1956 Ferrari 250 GT Scaglietti

[MrObsessive]

Here she is all painted up and pretty............this is the first time I've built a 1/43rd in about 5 years when the last one I built was a 1965 Simca Abarth by Provence Moulage.

For me, building one of these can clear out the cobwebs, as well as make you focus/zero in on something much smaller than normal.

I had to take some design liberties with the model.........the taillights for some reason were not included (or missing) so I used a pair of tiny MV lenses painted Tamiya Clear Red and epoxied in. The 1:1 car's lights were more of an oval shape, but to me these look better perfectly round.

Also the door window frames were I believe body color, but I decided to leave the PE pieces unpainted for a little more glitz. The windshield wipers I also think are not parked the right way according to photos, but I'm not sure all of these were built the same as far as how the wipers operated.

The chassis is nothing more than a vestigial exhaust system with no other detail. I did make the quad exhaust tips out of aluminum tubing and epoxy-pinned them to the chassis plate

Enjoy the pics!

Thanks for looking!

[Clay]

Man that thing is tiny, great job Bill!!!

[Harold]

Gorgeous- simply gorgeous. Either that car is really small, or you've been hanging around the core at the nuclear plant.

[Daniel Peterson]

Well, Bill. You've done it again! Another gorgeous build-up!

I hope to see it at the January CPMCC meeting! You can come, too!

[Peter Lombardo]

The paint!! The paint looks great on that tiny thing. Great job as usual. You are so boring....the outcome is always the same...flawless.

[Randy Kern]

Another masterpiece, Bill! A great subject in any scale. I've built about a half dozen Bugeye Sprites in that scale from K&R Replicas of England. A magnifying glass is definitely essential .

[Raul_Perez]

Very nice work, Bill...very nice indead!!

Now that I've completely run out of room in my display cases for 1:24th and 1:25th scale models, I may have to join you on the smaller side of this hobby!

Later,

[motorcitymadman]

Here she is all painted up and pretty............this is the first time I've built a 1/43rd in about 5 years when the last one I built was a 1965 Simca Abarth by Provence Moulage.

For me, building one of these can clear out the cobwebs, as well as make you focus/zero in on something much smaller than normal.

I had to take some design liberties with the model.........the taillights for some reason were not included (or missing) so I used a pair of tiny MV lenses painted Tamiya Clear Red and epoxied in. The 1:1 car's lights were more of an oval shape, but to me these look better perfectly round.

Also the door window frames were I believe body color, but I decided to leave the PE pieces unpainted for a little more glitz. The windshield wipers I also think are not parked the right way according to photos, but I'm not sure all of these were built the same as far as how the wipers operated.

The chassis is nothing more than a vestigial exhaust system with no other detail. I did make the quad exhaust tips out of aluminum tubing and epoxy-pinned them to the chassis plate

Enjoy the pics!

Thanks for looking!

[chris coller]

Very nice! Hope I get to see this in next months meeting.

[Fisher61]

That's amazing Bill! Being so precise on something so small, I think you missed your calling as a surgeon!

[stevegt738]

Very nice build of one of Ferrari`s more elegant designs, especially in this scale. Top job.