Brudda

Very Nice!!!!

This is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

Thank you. Nacho Z I am going to rest on MFH for a little bit. Going to go back to some 1/25 kits. But I will post the build. I am getting the color for the Eagle. I will do a different number as most are doing the spa winning car. Number 36. It’s going to be fun. You will not be bored for sure. Thanks again for the great comments.

Glamor shots . Thank you guys for your help and comments. It was a nice day so I took some pics. See you guys at the NNL West !

Glamor shots hope you like. Thank you for the great comments and I am going to try to make it to the NNL West this year.See you there

Thank all of you. Some of the early cars were wire wheels. The later cars were mags. Actually the first Japanese car to have mags. The roads were so bad that all cars had steel wheels. You really had to be careful because you would bend a wire wheel on the Japanese roads during the 1960s.The kit does not come with the wire wheels. They are a $200 option on this deagostini kit. All the parts do come preprinted. But to make it better it needs some detailing. Not much but a little makes it better. The kit comes white. I changed the car to twilight turquoise to change it up. All the deagostini Toyota cars are white. They are not cheap but it is the best engineered kit I have ever done. And it was a very fun build. The kit is very heavy but strong with a lot of play factor. You have to drill and tap out holes for the suspension parts. And other things. So it does take a little bit of skill to do it. If you just change the color to these kits it really changes them for the better. My friend Mark has the 1/8 scale Porsche Carrera. It is white but he is painting his car guards red. That will really be nice. Thank all of you for the great help and comments.

Thank you funkychicken and beeRS. Everyone needs to do at least one. But they are expensive. My next 1/12 will be the Gurney F1 Eagle. I do have this one and it looks cool. But I owe these to my friend Mark. He helps me with the financial purchase of the kit. Without him I could not do it.

Thank all of you! I will try to get some outside glamor pics this weekend. These mfh kits are very great for detail. I do not know how they do it. Every part demands attention. That’s why they turn out good. I have learned so much from this build. White metal is a whole new animal and my friend Mark helped me with it. He is now showing me how to solder this stuff. And I thank him for everything on model factory hiro. We have a good modeler Steve that has cancer and Mark has a 1/12 trumpeter kit of the ford GT he has given Steve as a gift plus the detail set for the kit. This is the kind of person he is. We need more people like him in our hobby. Thank you Mark and thank all of YOU for the great comments.

Some more pics

Thank you guys for the great comments. Yes it is a model factory hiro 1/12 Ferrari P4 . A very hard build for me. Took about 10 months to build Hitting it every day for at least 1/2 hour to several hours a day. You guys could build it faster. I’m not a fast builder. It is almost all white metal. I had to learn a whole new skill set with white metal. Thanks again

Thank you Codi. I am going back to 1/25 for a few builds then hit the 1/12 again. I have the MFH Formula1 Gurney Eagle. It’s a lot less parts than the P4. Everyone needs to do a MFH kit if they can. I personally like making a swap meet kit (1/25) into a good build. It is very affordable and it’s what I grew up with. The MFH kits are so hard to afford. My friend Mark helps me out a lot with these kits. He lets me make payments to him so I can afford them. The kit he bought for me is the 917/30 can am Porsche. I will start making payments to him for that kit. He just finds great deals and gets them and helps out the guys in our club. The most generous person I know. Without him I could not afford these kits. Try explaining a $1000 kit to the wife. I can get away with even a $100 kit but not a MFH kit. And thank all of you for the great support and comments.

Not as fancy as the others but here it is. 1967 Ferrari P4

Here is a headlight assembly. Even headlamp bulbs. I have a thousand other pics but will not bore you guys with them. Every one needs to build at least one. It is a experience to say the least. Hope you like.

Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments. I will get glamour shots, but here are a few more.Thanks again

Model factory hiro Ferrari P4. Pretty much out of box. Water based automotive paint with urethane clear.Not glamor pics just on the work table.Hope you like

Street car

Thank you Riverview Hobbies. Here is Dino Martin’s Ferrari P3. Around 1967

Well I do not know. Going to go back to 1/25 for a little while. But the Gurney F1 car is the next 1/12. This F1 car is my favorite looking car of the time. The P4 had a lot of fit issues. That is probably why you do not see many finished. The 917/30 looks very complex. That is going to be a challenge. Probably a year build at least. The P 4 was about 10 months. I do like MFH kits and I am hooked. I will be saving for more. You have to get at least one and it will be a great experience. For me it was a love , hate relationship at first then you settle in and realize it’s going to take a lot of time and redesigning parts. But when you kick back and see it when it’s done, it’s worth it! Thanks for the encouraging words and let me know when you need the paint.

Well guys it’s just about done. Windshield arm and blade. I’m not going to put numbers on it. Love the shape and like her without numbers. This is the way I would have one. I would put it on the street to drive. Dino Martin (Dean Martins son) did put a P3 on the street. Fly yellow. It was in a motor trend article I believe around 1967. Thanks for the kind words. I’m going to install the wiper and when the weather gets better I will shoot some glamour shots. Build one, you will love it!!!

Thank you Chris. The front end is finished. Just have to do the windshield wiper. Doing the rear now. There is still so much to put on. Chris I know how you like detail , well the headlamps are a assembly. With headlamp bulbs! Hope you like.

front lights finished. Starting to look like a P4. Hope you like

This is soo cool!!!’ Sold my GT 350 a few years ago. With that money I’m still looking for a super clean AMX to buy. Not many at car shows, but my quest for the holy grail continues. Your build just gives me such a great feeling of what I am looking for. GREAT BUILD!!!!! COOL CAR!!!’