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mmslowly making progress towards finishing...

Italeri Kit, Historic Racing Miniatures wheel sets Color is KRYLON Satin Meringue, no clear coat

For my distributor wires I pick a bit equal in size to my wire. Carefully pick where I want the wire to go on the distributor and then twist forward and back to get my start before drilling forward rest of the way. It can be tedious…

Renaissance Ferrari 250 gt California built stock about 15-20 years ago testors enamel Italian red spray paint

Fujimi kit. painted with tamiya TS 49 bright red lots of microsol to get the decals to snug down resin copied an italeri Ferrari Daytona engine block to fill the engine void

Yes those were the kit wheels as with all testors/italeri kits of that era the body is in three pieces (separate lower front and rear ends) so need to be ready to fill with putty…

Italeri kit as base historic racing miniature wheels Decals from lemans decals. tamiya racing white spray paint with clear coat over tamiya gray and white primers bare metal foil aluminum for window detailing

Bare metal foil on headlight covers completed. Door handles and photoetch locks, front marker lights added wipers, gas cap, rear decals left to go

Slowly making progress

Completed bare-metal foil for window surrounds. Used matte aluminum

Italeri Ferrari 250 gt swb stock build from box Tamiya chrome yellow spray paint over grey and then white primer with tamiya clear coat

Italeri model adjusted shape of front end with styrene and putty decals from Lemans Decals

Dashboard, making future headlight covers. Casted windshield for future builds...

Pictures taken along the way. Shaping body, making shock “towers”, linkage

Italeri Ferrari model with replicas and miniatures of maryland interior, and carbs. Reshaped fenders. Headlights from Fujimi Dino. Windshield taken from burago 250 gt California kit

Heller 1/24 Bentley 4 1/2 liter Tamiya British green and dark green, older build

Monogram 1/24 bugatti type 35 tamiya French blue, older build

thank you all for the kind feedback. In terms of contouring the fenders I never liked the curve up over the wheels. The actual car tends to be flatter. Using blue painters tape I marked out what I thought was a better shape. then used a Drexel tool with a sanding barrel attached affixed to a drill press to serve as a belt sander. with the tool running I brought the model up to it and slowly sanded each fender down to the tape line. then fixed the curvature over the sides by hand with files and sand paper. modified the back as well. The interior kits are no longer available but if you contact R and M of Maryland he may make you a set. that is what I did in the past.... Sorry for typo's.

Modified italeri kit to match former James Coburn 1961 Ferrari 250 gt spider california Replicas and miniatures of Maryland engine, interior kit and wood steering wheel, fenders recontoured, exhaust modified from italeri Daytona kit, headlight covers from heated and molded clear plastic over polymer clay molds, headlight surrounds from hobby design HD02-0015 250gto detail kit, KA wire wheels, door handles from Gunze Sangyo Ferrari 250gt sub kit, wipers from Tamika jaguar mkII kit, trunk lit molded from renaissance kit, rear marker lights from italeri Porsche 993 kit. and some other parts taken from here and there, some made.... Paint: Tamiya black, spas six chrome Pictures taken w/ surface tablet My first post... building models as a hobby for 30yrs