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Thank you all for the kind words. I want to build the 911 Koenig now, but i need to get one first. My kid Ryan really wants to go to a contest and enter the father/son Boothill Express we made and to try the junior class with his Beatnik Bandit II. So, there is a very good chance we may pay the Heartland Nationals a visit next month. If it happens, anyone attending can check this model and few others I will probably have complete by then. And if I get lucky, I can come home with the other three Koenigs I need.

Thanks a lot guys. Your comments are appreciated. I hate polishing….

The monocoque idea started in the beginning of the sixties. In the seventies monocoques were made out of tube frames with riveted aluminum panels. By the beginning of the eighties however, everyone was experimenting with honeycombed core structures and composites. For Ferrari the true bonded aluminum monocoques started at the end of '81. This means that for my model I end up with an aluminum colored engine, radiators, intercoolers, monocoque, turbos, wings, wheels etc.,etc.. This creates the issue of replicating them in convincing manner while making them distinguishable. So I decided to cover the whole tub with BMF, because I have no experience with Alclad. I figured that the tub has big flat surfaces and if I screw up the Alclad it will be too obvious. Instead I will try Alclad on the smaller pieces like the intercoolers and intakes. I also decaled the body. Now it needs to be washed and then clear coated.

Thank you everyone. This paint came out a lot better the second time around. My wife said she wants me to paint her nails this color. Not a good idea in my opinion.

I bought two of these kits when they first came out, which was long time ago. Both are the same (pretty much) and I wanted to build them to display together . One open and fully detailed and the other closed. This will be my tribute (or the first of few tributes ) to Gilles Villeneuve. To me he was the greatest ever and probably the last gentleman racer. Number 27 will forever live in fans hearts and I would like to make this a really good one. The main problem with this is that a lot on these cars changed race to race and in some cases during the racing weekend. I have quite a Ferrari library at home and I have hard time figuring out colors and wiring on this. Anyway…. The body was painted Tamiya Italian Red, which is probably the cheapest and best way to get the exact color red from that era. The major engine parts were built into subassemblies and base colors were added that are going to be layered on. On this picture the parts are just mocked up and not glued together. The monocoque was not assembled by the instructions, but it needed to be done in order to be able to eliminate joint lines. This will necessitate the cutting and alteration of some parts later on, but I think it will be worth it.

Looks really cool. I think you will have more fun with the solder for the headers.

It is funny, because this is the only non shiny Deuce I have ever built.

The way I look at it, RM Auctions are glorified car salesmen for fancy cars. And I am sure car salesmen never, ever twist facts about the cars they are trying to sell. Today, the highest certification for originality and autenticity a Ferrari can get is from the factory Clasische program. And they DO certify Dinos as Ferraris. Mostly because people always looked at them as Ferraris and due to collectors outcries. This does not change hystory however. As the car was created as a separate brand. There is legend, myth, folklore and everything you can imagine in Ferrari's colorful past. Some of it is used in positive way, other not. But there is always only one truth. Afredino Ferrari had a very rare sickness, which at the time could not even be diagnosed. He used to spend a lot of time in the factory and always took great interest in engines. Everyone in the factory liked him and he hung a lot with the engineers. Alfredo "Dino" Ferrari died in 1956 from muscular dystrophy. Legend goes that Dino suggested to his father to build a small V6 motor for F2, which at the time of his death were using 4 cylinder motors. The next season in 1957 Enzo named the F2 car ,which had a V6, Dino in memory of his son. The 1958 Formula 1 car was based on that F2 car. It was called the 246F1 and had the same 2.4l engine with Dino's name on the valve covers. It won the 1958 drivers world championship with Mike Howthorn behind the wheel. It was the first V6 F1 car and the last front engined F1 car to win the World Title. The same engine was used through the 1962 season and because of the "DINO" on its heads, these cars were nicknamed Dinos. There were few cars that carried the name including a FIAT, which was even sold in US if I am not mistaken.

With the exception of the aluminum tubing used for the exhaust, this is build box stock from the Fujimi kit. Fitting the glass was a pain and making the interior sit properly under it an even bigger one. Making the rear wheels sit properly in the fenders is not possible without modification. Over all I enjoyed making this wild shark. Color is Ferrari spec Rosso Fuocco by PPG.

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Arno, Jim and Jonathan, thank you guys. Jim, I have plenty of shiny ones coming up my friend. If you like Deuces, I'll definitely keep you entertained.

Thank you Arno. The car on the picture is pretty much British Racing Green and Tamiya has an exact match in spray cans. I have one somewhere in my garage that I can find if you need the number.

I am not sure yet. As a matter of fact , I don't know if I'm making them at all. There is a million pictures of the car on the net and on some it has cushions and on others it doesn't. So I haven't figured this out yet. I'll check the doll section in couple of stores and see if I'll have to get a barbie or something.

I just went trough the same ordeal (well, I did not strip it completely) with one of my builds, so I feel your pain. Mine turned great the second time around and I wish you the same. It is a great color you are going with.

I would also like to add that Dino was not Enzo's only son. Pierro is not only alive and well, but also holds the highest number of shares in the company his Father started. Also Enzo had no problem with engines with less than 12 cilinders if racing required it. There were plenty of four cylinder motors in the Scuderia and they made some mean V6 turbos too. But he did not like the idea for a street car. He wasn't a fan of the rear engine layout for the street either. The story that Alfredino had anything to do with the development of the V6 has also been long debunked.

Thank you Tommy. The headlight lenses were painted with Tamiya clear yellow from inside. For less yellowish effect you can paint just the inside of the chrome headlight bucket and leave the lens clear.

Well, this kit fought me in quite few areas, but it is finally done. I will post pictures in "under glass" THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE GREAT COMMENTS AND FOLLOWING THE BUILD.

I have run into this problem with tinting clear plastic and believe it or not, what end up working perfect was actually applying real tint film from inside.

I like it a lot, but I think you need to either even that belt line or figure a way to mimic it with the window opening on the roof.

Beautiful build, but not a fan of the wheels at all. And what is VIP style? As far as I know it is from Japan and it applies to luxury 4 door sedans. This is more "I just signed a rap contract" PIMP style. Please don't get offended by my opinion as that is all it is - an opinion.

Thank you Ken. I masked the whole body to make the window seals….. ….and had a senior moment and forgot the mirrors. So I had a blast sanding that black off and polishing them. Painted all the clear parts with Tamiya transparent paints and foiled all the lights back spaces.

Here is the body repainted, wet sanded and after rubbing compound. I washed it really well and now it will get the black around the windows, then it will be polished. It has water on it on the pictures.

Thank you all. I found a picture from building the interior a couple of years ago.

Allen, 27 is not that young. (sorry) My comment was directed more towards the 18-19 year olds on here (if there are any) Anyway, the body got painted and then my wife stepped on the upper door that I dropped. So that part was stripped, repaired and needs more paint. But everyone in the area is out of the nailpolish I used. So this is slowing me down on this project. But on the bright side it should give me some space to catch up on the other projects I have going.