Tamiya Caterham Lotus Super Seven 1/12th

Started by Cricket · 33 · 1 year ago · Caterham, Lotus, Super Seven, Tamiya
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    Cricket said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Greetings all….im new to this forum and this group, but I’m on the Motorcycle group 🙂

    I started this the other day…thought I would share some phot updates, got the front uprights in place and now working on the rear suspension….LOVE this kit!

    Cricket 🦗

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    A beautiful entry, Cricket @bikequeen
    The Catherham is a great car.
    Your start looks promising, especially the suspension looks great already.

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    Cricket said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Thanks again John 🙂

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Amazing entry, my friend @bikequeen! And great progress already! Looking forward to it!

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    Cricket said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Thank you all! Appreciate the comments! I’m enjoying this kit. Here is yesterdays progress. GOt the rear suspension in place and some cockpit work. Tamiya should have put a notice on the box, “Watchmaking or Brain Surgery a PLUS for this kit” 😉

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    George Williams said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Hi Cricket @bikequeen, having built a real one many years ago your build looks pretty real so far, looking forward to following your progress.

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    Cricket said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    I’m jealous :). I built this kit 20 years ago but fell on hard times so I put it on ebay hoping to at least get my money back and lost my shirt! So I’m building it agin….better this time 😉

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    It does indeed look like a real one, Cricket @bikequeen
    Seems like you definitely have that PLUS, great progress.

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    Cricket said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Thank you! Actually I am a watchmaker but enjoy the models more 😉

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Looking wonderful so far, my friend @bikequeen!
    Also jealous, my friend @chinesegeorge!

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    Cricket said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Thank you Spiros! And i supposed to include your name etc in my replies? Sorry not familiar with this format @fiveten

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Only using "@fiveten" works great for me my friend @bikequeen!

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    Erik Gjørup said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Cricket, the secret regarding names is that when you use the @ name the person gets a mail. If you reply to a topic, the owner gets a mail that I have been commenting (depending on your user settings I suppose) If you got a mail that I have commented then it works, and when you want to let people know you saw their comment you use the @ name and they get a mail (or a notification when they log in here that they had a mention). Spiros, I and a few others happily use that form.

    Now, back to your build - it is an amazing kit you got here - I shall be strapped in to follow it.

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    George Williams said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Hi @bikequeen, just using the @ name works OK for me too. Which engine does this Caterham have?

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    Cricket said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    @chinesegeorge hi George it has a baby Cosworth in it 🙂

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