Build your own Lotus Esprit S1 "Wet Nellie"

If you have some extra time during the lockdown, or need something to occupy the kids, Lotus now offers a free download to build a model of the Lotus Esprit S1 “Wet Nellie”.

Official image of the model from Lotus

The Lotus Esprit submarine car was featured in the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.

The model is easily made using the template that you can download at the Lotus website (link below).

Cut out the pieces and fold and glue or tape them together to get a basic but good looking model of the famous Lotus.

My version: I printed on glossy photopaper, which adds a nice shine to the car while also being sturdy

It works well because the design lines of the car are so straight and angular that they can be replicated failry accurately using the paper cut-out.

The printable PDF is available at lotuscars.com/build-esprit-s1.