Gramps46 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nells250 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 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). ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89AKurt Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Correct or not it looks better in red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Imagine that... Isn't that funny? Amazing how that works...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 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...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nells250 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 BAH! So they are all a different scale... they were coachbuilt... each was unique... (just kidding!) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglia105E Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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