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Ferrari 166MM 1949 Le Mans Winner It was 1993 and Michael Quarterman of UMI Modelwerkes released a 1/24 scale multi-media model kit of this 1949 Le Mans winning Ferrari Barchetta. The kit at the time was far ahead of its contemporaries . Twenty seven years later my longtime friend William De Pooter of Genk Belgium has just completed a built of this kit . The description of the build below and photos are by William and I am very pleased to share them with you. I used the kit wheels (beautiful stuff !), but changed the tires from what was then available, namely the nice ones from Herb Deeks, to copies of the Hasegawa 250 TR kit wheels (there is only about 8 period years difference <g>, but I felt they filled the wheel wells just that little bit better/more convincingly). The color is probably not correct, but I only had Model Master Guards Red at hand, so I used that. It is a bit darker than your common "Ferrari red" (no such thing existed at the time I'm sure … nor did the Guards Red, for that matter), admittedly not dark enough, but well, I wasn't going to lose time finding a better option. I added fuel lines (leftovers from a R&MCoM 250 GT engine I recently built), and some electric chord/linings to the engine bay, and some more small items. Oh and I doubled up the white decals to make sure the red wouldn't bleed through, since the instructions mentioned that the decals are rather thin. Which they are indeed. One point of criticism on the kit I found that the engine mounts were not where they needed to be. So I had to make/reposition new ones - not visible in the finished model, for that matter. I made a resin copy of the dashboard that I then flattened at the back side, that allowed me (as in gave me the courage) to drill out the instrument openings and add "glass" and then the instrument decals (on a piece of sheet plastic) from the back. Also added one or two knobs or switches, IIRC. Also lowered the rear suspension a bit, come to think - probably has to do with mold wear. I now remember I also accentuated the "nose bump" a little, it was a bit too faired in on my copy. I also made clear resin copies of the (3) headlights (the kit parts were somewhat yellowed - this is a 1993 vintage kit !) , and the taillights too (those are/were white metal, nothing wrong with that, but whilst I was at it …) But all in all, a great kit to build - bit of a challenge, true, what with all the tiny little knobs around the windscreens e.g. - , and it is still possible to add that little extra left and right, makes it even more worthwhile. One last thing about the "Superleggera" badge(s) on the front side(s) of the bonnet: my research showed just the one on the right side to be there, so I intended to put just that one on, until I realized the other one (left side) must have fallen off sometime during the race. BTW the central headlight also seems to have been moving around, looking at photos.