Miura in yellow

[kjohan]

The Italeri kit

Concerning the engineering of the kit it is perhapsnot the best one
Had to glue the "rear lid" in fixed position to get proper fit
Though in the end the overall shape is rather ok

The yellow on the body : just polished plastic, painted yellow on the backside to prevent plastic "shine through"
Painted the B on the side instead of decals
Rear louvres: Revell matt black (new to me, rather "thin", needed 3-4 layers but in the end looked fine)
Sills: Revell enamel silver no 90 (new to me , quite good, 
Rims: Revell enamel steel no 99 (new for me, liked that)
Tamiya panel accent grey

 

 

 

 

 

[Jim B]

That's pretty cool.

[espo]

Great looking build. This car has been one of those dream cars to me after seeing and hearing one years ago. The engine sounds like it's ripping the air as the owner would take it up in 1000 RPM increments. Just when you think it's time to up shift, he would floor it. You could still hear it when it was over a quarter of a mile down the road. Ya, I was impressed to say the least. 

[Oldcarfan27]

These cars always remind me of the opening scene from the Italian Job. Fell in love with the car ever since.

[ea0863]

Nice homage to the original supercar! Thanks for posting

[Classicgas]

Very nice.

[Kah puts]

That's a bing-go. 

[PappyD340]

Looks great!

[David G.]

Looks great!

Excellent color choice.

David G.

[slusher]

Great looking model!

[ewetwo]

Well you did a great build with it.

[kjohan]

Thanks all for your kind comments

Though rather well-known, re wikipedia, I still cannot avoid mentioning here the designer of the Miura engine: Giotto Bizzarini.
That was the very same young engineer, who in 1961 started the work on the prototype of the original Ferrari GTO,
and which, together with several others, left Ferrari in the big  turbulence in early -62.
Forming a consulting company of his own this led to his assignment to design the V12 fort the first Lamborghini,
the 350 GT, presented at the -64 Geneva-exhibition.
This engine concept was used for ca 50 years by Lambo.
More or less in parallell Bizarrini also designed the Chevroletpowered Iso Rivolta and Grifo, later making a derivative of the Grifo under his own brand.
He entered the LeMans both in -64 and -65 with class wins both years as well as 9th overall in -65.
And to round this off, he built 3 midengine cars, one with a Lambo engine, the other two with Chevrolet-engines.

That certainly is a remarkable CV. 

Edited October 26, 2022 by kjohan
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