Pierre Rivard

The chance to be in person near this incredible race car... goosebumps! The restored Moss car has seen changes relative to how it was at the 55 MM but still an amazing reference. Imagine if Mercedes had not left racing at the end of 55? I adore Ferraris but this Mercedes was a game changer.

Mighty impressive sir! This beauty is small scale yet rich with beautiful detailing. This Eagle could be the best looking F1 car ever

Thanks guys. Trying to get the details right is where all the fun is and why I chose to do Fangio's car, and not just as the kit was designed (Moss car). Lot's of changes needed but I love it. Speaking of getting the details right I have excellent news. Jason Hupin has agreed to take on a new project to design and 3D print the wheels as pictured below. These wheels should also be a good fit for some Ferrari front wheel applications (250LM, P275)

That's a good catch. Finding pictures period pictures of the cars is key to a more accurate replica. Anything recent must be treated as suspect.

Amazing duo!

Essentially OOB hey? Wonderful what you are doing with this kit. The wheels are magnificient!

Thanks Bob and Mark. I lowered the windscreen a bit, finessed the trim pieces and did a mock up with the interior (minor interference relief needed). Looks a bit better like that. Not perfect but this method only allows single axis curvature but it's reasonably close. The body of this car is looking more and more like Fangio's ride.

Wow Daniel.... seeing it finally come together overwhelms the senses. So much to look at, so much detailing, the exquisite metal chassis, the gorgeously decorated body panels. I could go on and on. This is the best model I have ever seen and no doubt a future recipient of many awards. Thank you for taking us along for the ride.

Excellent scratch building. This is quite the transformation, especially considering the humble beginnings of this Camaro chassis pan.

Home made windshield using a paper card to make the template, 0.25 x 1.0 mm styrene for trim and food container plastic for the glass. Can't make it more home made than that. It's possible I may have to cut a new piece of clear plastic as this one has been tormented in the fitting process but I'm happy with the result.

The driver only head rest /aero fairing has been glued to the body. The thinning of the part from the underside has improved the integration quite a lot. Than big step is gone.

I just carved out a body side panel (jest behind front wheel opening) as it was not on the car at that race. Just like you I would not do opening doors & deck lids. I just don't have those kind of skills.

The brick track surface looks very convincing. What products did you use for the joints and weathering?

Beautiful build and great way to display it. Great paint and detailing, and the wheels & tires are incredible.

Awesome looking race car and you are giving it justice. Beautiful heat stress finishing on the exhaust headers. Adds a lot of realism. Thanks for sharing this build. Lot's to learn here.

Reconfig fuel filler door on headrest , filling in front turn signal lamps, side openings per MM race configuration, starting work on removing 2 seat windshield setup and fab of passenger cockpit closeout. Chipping away...

At my local hobby shop yesterday. Only two of them almost out of view on the bottom shelf. CAD $40 each. I don't know how they got there but now they're mine! ?

Wonderful build Misha. You are crafting all the details unique to this specific vehicle. I'm a big fan of recreating a moment in history and your build feeds my addiction! ?

This should be a formidable build Phil. The livery is so beautiful. I only built one resin car and like you I soaked it and then I did a progressive wet sanding of the body (800-1000=2400=3200) to help give it a bit of mechanical adhesion for the Tamiya fine primer. Maybe I just got lucky but no paint peeling events.

1/24 figurine, painted using this most sophisticated device....?

Look forward to this one Chris. So many beautiful Ferraris in the 50's and 60's and this one may be at the top of the list. You plan to model this before or after the crash? Just saying... you know, for a bit of challenge. ?

Very nice Matt. Does K&R provide a complete chassis or is it more of a curb style model?

Thanks Matt. Last year I purchased a set of Dunlop racing wheel&tire set from K&R and was disappointed with the quality of the parts. However your review of K&R indicates that I may have received a bad set and that maybe I should give them a try on a classic Jaguar kit.

Another incredible build from Master Tomasz. Then I look at my stuff....considering my future...knitting maybe?

The Moss car (#722) came back pretty banged up but the Fangio car (#658) appears to be dent free. So no dents to be modeled but plenty of other mods needed to transform the kit form the 722 to 658 configuration. This one will not be OOB!