Pocher Testarossa Renovation & Completion

[LaughingIndian]

 

beautiful seats Scott, and welcome back! ... the carpet looks better too ... or is the weathered effect from a bit of dust from sitting so long?

 

.... just sayin’ ?

[Twokidsnosleep]

14 hours ago, LaughingIndian said:

 

beautiful seats Scott, and welcome back! ... the carpet looks better too ... or is the weathered effect from a bit of dust from sitting so long?

 

.... just sayin’ ?

Ha ha Hi Mike and thanks

Ya after a year the red has faded a bit and need a good vacuuming!! bugger

I did a little carpet cleaning and made polished aluminum buttons for beside the e-brake handle.

The shifter gate needs to be stripped and re-chromed, just didn't come out as shiny as I thought it would

Edited February 20, 2020 by Twokidsnosleep

[Dann Tier]

LOVE your work here, Bud!!!!!  AMAZING!!!!

[1:8 fan]

Hi Scott,

beautiful solutions. I recently have finished my Testarossa K59. Have a look on my building report https://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=69576 . Maybe you can find some further inspirations.

Have much fun with your kit.

[Twokidsnosleep]

8 hours ago, 1:8 fan said:

Hi Scott,

beautiful solutions. I recently have finished my Testarossa K59. Have a look on my building report https://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=69576 . Maybe you can find some further inspirations.

Have much fun with your kit.

Wow crazy nice

Did  you use a transkit?? The engine looks metal and much nicer and the metal rotors are spectacular 

The only a German I understood was “Kaput”?
Ahh there were  three pages. Spectacular finish. I am guessing you used a fine pigskin leather?? The grain on it looks similar to one I have

You  have done a fantastic job on the wiring and especially the plumbing and hoses. Those look amazing

I did see the word Transkit in German, which one did you use?

I am supposing that I am dragging me feet to finish all the POCHERS until I have the skills and tools to work like this.
I would like to machine and lathe and 3D print, laser cut and etch...

Edited May 4, 2020 by Twokidsnosleep

[1:8 fan]

Hi Scott,

here are my answers step by step:

The engine is not metal but original plastic from Pocher. But it's painted with a metal-colour and airbrush.

"kaputt" has been my first Testarossa that I built in 1995. It has been treated very badly by children, friends and so on. Therefore I decided to restore it and bought an incomplete second Testarossa-kit as a donator of spare parts. Then I found some transkits from Tremonia (Germany), AMG (Germany) and PCM (Italy), all of them discontinued. But I got them - guess the last ones. In addition I took the interior-transkit and the engine transkit from Scaledetails in Las Vegas. But the quality of those parts is a little bit poor. 

If you are looking for a good transkit, I can recommend the full transkit set from AMG that is still sold by Scaledetails. That is better than his one ones. And soon there will be on the market a very, very thrilling new transkit from Tommaso Iuele from Italy: https://tommasoiuele.wordpress.com/2020/05/05/ferrari-testarossa-transkit-1-8-may-2020/ But for that I think you will have to pay about 700,- Dollar.

Have much fun

Mathias

 

[Twokidsnosleep]

8 minutes ago, 1:8 fan said:

Hi Scott,

here are my answers step by step:

The engine is not metal but original plastic from Pocher. But it's painted with a metal-colour and airbrush.

"kaputt" has been my first Testarossa that I built in 1995. It has been treated very badly by children, friends and so on. Therefore I decided to restore it and bought an incomplete second Testarossa-kit as a donator of spare parts. Then I found some transkits from Tremonia (Germany), AMG (Germany) and PCM (Italy), all of them discontinued. But I got them - guess the last ones. In addition I took the interior-transkit and the engine transkit from Scaledetails in Las Vegas. But the quality of those parts is a little bit poor. 

If you are looking for a good transkit, I can recommend the full transkit set from AMG that is still sold by Scaledetails. That is better than his one ones. And soon there will be on the market a very, very thrilling new transkit from Tommaso Iuele from Italy: https://tommasoiuele.wordpress.com/2020/05/05/ferrari-testarossa-transkit-1-8-may-2020/ But for that I think you will have to pay about 700,- Dollar.

Have much fun

Mathias

 

Excellent

That Testarossa transkit looks amazing, maybe I can get in on that

I had contacted Autograph about an F40 transkit. They were sold out, but said could piece me together one...for $1500Cad. That is a bit much

Hope I can find one of those someday for the F40, Autograph Kit was incredible.

I have bought stuff from Scaledetails and agree with your assessment; hit and miss.
I think my Testarossa has a Scaledetails engine kit in it, have to look.

thanks for the replies and interest???

 

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Well time for my semi-yearly posting ?

Picking away at her between other builds and a long absence from the hobby until January.
I got the center console details finished on this beast. Next for the interior is headliner and dashboard...lots to detail there

 

 

[Twokidsnosleep]

Then I replaced the kit foot pedals with aluminum ones from Scaledetails 

The accelerator needed soldering together as the PE folds popped open first bend and used my own hardware to assemble the pedal to the floor

 

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