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by **Specky** » Sun 22.08.2010, 19:34

Cheers Dave, I need someone to pick it up.... :lol:

TTFN

by **Songbird** » Sun 22.08.2010, 20:15

Just made a bid and asked if it had a full service history :-D

by **Ron16** » Wed 25.08.2010, 22:03

In about two months this new 1/43 Elan should be available. Here we can see the prototype. It will be available in BRG and Black with open ore closed roof. No idea, if it will be an SE or an S2.

Ooops sorry, this was posted already...

by **jHamshaw** » Thu 26.08.2010, 09:47

BRG Anyone? :shock:

by **Nige** » Thu 26.08.2010, 11:16

Ron16 wrote:In about two months this new 1/43 Elan should be available. Here we can see the prototype. It will be available in BRG and Black with open ore closed roof. No idea, if it will be an SE or an S2.

Ooops sorry, this was posted already...

Who's doing this? I have a number of the SMTS 1/43 kits (including the M200) stashed away which I will build one day and as far as I know these are still available to order. If this is a new 1/43 kit then I'm interested in it. Apart from the fact that the prototype is LHD the steering wheel looks more S2 than SE.

by **Jackonicko** » Thu 26.08.2010, 13:25

Oh do pay attention!

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=12627&p=231852&hilit=PremiumX#p231852

NOT 1/18 - much smaller - probably 1/43rd (eg smaller even than the Shell/Maisto model which was 1/36th).

But out this year and likely to be accurate and nicely detailed.... (This is the resin prototype, the real thing will be metal diecast with clear screen, rubber tyres, etc.)

see:

http://www.lotusdriversguide.com/Modelcars/elanM100.php

I only hope they do some in RHD....

I did obtain the Premium-X catalogue today.

There will be four models:

PR0048 - hood up, green
PR0049 - hood up, red
PR0138 - Top down, yellow
PR0139 - Top down, black

All appear to be LHD.

Still in PremiumX's catalogue, still not launched.

http://www.premiumx-models.com/images/s ... ue-web.pdf

by **Specky** » Sat 28.08.2010, 21:34

Specky wrote:"Yellow in the stripey Lotus box" quite rare, the last one I saw go on ebay was nearly £30

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lotus-Elan-M100-S ... omobila_ET

I need to get out more....... :-D

lets see if you get a reason to :banana:

TTFN

by **lotos** » Sat 28.08.2010, 22:51

No overseas buyers?? Just saw that.

by **MPx** » Sun 29.08.2010, 00:24

Too rich for me .... boo hoo :shock:

....maybe I'll sell my medina one to get the funds to make sure of the next custard one that comes up......

by **dapinky** » Sun 29.08.2010, 11:00

lotos wrote:No overseas buyers?? Just saw that.

Randy,

Rest assured, if you bid on it and win, selling to you and sending it won't be an issue :wink:

(as an established LECer, not just a Nigerian chancer, it isn't a problem - if the 'annonymous seller' (who we all know) can't be bothered to pack it up, I'll do it for you:-D )

by **Enright** » Sun 29.08.2010, 12:35

MPx wrote:Too rich for me .... boo hoo

What's so special about it?
It's exactly the same model as the Maisto one, just with a Lotus box.

Surely it would be easy enough to buy a Maisto one and spray it any colour you like.

by **Dico** » Sun 29.08.2010, 17:27

I bought one of these 4 years ago- http://www.swapmeetmodels.co.uk/edocar- ... rrency=EUR, and figured I would dig it out after seeing all the interest here in model Elans.
Why on earth did I pay almost £20 for it? I seem to remember at the time only the Shell ones were available in abundance and maybe I thought this was quite rare. Even tho I'm sure its probably identical to the Shell ones.

by **lotos** » Sun 29.08.2010, 17:52

Too rich for me at this point - but thanks for listing it. I have a handful of the blue ones - I'll have one or two sprayed when I paint my rear light valance I guess!

by **Jackonicko** » Sun 29.08.2010, 18:23

£77?

Madness.

by **lotos** » Sun 29.08.2010, 18:25

Jumpin' Jesus. I was watching it at the end and my eyes just bugged out of my head.

by **Songbird** » Sun 29.08.2010, 21:24

Drinks on Paul then :beer:

.............

by **MPx** » Sun 29.08.2010, 22:44

Enright wrote:What's so special about it?

Well from my point of view I've wanted a yellow one since we got our NMY car in 2003. I found several other colours (and even bought a medina one with the idea of painting it) but I've never seen a yellow one for sale at the various shows/parts fairs etc. Sounds like I've just not been looking in the right places. Obviously I'd prefer a yellow S2 model if such a thing existed. Oh and I am mad enough to value a lotus box over a one with anyone elses name on it if that was part of the choice. But then again, I think I'm a bit potty to be willing to splash maybe £20 or £30 on a toy car....and thats obviously nothing to the real enthusists, so its a tough question - what IS so special about it?

by **Songbird** » Mon 30.08.2010, 22:50

Looky here....... S2 in the Lotus box ... on Flea Bay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lotus-M100-S2-Ela ... ehicles_JN

by **MPx** » Mon 30.08.2010, 23:19

Yep...thats the one I've got - now just need to get some yellow paint!

by **Songbird** » Mon 30.08.2010, 23:25

I've just put the first bid in....
I was going to keep it quiet ...but no doubt you naughty puppies here on the LEC would have soon sniffed it out :-D

...so I posted the link.

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