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58020 - 1/10 JPS Lotus 79 (CS)
Overview: The Lotus 79 was the teams F1 car that participated in the Grand Prix's of 1978/89 and was sponsored by John Player Special cigarettes. The car dominated the 1978 Grand Prix season winning 7 races, with it's driver Mario Andretti winning the championship, and Lotus winning the manufacturers cup. Tamiya produced the Lotus 79 is 1980 and released a near perfect model of the real car with
molded black plastic bodyshell for a very clean finish. Once again they released the car only in the Competition Special (CS)
form. This car is very rare made even more so because of the ban on cigarette
advertising in F1 a number of years after it's release. Prices do remain quite high for the kit for that reason and also
because of the high success of the real Lotus 79. Original Price 15800 Yen.
Overview: The Lotus Honda 99T F1 car was driven by Ayrton Senna and took the Grand Prix world by storm in 1987. The Tamiya kit of the famous car is a great model, a good chassis design, with flexible suspension. Specification: A lower FRP chassis plate was brought together with plastic suspension arms and nylon uprights. The RS-540S motor was used on the car now that it was starting to become the defacto motor in Tamiya kits. A gear differential at the rear provided the car with it's powertrain. On the rear or the car is a monoshock to the upper friction plate. Plastic wheels and sponge tyres give the car track handling and performance. The bodyshell was a masterpiece of scale realism,
modelling the actual Senna car very well, including drivers head and steering wheel.
1987 It took many more years before Williams would perfect
active ride suspension, but Lotus had a system in the mid 80s which worked well enough on the excessively bumpy surface of
Detroit. Ayrton Senna was the only Lotus driver who could get anything out of the system, which allowed Senna in his Lotus
99T Honda to take this win. 58095 - 1/10 Lotus 102B Judd
Specificatin: Has a 2WD Rear, ball differential monoshock, coilspring front uprights. The chassis T bar and front are made of fiberglass. The Body is made of clear lexan plastic. The Motor is a RS540 History: The Lotus 102B was Team Lotus' entry to the 1991 season. Despite having over 800 new components incorporated the new car was not significantly different from the 102 to justify a new type designation. This continued the precedent set by Lotus 30 years previously, whereby the Type 25 was almost completely redesigned, but was still designated the 25B. The heavy and ultimately unreliable Lamborghini engine was replaced by the Judd EV V8 and the driver line-up was also changed. Mika Häkkinen and Julian Bailey filled the seats vacated by a frustrated Derek Warwick and injured Martin Donnelly. It was apparent that the car was nowhere near the pace setters of the McLaren MP4-6 and the Williams FW14 at the opening round in Phoenix. Häkkinen would go on to describe that during this race his steering wheel actually came off. Bailey’s failure to qualify for the Monaco Grand Prix prompted his departure and replacement with test driver Johnny Herbert for the remainder of the season. Due to Herbert's International Formula 3000 commitments the talented German Michael Bartels raced in his absence before failed to quality. The 102B enabled the team to equal their 1990 points total of three points.
With increased sponsorship and the delay of the 107 it was to continue racing for the first four races of the 1992 season
in D specification. The C specification incorporated an Isuzu V12 engine that had been developed throughout the season
but never raced.
50462 - Lotus 102D Judd
The final incarnation of the 102, was the makeshift 102D that represented Team Lotus' for the start of the 1992 season. Outwardly similar to the 102B, the car had a Cosworth HB V8 in place of the Judd EV V8. In an attempt to gain exposure a 102D driven by Johnny Herbert broke the Brands Hatch Indy circuit record for the BBC Record Breakers programme. This car body was little bit hard to paint becuse I was not able to find the Body Kit. So I didn't have any decals for it. I had to do all the masking and fine lines under the body and paint them. This was my frist car project from all my cal collection. I think it came out looking grate.
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