Harold Bradford's Maserati Birdcage

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Many of you know of Harold’s excellent resin products (Historic Racing Miniatures) but may not know what a skilled builder he is.  Norm Veber of Replicas & Miniatures is also an exceptional builder by the way. 

As an example I give you Harold’s Maserati Birdcage.  The body Harold started with was nearly a solid block of resin.  He ground away all the unnecessary material until he was left with nearly scale thickness body panels. He then built a jig and working from photos began fabricating the chassis.  Harold (Brad) tells me the chassis is made up of more than 250 individual pieces if styrene rod and sheet plastic. 

Although not shown he has scratch built and/or kit bashed all the remaining elements of the car, engine suspension, brakes, instruments, etc.  The only elements left to create are the rear shocks and exhaust.

This has been a long term project for Brad started over 20 years ago.  I hope he finds time to finishes it someday.

P.S. - Before you ask, no it will not be offered as a kit.

 

 

 

Edited April 17, 2017 by afx

[MrObsessive]

Wow! I remember when Harold first started working on this way back when! Yeah, it would have been in the 1994-95 time frame as I first saw it when we used to have the MAMA meetings at the Catonsville College.

That's a real beauty and I do hope Harold can finish it.............I've NEVER seen a full detail Maserati Birdcage done in that scale!

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Randy D is doing one in brass.

 

[aurfalien]

Hi,

W0W!

Go Harold!!!

[MrObsessive]

Ha! I forgot all about Randy's Birdcage! I even commented on it! It's been awhile since I looked at his thread and all I can say is that they're better men than I. I haven't yet got the hang of soldering brass that close together without things falling apart. The closest I might have come to that may have been the working convertible top frame I did for my '64 GTO which I never finished. 

[dublin boy]

That's amazing JC, he''ll have lots of fun making the windscreen for that one!