Lotus 72C Ford - GP Great Britain 1970
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13 September 2012, 16:48
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This project wasn't finished yet; the car was ready but the driver figure was still missing. So I restarted this project.
16 February 2013, 10:45
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An amazing job on the figure, Guy - I like Jochen already now!
His vehicle, especially the paint job, is also made ??great 👍
24 February 2013, 13:34
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Hi Guy. >you said< "Next the helmet and the vizor were spraypainted in metallic dark green and white, after which the were glued together. The artificial light doesn't do the helmet justice".
I noticed where light source reflects on top of the Helmet the metal flakes, suggesting to me use of metallic paint, what I wasn't aware of was the colour, I actually thought it was black... anyway! excellent work Guy, looking forward to seeing it completed🙂👍
26 February 2013, 08:09
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Steve, before I started this project and the Graham Hill Lotus 49B, I was convinced that Jim Clark, Graham Hill and Jochen Rindt all had black helmets; in fact neither of them does! Clark wore a dark blue helmet with a white vizor, Hill wore a dark blue helmet with 8 white oars, and Rindt wore a dark green helmet with a white vizor! But these are things that I only find out when I actually want to start spraypainting the helmets😉
26 February 2013, 12:08
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Another Helmet like that Guy was Mike Hawthorn's, everyone at one time thought his Helmet was black, adding support to this theory was black & white photography, readily used at that time. But it was in fact dark brown, similar in style to your Rindt Helmet🙂
26 February 2013, 12:43
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Speaking of Black & White Photography. I once saw at a Model Show a Diorama of Mike Hawthorn, Juan Manuel Fangio tussling for position in a race, I think it was Monaco. The whole thing cars, scenery and Drivers were all in different shades of black, grey, silver and white. I asked the proud owner what his inspiration had been, "I have a black & white photo of that scene and couldn't work out what the correct colours were"...
26 February 2013, 12:58
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I finally added the last 'finished pics', with the driver and his helmet next to the Lotus to complete the image...
4 March 2013, 10:48
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That`s modelling of high level!!
One of the Flemish masters! 🙂
Like it and I fully agree with all previous comments!
8 March 2013, 20:50