Pierre Rivard

Beauty. Looks like the real thing. Congrats!

The engine looks fabulous sir! These 2 kits look to be great. Thinking about the California, Jason at Jack Modeling is moving along developing 3D printed Borrani wheels that might work for your project.

Man that silver body looks so so good with the huge flares. I don't know much about these 911 derivatives. I only have a yet to build Tamiya 934 and it does not look as extreme as this. Thought I would just do an OOB but that's a bit easy right? Happy to se you back on the bench JC. I love the stuff you come up with.

Could not resist, just ordered the book. Starting to get a bit nutty about Le Mans. Your fault Gramps! ?

Very good as usual Mario. The Gulf livery is an all time favorite, first time I see it on a Cobra and it looks terrific. You sure you want to leave such an expensive car in the back alley? ?

Wow Jason, what a gorgeous build. The salt weathering technique gives it that perfect barn find look you were aiming for. Most impressive is all the metal finishes looking so much like...metal? Stunning!

Going back to the Cobra FIA wheels, that look fabulous and the timing is great since the HRM are increasingly difficult to obtain. Just purchased 2 sets this morning. Thanks Jason for supporting our enthusiastic community.

This is a fun project, definitely one I would like to build. I grew up in Quebec in the late fifties & sixties and our area was already big into imported cars. Fancy cars such MB 280SE, Citroen DS or Jaguar MkII or sporty cars such as the MGB, TR5 or the occasional 911 were seen on and off but it was the everyday imports like the Beetle and Renault 8/10 that were seen everyday. The R8 Gordini was the affordable french sports sedan, a few tears before BMW "invented" the formula.... Light, good handling and peppy engine. It was a fun car to drive.

Superb subject. That body needed some TLC and you are well on your way. Well done and thanks for sharing this.

Aaah Shapeways....fool me once shame on me, fool me twice shame on me.... So I got caught once but I ain't going for more. I was stuck one not able to get Weber carbs from my preferred supplier (out of stock) and decided to get some Olsen designed parts and got directed to Shapeways for the purchase. $8 CAD for a set of four in fine detail plastic, want ultra fine that's $12, smooth goes for $15 and "smoothest" for $20. Add about $4 for manufacturing speed (?), $1 for processing and $17 for the cheapest shipping option (13-25 days...) for a total of $42 CAD or $32 USD. Ouch! I was stuck without parts to finish the project so I pulled the trigger... And the quality for the best best best best option? Brittle, grainy... nowhere near a good part. Calling it a ripoff is actually a very polite way of saying it.

The weathering on your build is incredible. A race car that looks like a race car, battle scars and all. I love it!

Wonderful build Gary. Always such a pleasure to see what a good researcher / builder can do with these vintage kits.

Absolutely gorgeous, even sitting on the old picnic table!

Hi Jason, I'm glad to hear you are working on the Borani wire wheels. I hope all the pictures I sent a few months ago are providing enough data. Glad to see you on this forum. Pierre

That baby looks mighty fine JC. I love how tou have worked out the engine side, looks like the real deal. Amazing how wide the rear tires were on these cars. Great cornering grip until...gone!

Salut Francois, your work is so inspiring. Way beyond my ability level but still I follow what you do with great interest. Scale modeling classes free!

OK David, I take a 6 week break (doing my bit to support the tourism industry...) and coming back I catch you right on the edge of the cliff! No seriously this is one hell of a project. The kit is as bad as it gets but the subject is splendid. It's one of these you look at thinking easy low count part quick build... but oh no, we must make some improvements...and here we go! My kind of project and I will be rooting for you all the way. Go for it man!

My build of an original AMT 1/25 Cobra... which ended being very different than the kit representing the 260/289 slab sided bodied cars. I started with the AMT kit to build a replica of the first iteration of CSX2196 as races (foe a while...) at Sebring 1964. Drivers Ken Miles and John Morton. This car had the combination of gen 1 leaf spring chassis with a 427 dropped in, lots of body mods including big fender flares, swiss cheese nose etc.

I would not, I know my limitations. But you should...

I see Peter's point about the hub location not representing a Jag wire wheel very well. A bit of a shame because the 3D printing on these is very very good. I ended up using it as is for the fronts on a Ferrari 275P, mimicking an out laced Borrani design reasonably well. I modified the design for the rear to mimic an in laced design with more offset. And I substituted the spinners for HRM pieces.

Yup that one definitely has a good clean windshield, looks like in's not even glued to the body I agree it is worth experimenting with the kit wheels. The spokes are surprisingly finely cast but IMO the fronts are a bit deep and the rim lips are too thick. Oh oh...ideas are percolating...

Nice one Rich. The FW23 was of the fast qualifier / not so fast racer variety. Not unlike a certain Ferrari these days!

Scratchbuilding = headaches = imagination = FUN!

Thanks JC for chiming in and bringing this one back to the top of the page. It allowed me to spot this build which I was not aware of. I love builds starting with a few key components and requiring imagination and lots of scratch building to achieve the final results. This one is exactly that. Thanks for sharing, definitely one to follow with great interest

Great start on this one. Please share as much as possible on the detailing materials and sources, which helps us understand the process. That fuel tank is glorious!