dino246gt

Very nice!

Nice work on that front end suspension, those springs look so right!

I'm really hoping for the Maserati MC20! MC12 is a Maserati-ized Enzo, MC20 is all Maser, and certainly more affordable, in real. Probably the same price if they were available in 1/24th scale!

Looking very cool, can't wait to see more!

I cut the headrests from the seatbacks and drilled them for stainless rod. There were some serious mold release sink holes, but they're filled now. I added some dry transfer "Horsies" to the headrests and once painted, they are supposed to look like they're embossed into the leather. They fold forward to reveal the removable panel for the 360 engine service!

I decided to see what I can do with the kit interior. Here's the dash, those door hinges look ridiculous, but let's see if they're really all that bad. First I removed the instrument panel, not sure what I'll do with it but it's out now! The seat cusions look too long, so I cut a section out of them, on the bottom piece you can see just how much shorter I made them.

Wow that bottom picture sure looks fantastic, love it, great job! Wall poster!!!

I love the folded seat and open battery compartment! Excellent details!

I've just placed the air boxes on for the picture, can't glue them on until the body is finished and "married" to the chassis. It helps to fill in that area, plus I'll be adding hoses and stuff. Next up are the scratch built fuel tanks and hoses, hopefully soon!

That muffler is way up high due to the transaxle, as it is in all modern mid engine V8 Ferraris, not the 308 because that V8 was mounted sideways. It's going to be dangerously hot, so I made up a frame to sit some photo-etch mesh I've had for many years. It looks like it'll do the trick, painted semi-gloss Tamiya acrylic. I'll need to add 4 small bolts to it later and maybe a CAUTION warning decal of some Italian sort! Ciao.

I'm interested in these builds! Love Ferraris of that era, my friend had a 512 BB when I had my 246 GT. I do have one of those kits, not sure which one as I wasn't aware of all three! Build on and please show pics! Ciao!

Nicely done, and the pair of Masers looks so cool! Ciao!

Man that turned out to be a sweet piece! Great job, I love it!

Nice work so far, all very clean and neat, sweet!

Sure is a cool car, that rear fan is ridiculous! In a good way, wow. Can't wait to follow your build.

Even with all the mods I've made to the interior floor/engine bay, I just had to separate them! Because of all the changes, the kit will not assemble in the suggested sequence, so I've glued the engine bay piece to the body. That interior is questionable, but for starters, those little tabs must go. They're gone!

The side scoop is one of the most notable features of the 308, having them molded closed is not cool, not cool at all! Opening them up was simple starting with a small drill and working my way up to larger bits, then files. The lower rear valance also has an opening that is molded closed, well not any more! Also the engine cover hinge, seriously? That thing is ridiculous, but now it's gone!

Hey Dann, you know with this kind of build the progress pictures will show some rather sloppy work as it keeps getting re-engineered and re-worked but in the end I will clean up and touch up anything that shows. The build is so much fun, in the end it has to look good, but during, it might not look so nice. Anyway, thank you for your kind words, Ciao!

Hey Sonny, thanks for the encouragement, but it's the 360 V8, not the Enzo V12. It is set up like the 288 but unlike that fabulous model, the 288, I'm keeping the wheelbase the same. The 288 moved the rear wheel openings further back while keeping the body length the same. I AM using a bunch of Enzo parts though, maybe that's why you thought I was using that engine, no matter, thank you for your interest in this weird, unusual project!

Over the top detail Steve, WOW!

I removed the wheel centers and foiled the large nut then re-applied the centers, as it should've been done in the first place. It's a little thing but it makes a difference.

Now that the engine is glued in I can start to make the body fit! Of course I've been test fitting and modifying as I go, but now it's getting to the final tweaks for fit. That luggage compartment will have to go to make room for the Tubi muffler from the Tamiya 360 kit. The engine top just barely clears, thanks to some plastic thinning! I want the stock 308 engine lid to fit, and it will!

I have the engine glued to the rear sub-frame with nuts and bolts, fake nuts and bolts, it's still glued together. Here's how the muffler and cats look installed. I'll paint those side brackets semi-gloss black acrylic by brush. Wheels and tires are not yet attached.

I used the Revell Enzo parts kit's axle shafts, but to fit them I had to cut off the boots and drill them to slip over the axle so I could put one end to the suspension then slide the boot to the transaxle. Then the muffler, it was open at the bottom so were the cats, so I filled them in, made some side brackets and painted it. I'm not that good at heat staining exhausts but for as much as can be seen, it'll do.

Man that looks great! I used to have a real one: