Ferrari 250TR - the jokes on me!

[Gramps46]

In 1986 I wrote an article for the other magazine on how to detail a BBurago Ferrari Testa Rossa.  Unfortunately my only references were black and white.  Little did I know the car should have been blue and white until years later. 

Edited January 8, 2020 by Gramps46

[Nells250]

Well, that's ONE good thing about the internet... access to period photos!  ? Unless it is ME looking for something, in which case all photos cease to exist...    

[vamach1]

Assuming it was already red we will give you a pass.  If you painted the red over blue then we will still look the other way since it was 34 years ago and nobody can remember back that far (until now). ?

[89AKurt]

1 hour ago, Nells250 said:

Well, that's ONE good thing about the internet... access to period photos!  ? Unless it is ME looking for something, in which case all photos cease to exist...    

Yea, I've found that out too!  ?

Now you *have to* build the Hasegawa kit to make up for it.  I have that kit, plus photo-etch wheels and parts, so will be careful what color to paint whichever car I chose.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Speaking of jokes...compare the relative sizes of the available kit and diecast "1/24 scale" TRs. I have 'em all, and it's appalling. Makes one wonder how far back the idiotic method of teaching math that common-core espouses was implemented.

Edited January 8, 2020 by Ace-Garageguy

[cobraman]

Correct or not it looks better in red.

[vamach1]

Isn't it the same car behind the blue one except with maybe another number on it?  It's hard to tell from the picture.

[kilrathy10]

Imagine that... Isn't that funny? Amazing how that works...?

[Gramps46]

13 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Speaking of jokes...compare the relative sizes of the available kit and diecast "1/24 scale" TRs. I have 'em all, and it's appalling. Makes one wonder how far back the idiotic method of teaching math that common-core espouses was implemented.

As ACE says the BBurago was huge compared to the others.

Left to right:  Hasegawa, Danbury Mint, BBurago, and an early 1968 and  rare plastic Otaki.

[kilrathy10]

24 minutes ago, Gramps46 said:

As ACE says the BBurago was huge compared to the others.

Left to right:  Hasegawa, Danbury Mint, BBurago, and an early 1968 and  rare plastic Otaki.

I'm in total agreement with that.... Jada, Welly, and Motormax, just to name a few ought to be ashamed of themselves...?

[Nells250]

BAH!  So they are all a different scale... they were coachbuilt... each was unique... 

(just kidding!)

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[Anglia105E]

That is an impressive line-up of Testarossa's you have there, Gary ( or Testa Rossa's, as I have seen both spellings on the Internet )...... and as Bill says, the BBrurago is way too large. My wife picked up a 1:18 scale BBurago Ferrari 250 TR very cheaply, and it is HUGE, even for 1:18 scale. You would think the manufacturers of diecasts and kits would take more care to get their calculations right. ( maybe the 1:18 scale version by BBurago is correct, and perhaps it was only the 1:24 scale version that was wrong? ( if so, I stand corrected ).

David