My Fisher Collection...a tribute

[Brudda]

On 3/9/2022 at 1:41 PM, Rich Chernosky said:

As per request by my good friend Gary (gramps46)  Here are all the Fisher resin kits I have completed in the last 15 years. These kits are what got me started on resin kits.  I had always been intimidated by resin.  Seen plenty of them done but didn't think I had the skill myself.  Once I did my first one there was no stopping me.  Fisher kits appealed to me because of the subject matter and the price...at the time $85.  I have since gone ouit of my way to aquire all the ones I like. Still in the  works:  Chaparral 2E, Matra MS670, Porshe 917-30, 1971 Gulg Porsche Langneck, 1958 Porsche RSK, Cunningham C4R. Below is my collection in chronological order.  Comments welcome. 

My first resin kit completion. Chaparral 2F cone 4/28/07. Color Tamiya TS7 racing white. This build has won several awards,

This one really appealed to me because of the shape of the car. I still consider it one of the most beautiful Can-Am cars ever. Car is a Ferrari 312P and the color is Tamiya TS49.  Completed 9/3/08

I have been up close and personal with the real car so having a model of it was a necessity. The Sunoco Ferrari of Mark Donohue in 1971. Color was Testors 1111 blue. Lots of photo etch and detail. What really got me about this kit was the aluminum tub had the wrinkles molded in.  Don't usually see this kind of detail in resin.  Finished 4/28l10

The other half of my Ferrari 312P set. The berlinetta.  Also done is Tamiya TS49.  I left the nose winglets off because I though it ruined the lines of the car. Finished 6/25/19.

Bougth this kit off Ebay from a German seller who was going to convert it to a slot car body but gave up. This kit went from Calif to Long Island NY to Germany and then back to Penna. It has a lot of miles on it. Color is Mr Color 109 Character yellow. This kit fairly flew together and turned well too. Completed 7/3/19

Probably the last car kit Fisher released. 1966/67 Ferrari 365 P2.  This car was campained by NART and was nicknamed the white elephant. Not the prettiest Ferrari ever but still worthy of the collection. Color is Tamiya TS26 White with Testors 1111 blue accents. Lots of PE and other details added. Completed 8/7/19

Another Ferrari 512, rthis one a M. Color is Mr color #327, a slightly darker red but period correct. Lots of great detail on this one. Done 8/27/19

I was vbery excited to aquire this since I am a big Donohue fan. Came at a good price and had to build it right away,  Very similar to the other Mclaren but this one didn't go as easy as that one. Decals were my biggest complaint.  Color is a custom mix of Tamiya TS15 and TS55. Many extras were added. Done 6/27/21.

Ooops got this one out of order. It was done 9/2/19. Another Ferrari  512 this one an S version. This car was raced by a Belgian team and hence the yellow color.  Didja know that yellow is actually Ferrari's racing color. That is why the background of the logo is yellow. This color was custom mixed from several Tamiya yellows. It was my best guess. 

Last Fisher resin completed and this one was 8/8/21. It was featured on this forum at that time. D-Type Jaguar painted  Tamiya TS43 BRG.

Long as I have them all out of the case might as well take a picture of the whole tribe.  You might notice on all the pictures the wheels steer on my Fisher kits. Since he uses the same basic layout for his wheels and tires it was a fairly easy conversion. And once you do one, the rest are easy. Hope you liked this tribute to Paul Fisher.  These are great kits of great cars. This hobby will miss him.

 

 

 

Beautiful collection Rich!!!! Paul Fisher is a really cool guy. I did not buy any car kits, but I bought a 1/32 Pitts bi plane from him. He helped me on the build. I was new to planes and resin. Had brass and photoetch also. Heck I never built a plane before and never worked with resin. Very patient with me and it turned out great. Now I wish I had bought all of his kits. Your very lucky you have so many and they turned out great! Since your talking about Fisher kits, here is the Pitts bi plane kit. Took third at the Vegas nationals. Crazy , my only plane kit and I have to give it to Paul, it was his kit that made me look good. 

[Rich Chernosky]

On 4/20/2022 at 10:38 AM, Brudda said:

Beautiful collection Rich!!!! Paul Fisher is a really cool guy. I did not buy any car kits, but I bought a 1/32 Pitts bi plane from him. He helped me on the build. I was new to planes and resin. Had brass and photoetch also. Heck I never built a plane before and never worked with resin. Very patient with me and it turned out great. Now I wish I had bought all of his kits. Your very lucky you have so many and they turned out great! Since your talking about Fisher kits, here is the Pitts bi plane kit. Took third at the Vegas nationals. Crazy , my only plane kit and I have to give it to Paul, it was his kit that made me look good. 

Bruce,  I am not much of a plane guy.  I saw my last aircraft ( I was an engine mechanic) when I got out of the Navy in 1972.  But I do know models and I can say that is one sweet  aircraft model.  Congrats on the awards.