absmiami Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 So why not start some more good trouble. This is a tribute build of the rare 24th scale resin UMI Ferrari Barchetta kit that was offered by the late Michael Quarterman in the early nineties. For more history and reference - see Gramps’ post on page 4 of this section, entitled 1949 Ferrari MM Le Mans Winner - featuring an expert build by a Netherlands modeler by the name of William DePooter. here we go … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 The kit includes a sheet of Michael’s excellent decals to model the Le Mans winner. That car is chass oo8. I was fortunate enough to stumble upon chassis 0010 at a Cavallino vintage event at the old Moroso track in West Palm beach 20 years ago. This car won the Spa 24 hour race - Chinetti/Lucas drivers - not bad …. I’ve got a good set of film photos of this car that I’m getting digitized - I’ll post some later this weekend - the Spa winner wore #20 and sports a cool standing number placard over the trunk. There are some interesting differences between the two cars that I’ll cover in the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 Car is in the Jon Shirley collection. Christie’s auction price in ‘96 was 1.6 mill. What’s its value today ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 The body was mastered by Paul Fisher - although the castings were - I think - Mostly done by R&D Unique. This would have been an early effort by Fisher. The body lines are spot on. The shut lines for the trunk and doors are shallow and will need scribing. And the castings had some flash and “stuff” which was removed before these shots. The bonnet fit was not perfect - when is it ever? I dunked mine in some hot water and taped it and massaged a curve on the trailing edge that gives an improved fit … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Porter Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 This I really want to see. UMI kits were always something so far off and out of reach when I was younger so it's exciting to see one being built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 I would stretch to buy them because - it was generally known / understood that the masters could only produce a limited number of castings When MQ corresponded with Gramps last year he indicated that he sold about 40 of these kits... which is why you wont see many - if any - on Ebay .... How many have been built ?? I've seen a few.... how many are unbuilt ??? who knows - if you know anyone with an unbuilt kit - tell them to post here and snipe at me !! by the way - I think Fernando Pinto has produced a Barchetta - and I'm sure that it is quite good .... and also by the way - I think MFH did one - there's might be equally hard to find the FPP kit I'm certain is still obtainable ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 "My uncle has a country place That no one knows about"...Neil Ellwood Peart, The Red Barchetta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 You’ve sent me straight to google … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 I did know that Peart was an author …. I need to get out more often … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Ok. Ok. Back again to googs. From moving pictures in 81 - nice. . Maybe brush up on my Rush … 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 3 hours ago, absmiami said: Ok. Ok. Back again to googs. From moving pictures in 81 - nice. . Maybe brush up on my Rush … The song was inspired by a short story in Road&Track, called "A Nice Morning Drive." I loved his writing. He loved cars, and even carried a small box of tools and supplies to build model cars while on the road, in their earlier days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Andrew. A great big thank you for initiating this thread as a tribute to MQ. You can bet I will be following along as I have not built mine yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Very sad about Michael's passing. MRRN was gift to race car modelers and I continue to enjoy re-reading my back issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 51 minutes ago, afx said: Very sad about Michael's passing. MRRN was gift to race car modelers and I continue to enjoy re-reading my back issues. Yes. I do that, as well. Excellent reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 I third that. The door and trunk lines on the body are very shallow - when the kit was sold you had to turn your xacto blade around to scribe resin or plastic - how’d that work ? the Tamiya scribers are my new gotos … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Time to start yours , Gramps …. Build the Le Mans winner while I make the Spa winner …. Peart build model cars ?? That’s something I definitely did not know …. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 Trunk was scribed and then parted. Will use some drum sanders to thin the casting and some disc sanders to smooth the trunk surface. I’ll leave the doors on the body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 Like this … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 The base plate has a few features - pretty basic - the kit was designed as a semi curbside with engine compartment detail but not much else - the frame rails should widen from front to back - these do not - the thickness of the base plate makes it impractical to add detail - so I’ll just clean things up and add one or two features - like the leaf springs - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 this is Ferrari 166 MM chass 0010 Cavallino 2000 old fashioned film ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 "filler up ... " note the body work structure support tubes throughout the trunk ... Maseratis and Ferraris always had such cool fuel tanks ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 couple more ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 47 minutes ago, absmiami said: "filler up ... " note the body work structure support tubes throughout the trunk ... Maseratis and Ferraris always had such cool fuel tanks ... Looking forward to seeing this come together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 Sanding. Filing. Scribing. Just removing all the excess resin so that the base looks like the master … leave the UMI markings under the base of the trunk, right ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, absmiami said: "filler up ... " note the body work structure support tubes throughout the trunk ... Maseratis and Ferraris always had such cool fuel tanks ... Wow!... Now that’s a slosher!.... Thing of beauty though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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