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Fisher 1/24 Ferrari 365P White Elephant.


Rich Chernosky

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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. DSC06582.JPG.621079d831d45a73234b940f2aa4ec76.JPGSeat blet materila is 4mm silk ribbon cut in half, Hardware came with the kitDSC06585.JPG.2e32bd316058074bd5fcca982cbab177.JPGWhite elephant on the wing support is how the car got its nick nameDSC06586.JPG.c36ea221e76505b50582ebf251e1ebb6.JPGOne 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. DSC06589.JPG.e7342e655337d96b1c88ec8dc0706fa9.JPGLearned a new trick when I applied these bolt heads. They are almost microscopic.DSC06592.JPG.714101fd7b8e8986cbbf5013ea350224.JPGOriginal photo had a blue paint smudge above the front winglet. The camera never lies   

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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.

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