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It hadn't been rectified when I fitted mine during the peak of the COVID lockdowns.

What colour is that @unity1? Looks a bit like something from the early 2000's MG Rover Monogram scheme; Typhoon or Poseidon perhaps?

Spotted this morning (Sunday 14th) about 11:20 going north up the hill between junctions 3 & 4 on the M40.

Couldn't agree more To be perfectly honest, I don't really know if they're that collectable once built, especially in the case of Agora models because they're a relatively new manufacturer to the market. The old Pocher 1:8 Ferrari F40 models (from prior to Hornby taking them over) fetch good money on the used market. I could easily sell my unbuilt F40 model now for probably double what I paid for it a decade ago, not sure about how their values fare once built though.

I'm just going to box build this one, if I were to go for extra detail I would want a kit of parts, I don't have time to scratch build all the finer details. That said I do have a boxed original old stock 1:8 Pocher Ferrari F40 with a complete detail transkit to build at some point that I've had for a long time, but that it going to take even longer than this to do. Plus I have a real Esprit that still needs work too 🤣 That's about the going rate for these kind of subscription kits, even retail Pocher 1:8 models about around £1000 mark when not on offer. But if you think that is expensive, don't look at the price of some of Amalgam's 1:8 models. It all depends what your interests are as to where you spend your money, some people spend thousands on audiophile speakers, I've got a £100 set I'm quite happy with. Each to their own as to what they way to spend their hard earned cash on.

Sorry for the blatent 'click bait' title, but I couldn't resist I posted a few months ago about Agora Models releasing a 1:8 scale Esprit S1 from The Spy Who Loved Me; given I'm not aware of any Esprit modelled in 1:8 scale I took the plunge signed up to the subscription and the first pack of parts arrived at the start of April. So last night I spent a little over an hour or so assembling the all the parts from the first pack. Better view of the front valance Interior view of the door Close-up of the engine I'll keep this updated as more packs arrive with me in the post over the coming month. Mods, if this should really be in another section please feel free to move it if you feel this doesn't qualify as an "Esprit Project".

I was curious about the Lotus position.

How ironic that they're talking about a V8 but the red one pictured in the article is an S4s.

This doesn't surprise me in the least. Vauxhall pulled this stunt every year with my wife's Corsa and she'd always check with me before authorising the garage to do any work. First time they tried it on saying the brakes needed doing was at the first MOT following an advisory. I measured the pads after she came home and found just shy of 70% of the meat left on the pads. We stopped using the main stealer once the 10 year 100k warranty ended. Yes I know we didn't have to use them but if it needed any warranty work (which it did) we wanted to leave them nowhere to hide if they were the only people to ever service it.

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/lotus-esprit-sport-300-the-mid-engine-masterpiece-that-flirted-with-perfection-227534.html

Pretty sure that was the one at Brooklands.

Nice Bond spec S1 right by the public entrance.

Agora Models have announced their second 1:8 scale model in their new 007 collection, the Esprit S1 from The Spy Who Loved Me. Pre-orders are being accepted now. The model has a host of working features that you can find out more about on the pre-order page: https://www.agoramodels.com/wet-nellie/

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/auction/15976125 Guide price seems quite low compared to some recent S4s auctions. Is that one of @Chillidoggy's brake kits I spy too?

If you're happy to do a trial fit then I'll let you know when I'm in a position to do so and we can arrange something.