Rich Chernosky Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Another Fisher kit under my belt. This one is the Ferrari 365P White Elephant car that ran at Le Mans in 1966. Colour is Tamiya TS26 white and Testors 1111 dk blue. Extra features include seat belts, steering wheels, wing mounts, extra photo etch, mirror mounts. A lot of very fussy details went into this project and it slowed me down quite a bit but done it is. This model represents the car as it was raced. This car was run by North American Racing Team (NART) and went through quite a few changes before it hit the track. Seat blet materila is 4mm silk ribbon cut in half, Hardware came with the kitWhite elephant on the wing support is how the car got its nick nameOne of these knock-offs had one of it ears broken when I got the kit. Found it in the box and repaired it. It was very tiny and I was lucky to find it. Learned a new trick when I applied these bolt heads. They are almost microscopic.Original photo had a blue paint smudge above the front winglet. The camera never lies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim N Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Great looking model! Very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Came out looking great Rich. Is the shovel in the kit or did you add it? Very appropriate to get out of the sand bank at Le Mans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Chernosky Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 11 minutes ago, Gramps46 said: Came out looking great Rich. Is the shovel in the kit or did you add it? Very appropriate to get out of the sand bank at Le Mans. Thank you Gary, especially for the reference disc, which was an invaluable aid to finishing this kit. Yes....the shovel did come with the kit and it looks like it was very much needed according to some of your reference pics. If I remember correctly this was standard equipment on many cars at the time. The drivers were not allowed outside aid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave B Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 That looks great Rich, well done. I enjoy building Paul's kits, still have the Matra to go. Dave B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Chernosky Posted August 8, 2019 Author Share Posted August 8, 2019 14 hours ago, Bantoft said: That looks great Rich, well done. I enjoy building Paul's kits, still have the Matra to go. Dave B Thanks for the compliment Dave. I also have the Matra to do and the multi colour paint job looks to be a real challenge. I'll race ya.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATHU Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Looking good, great job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Looks great, I am not familiar with that "Porsche looking Ferrari" but it a unique and sharp looking build, very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkzwolf Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Nice Ferrari. I haven't seen that kit built before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89AKurt Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Interesting subject! Like how it came out, I know it's not just a slam bam thank you mam. The 3 red lights on all the cars in the race? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Lookin' good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakdoggi Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Great job Rich. Good to see another often not seen model come to life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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