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Comment on Painting your model car… Tamiya TS Paints by Indycals

Indycals — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:04:30 +0000

Thank you for the link!

Comment on Painting your model car… Tamiya TS Paints by Ts paints | ZuiDot

Ts paints | ZuiDot — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 03:59:19 +0000

[...] Painting your model car… Tamiya TS Paints | Indycals BlogMany of you may know I’m a big advocate of Tamiya TS spray paints. Tamiya goes out of their way to produce many colors for specific cars. … That said, Tamiya USA has an excellent article on using TS spray paints – I’m sure you’ll learn a lot from it, I know I did! Check it out!. Comments Off [...]

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Comment on F1 Rain Tires by Indycals

Indycals — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:25:46 +0000

Update: Derek now has a website – http://www.iconautomotiveminiatures.com/

Comment on Kit Review – Tamiya McLaren M23 – the long awaited re-issue! by Indycals

Indycals — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:06:56 +0000

UPDATE 2: Tamiya is doing a second run expected to come out in April 2011. Get your pre-orders in!

Comment on Kit Review – Tamiya McLaren M23 – the long awaited re-issue! by Indycals

Indycals — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:22:28 +0000

UPDATE: Apparently this limited re-issue has run it’s course – many retailers are sold out – if you find one, buy it, it may be your last chance for awhile.

Comment on The Revival of 1/20 F1 by Erich Kierig

Erich Kierig — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 01:15:39 +0000

I´m an F1 builder and fan of Tamiya F-ONE cars. I agree that it is very important to support Tamiya, Hasegawa or Fujimi in the effort to lunch new F1 models. Congrats to all of them, specially to Tamiya for their new release of the M23 McLaren….
E. Kierig

Comment on Kit Review: Lotus 79 – Hasegawa and Tamiya, 1/20 scale by Indycals

Indycals — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:03:59 +0000

Yes, the Hasegawa kit comes with tire decals

Comment on Kit Review: Lotus 79 – Hasegawa and Tamiya, 1/20 scale by David McCann

David McCann — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:57:50 +0000

Having spent lots of time viewing period photos of the original Lotus 79, I’d like to share some thoughts with you guys.

The review mentions that although the Tamiya kit contains chromed wheels, the Hasegawa kit contains wheels that need to be painted. Looking at photos of the car from 1978, it seems that in some cases the wheels were chrome (almost a mirror finish) but in other cases the wheels were a flat silver (pretty much as per the photo of the model at the top of this page). I’m not sure if this means there were two types of wheel, or it’s down to some effect in the photo.

The other point I’d like to make regards the white brand name on the tyres. In some photos the white text is on both sides of the tyre, but in some of the photos taken of the car in the pits before a race, the text is only on one side of the tyre (the inside in this case). I’ve seen a similar thing with period photos of a Tyrell six wheeler – that the tyre text only appears on one side.

Maybe someone can clear this up.

Comment on Kit Review: Lotus 79 – Hasegawa and Tamiya, 1/20 scale by David McCann

David McCann — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:11:16 +0000

Great review – thanks! Are the ‘tire decals’ included in the Hasegawa kit? It doesn’t show them on the box art, but they are there in all of the completed kit promo photos I’ve seen.

Hasegawa also include tire decals in their new Ferrari 312 kits, so I can’t imagine why they would be missing from the Lotus.

Regards
Dave

Comment on Kit Review: Lotus 79 – Hasegawa and Tamiya, 1/20 scale by Indycals

Indycals — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:08:43 +0000

Hi Adriaan

The white outline is most certainly there on the number. It’s very thin and doesn’t show up in a low res image. I’ve fixed the page to load a higher res image when you click on the pics.

Take care

Michael