Plastheniker

Very clean build and beautiful colour combination!

Thanks for the response. After re-reading the tutorial I would like to point out that this technique turned out to be very useful on my current diecast car project too. When rebuilding diecast models their off-the-shelf glass parts are often too poor to be used again. Gluing new windows to metal surfaces with sufficient adhesion and without visible glue is particularly difficult or even impossible. The technique worked here perfectly.

Considering that this is a resin cab your surface preparation must have been perfect. Surface and paintwork are flawless.

Thanks for the comments! As mentioned I built the model almost 30 years ago, so I don't really remember. I can only say that I use almost exclusively Humbrol metallics for decades. Therefore it is very likely that I used a mixture of Humbrol enamels here too. My tutorial about making wire wheels can be found here: Making real wire wheels in all scales http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=77554 Reducing the width of the wide Italeri tyres is possible because they are massive, i. e. they are not hollow, and not too flexible. After slipping a tyre onto a fitting piece of tube I remove an appropriate radial section by cutting with a sharp #11 blade down to the tube in two longitudinal grooves. I discard the removed section and glue the remaining tyre halves together. After working carefully the glue seam is hidden in a groove. If you remove the radial section off-center the glue seam is off-center too. I mount the tire with the glue seam on the inside in order to hide it deep in the wheel well.

Perfect as always!

Super clean! It is really the modeler and not the kit that makes a beautiful model.

I am always happy to see unusual models like yours. Interesting a n d beautiful, perfect work!

Harry, as soon as I own a 1:1 California I will follow your advice - I promise.

Thanks a lot for the latest comments! I am always happy when one of my older topics still attracts interest. Since this topic is viewed rather often I think the thumbnails are not very user-friendly. I will try to replace them by direct links to Photobucket. Hope it works.

IMO up to now the most attractive rig in your fleet!

Super clean as always! The trailer is really a rare bird, I never saw it built.

I agree!

A workhorse as I like it!

Hi, IMO the California is one of the most attractive Ferraris ever. Its unobtrusive design seems to be really timeless. When Italeri released its kit in 1989 I built it immediately. The only shortcoming I found were the same unrealistic wide wheels that all Italeri Ferrari kits had. I reduced the width of the tires and laced my own wire wheels. I added raised side windows because IMO they completed the clean lines of the car. Some time ago Academy re-released this kit with better tires but still with plastic wires. As far as I know Academy removed all Ferrari emblems and logos due to license problems.

Funny idea & perfectly executed!

Super clean, looks really perfect!

Clean work on presumably not the very best Cobra kit available.

Thanks a lot for the recent comments! It really takes attentiveness and expert eyes to realize this!

Near and clean, beautiful colour combination inside as well as outside and great paintwork! Outdoor pictures look so much better when not shot in blazing sunlight.

Super clean & beautiful!

Thanks for all comments and compliments! I am happy that you like my colour combination. Most finished models I know are red or pink. Of course pink is a characteristic colour for the 1:1 car but IMO it makes the model look a bit toy-like (and the real car like Miss Piggy's favourite). Nevertheless for most of the result I have to give credit to Monogram's nice kit.

Thanks for the recent comments! To be honest this is not my personal favourite of my 8 pairs of Casadio-Revival models, but it is true that also visitors seem to prefer this one. BTW this topic is almost two years old, so I showed the mentioned Bugatti already one year ago: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=102452

I had to look twice to realize that the first picture was your model. Perfect work and perfect photography!

I agree!

Perfect as always!