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If you laugh at me for what I'm about to tell you/show you, I won't blame you one bit. I'm laughing at myself, just to keep from crying (in a metaphorical sense of course).

After owning this particular kit for close to 30 years, bought it second-hand, I'm only just now realizing I'm missing one front wheel and tire. 

Was it missing when I bought it? Did I lose it somewhere along the way since I bought it? I have no idea, but I do know that it is gone now. Hmmmm....what to do next.

I guess I'll start looking for a suitable replacement, or maybe an entire different set of wheels and tires? I'll just have to see what I can find and what's reasonable. 

I do know this kit has become more costly and difficult to find and it wouldn't make sense for me to buy an entire kit just to rob one tire and wheel. Sheesh. What a goofy lack of attention and consequence. Had I known this was missing, I would have never gone this far building and painting it.

Or then again, maybe just display it in the Fujimi garage, with it jacked up and one tire off for repair? That could be a potential, reasonable solution.

As soon as I saw that straight 6 engine, I knew it was a Chevrolet. It looks almost identical to the engine that was in my ‘51 Chevrolet. Down to the detail.

Remarkable detail in this MiniArt kit. Super job on it, Richard.

1 minute ago, gsdpic said:

Excellent work!  Interesting that it appears to have a compact spare tire.  I guess that is all they had room for.

The videos I've watched on this car indicate it was made for racing in a new class that never materialized. It's possible the spare tire was a requirement of the class, and it was made as light weight as possible just to satisfy the requirement. All up weight on the car was at or very near just 2500 pounds.

Chassis is finished now. Will begin masking and detail painting the body tomorrow. Thanks for tuning in.

After spending the time to paint and detail that battery, it all gets hidden under other objects. Win some, lose some.

In front is a spare tire compartment that rests under the front bonnet. The gold colored object is a brake booster and master cylinder. Before I put the chassis in place within the car body, I need to mask off the car body to paint all the black trim, then set the glass in place. A lot of masking ahead.

The interior is almost finished while waiting for some details to dry before wrapping it all up. A while back, I found a vendor who sells a large fret of chrome Ferrari badges in various scales, self-adhesive-backed. These will come in handy on this as well as other Ferrari model builds in the future. I used the smallest prancing horse badge on the steering wheel. Almost too hard to see with the naked eye. At least with my naked eye/s. 🙂

The shoulder belts are done with masking tape cut into 3mm strips. My model gave no indication of lap belts on this model of Ferrari and I didn't notice any on interior photos found on the net.

Your King Tiger came out great, James! Bravo

With that twin turbocharged V-8 engine sitting directly behind the driver and passenger, seems the cockpit might get uncomfortably warm in the summer.

When I was young, I owned a custom 1955 Dodge pickup truck with a 440 cubic inch V-8 engine. It got so hot inside the cab, in summer months, it was too uncomfortable to drive.

56 minutes ago, Doreltomin said:

Maybe TMB comes instead from "Too Many Boxes" (Kits in the stash)? 🤨

Hey, I resemble that remark. 😄

Here's my interpretation of the seats for the Ferrari 288 GTO Yellow. Are they close to correct? I'm not sure, but they will have to do.

I robbed the .50 caliber machine gun from my Walker Bulldog kit to use on another tank project. I ordered this little kit to replace the machine gun. It's a shame to pay 1/3 the cost of the entire kit for one itty bitty machine gun but I did. SSMODEL SS835866 1/35 Model Upgrade US Browning M2 HB 0.50 Machine Gun 1pc | eBay

3 hours ago, Jack12477 said:

Stopped by the Hobby Lobby store today; the model kit area had a sign "All boxed kits 40% off". So I browsed the shelves, mostly cars, way down on the lowest shelf were 5 Tamiya Walker Bulldog kits. Sale price after discount was $13.19.  😲 Picked up another kit, was very tempted to buy 2 but resisted the temptation. So Walker #1 will have a companion tank. 🤔 

Do you have "Ollie" stores in NY? They bring in cases of random model kits from time to time and sell at a deep discount. Typically, model car kits that normally sell for $30 and up are selling for $12.99, sometimes less.

A couple of months ago, I bought a brand new 2 cycle string trimmer/edger for $69.99 at Ollies. That's less than half the cost of Home Depot or Lowes.

24 minutes ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Happy Birthday Craig!

 

Thanks Phil

Today, I fashioned those "wings" next to the breather boxes I talked about yesterday. I painted the cover with wings, silver as can be seen in the stock photos. Here's how it looks on the model.

Next, I consulted reference photos of the interior on the net. The kit instructions call for the seats to be painted in black with the center panels in red. This seems totally wrong to me with a yellow car. A yellow Ferrari with black and red seats is going to look ridiculous IMO. Unfortunately, I could not find reference photos of the interior in a red car, so I am going to guess they would be black with yellow center panels.

My intention is to use liquid mask to cover each little panel in the center, then paint the seats black before removing the masking to show the yellow. 

Last, I gave the entire body a good wet sanding before laying down another good wet coat of yellow lacquer.

18 minutes ago, Baker said:

happy Birthday.
Is there any cake left?😉

Yes! Come over tonight and have a piece of cake and a cup of coffee. 🙂

12 hours ago, Egilman said:

Well you made it, I on the other hand, have a few years to go before they start calling me an old fart....  (if I get that far)

 

Happy Birthday Brother.... (and yes, I as well would like to have just half your talent my friend)

5 hours ago, chadwijm6 said:

Happy birthday Craig. 🎂

Thank you very much. Talent is overrated. Good friends like all of you is priceless.

38 minutes ago, king derelict said:

Happy Birthday Craig

The cake makes it all worthwhile. 

I have two months to go so I'm practising. having senior moments. The Ferrari is excellent by the way. I think your yellow one looks more realistic than the red one

Alan

 

You’re too kind, Alan. Thanks!

My cousin who is 95 told me, “getting old is not for the weak”

I never had any bad days but now and then have a few sore ones. I’m having too much fun to accept reality at the moment. Or maybe it’s only as real as we believe it is.

6 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

I too thought it was the model and had forgot about yours being yellow.   I need a new brain....

4 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

Craigs fault  -  he builds  things to good  -  that  are to  real looking.

 

OC.

You guys crack me up and thanks for the kind words. I guess we all are getting closer to “old”. I turned 70 today and don’t need to be reminded I am officially a senior citizen. Heck, even my fishing and hunting licenses are free now. The governor probably knows my eyesight and reflexes aren’t much a threat to wildlife anymore. 😀

14 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Amazing work Craig  -  still  don't believe  that  photo  I  replied  to is  your model  -  looks  just like  the  real thing  - Amazing.

 

OC.

I hope you didn’t really think it was my model. Yes of course it’s a photo of the 1:1 car and annotated to show what details need to be scratch built for the model. It’s a red Ferrari. My model is yellow. You are kidding, right?

Outstanding work OC. It’s epic!

Alright OC...this is so you get your 'picture-fix' before going to bed tonight.

The gray breather boxes sit dry-fitted, the yellow piece also dry-fitted needs to be painted aluminum and need the scratch-built vertical wings on each side before being cemented in place. The four exhaust pipes can be seen exiting from the rear awaiting their aluminum exhaust tips.

Nighty-nite, sleep tite and talk at 'ya later.  

21 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

That is some engine bay  -  but wheres  your  build  photos?

 

OC.

They are in the mail. You didn't receive yours yet? 😁