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You're welcome, Gary. In Italy, there is a F1 collection (IIRC 120 models) and a Ferrari F1 collection (80 models?) on the run - all in 1/24 scale. (A guy in Vienna offered the 2 above for € 19 each so I drove there to get them (only 10 miles from my home)

Lucky guy, I have only seen photos of it online. Exactly my words, Dave - though I also do have the later F50 and Enzo kits in my stash, I find them not as esthetically pleasing as the F40. Correct, Thomas, I cut it into the body with a hobby knife.

Thank you all for the positive comments on this kit (which has certainly its issues).

Thanks for the comments, Bob!

Excellent execution of your Mistral, Ken - it has definitely a French vibe to it - it reminds me a little bit of the 1937 Peugeot 402 Darl'Mat Roadster (pic from Ultimatecarpage.com):

Very nice Gary - cna't wait to see it finished!

Started working on body modifications of this old gluebomb...

I forgot my Teapot Graphics/John F. Johnson 1962 Ferrari SP resin kit (got this in 1993) and a very old (ca. 1966) FROG kit of a Lola T70 Spyder (was a half-built gluebomb snatched on ebay) which seems to be a kit made out of a slotracer = very crude:

You have 3 of my holy grails there, Scott ! Great !

This will be an awesome looking model - seems that starter has hit the contours and proportions of the car very well. It is admirable how you turn out such wonderful models in that small scale (I tried myself a few 1/43 kits more than 30 years ago, but gave up on it - much too tiny for me).

Jason of Jackmodelling makes excellent 3D printed Borrani spoke wheels in several sizes (even with matching Dunlop racing tires) - highly recommended ! Below, find 2 pics of this wheel/tire combo on a Ferrari 250 GTO (Italeri): He is on holiday now, and will be back on July 30 - here is his e-mail address and e-bay shop: contact.jackmodelling@gmail.com https://www.ebay.com/str/jackmodelling

Finally finished this one: started around 1990 and finished it today. Mostly box stock apart from some detailing. In comparison with its civilian brother (also Italeri): "Winged warriors" - Italian style: Here is sort of a WIP if interested:

Absolutely wonderful model, nice Ferrari collection !

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 !