Tommy124

Many thanks guys, I appreciate it. The tyres on the Marui kit do look good from what I can see in the post below. I still have that kit in my stash back from the days when the Fujimi had not been released yet. After the disappointment with the Fujimi kit, I saw the Studion27 kit (resin kit, curbside) on offer somewhere and bought it. It will make for a nice and easy build free of problems, I hope and expect. And it DOES have the right wheels and tyres and PE parts for all the right places.

Thanks, Carl and David!

Many thanks guys! I do have the 1/16 too. It has 255 parts compare to the 1/24's 136 parts. Don't know if that's a good thing or a bad. ? The most obvious flaw is that the the Campagnolo wheels are way too large. On the built model they rather appear to be 17 inches whereas they should be 15 inches. The kit's tyres on the other hand are small, probably the correct size. But they don't fit on the wheels. So you end up looking for fitting tyre in the parts box. Needless to say, the overall look is a bit "restomod" for a classic Ferrari. ? Other than that, it's the engineering of the kit in the rear area. The fitting of the body on the chassis did not work properly, neither did the "system" that Fujimi had in mind for having a working (moving) clamshell. At least it did not work for me... Good question, see my comments above. I ended up with placing the clamshell loosely on the rear. Not a good solution, but the best one I could find...

Thanks!

Hi there, a flawed kit of a beautiful car. Had a hard time finding the motivation to finish it. Painted in original Ferrari color "Blu Chiaro Metallizzato" which I really like a lot.

Thanks guys, I appreciate it.

Many thanks. Yes, I built this from the "Marshal Car" version. The kit parts for this one and the regular version are mostly the same. The main difference is in the wheels. The regular car kit is designed to depict the "luxury option" (no fender flares, different wheels) whereas the Marshal Car kit is depicting the "performance option" with fender flares, roof spoiler and bigger wheels.

Many thanks guys, I appreciate it!

Many thanks!

Many thanks guys!

Never too late to receive and appreciate a kind feedback. Many thanks!

Thanks Larry!

Thank you!

Simply great! You made all the right choices in terms of body color and bigger wheels and executed them perfectly.

This looks great. It may lose some time on track without the rear wing… ? But you followed your plan make it look like a non-ACR car and it sure worked well.

Many thanks guys, I appreciate your kind feedback! Thanks John! No, I used the kit's tyres and rims. In fact, I believe the kit sits a bit too low especially in the rear which is why I made some slight modifications there. It's still lower that most 1:1 images I found on the web, but then again, low DOES look good, right. ?

Hi there, I did this as a quick build inbetween other projects. No engine to show and not much love for the interior which is basically flawed. Painted in Tamiya Bright Red and 1K clear.

Fantastic work! One of the best builds I have seen, especially coming from the simple snap-kit as a basis!

Thank you all very much!

WOW! So sexy in Grabber Green! Gotta love this!

Hi Mario, congrats to a job well done! I built the MPC kit a few years ago (images below). I especially prefer the front of your build over MPC's "dead eyes look". I also like the choice of color and the general appearance looks authentic!

Many thanks again, guys!

Many thanks to all of you for your kind words. Your positive feedback feels good and is much appreciated! ?

Hi there, this kit has been fighting me since I started it around 2 years ago. I had to strip the paint twice, since both times there were unwanted chemical reactions between the base and clear coats I used. The front part of the body (the one where the grille is inserted) broke off in the stripping process. I managed to repair that but wasn’t willing to proceed the build at the time. So I put it aside in its box for most of the time until some weeks ago I checked on it and decided to give it another chance. I used Tamiya TS-55 Racing Blue as a body color the third time around and covered it with spray can clear coat. Since I had decided that the car should have a vinyl roof and glued the strips and trims back then accordingly, I painted that black. The bad streak was not over when I was quite happy with the paint work, but dropped the body so it hit the floor and a part of the front bumper broke off. Again, I resisted the urge to crush it with my feet and I really managed to repair the damage using the excellent Tamiya epoxy 2-part putty. There were other let-downs in the process, but in the end I managed to pull myself and glue the kit together. I have to say that, even though I like the kit‘s body, this is probably the worst US car kit I have come across so far. The fit of the glass parts and the bumpers is a desaster, for example. As I wasn’t pleased with the choice of wheels contained in the kit, I made some modifications and used the Hurst wheels from the (much, much better) 66 GTO Revell kit. They do look nice with the kits redlines, I think. It‘s really sad that there is no better kit for this great vintage GTO yet. Until then, this unsatisfactory build will sit in the showcase with it’s brothers.