick.  Mark
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