1959scudetto

Thank you Rich - I know its shortcomings: it should have a vinyl roof and it still sports the racing exhaust.

Thanks, Anders, I tried to look them a little better - at the moment, I have 56 unbuilt Ferrari kits in my stash,among them from Italeri 4 x 250 SWB, 3 x 250 California spider, 2 x 250 GTO and from Fujimi, Gunze and Revell (Protar reissue) each 1 GTO - some will be used as donor kits for the following transkits: 250 GT Breadvan, 250 GT sperimentale, 330 LMB and 1964 250 GTO... I think I woll sell off the newer ones and stay focused on the classics.

Another old 80's build: JoHan's Petty Superbird - wheels from the parts box, kit decals (no Superbird logos back then), red and black from rattle cans, trim painted with Humbrol silver.

Thanks Bill, I will replace the foiled bumpers of the yellow version with parts from the Italeri kit (built as a racer, this will nood no bumpers)

x 2: Exactly, Douglas - I wish this kit would be available today.

Very nice, Brian - I especially like the freshly painted over dump body with its numerous dents and bumps !

Fantastic model, Bill - I never would have the patience nor the ability to go that deep into detailing - super!

I meant of course RHD !

Thanks, JT - I used mainly Humbrol paints back then, but as they are hardly available here today, the majority of my paints are Revell.

Superb model of Stirling Moss' 1961 Touring Trophy winning car, Matt - I have seen some Gunze SWB's over the years on the Internet, but not one in reality. I want to convert one of my Italeri SWBs into this Rob Walker-owned dark blue model - main work will be the conversion to LHD.

Nice to see another one of these - did you use the Michelin TRX tires from Monogram's Ferrari 308 GTB (has been reissued from Revell AG a few years ago)?

Very nice models, Anders - as I get used to see coming from your work bench! Ibuilt one of those almost 30 years ago for a workmate, who retired.

Excellent model, Michael - it has the typical '50s look to it - looks like the old logging trucks in some of my trucking books!

Thanks, Dave ! Thank you Carl !

Thank you. Larry ! Thanks, Richard - I don't think that you have missed much of you sold this one off ! Imagine my disappointment when opening the kit boxes! If I only had known that Italeri would release their own version only a fwew years later, I had not bought them - the ugly wheels and the upper side window line - these were the minimum alterations you had to make to let it look a little more acceptable. I certainly will model on, but not with kits like that - for the same reason I sold ESCI's Lamborghini Miura off too (presently reissued in Italeri packaging) and am glad to have the Hasegawa version in my stash. Sometimes you have only one choice: take it or let it be, but sometimes better things are coming along. Hard to believ, but kits like that are demanding outrageous price on ebay!

Thank you - on some parts of the cab (especially in the back) you can see - at least on the real model, maybe not in the pics - that I just brushed directly over the medium grey plastic without any primer.

From the 2015 Italian series "Le grandi Ferrari" (= the great Ferraris) - made by Burago, only available for a very short time: hoods are shut, doors open, look a bit toylike, but are surely workable with a little de-chroming and detail painting... Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta (1948) - will be turned into the famous 1949 LeMans winning car from Luigi Chinetti - here is it fresh from the factory (It also looks a bit too large for 1/24 scale, but I haven't checked dimensions yet): and here the 1958 GT 250 LWB Berlinetta ("Tour de France") - mislabelled as a 1956 model - one will be turned into the silver 1958 Tour de France winning racecar of Olivier Gendebien (I have two) needs also some de-chroming and detailing (the upper edge of the windshield should have been pulled down a little bit and the door window frames are a bit on the heavy side: here is it as it comes from the factory:

Very nice rendition of this legendary Group C racer, Thomas !

x 2: has the right amount of street machine look to it!

Looks very good with these fat wheels and tires - aggressive, racy look !

Mike, the ESCI kits were new molds in 1983 when they were first released - some reissues were from Esci with different decals and one from amt (which owned ESCI at the time) in their own line with added chrome parts. Thanks, Eric!

Hi, Bill - I would say the Italeri SWB is rather good detailed, although not always correct because it shares most engine and chassis parts with their 250 GTO. But the greenhouse looks very good! In 2015/16 in Italy the 1/24 Ferrari "Le grandi Ferrari" diecast series was released, unfortunately mostly relatively new models, but a few classics in between, here is a link: http://diecast24.blogspot.com/2016/03/le-grandi-ferrari-2015-coleccion.html (# 25 is the mislabelled 1959 SWB - it is indeed a dark metallic blue 1961 model!) All these models were made by Burago, and some of them (the 250 SWB !) were avaliable for a short time for about € 17,00 in their regular program.

Brian, you are absolutely right - amt reissued the ESCI kit little later under its own brand and chromed the tree with wheels and bumpers. Thanks, Ray - over the course of time, the putty has shrunk so you can see the contours of the antenna and fuel cap holes on the overhead view of the silver version. Thanks, Trevor - I wanted to show that the kit has indeed issues - with the original kit wheels and side window line it looks really awful.

Thank you Rich - beware of the Esci's, if you want a SWB (back then this was the only option!)

And this is the one to look for if you want to build a good SWB – I still have 3 of these in my stash waiting to be built. (I cannot comment on the Gunze because I have never seen one in reality) Also good proportions has the Burago 1/24 diecast (this is in the works at present and needs some TLC and detailing but the proportions are pretty good: