1/16 Ferrari Testarossa Koenig Special turbo

[Rich Chernosky]

This is the last of my 3  1/16 Fujimi Ferrari Testarossa's.  The chassis, interior,engine were all finished and the body painted.  Just had to finish the body, add the glass and intall.  So it went pretty quick. This kit was issued by Revell but the casting is all Fujimi. Color is Testors Laquer Revving Red #1837 and it was cleared  with Tamiya LP9.  Sure am glad this one is done as there were problem with final assembly. See comments below pictures. Leave your own comments if you like.

Once done the car sat nice. Biggest problem was the glass. Front window had to be clamped and sat overnight as the body was slightly warped. Side glass on the working doors was the same.  Frames were very thin and didn't fit into the body. Special care had to be taken to get the doors to fit and the glass in place. All took some time. Koenig removed the side strakes on the Testarossa body for better cooling. 

Rear had some nice detail but getting all the pieces to fit was something else. rear wing looks nice but had to be pinned and glued into place. Underneath that removab;e engine cover sits a plumbed and wired flat 12 engine with twin turbos that put out over 650 horses. It was very fast. 

The body did eventually fit over the chassis. There were four glue attachment points on the body and chassis. I drilled these out and threaded jeweler screws in their place and this made it much easier without the usual gluing and clamping. A very small pin (just barely visible) on either side of the front clip, holds the body in place as well. 

Interior was well appointed but the seat headrests had to be lowered to clear the roof. Just one more headache in many. Doors close nicely and are held in place with magnets which are clearly visible in the rocker panel. 

forgot to take this in the original post.  Here is that flat 12 engine.  The twin turbos are visible just in front of the rear bodywork. This is where the exhaust would normally have been so i bet this is loud. 

Here is a picture of all three of my Fujimi Ferrari Testarossa builds. Thank you Dan Clark for the suggestion.

Edited October 30 by Rich Chernosky
added two pictures

[iamsuperdan]

Nicely done! Time for a family shot of all three of them!

 

I have the standard Testarossa kit. Need a bigger workbench though!

 

[Jim B]

Beautiful Ferrari. Very well done. 

[clipper57]

Good looking build even after the problems.

[Rich Chernosky]

1 hour ago, iamsuperdan said:

Nicely done! Time for a family shot of all three of them!

 

I have the standard Testarossa kit. Need a bigger workbench though!

Thanks Dan. Already done. Great suggestion, check it out. 

 

 

56 minutes ago, Jim B said:

Beautiful Ferrari. Very well done. 

Thanks Jim

 

9 minutes ago, clipper57 said:

Good looking build even after the problems.

Solving problems is what makes us better modelers. Thanks.

 

[TonyK]

Sorry to read about all your troubles. Usually Fujimi kits are pretty good. Your model turned out well and I like your photos with the backdrop.

[VanGoGo]

Looks great, I did the standard Testarossa and can relate to your challenges! I  like your use of screws to attach a warped body, and have resorted to that on a few cars...saves alot of frustration and really holds the pieces together.

[ChrisR]

Nice.

[Ragtop Man]

Ooof madonn! 

Those look great. I still have several from my late 80's (did I just say that???) with Miami Vice and will note the assembly workarounds that you used to complete these builds.

 

[Rob Hall]

Sweet...I like the Fujimi Koenig TRs, have the 1/24th coupe and cabrio kits in my stash.

[Mattilacken]

Nice build! 

[slusher]

Beautiful Ferrari!

Edited Monday at 01:56 AM by slusher

[Rich Chernosky]

On 10/30/2025 at 5:31 PM, TonyK said:

Sorry to read about all your troubles. Usually Fujimi kits are pretty good. Your model turned out well and I like your photos with the backdrop.

Tony,   these are fairly early Fujimi,s so the quality is not quite there.  this was my third Testarossa so getting over the problems was a little easier than I let on. thanks for the compliments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 10/30/2025 at 8:07 PM, VanGoGo said:

Looks great, I did the standard Testarossa and can relate to your challenges! I  like your use of screws to attach a warped body, and have resorted to that on a few cars...saves alot of frustration and really holds the pieces together.

Vince, I bought a lot of those screws off either Temu or Amazon. they were really cheap and turned out to be a good investment. I use them a lot now.  

 

On 10/31/2025 at 5:44 AM, ChrisR said:

Nice.

Thanks

 

On 10/31/2025 at 10:24 AM, Ragtop Man said:

Ooof madonn! 

Those look great. I still have several from my late 80's (did I just say that???) with Miami Vice and will note the assembly workarounds that you used to complete these builds.

Thanks and glad to be of help.

 

 

On 10/31/2025 at 10:31 AM, Rob Hall said:

Sweet...I like the Fujimi Koenig TRs, have the 1/24th coupe and cabrio kits in my stash.

Do em Rob. Would like to see your take on them. 

 

On 10/31/2025 at 10:35 AM, Mattilacken said:

Nice build! 

Thank you Anton

 

13 hours ago, slusher said:

Beautiful Ferrari!

