1959scudetto

Excellent detailing on the old Heller kit, Ken - your upgrades lift this to another level and give us some new ideas (f. e. dashboard)

I can see that you are frustrated, Pierre - but don't let yourself discourage by this setback. Things like that happen to all of us sometimes. Take a break form the SLR and make a new attempt when you are in the mood for it.

x 2: These are excellent racecar models, Allan with perfect weathering. The Mk IV is also from Mini Exotics?

Great looking 356, Ken - show us more of your models!

Good-looking Porsche, Allan - never saw one in momo livery. MRRN was/is a great source of information/inspiration (I too have all of them somewhere)

Excellent models, Ken - all of them. My favorites have to be the Martini Porsches from 1971 and the Abarth Carrera. The big 1/12 Ferrari is museum quality.

Great looking model - this proves that a fine model could be built from the crude resin kit (I have 2 in my stash). Nice color , too (not all Porsches have to be silver and not all Ferraris must be red)

A letter from Indycals came today with a few decals for future builds...

Hard to believe that this one started as the misshaped amt(ESCI) body...

You did it again, Mario - very nice job, excellent build and pictures as always.

You always amaze me with your painstaking attention to the subtle differences in contours and to the smallest details, Pierre. Finally, when all is said and done, it will look like you have turned a 1961 Italeri body into an earlier 1960 version to anyone not following this thread. I will keep this for reference and try to repeat some of the techniques you show here in my future builds: the grille work - outstanding. Oh - I have to hurry up and go to work - I was just eagerly awaiting your next step on this WIP, so I had to look it up early in the morning :-)

Excellent model, Misha - I have been following this for a while. We modelers all know such things happen (especially after removing masking when paint comes off or a decal) - nevertheless it is very annoying. Just like running out of gas in the last lap of a race. If you have a piece of the red decal leftover, I would try to complete the missing parts of the stripe. If not, I would take Pierre's advice and cover it with red color and a fine brush.

These are the kit-suplied tires.

Exceptional model, Louis - you belong to that rare breed of modelers who are able to let plastic look like it is metal.

and here is a bunch of 250 SWBs racing last year at Goodwood together with a LM, a few GTOs, the SWB Breadvan, a 250 TdF, a GT/L and a 275 GTB: you can see 1960 and '61 versions with different details. Apart from added roll-bars, additonal rearview mirrors and slightly wider wheels - some have side exhaustpipes - they give a good idea about hwo was GT racing back in the day.

If you need a break from your work here, Pierre: enjoy the video - lean back and crank up the volume: 2 French racing drivers on twisty country roads in the south of France driving a 1960 Ferrari 250 SWB (2209GT) and a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO (3387GT), the 2nd ever built:

Fabulous modifications, Pierre - its shape is going to look like a 1960 SWB - the amt/ESCI grille is the better choice for 1931GT (comes very close). This is going to be an excellent model!

Great news - now I can stock up (I have 3 unbuilts in my stash from when they were first released + a GTAm transkit)- one of my all time favorites !

This was released in the "Le grandi Ferrari" diecast series in Italy in February 2017 as a 1959 model which is totally wrong - it is a 1961 version: http://diecast1-24.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2017-02-12T22:00:00%2B01:00&max-results=5&start=34&by-date=false

The red car seems to be a late 1960 car, whereas the white and the grey ones are later versions from 1961. The grey one features the Le Mans additions: small rear fender flares, the snaps above the left exhaust pipes and the bug deflector.

OMG - there is a lot of surgery going on, Pierre - a big motivation is needed for this !

Perry, if you are still looking for those wheels, try Jason at Jack modeling (France) - several guys here on the forum have ordered 3D-printed wheels from him. You have theoption to name the wanted diameter and you will get it. Here is a link to his ebay-page: https://www.ebay.de/itm/186112357559?hash=item2b552934b7:g:BCcAAOSwE69lIv-1

You turned this lousy kit into a nice representation of the classic 450 SL, Thomas - very well done!

Thank you, Joe. But top notch work seems a little exaggerated - these are almost 40 years old (I certainly could do better now)