Plastheniker Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Hi, In the late eighties and nineties Italeri released a series of vintage 250/275/365 Ferraris. Most of them were also sold by ROG. At that time these kits were well-priced and offered excellent quality. However they showed the same conspicious and incomprehensible shortcoming: The wheels were much too wide. The least that the modeler had to do was reducing the width of the rims and the tyres. In those days the Italeri plastic spoke rims were not bad by comparison but the spoke thickness was still completely out of scale. Therefore I replaced them by home-made wires as usual. Apart from the wheels this kit is highly recommendable . If you can still get it you won't be disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Wow it looks like its 1:1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Jurgen, I was in Hamburg in August. What a beautiful city. I got to go Miniature Wonderland, amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intmd8r Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Very nice execution! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Absolutely beautiful Jurgen! Yeah, these are as scarce as hen's teeth to get! I built one years ago (Sterling Moss's '61 car in '98) and I've since got another one I'd like to build as a regular street car someday. Those wheels make the car-------I don't have the skill to make my own wires, so I ended up using PE ones to make my life easier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perspective Customs Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Very nice. Your talent for making wire wheels is amazing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Really nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann Tier Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 BEAUTIFUL!!!!! -superb everything!! Q: is there any particular reason why all four tyres look to be too far forward in the wheel wells? -Just curious, because I have this Italeri kit, and want to build it soon. Also, did you have any fitment issues with this kit while building? -Love seeing your work!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerPlant Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 This is possibly the best build of this kit I've seen, even if I would have preferred it in red Also one of the best looking Ferraris ever! Shame Revell had licensing disagreements with Ferrari over reissuing it last year... I'm still hoping it will eventually happen, but not really holding my breath... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Foxx Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Very nice build , you do real nice work . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BVC500 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Beautiful! The silver is a very nice color on this car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehansen Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Excellent, agreed on the silver being a great color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Wow! Nothing else I can say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Superb, as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yura1961 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Beautifully done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 It looks like a very expensive large scale model - I never would have guessed it was the Italeri kit. Beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmathew1us Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Nice work, I think silver suits this car.Do you have a tutorial on your technique for wire wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Wow, very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Very beautiful model, Jürgen, of a great car (I'm glad that I bought 3 of them back in the day which I intend to build in the not-so-far future...)Your builds are always perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IJ001 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Superb build & finish. Hope my ongoing project turns-out as nice as this. Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulbo Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 I can not believe it is not a real car! As usually by all your models Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Beautifully Jurgen! It could pass for 1:1.David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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