250 Testa Rossa

Nassau Blue looks like the perfect color to do the road racer in. Sourcing taillights would be another issue. This kit is certainly going to be on my radar.

I will probably be doing the road racer if I get this kit. May need some conversion work, but will be a good kit otherwise.

To convert the chrome taillights to 1966 specs, I use the chrome taillights, but strip the chrome off before I reshape the part so they're individual taillights, and not the traditional part. I also drill out the center of the taillights, paint them with Tamiya TS-17 Gloss Aluminum, or Tamiya TS-30 Silver Leaf, and then spray a final coat of Tamiya TS-74 Clear Red, to give them a more appropriate look. Once the paint has dried, I take a sewing needle, and rub the inside of the hole with 5 Minute Epoxy before I insert a suitably-sized piece of aluminum tubing into the hole that I've drilled using a pin vise. For 1965 specs, I would remove the piece in the middle that makes them look like they're molded together, and reshape the ends that were cut to blend in with the taillight, strip the paint, prime them, and then use the same combination of Tamiya sprays to paint them.

Really looking forward to this one.

Hopefully, we can get a Tim Flock version. Believe it or not, Tim Flock drove a white 300SL sponsored by Mercury Outboards in the one and only NASCAR sports car race back in 1955, and won outright.

Huh. I never noticed that.

This is going to be awesome for sure

For those of you that just want the '65 style hubcaps, Missing Link offers them via eBay.

Any idea on how to fix the fitting issues?

Is there a price list of what's available?

I would love to have a Sport Sedan in my collection, since I have so many spare frames.

I don't even know.

I usually replace the tires with Modelhaus items.

I don't think so

I was really hoping they'd bring back the original tires.

I usually replace the kit tires anyway, and use aftermarket items instead.

I was really hoping Round 2 would get the Yenko Stinger logos right, but they didn't even include them. Hey, at least they included the Fitch Sprint decals.

Missing Link Resin has brought back the '65 Corvair hubcaps. Maybe they will do a few conversions for this kit.

Good thinking. The earlier annuals didn't have that.

I use an X-acto knife to remove them.

I'm surprised nobody has released an aftermarket decal sheet other than Fred Cady.

Surprised that they included the tires from the previous release. Was hoping they'd bring back the original tires.

I wouldn't have any problem using some of the Modelhaus items available for this kit. They do offer an up top and Automatic transmission conversion.

Fred Cady did a Yenko Stinger decal sheet a while back, but the logos were too big.

I use a paintbrush to apply paint and then quickly flock the interior.