Ebbro Lotus 72C

John Coverley
I'm definately not a "rivet counter" but this kit is not a 72C, but a 72B. The 72 C had ventilated discs which were fitted after practice in the Spanish GP after the solid discs overheated and caused various problems. The kit was not up to Tamiya standards despite what I read in various magazines. Short moulding on the air scoop, rear of the monocoque where the two halves join and on the nose section.
Why do manufacturers keep making the fuel pipe connections on the injectors at 90 deg to the trumpets? A bit of research will show that the fuel lines are angled away from the engine.
Because the team was sponsored by a cigarette company I had to source the "Gold Leaf " decals. Why couldn't they have just included the words Gold and Leaf on the decal sheet and let the modeller put them on?
Not a kit for a beginner. I hope the Lotus 49B that I have on order is better than this.

Steve Wilson
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I totally agree John, these annoying little nuances, really do grate on us and try our patience... We waste a lot of our building time, wondering if there is away to overcome the problem, as we want our little representation to be as precise as possible to the original. Without being tagged with the highest insult paid to a modeller a...
" RIVET COUNTER "...
But as the observer, who doesn't really feel these effects, (unless of course you're a Judge in a competition, then your the worst living rivet counter there is) the build is absolutely 6100dy fantastic...
Has my container of Jam Roly-Poly arrived yet???
I couldn't send the Custard, as it's considered a volatile hazardous product!!!

John Coverley
Thanks for your comments Steve. Unfortunately the Jam Roly Poly shipment must have been seized by pirates.

Steve Wilson
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Aaaah!!! yes... I've heard the Jammy Dodgers (or is that the Roly Rogers) are a sticky bunch to deal with, led by the infamous Sir Ras' Burr-whee Cedelass...
He was the bounder who stole her Jamestys Crown Jams from the Tower of Jampots... Lol (((😄 )))

John Coverley
Wasn't he the one who brought the first Jam Roly Poly back from the "New World"?

Steve Wilson
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No John, common mistake though!!!
That was his younger brother Lord Strore' Burr-whee Cedelass;)

Steve Wilson
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He was the one who finaly brought Sir Ras' Burr-whee to Juicetice.
After being found guilty of his crimes by the then...
The Right Hon. the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Hartley Chivers-Robinsons...
He was sentenced to be hung by the Plums, Chopped, Boiled, finaly Preserved and spread on toast, as a deterrent to others, who sympathized for him, especially children who saw him as a hero, specifically when spread on toast and quartered...
What remained of him was marma laid to rest in Tiptree Cemetry in his county of birth Essex...🤔

John Coverley
That must have been the time when Monsieur Le Mon Cheese had a nice piece of crumpet, the notorious Irish highwayman Con Serve was a sticky customer and the infamous Black Berry used to terrorise anybody who had false teeth.

Steve Wilson
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Con Serve wasn't he Fed Belly's Grandfather??? Believe he was sent to Aussie for his crimes!!!🤔
And Monsieur Le Mon Cheese... there was always something smelly about him, immagrated to Cheddar in Somerset during the French Revolution, he changed his name... Believe Simon Le Bon is an descendant!!!