Rich Chernosky

Ted, welcome to the forum from a fellow sports car builder. (mostly Ferrari's and Porsches) You can definetly spray inside if you have an outside vented spray booth. I built my own. Acrylics don't have the fumes that laquers do so you are OK there too.

Thank you for the kind words. Thank you Larry.

Very cool, like the extra detailing, just picked one of these up at an estate sale. Now it looks like I will have to build it.

This is world class, I had the pleasure of seeing the real car (and sitting in it) and you nailed the look . Fantastic

Helmut...those are two amazing builds....and one was brush painted to boot....oh my !!

Can't think of a better way to spend a holiday than finishing a model. This looked like a easy challenge to finish quickly. That...is pretty much your first mistake when approaching any kit. Getting the upper body to stay down on the fenders was the biggest hurdle. Some super glue, regular liquid glue, some creative claming and over night setting solved the problem. The over all fit and finish of this kit was marginal at best. I understand from a frined that this is a re-issue of an earlier mold and they add some things to things one. Despite the problems it did go together in a fairly short amount of time. It was painted at an earlier date and that helped. Color is Tamiya TS67 Racing white. There are captions under the pictures for extra info. Thanks for looking. Lots of tricky bare metal foil work. Chrome and aluminium were used. Didn't have to make the wheels steer this time....thank the maker !! Those tiny lights were a real bugger to get right. Windshield was no piece of cake either. The tonneau cover was an addition to this kit I am told, Not much in the way of engine except for detail painting. Seats were sprayed a Tamiya flat brown and waxed to simulate leather. Dash decal was the nicest part of this kit.

I have one of these kits and this is definetly inspiration to build mine. Thank you for explaining your color choice and how you did it.

Justin..if you go with Tamiya you won't have to primer. Just smooth the mold lines and go. I have used Gravity and it is a little hot so you will have to primer. Their Rosso Corsa is dead on for the period but TS-8 is also very close. That will be your choice. Thank you for the compliments on my build..it was a labor of luv....I am a #1 Ferrari fan. Good luck on yours...I look forward to the results...looks good so far.

Here is a link to my build...hope it helps you:

Justin....this is an awesome kit.. I have built two of them, a coupe and a spyder conversion. What colour are you thinking for the body. ??

Helmut...looks like we are on the same page. I have the Chaparral, 512S coda lunga and 512M all built. Plus others. Have not done the 917's yet. I also have build notes (colors and mods, etc) on these builds and whenever you decide to do them I would share, if you like. Thank you for the compliments as always.

Tony this looks real good in this color. This was an very early AMT kit that could be either a static model or a slot car body. I have one in my collection that could definetly use a re-visit.

I know how you feel Justin....when I saw this for sale I snapped it right up...regardless of the price, which as it turns out wasn't too bad. Only slightly over what he originally had them for sale on his site. I also have done, the Mclaren/Hulme M6A so this was like a re-visit only this time I added more detail. Thank you for the compliment BTW...much appreciated.

This one....kit is current and not very expensive. Decals are awesome for the price.

I have been wanting to do this kit ever since I got it. I was fortunate enough to see Mark Donohue win with this car at a USRRC race at Watkins Glen in 1967. He won pole to flag. Kit was sprayed with a mix of Tamiya TS15 and TS55. Both were decanted and airbrushed. Tamiya clear was used. There were a number of features I added and modifications made. These are explained in the captions below the pictures. Thanks for looking and comments are most welcome. Of course non steering wheels on models is a pet peeve of mine. This was a fairly easy conversion. Keeping the wheelbase and wheel height the same was a priority. Finished car. Kits instructions warned the decals were quite thin. I heeded that waring and they went on with out a hitch. Glad there was an extra set though. Rivet detail was kinda sparse so I drilled them all out and added copper wire which was then ground down with a Dremel to make new rivets. It was a lot of work but worth it in the end Business end of the car took some fiddling to get everything to fit. That is expected of a resin kit. Overall quality of the kit was very good though. I like Fisher kits. He will be missed . The stance of the car was correct right out of the box. Tire decals came out of the spares. The interior recieved most of my attention. New steering wheel, scratch built shifter and water pipes (not visible) dash decals and seatbelts from silk thread. And a few extra switches. Kit suppllied phot etch interior was a nice plus to this kit.

Beautiful job on this model. Would luv more information on this car.

This one caught my eye, the paint work is spectacular.

N o...the Scarabeo....I posted a 1/16 build of one those (see link) some time ago. I will often have models of the same car in different scales in my collection and I didn't know a smaller scale model of my Scarabeo existed. Now to go looking for one.

Wow...didn't know there was a diecast of this car. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/attachments/?page=5

Outstanding...getting those decals to lay down over those vents must have been a real terror. But you nailed it.

Thank you for the compliments Josh. You were my inspiration on the steering wheel..just so you know. I used the pin and glue technique on those wing vents. There are two tiny wires drilled into the vent and frame holding them in place.