Thanks Varl.

 

[ybsluos]

Rich thank you for listing the kit shortcomings because I have one I plan to build.  I’ll be happy if mine comes out looking half as nice as yours. Fantastic job, my friend! -Mark

Edited yesterday at 05:02 AM by ybsluos

[ybsluos]

 

Rich I copied part of what you said above…..

The twin turbos are visible just in front of the rear bodywork. This is where the exhaust would normally have been so i bet this is loud. 

Oh yes!  I can verify.  In 1998 I wes in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina spitting distance from Charleston to do some painting at my sister’s home.  I went out shopping one evening in my 1985 Cutlass and was sitting at a stoplight just after dark and one of these pull up next to me right by my driver‘s window. I about  laid an egg!  
at least out of my window and gave the driver the thumbs up and his passenger window was down and I said man a cold egg. He said holy cow you know what this is. So when the light went green, he showed off a little bit for me and put his foot in it.  He probably ran it up to about 100 before letting off. It was a rocket and yes… Very loud. Absolutely beautiful sound. I could still hear it ringing in my ears when I was going to sleep later that night. I also saw a 2 Koenig S4 928 Porsches in the mid 80s when I lived in Germany as a teen.  A black one laying robber out of an Esso station when I was standing about 50 feet from it. The other one was blue and blasted past a rental van which my dad rented when relatives came from the United States to visit.   nine members of my family, were  packed into this van heading down the middle lane of the Autobahn doing probably 75 mph.  We were heading to Munich to check out the Olympics stadium and then on Austria. I remember my father saying “ something’s coming up on the left side like a bat out of hell”.  About the time he finished that statement the blue Koenig S4 blasted past us hard enough to buffet the van over into the right lane almost. He was doing about 160 mph.  He had his left turn directional on perpetually. That’s a signal on the Auto bond to people in front of you to get out of the way. He just left it on!
And yes, the removal of the strakes….. very ironic that Willie Koenig remove them from a car which came with them from the factory while he added them to pretty much every other body kit he did for the other Ferrari bodies and the Mercedes and the BMW. Kind of funny, but as you say, it was a matter of function over a form on this vehicle. 

[Rich Chernosky]

14 hours ago, ybsluos said:

 

 

Rich I copied part of what you said above…..

The twin turbos are visible just in front of the rear bodywork. This is where the exhaust would normally have been so i bet this is loud. 

Oh yes!  I can verify.  In 1998 I wes in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina spitting distance from Charleston to do some painting at my sister’s home.  I went out shopping one evening in my 1985 Cutlass and was sitting at a stoplight just after dark and one of these pull up next to me right by my driver‘s window. I about  laid an egg!  
at least out of my window and gave the driver the thumbs up and his passenger window was down and I said man a cold egg. He said holy cow you know what this is. So when the light went green, he showed off a little bit for me and put his foot in it.  He probably ran it up to about 100 before letting off. It was a rocket and yes… Very loud. Absolutely beautiful sound. I could still hear it ringing in my ears when I was going to sleep later that night. I also saw a 2 Koenig S4 928 Porsches in the mid 80s when I lived in Germany as a teen.  A black one laying robber out of an Esso station when I was standing about 50 feet from it. The other one was blue and blasted past a rental van which my dad rented when relatives came from the United States to visit.   nine members of my family, were  packed into this van heading down the middle lane of the Autobahn doing probably 75 mph.  We were heading to Munich to check out the Olympics stadium and then on Austria. I remember my father saying “ something’s coming up on the left side like a bat out of hell”.  About the time he finished that statement the blue Koenig S4 blasted past us hard enough to buffet the van over into the right lane almost. He was doing about 160 mph.  He had his left turn directional on perpetually. That’s a signal on the Auto bond to people in front of you to get out of the way. He just left it on!
And yes, the removal of the strakes….. very ironic that Willie Koenig remove them from a car which came with them from the factory while he added them to pretty much every other body kit he did for the other Ferrari bodies and the Mercedes and the BMW. Kind of funny, but as you say, it was a matter of function over a form on this vehicle. 

Mark...thanks for the long post and story. I luv these.  Got one of my own.  I live close to Watkins Glen  NY.  The track is actually a couple of miles out of town   on top of a hill.  During the 1967 Can Am Team Mclaren kept most of their cars in a  garage downtown. They kept the race stuff at the track.  I got passed by one of the cars going up the hill to the track. Don't know who was driving it. He had on sunglasses and no helmut. It was loud and fast. Seems the team had to have one of the cars at tech inspection and it was in the garage downtown. . No time to load it on a trailer so they drove it on the street to the track. My thrill of a lifetime. They won the race too.  Good luck on your build and I am glad some of those tips will help. 

[ybsluos]

Rich that story is amazing!  For the Can Am series they ran Chevy small blocks that year I believe.  I may be wrong.  I’ll bet it was blisteringly loud through the race headers.  A race car of that magnitude on the street was a rare treat indeed!  Thanks for sharing.