curt raitz Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Staying true to the NNL West theme of "7"...being any car built in a year ending with a 7. I found a 1/12 scale Italeri Fiat 806 Grand Prix online. This model represents the car Pietro Bordino won the 1927 Milan Grand Prix at Monza. I first thought it to be a re-pop of the Protar kit, but there are numerous differences. It was enjoyable building and only made a few changes to the kit, most notable were the plug wires. The kit includes plug wires, but they are huge rubber cords with big unrealistic caps. I replaced the spark plugs, resin cast the distributor caps (using the rubber ones to cast a mold) and rewired with brown fabric plug wire. Similar to a Protar kit, the kit is held together with numerous screws! These little buggers are of the "slot" variety and not magnetic, so getting them started was not much fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 51 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I like the sheen of the paint ,...looks GREATWell done Curt, Cool looking car Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGIC MUFFLER Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 incredible work..!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Very nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Killer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryR Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Amazing! Absolutely amazing! Looks like the real thing! GREAT WORK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Very impressive model! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Looks great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 That's beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apriliadan Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 This is very beautifully done, very nice. I am wondering how you chose the color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curt raitz Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 This is very beautifully done, very nice. I am wondering how you chose the color?ThanxI've been playing with the new Humbrol Spray paints.Their gloss paints after drying have a semi-gloss sheen to them.They can be clear coated and/or polished to gloss them up.I don't believe paint in 1927 was glossy anyway, so I wanted a nice semi-gloss finish on the Fiat.I liked the look of the red after testing on a plastic spoon and thought it would do the job.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Marischal Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Now that is a very fine piece of work.steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy D Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 WOW !!!! Great looking model Curt. Good call on those plug wires and the semi-gloss finish for the paint, looks very period correct. Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Very cool, extremely well made, something to aspire to Got this and the other big beast Fiat from Italeri when they came out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeRS Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Lovely build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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