1949 Ferrari 166 Barchetta - kit by UMI - trib to Quarterman ...

[absmiami]

[absmiami]

young man in a hurry ...   Spa 24 hr race in 1949  -  primary driver was one Luigi Chinetti  

this was one of Ferrari's first sports car wins - though not the first - the chassis was 0010 - 

the Lemans race winner - the more famous 22 car - was chass 0008 ...

although 0010 won Spa - you'll excuse me for not modeling this car as it finished ...

 

[absmiami]

the kit is the late Michael Quarterman / UMI resin kit - very very very rare ...

[absmiami]

looks like the photo covered the text

this is the rare UMI resin kit of the Barchetta produced by the late Michael Quarterman ...

 

[absmiami]

the kit featured great decals and art work - that was Michael's calling card

it also  had alot of photo-etch and a multi-piece engine  - which set the kit apart from most other limited production resin kits thirty years ago - I used some of those parts and made some of my own - and cribbed a couple of parts from the Replicas and Miniatures [hi Norman] GTO resin eng kit - to make my own Ferrari 125 small block 12 ...  which Harold Bradford agreed to cast for me ...

 

[absmiami]

the baseplate had limited detail - i cleaned it up - added the suspension detail - but I didn't want to change or remove too many features down here ...

 

 

 

[absmiami]

paint was Tamiya Lacquers - airbrushed 

the markings came from a sheet made by Lemans Decals for the Spa winner  ...  [France?]  

 

 

 

 

 

[absmiami]

opened the trunk and made a fuel tank and sourced a spare wheel tire from my old stash of Herb Deeks wheels - the kit featured Deeks' white metal wheels and tires ..

 

 

[absmiami]

here's the eng bay before I attached the bonnet  ...

 

 

 

 

[absmiami]

[absmiami]

Becassa digital art enhanced ...

 

 

[Gramps46]

A beautiful accomplishment.

[absmiami]

[absmiami]

Gramps - you can run 

but you can't hide - 

I've got a combo build in mind ...   ...   ...

[Pierre Rivard]

Superb build Andrew. Up to your very high standards. Giving me the courage and take the plunge on a second resin build.

[absmiami]

Which would be ?

[TonyK]

That's a great looking model! Very nice details too. Got the Rush song going thru my head while looking at this.

[Dave B]

A great tribute Andrew.

Dave B

[absmiami]

thanks DB - its back to work on the Maser ....

 

 

[1959scudetto]

Excellent model, Andrew - filled with details (I followed your WIP) - Mike Q. would be proud... didn't Paul Fisher do the castings ?

[absmiami]

I thought he did - casting was very good - but he may not have ....

and the castings that PF produced under his own name were actually better

but never figured out who did the master - which was quite accurate .... 

Gramps mite know ...

he mite have told me - and i mite have forgot !

 

 

[Gramps46]

I understood Paul did the casting.  Not sure who did the master though. 

[bondo bill]

nicely done

[Rich Chernosky]

A lot of effort there Andy. And very well documented too.  All well worth it. The model is a masterpiece.

[absmiami]

Thanks RC - u ready for that wh metal excursion ?