'68 Ferrari 275 Spyder

[Simo5555]

Hi! 

Huracan is finished - so time for another build. So, my goal for this year was to try to put the legendary Huayra together. But i'm still not quite there yet to try it. Its a really hard build. So, wanted to try something else for this year. Something more challenging....

So here it is - the Ferrari 275 Spyder. An ultra rare car in real life (and quite rare as a kit too). Total of 10 cars were ever made in real life. This car was supposed to be Ferrari's breakthrough model into the US market at later 60's. So a true gentlemen's race car. Some argue its one of the best looking Ferraris ever made. One thing is certain - its a really cool car. 


So kit itself is an older Revell's kit. Over 30 years old. So it has some issues. Most obvious one is the broken windshield frame. Also the decals have yellowed quite a bit. So its a nice challenge to try and fix it. Other than that, it seems fine, untouched kit.




Like always, will build it as true to the original as i can. So no crazy mods or anything.

Oh, i also changed my usual image sharing site. So i will upload into the hobbyphoto site from now on. So forgive me if the pictures seems off a bit.

Simo.

[jaymcminn]

This is a repop of the Italeri 275 Spyder. It's an extremely nice kit with no major fit issues whatsoever. The front and rear fascias and headlight buckets do need a bit of putty to blend them nicely. The wheels/tires are a bit clunky but there are plenty of aftermarket solutions out there if you want to go that direction. These almost always have the windshield frame broken. Mine was broken in the middle but the pillars were still attached. Here's the Italeri Spyder wearing Historic Racing Miniatures Campagnolos next to its even rarer (the kit, anyway) coupe counterpart wearing Fujimi Ferrari Daytona wires...

Just a heads-up, don't use the Florida plates as there's no "Brovard" county in Florida. There's a Brevard and a Broward, but no Brovard.

Edited 9 hours ago by jaymcminn