Ferrari Short Wheelbase Berlinetta

[J Witt]

This is a Gunzi Sangyo kit built about 20-25 years ago.  It has held up well considering it has been packed and moved six times in that span.  This was an expensive (for the time) kit with lots of photo etched parts, notably the wheels, which make a good representation of the Borrani wires the 1:1 car came with.  Back in my day you could buy one used for about $7000 (1964), now I guess they are $1M plus.

I saw four of these run at Sebring in 1960s.  In those days they could be driven to the track, run 12 hours and then driven home. Not so anymore.

 

[bbowser]

Nice.  Those wheels really set it off.

[peekay]

Nice model, and I've never seen better Borrani wheels.

[stevehansen]

Very Clean build!!

 

[afx]

Nice.

[MrObsessive]

Very Nice! One of Ferrari's prettiest designs ever!

[Silver Foxx]

Real nice work , these Gunze kits are not always easy to build , but yours looks great , well done .

[Dann Tier]

Super cool work on this kit! -my wife has this kit as well. it'll be nice to show her how the build turns out. Thanks for sharing!!!!

[Jay's Customs]

Very cool build! Those wheels look great!

Jay

[Bernard Kron]

Perhaps the most elegant GT Ferrari ever offered. Your model presents beautifully. Lately I've been eyeing the AMT/Italeri (?) version of one of this car to dip my toe in this subject matter, but those p/e Borranis certainly do the business and I am tempted to consider the Gunze kit. Is it a curbside or full detail?

[Rider]

Looks nice, you could be a house for that back the . 

[MrObsessive]

Is it a curbside or full detail?

It's a curbside. The only one I know of that had a full engine version was one of Gunze's 250 GTO's. I once had the SWB kit, but sold it a while back and now kinda wish I kept it. I have Italeri's version though, and while nice, it doesn't give you those gorgeous Borranis. 

Edit: Norm Veber of Replicas and Miniatures once offered a V-12 engine that could be made to fit this kit. I don't know if Norm still offers it as I bought one from him------but that was several years ago. That engine kit is a VERY detailed kit in itself though!

Edited July 4, 2016 by MrObsessive

[Harry P.]

Very nice. Those wheels are the bomb!

[cobraman]

I agree. Beautiful car and great looking wheels.

[nicknkim14]

Great looking model...

[J Witt]

Thanks for the kind words and comments.  The wheels do make the model present well.  I guess I ought to come up with some wipers and mirrors for it one of these days and do a little restoration.  The underside detail is basic stuff, no engine under the hood.

I also built the Gunze Cobra Daytona around the same time, but it has disappeared somewhere along the way.

Those wire wheels were built (as I recall) of three layers of pe spokes stacked together with plastic disks that gave them the right spacing.  It was a little touchy since the spokes had to be "flexed" to get right separation.  I think this model was the first one I tried the rub on chrome on.  It has stayed put remarkably well for the age and travels.

[superbike-shaun]

Wow,this has held up like a Sherman tank .I actually hve an italeri kit,that has the Drivetrain,i also got a set of the Japanese spoked knockoffs for it as well. I MUST SAY this build came out spoktakular(lol).

[slusher]

Very Nice! One of Ferrari's prettiest designs ever!

I totally agree

[Hubert Rollins]

Very very cool.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Drooling over this one. Great model building

[EL LOCO]

Very nice. Got a Dino 246 GT to do, now this has physc'd me up. Well done!!