Gold Leaf Lotus Europa
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This one is being built using the 1/24th scale Tamiya kit with a Gold Leaf tribute scheme on a street car. The kit only builds right-hand drive so I am converting it to left-hand drive.
First I modified the back (front?) of the dash to accept the steering column at the correct angle, notched the lower edge for it and removed the notch on the right side.
Then I drilled new holes for the tach and speedo and the three little lights in between them. They will be filled with machined aluminum parts. Figured I might as well drill out the four other gauges as well so they would all match… The old recess for the RHD gauge cluster was cut out and deepened.
The wood grain is hand painted and the new aluminum gauges and warning lights have been installed. The decals for the gauges came with the kit; I added the one for the radio.
The steering wheel and column are done too. I added decals to the turn signal and wiper stalks; the horn button decal is from the kit.
First I modified the back (front?) of the dash to accept the steering column at the correct angle, notched the lower edge for it and removed the notch on the right side.
Then I drilled new holes for the tach and speedo and the three little lights in between them. They will be filled with machined aluminum parts. Figured I might as well drill out the four other gauges as well so they would all match… The old recess for the RHD gauge cluster was cut out and deepened.
The wood grain is hand painted and the new aluminum gauges and warning lights have been installed. The decals for the gauges came with the kit; I added the one for the radio.
The steering wheel and column are done too. I added decals to the turn signal and wiper stalks; the horn button decal is from the kit.