Ferrari Barchetta UMI Quarterman tribute

[absmiami]

It fits - sort of - after trimming the tire top and bottom. ….   Scale casualty …

[absmiami]

Uh oh ….  Page 13 …

[Pierre Rivard]

Mary Kay Ferrari, knifed spare tire, page 13... what can go wrong right?

[Gramps46]

Use a saver wheel and tire.

[absmiami]

Here’s the assembly for the Deeks wheel - 2 rings of photo-etch and 3 wh metal parts …

[absmiami]

Here’s how it looks in the trunk - still got to make a mount for the spare …

[absmiami]

Gramps - I’m justifying breaking up one wheel and tire in  the set - because i know I’ll need at least one more spare for a future ferrari proj …

[absmiami]

Reinforcement of the hinges and a coat of Alclad lite sheen to knock down the gloss on the under-side …

[absmiami]

The battery is finished with caps taken from my stash of old stock TMF allen head bolts …. Painted Tamiya signal red over primer …

[absmiami]

Fujimi’s kits always have engine bay decals - i’ve “borrowed” the Bulkhead plate from a Daytona kit - had to do it - the plate on the Barquetta is in a prominent place on its bulkhead - couldn’t leave it off …

[absmiami]

The fuse boxes on top of the eng compartment bulkhead have at least a dozen wires that feed into a hole on the bulkhead - using Evergreen strip and Detail Master .0075 wire - which is my goto for 24th sc electrical wire - 

[absmiami]

This bulkhead also has a device  that unlocks the trailing edge of the bonnett - i think it is attached to a release under the dash - although the release is not visible in any of the photos ….  Made this from .015 nickel silver - 2 long lengths and 2 shorter ones - and two pin holders - left and right …

[Straightliner59]

5 hours ago, absmiami said:

Detail Master .0075 wire - which is my goto for 24th sc electrical wire - 

It's just the best! 

[absmiami]

Here’s the second - smaller - fuse box 

[absmiami]

The bonnett is held up by a strut that attaches to the eng compartment side panels made of nickel silver - with a donut glued to the bonnet to locate the tip of the strut - got to do the same for the trunk …

[absmiami]

To the instr dash - which features Mike Quarterman’s great instr decals - yes - you can read the numbers on the tach - all of them - doing the switches w alu tubing, straight pins, and switches fr nickel silver- 

[absmiami]

The restored .0010 has two dash panels - one for touring - and this one - which is probably period correct …

[absmiami]

[absmiami]

Done …

[Straightliner59]

Beautiful dash.

[Pierre Rivard]

The dashboard is formidable Andy. I like how you do it with drilling through the panel and inserting the gauges from the back side. Did the gauge rings, knobs and switches come with the kit or a different source?

[absmiami]

Its a mash up  -   The kit included 3 frets of differing thickness - the rings are on the fret with the windscreen frames and hardware - i added my own switches and knobs made from pins, nickel, and alu - that way the smallest parts all had stems for location and strength …

[absmiami]

Dept of Corrections corrections - decided to redo the forward frame rails - 

[absmiami]

Better …

[absmiami]

The photo-etch sheet has relief etched windscreen frames - but I’ve got some 1/32 channel i’m using to replace these parts …