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1/24 Soft Line kit

Historic Racing Miniatures kit Built stock from kit

When pot metal breaks… kit into parts bin…

Windshields in. Had to make my own front windshield as couldn’t get the kit one to stay in place without interfering with dashboard. With progressive cuts to fir with dashboard no longer had enough material to secure in place. Replaced with .005 inch clear polystyrene sheet opting against side windows

Fnecast 1/24 metal model kit

Ferrari 330 gts started with a urethane casting copy of what was likely an Airtrax kit sourced on eBay. (See similar casting of a 275 gts starting point obtained from same source. cast bumpers, windshield, side windows and door handles removed. Lots of putty and body work. Front bumpers from an italeri Ferrari 275 gts NART kit. Side marker lights cast in clear resin from same kit. Wheels from italeri unused stash. Exhaust from italeri Ferrari 365 gtb4. Windshield frame made from 2 unused Italeri Ferrari 250 California kits. Windshield hand made. rear bumpers and inner door panels remade from casting of parts from an actual Airtrax Ferrari 330gtc kit. Quarter windows reshaped from extras supplied in Italeri Ferrari 275 gtb door handles from a Volkswagen Beetle kit front headlights from extra parts in amt kit chrome is from revell chrom spray paint on bumpers and headlight and bare metal foil for windshield surround and side moldings

Interior pretty much completed

Stripes added

Extra headlights from amt Ferrari 250 swb Revell chrom spray paint for headlight chrome

Windshield made and in place new door panels cast interior taking shapee

Bare metal foil completed on 330gts

Tritone door cards

Air brushed tamiya Italian red over gray and pink primers

Tamiya metallic blue (TS19) from can over grey primer. Actually lays down nicely from the can

Was going for “The love bug” version with blue and white stripes…😀

Next build Historic Racing Miniatures Ferrari 250 LWB TDF

Fernando Pinto model Color: airbrushed 50:50 mix AK Real Colors Alfa BT red and Maranello Red 300 decals: Lemans Decals Scratch built dash

Color coats added to both Airtrax copies I Made the window framing out of plastic rod for the gtc

That looks great

Color coat on body down

Priming done onto first few coats of color

It’s a Fernando pinto model with decals sourced from lemans decals (I purchased used and included decals were stuck together)

Up on 4 wheels

Interior done

Le Mans decals