Maserati Birdcage

[Brendan]

It's been almost a year since my last post. Finally bought a new computer. I'm now connected with the world again. Thought I'd start off with a model I finished. It's a Midlantic Models of Billy Krause Maserati Birdcage... Kit # MID 66. The scale is 1/43 and the paints used were Tamiya's TS-26 airbrushed and TS-49 to touch up the red decal along with Tamiya's Acrylics for the interior. The exhaust was painted with different shades of Alclad. Decals were cleared with Floquil's Crystal Cote. I've not built very many 1/43 kits as I have a hard time trying to do the detail on them. I would recommend this kit if anyone were interested in doing it since it comes in different versions. Decals were excellent as well as the photoetch. The rims are the best thing about this kit as the wire rims are very intricate. I did have one piece missing which was the roll hoop. I made a replacement out of aluminum tubing. The base is Tulip Poplar stained with several coats of clear automotive lacquer. I mounted it on the base because I was afraid I might lose the car in my collection. Feel free to comment.

[Duntov]

Very fine workmanship.....excellent job....thanks for sharing!!!

Regards Bill (Duntov)

[Harry P.]

Beautiful work, especially considering the small scale.

[Agent G]

Nice, real nice!

G

[chris731]

Beautiful work, very nice.

[Dave B]

Beautiful build, I have built a couple of 1/43 & can appreciate the work you have put into it. Would dearly love an affordable 1/24 model of one.

Dave B

[davyou5]

Awesome Job!! .

[RTK434]

Very impressive build of an amazing car. I've always really liked the birdcage and may have to look into building one of these.

[Modlbldr]

I almost passed this posting by because it is not a subject that I am in to. Man, am I glad I didn't. Fantastic workmanship. It looks flawless.

Later-

[Peter Lombardo]

Beautiful job and a true classic. What a historic race car.....I would love to see Tamiya or Fujimi do a detail version of this car in 1/24 scale.

[MonoPed]

Would dearly love an affordable 1/24 model of one.

Dave B

Yeah, a 1/24 Birdcage would be awesome!

[Brendan]

Thanks for everyone's comments. This is one of my dad's favorite cars and since I couldn't find a larger scale version as a kit, I decided to build this one for him. I know there's been a couple of 1/24 resin kits available but they're no longer in production. I would love to see a kit manufacturer make a larger scale version of the Birdcage though it would be rather hard to make an injection of the frame. There was a reason it was called the Birdcage.

[jbwelda]

that is a beautiful model of a beautiful car, i think my all time favorite car ever.

i am going to have to seek out this kit. it will look nice next to the CMC birdcages i have.