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Better mock up

A better mock up. Wheels finished, primed, engine next.

Daughter brought this over. Says Pontiac firebird. Is trans am a legal trade mark scca issue?

Primed. Now I have to decide what color. Going to build the wheels next. I did scribe the body.

The grill opening has been fixed. Most people would have left it but I could not. Going to polish the grill surround next week. In my polisher. Going to fit headlamps, bumpers and cut out the glass to see how that fits. Need to do this. Mfh has suprises everywhere. Going to prime soon.

I was talking to a friend at the NNL West and he said it’s better to buy direct from Hiro. I do not know how he does it but he likes it. He said great service and it only takes a week to get your model.

I’ll ask Mark as he has a connection there. Curt this is Bruce , I met you at the NNL West and have you those extra raffle tickets. Hope you won the 3 d printer. I will be talking to Mark soon and see if he can resolve this issue for you.

Pierre, you have fantastic builds. I too was very intimidated by hiro kits, but if you take each step as a complete model, one step at a time , it’s good. A lot of patience it takes. And I have sometimes had to redo an assembly 5-10 times. Or you can be like Chris Smith and jump right into it and things come out great. He is an incredible guy. Not afraid of no mfh kit. Him and my friend Mark are exceptions to the rule, as us mere mortals, I have to take it one step at a time. Sir definitely not out of your league.

Love this build! Learning also

Rethinking of this color. Very beautiful. I am confused

I am having a difficult time deciding a color. I was thinking of a silver blue with a red interior. Fly yellow was on my mind but it’s not a luxury color to me. More of an exciting race color. Maroon is also a color I am thinking of. Red is still on the reserved list. Have to look into yellow as David Lee has one and it looks pretty good. Steve McQueen had one but it was a brown metallic that I forgot the name of. Not really exciting on a model. But I might play with that. Difficult decision

P.S. red is still a great color ! Some People complain about Ferrari red but I will NEVER do that. Your black car is fantastic but I will never get tired of a Ferrari being red. Your a lucky man to have that car!

I love this car, I have worked on the bodies of these cars at Newport Imports in Newport Beach California. Great fun cars! I sat in them all the time because they were just sexy than anything. A Ferrari hits all your senses. Looks, feel, and smell. Only a handful of cars can do that for me and this is one of them.

Love the color!!!

Gotta love em

Hood fitted and primed.

Beautiful!

Thank you Gerry. You know this is a very rare kit. I wish they made a 1/12. But am very happy with a 1/24. You have an investment here. My friend Mark can afford to buy in bulk, He sits on them for a few years and people all over the world contact him and he resells and makes a few bucks. But he always keeps the stuff he likes. He’s not in it for the money, it just works out that way. Like several years ago he bought a bunch of wing nut wings kits and traded Mr Hiro from model factory hiro, a bunch of hiro kits. Mark made a killing. He had over 250 mfh kits. Sold a few to me and gave some away to me also. He also gave Chris Smith a mfh kit also. Great guy and very generous with kits. Matter of fact Mr Hiro contacts Mark to locate old kits for him. Mark has a bunch of old pocher kits that Mr Hiro wanted so the trade was made again and Mark ended up with more Hiro kits. He gave Chris Smith and myself a 935/78 1/12 Porsche kit each. He also gave me a Ferrari p4 to get me hooked. If you want detail, these kits are the ones to get. Although they are a extremely hard build , it’s worth it. Love them. Thanks for the complete instructions.

Thank you very much sir!!! This helps a lot!

Cool, I’ll look when I get home. Thank you ! This will be great! I believe I have up to 22 I think. It’s the all the stuff that goes on the body. I have nothing after that.

Oh yeah!!!! Another great pininfarina design!!!!

Yes Dino 246. I agree, but that 246 Dino is also stunning!!!! I have three Ferraris that I love for styling, the P4, the 246 Dino and the 250 Lusso.

Hello Ray, This is going to be a challenge. First it’s an early mfh kit that does not fit well. Since I bought it used, the last of the instructions are missing. Going to wing it the best I can. But it’s the car I wanted for a long time. A build of love.