Hasegawa Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa

[Chillyb1]

I just finished this one up. I really like this kit and love this car. I was imagining an Argentine privateer racing this one. For some reason that's what this color scheme makes me think of. The color is a Tamiya AS series paint but I can't remember which one. The white on the nose is Tamiya's TS-7 Racing White. I've added some photoetch stuff that was leftover from a previous 250 TR build.

[Badluck 13]

Curtis that sure is one pretty Red Head,color does work very nicely.

[Kennyboy]

This is beautiful Curtis, just beautiful! Love the details throughout!

[WizPorsche944]

Very nice job.

[Nacho Z]

Another car that I think is just sexy as all get-out. She is very nice Curtis. Interior and engine really are nice.

[Eric N.]

That's nice,Love the blue.

Eric

[martinfan5]

Very nice, you did a great job

[Jeremy Jon]

very nice, has a real period look about it!

Edited May 20, 2013 by Jeremy Jon

[Helix]

Very nice build Curtis, pretty sure the colour is Tamiya AS-8 US Navy Blue

[Webb]

Very clean build of one of my favorite cars. Good job!

[slusher]

Very sharp build Curtis, very nice detail.

[Chris White]

beautiful classic

[Chillyb1]

Pretty sure the colour is Tamiya AS-8 US Navy Blue

I think that is probably correct but I no longer have the can near at hand.

Thanks for the kind words, folks. I really like this kit and am very pleased with how this one came out. It went almost flawlessly from conception to realization. I have several more of these in the stash and am already looking forward to the next one. I highly recommend the kit to any and all modelers with any interest in classic Ferraris or just European sports cars in general.

[Silver Foxx]

A great looking build , lots of nice detail work.

[jaymcminn]

Curtis, that is really sharp. I'm going to be starting my build of this kit soon and I hope it turns out as nice as yours. Great use of color, too... it really looks period correct without imitating any existing livery.

[peekay]

Beautifully built. Looks like it deserves a set of PE wire wheels, which Fujimi sells seperately for this kit.

[Chillyb1]

Curtis, that is really sharp. I'm going to be starting my build of this kit soon and I hope it turns out as nice as yours. Great use of color, too... it really looks period correct without imitating any existing livery.

That's exactly what I was going for: a period look without copying a specific example. I love that color and really wanted it to work. Fortunately, it does.

Beautifully built. Looks like it deserves a set of PE wire wheels, which Fujimi [Do you mean Hasegawa?] sells seperately for this kit.

It does deserve it, but I didn't have a set. I do have wire wheel sets for the other kits in my stash but wanted to do this one mostly box stock. Hasegawa did a great job on the wheels and I wanted to build at least one of these just to see if the kit wheels were passable; I think they are.

[Harry P.]

Beautiful work.

[JimmyTee]

Very nice work Curtis. I admit to having a thing for Ferraris. Is your choice of colors skill ful imagineering, or is it based on a real scheme?

[Chillyb1]

Very nice work Curtis. I admit to having a thing for Ferraris. Is your choice of colors skill ful imagineering, or is it based on a real scheme?

The color scheme is invented. I bought the paint and didn't have any particular project in mind for it, but really loved it. It came to me in a flash of inspiration to use it on this Ferrari. I do think it looks quite period correct even if it wasn't ever used in reality.

[peekay]

Beautifully built. Looks like it deserves a set of PE wire wheels, which Fujimi sells seperately for this kit.

Actually not Fujimi - it's Hobby Design and KA models (Korea) who make PE wires for this kit - sorry for my confusion. But I think your model looks great with the kit wheels.

[Chillyb1]

Actually not Fujimi - it's Hobby Design and KA models (Korea) who make PE wires for this kit - sorry for my confusion. But I think your model looks great with the kit wheels.

Hasegawa sells a set for this kit and I used it on my previous 250TR build (the photo in my avatar). KA Models makes a beautiful pe set for this kit but I've not see their wheel set in person. I have the Hobby Design pe set (x2), which is very nice but it requires that you adapt the kit wheels to accommodate the wire pe parts.