Rebuilding the Miami Vice Ferrari Testarossa.

[davyou5]

Hello all,

Apart from the 49' Merc kit that I am in the process of building, I just got what I believe to be original monogram Miami Vice Ferrari Testarossa kit that I have started. Some of you here may remember when I asked a question about Revell's Reproduced kit, and that I got frustrated when the Chasis and the body were off and I could not find the problem and threw it away, well I ended up back on Ebay and purchased this kit from a person selling things from the Attic. So now I rebuild this kit and everything seems in order this time. I have come across a few snags though, Burs, Flashes, the Front end was not molded properly so it's off a little bit. Other than that I have had no problems putting it together. Here's a few start Images.

The Box.

You can tell this plastic is old, also the pieces were discolored.

Old Decals, i wonder if they are still good?

Here's what I did for the Engine so far. The Engine on this Kit was a little more of a Pain, than that of Revels Reproduction kit.

Here's what I have done for the Firewall.

Okay that's it for the moment, I will get more as I go along:) .

[davyou5]

Hello all,

Update on the Testarossa kit, I find this kit has a warpage that I have to work out especially on the body. but here's a few pictures of what I have done.

[rick6343]

David,

Looks good so far. Good luck. I remember that kit (same original issue) when it was new and it gave me fits then.

I've used 25-30 year old decals with few problems-but not from Monogram kits of that era. I hope they work for you.