Rich Chernosky Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 Another resin kit under my belt. This one a Fisher Ferari 512M cmapaigned by David Piper. Colour is Mr Color #327 red. Features include steering wheels, seatbelts, handmade rear deck and tailight support and extra parts from the parts box. Kit went together very well as i am geting used to the engineering on these kits. Once you are aware of what it takes, each job becomes easier. This car looks good next to the Sunoco Ferrari 512M I did several years ago. Note the texture on the seat and the silk ribbon seat belts. Guages behind the PE dash had to be backed with foil to be seen A Attaching these was no easy task These vents had to be bent upwards. Guess who got them bent the wrong way. Fiing it was a delicate proposition. Fixing photo etch windshield wipers is an artform all to itself and one I have not quite mastered. Wheels are painted a special mixture of silver, gold, copper and red to match the alloy Campagnolo used for Ferrari wheels. Special care was taken not to fill in the rivet detail on the tub. Bare Metal foil aluminium made them stand out.
89AKurt Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 I can understand all the extra work you put into this! I didn't know about the wheel color. Looks great!
Gramps46 Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 Another beautiful Ferrari from your bench. The wheels and vents were worth the effort.
bbowser Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Gramps46 said: Another beautiful Ferrari from your bench. The wheels and vents were worth the effort. Agreed, great work!
Peter Lombardo Posted August 28, 2019 Posted August 28, 2019 Very nice job.... these Fisher kits are beautifully engineered. Nice !
Justin Porter Posted August 28, 2019 Posted August 28, 2019 Ever since Hierwater built the Sunoco #6 Fisher kit in the other mag, I had envied these kits so badly. Yours turned out superb!
1959scudetto Posted August 28, 2019 Posted August 28, 2019 Very well done, Rich! I love those prototype racers from that era - they are among the best looking race cars ever. I too have several Fisher kits in my stash.
Silver Foxx Posted August 29, 2019 Posted August 29, 2019 A lot of real nice work in this , well done .
Rich Chernosky Posted August 29, 2019 Author Posted August 29, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 2:31 PM, Justin Porter said: Ever since Hierwater built the Sunoco #6 Fisher kit in the other mag, I had envied these kits so badly. Yours turned out superb! This one is mine. It was built in April 2010. A superb kit then. One of the reasons I bought this one.
Watertown Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 Great job! Your example makes me wish I'd ordered a kit or two from Fisher before the company's tragic demise in the horrific Camp Fire in Paradise, CA, last November.
Rich Chernosky Posted August 31, 2019 Author Posted August 31, 2019 20 minutes ago, Watertown said: Great job! Your example makes me wish I'd ordered a kit or two from Fisher before the company's tragic demise in the horrific Camp Fire in Paradise, CA, last November. Mike...this one and the next I am working on, a 512S, were only purchased recently. They are still out there and at reasonable prices.
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