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Gonna be purty when finished!

Wow, glad y'all are diggin it.. Thanks!! That "certain resin Ferrari" has been pulled off the pile and is (im)patiently waiting it's turn to be finished... Believe me, it's an easy kit to overlook, and it does have it's issues, mainly the clear parts being way too thick, and the PE headlight rings being way too big for the car. That being said, it is a neat piece to have built, and one that is not often seen. Would be killer to see Hasegawa tackle this subject like they have the 250TR...

That intake setup looks great!!

The 8th sign of the Apocolypse in upon us, hell is freezing as I type this... It's DONE!!! Been over a year since I finished one, pretty cool to blow the cobwebs off the tools and crank one out. Academy kit of a '65 250LM, built as chassis #5895, as entered in that year's 24 Hours of LeMans by the British team Marenello Concessionaires, ltd. The wheels are from the Monogram 427 Cobra street, tires from the 66 Penske Vette. The body is TS-08 Italian red and TS-10 French Blue, topped with TS-13 clear. The interior is a mix of X1-8 semi flat black, XF-16 flat aluminum and TS-44 brilliant blue. Woohoo!! Brian

Cool build!! And done in 24 hours? way cool!

The Ferrari is now sporting all of it's decals, and has been coverd in TS-13 clear. I wasn't gonna take pics, but I couldn't help it I do wish the decals had been a little more opaque, but I can live it as-is. Gotta let it sit and cure for a couple days, then it's on to polishing with Novus, foil, and paint detailing the screens and latches. All the small parts are painted and detailed and ready to go. Next time y'all see it, it will be "under glass"...

Still workin on gettin my muse back... and got the interior done!! Pretty much OOB, but I cut the openings in the door panels to match the 1:1, and I had to sink the instrument binnacle down in the dash a little to clear the windscreen. The seats are TS-44 brilliant blue with a bit of dullcoat sprayed over them, the rest of the interior is X-18 semi-flat black and XF-16 flat aluminum. I also used a parts box steering wheel. The wheel included in the kit was too nice to be burried in a fixed roof car, so it's been set aside for later use in smoe sort of open-top ride.

Nice work! Very clean.

Very nice!!

I love the 250f!!

Those are great!! The one kit I would love to get my hands on is the 1:12 Lotus 49, but I also wish there were more of these kits in 1:24. Nice stuff there!!

Fantastic work!!

Oh my, what a beatifully executed build of a beautiful subject!! Absolutely stunning!!

That's gonna look cool!! What about dropping a hopped up, modern twin-cam four banger under that hood?

Took a look at the tape lines again today, made one small adjustment, then got down to business. Decanted a little Tamiya white primer and a little TS-10 french blue, and fired up the compressor. A light dusting of the primer to keep the blue from turning purple, followed by a few super thin coats of blue worked out very well. I love Tamiya tape. The radii across the nose look pretty darned symmetrical to my eye, and bleed through was not an issue. I forgot to tape the back of the headlight openings, so I got a little overspray in the buckets, but they are gonna be silver anyway, so it's not a big deal. Could this be the slumpbuster I've been waiting for?? Hope so :-)

Well, it's "make or break" time for the Ferrari, and I've tackled the one thing that I sorta dreaded the most: Masking. The center stripe is actually pretty easy, but I had to eyeball the curves to wrap around the nose. I think I've got it where it needs to be, but I'll take a look tomorow with fresh eyes before I start squirting paint. My plan is to airbrush a thin layer of white primer before I airbrush the TS-10 french blue, so it stays nice and bright over the red. This is gonna be fun

Who makes the Birdcage ?? All of those looks great, but that little Maserati really gets me going!!

I think Hell has frozen over... I actually got motivated enough to squirt some paint this afternoon!! Tamiya TS-08 Italian Red over Tamiya white primer. Gonna let it cure up, and hopefully I can mask it without too much trouble and get the blue on it. WOOHOO!!

very nice, very clean... Looks great!!

Very clean work there!!

Bill, It's a curbside kit from Academy, very simple, but comes with PE trim for the headlight rings. I got mine from Nicholas Henson, but they pop up on the 'bay frequently. The decal sheet has the numbers for the version I am building as well as the yellow Ecurie Francorchamps version, and a pair of scuderia shields for a street version. I've seen two different boxes, one with a red street version (mine) and a white box with illustrations of all three versions.

Gonna go with the Maranello Concessionaires LTD red and blue paint scheme, with the numbers for chassis #5895. Masking it will be fun...

Been over a year since I finished a model, it seems my muse went on an extended vacation. Still not sure if the muse is coming out to play or not, but I did manage to actually start a (hopefully) quick project a few days ago. The kit tires really started eating into the wheels rather quickly, so those got tossed aside. A quick dive into the parts bin netted a set of wires from the old Monogram 427 street Cobra, which I fitted along with the Cobra's kit tires. Today, I stripped the wheels and airbrushed them in Tamiya XF-16 flat aluminum, leaving the kit knock-offs chrome. I also ditched the Cobra kit tires in favor of the no-name big-n-littles from the '66 Penske Vette kit. Also made new tail pipes from drilled out evergreen tube, and fitted the intakes to the openings in the body. Not alot of work done, but at the rate I have been building (or not), it's a step in the right direction...

All in 1:24 full detail plastic, please :-) 1950 Ferrari 166mm Spyder Porsche 550 Spyder RS 289 USRRC/FIA Cobra 289 Cobra road car Cobra Daytona coupe Ferrari 250LM - I know there's the Academy kit, I'm thinking Hasegawa for this one Ferrari 250 GT Lusso Jaguar C Type Jaguar XK-13 prototype Jagaur XK-8/XK-R McLaren F-1 road car '93-'96 Lincoln Mark VIII Current F-150 Current Silvarado/Sierra 1968 Barracuda notchback/coupe Saturn Sky Pontiac Solstice

Mine shuts off after a few minutes inactivity, and turns back on when ya move the slide.