JPS Lotus 72D second coat and start decalling.

Exhaust needs some putty to fill in ejector pin marks.

Here's some work on the exhausts.
Coated with Testor's metalizer and making sure they fit through the suspesion alright.

Cockpit cover with window getting sanded until even.

Sanding first coat. Some imperfections are not really visible until you sand a bit..

Second coat front with front suspension dryfit

Second coat with engine and rear suspension dryfit

Second coat overview dryfit

Decalling

And more decalling, -nearly done
Now says Ronnie Peterson on the cockpit side.

Tamiya 1:12 JPS Lotus suspension and bodywork progress pictures

Parts so far:

Filling in some gaps with putty in preparation for base coat.

 Starting on rear suspension and dry fit to see if all engine parts line up alright.

Front suspension progressing..

Rear wing assembled and primed.

Sides are photoetch.

Lotus JPS gold wheels..

Base coat for the final Lotus black.

Goodyear lettering on tire.

I also sanded the tires to take away some shine.

Progress of rear suspension from underneath.

Rear suspension from front

Rear suspension from top

First coat of paint and dry fit. Starting to look alright..