Pierre Rivard

I would think so. The rods are soft metal but having 3 of them for each fender makes things pretty solid.

wow, the HRM wheels look so finely molded. They will be perfect for this build...I mean one of the 3 builds!

Thanks Mark, the figurine is from JPGModels. I bought this one of Nuvolari who won Le mans in this car as well as one of Fangio in driving position (for a future project). Not cheap but very well made.

Speechless...

Final final mockup before going to paint, under the watchful eye of Tazio.

Added some PE fasteners here and there on frame, steering system and suspension attachments to add a bit of appeal. Fenders are now glued permanently. Point of no return...

Andy is the smarter shopper. His Alfa has a nice hinged bonnet. I'll just have to fake it...

Windshield frame...can't imagine how to set that in place after paint with my shaky hands. Had to modify shape at interface for better fit and add pins for locating.

Made my own registration lighting as the kit parts were too fragile and hard to clean up of flash

Wow, fabulous! The details are so crisp it's hard to believe it's 1/32 scale. Homerun!

I love this build Hanjo. Inspirational!

This is as good as it gets. Through the roof accuracy and realism.

Beautiful work Misha. This car looks cool and I love the the content you are adding to replicate the racing car as it was then. A most worthy entry to the 64 Sebring field. Thanks for sharing.

Brings back memories of my 86 Z, black on black, 305 manual. Beautiful and fun to drive but just ok on power. I had two gen 4's, a Z-28 and then a SS. Definitely faster but they did not look half as good as the gen 3 car.

OK... IROC?...ASA?....IMSA/GTO? So many possibilities

Very, very, very impressive work. With your research, design expertise and 3D printing you have basically redesigned the whole kit. You could market this as a trans kit... or a complete kit as I doubt very few original parts are left.

Taking notes my friend...as I want my Alfa 8C to have a bit of a end of race look to it. Thanks for sharing your methods. Always something to learn.

I think you are right Andy. The engine looks much better on your Alfa kit. The lower part of mine is molded into the chassis pan, making cleaning and finishing quite difficult. I noticed the wheels on mine are a bit twisted and the thread pattern is uneven. I'm still quite happy with the kit and excited about topic I am modeling. The long tail Alfa Le mans just looks so nice! I'll do my best to make a good model of it. Look forward to see what you do with Mr. 42 but it could take a while as you've got a lot of projects on the go.

Hanjo, the weathering you have done on these first few parts is absolutely gorgeous. Please share how you have done this. Please please please?

Slow week. Did not spend mush time on the bench and most of it spent on cleaning, sanding and attempting to get parts to agree with each other. Finally I got to do a bit of rewarding work. I was not happy with the kit supplied steering components so I made my own.

Funny...when I look at the real car pictures, they're further back on the right side that the left side. You are brave to take that on. Nobody would have noticed.

Looks fantastic and a wonderful way to display it.

Looks wonderful. If this is slow progress then my stuff is moving at glacier pace. I hope you will keep posting updates.

This should be fun and challenging with all the weathering involved. Something curious about this car. I've never seen this style of shifter arm (long, curvy) on a SL before.

It is indeed a very interesting discussion. There is no right and wrong here. I love integrating some 3D printed parts to my builds and I also love scratch building stuff. I don't want it to be one or the other, I want as many tools as I can in my box. Whatever makes the hobby fun works for me.