dino246gt

I was lucky enough to own a real 246GT for 9 years, hence my screen name, and now I have a 308GTB, and modifications are really frowned on by the Ferrarista, but these are only plastic models so modify away as I am doing to a plastic model 308 right now! Ciao!

What fun would that be!!

I love that color, but are you not doing the belly pan in flat black? Your Dino does look excellent so far!

Of course the Enzo is way wider than a 308, so I had to narrow things, but still maintained the poseable steering! Then I had to fill in all the spaces with styrene scraps. And here's where it is now! I will be making new belly pans, eventually, cheers!

I cut the Revell Enzo front suspension apart but I'll need way more room in the 308 for that to fit! No problem, I love cutting models apart! LOL

Revell Ferrari kits are good but the way the brakes, (and they are low-detail brakes), mount between the wheel halves is not to my liking. I'll cut the centers out of the wheel backs and remove most of the brakes,(I need the centers to fit the Revell kit suspension), then de-chrome the wheel fronts. After Tamiya fine white primer and Alclad Aluminum, some "e-Jan" wheel center caps and drilling for valve stems, the wheels look better, to me.

Now I'll fit the Revell Enzo rear tubs and make some support for twin fuel tanks. Now we have a "tubbed" Ferrari!

Before I can sand that muffler off, I'll need to re-enforce the rear bit. Some sprue into the recess and a flat piece of styrene across the top should do the trick.

Here's the other main piece, let's open that up a bit as well!

This kit is for an electric motor and batteries, so here's the engine bay, meant to cover that! And here's my first cut!

Found this 308GTB kit in my stash and I don't remember ever buying it! But I'm a Ferrari lover, so I thought I'd chop it up and see what happens! I also bought this Revell Enzo parts kit, so I have a few ideas!

That's a great opening line! I love changing things up from time to time, trying something different, it keeps the modeling bug happy! Building the same type of models over and over causes builder burnout and lack of interest. Try a Tamiya kit, of build a 4X4 or an exotic, '32 old school, factory correct muscle car, SEMA build, or................ Everyone should try "Something you don't normally build" Cheers!

I did not open them but they're molded so nicely, they almost LOOK open. I guess it wouldn't be too difficult to do it though.

It's actually a nice kit, if somewhat inaccurate, still I built one and it turns heads! I think Trumpeter model car kits got a bad rap which caused them to stop making car kits. I've built this, their Nova and 3 of their Falcons, I like their car kits!

I also love this kit! I did a mild custom with a laid back, chopped windshield! I DID foil along the fender tops, like "Jolly Sipper" said, thin strips cut on the sheet, then applied. Cheers and enjoy building this cool kit!

That looks interesting, LOVE that drawing on the instructions, build it and show us how you do it! Ciao!

Dino, what did you use for the linkage and fuel line fittings? I had to look at your picture a few times to see if it's a 1:1. Great work! Fuel lines are guitar string, it stays straighter than beading wire, which is also good for many things. Fittings are the outer coating of thin wire, just cut, glued and brush painted, not really great but they do the trick in 1/25th scale.

I love these oddball kits, looks good so far, can't wait to see what you do with it............ model on!

Fat Austin, I love it! I've always wondered what I could do with that Shelby kit's chassis, and you've done it! Sweet!

Great job, I've done a couple of these, they're not easy! This one is the 426 Max Wedge, but the intake set up is the same.

Very cool hot rod, nice build, looks great in maroon!

Great interior, wow!

Very impressive!