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Very nice model, Gary - compared with the 64(?) Grand Sports in the background of your last pic, it looks almost tame and innocent (like a wolf in sheepskin)

Thanks, Gary - hope to get it finished this weekend.

Last update: tires almost ready mesh panel with rear lights almost done rear view mirrors almost done (made from a Bburago Alpine A 110 rear light housing with plastic sprue and putty) the rather complex drivetrain (with several fitting issues) using the original Italeri F40 partially as a reference : Next time in "Under Glass" !

Fantastic !

This is one of the best-looking Ferraris, can't wait to see it finished !

This will come out great, Gary !

Certainly my (unbuilt) Fisher resin kits: 1967 Chaparral 2 F 1970 Porsche 917 LH "Psychedélique" (Hippie car) 1971 Porsche 917/20 "Pink Pig" 1969 Ferrari 312 P Spyder 1970 Ferrari 512 S Coda Lunga 1971 Ferrari 512 M Penske Sunoco these won't come back again as Paul has lost everything in the fire (I was lucky to find the 312 P Spyder a few weeks ago)

I found for little money these 2 classic Ferrari F1 racecars - made by Ixo/Hachette (in the Ferrari F1 series from Italy): Fangios's 1956 world championship car: Ferrari D50, which is mainly an updated Lancia D50 from 1955 with its characteristic side tanks: and Phil Hill's 1961 World championship car, The Ferrari 156, their first rear-engine F1 car, the iconic "sharknose": Though I'm not into building/collecting 1/24 F 1 cars, these 2 were a must-have for me:

Short update: decals didn't like the clearcoat at all und started becoming heavily wrinkled (NOTE modeler's rule # 1 : always try this on a piece from the very same sheet that you don't need !) I was lucky, though: most decals smoothed out again - only the roof decal and the door numbers look a bit rough. Next are the wheels: I will use the tires (for rear) from a Gunze Ferrari 365 GT4 BB . As I lost one of the kit's wheels, I pirated two from the Italeri Daytona Racing kit and widened it with a strip cut off a thin Evergreen sheet to accomodate with the wider (rear) tires. They look different, but they will be covered with aerodiscs anyway, and as the inside is the same as the kit wheels, they will fit on the supension without (major) fiddling. (The 365 GTB /Daytona racer will get Jack modeling wheels - the Italeri kit wheels are totally wrong.) Additionally, I fabricated some kind of rollcage using insulated wire and parts of JoHan's Petty Superbird (this is more of a fantasy cage but not much will be seen anyway (the kit offers absolutely nothing here). Finally, a quick mock-up with glass and interior shell (minus dashboard) just to see if there are any interferences with the cage:

Great build - in my eyes one of the last really good-looking Indycars.

Ken, this kit is a modified version of Italeri's original stock F40 - they only added a tree with racing parts and a new decal sheet. The engine cover is horrible, it does not fit at all - after making this experience with the stock model back then, I decided to NOT cut open the rear panel but leave it closed.

Decaling the body and wing is almost done (apart from Ferrari logos - I will look for some smaller ones) - after thoroughly drying, I will clearcoat the whole body with Tamiya gloss and the wing with semi-gloss. The graphics are not always correct - some too small, others a tad too large, but they were very easy to work with. Issues came up with the kit itself when applying decals and comparing the kit with pictures of the original in the web. As Italeri made some short cuts here and there (they only added some racing updates to their stock kit), not everything is correct: My final result here is a 1989 version of the F40 racing car with 1990 decals = sort of hybrid. also a few body panels are not correct, but as I glued and puttied them back in 1990 (without reasonable reference material), I let it be like that, f. e. the cooling outlet on the nose should be much deeper/steeper with a spitter in half for 1990. The car was run in 1990 with and without louvres on the front fenders - I will go the easy route here and leave them off - this is supposed to be the Topeka car which DNFed (driven by Jean-Pierre Jabouille/Jean-Louis Schlesser whose names were on the decal sheet). Till next time !

Finally found some time and started applying some decals: My concerns about the (very) old decals have been totally unnecessary: These old Fred Cady decals went on like a dream - you have to work slowly and carefully, but they lay down smoothly, even into the grooves without any decal setting solution: Highly recommended if you ever find some on ebay (these are about 35 years old and behave like new ones)

Thanks, Brian !

Excellent color choice - well done. It looks best without roof but it's nice that you have different options.

Same here - same age, modelling since 1969 (on and off), same interest in race and rally cars. Welcome, Michel - this is a nice place with friendly fellows and lots of interesting models to see.

C'etait merveilleux! Well done, Michel !

x 2 - absolutely !

Excellent build, Thomas. How did you manage to lay down the #23 decal so well on the louvers above the left front wheel (looks almost like painted on) ?

Mark, this is one excellent racer - could even pass as a 1/24 scale kit.

According to Scalemates, the model was first released in 1994, however this version (Repsol) was issued in 1996.

Will be interesting to see your take on these simple toys, Pierre. But you are right, they can easily pass as 1/24 or 25 bodies....

Dave, I have some more Ferraris laying around since the early 1990's... (started back then)

Great to see you building something new, Gary !

Thanks for the encouragement, folks ! Don't expect too much here, it will be a mostly oob build (apart from some alterations that have to be done). My main concern as of now is if the decals will be still usable (I have never used Cady decals of this age - must be from 1991 or 92) - but we will see.