1959scudetto Posted November 14, 2021 Posted November 14, 2021 2 old builts from 1985 and 1988: Italeri's Ferrari Supercars - the 288 GTO from 1984 and its follower, the awesome F40 from 1987. Both spraypainted in red from the can, bodies well proportioned (at least to my eye), biggest flaw: the wheels are totally wrong - same dimensions front and rear! Another issue with the F 40 is the engine cover - you have to cut it open, and then it does not close/fit well - both built out-of-the-box. Anyway, here are the pics (taken yesterday): Here is the 288 GTO: and now, the F 40: this is how the other drivers would have seen it (if they ever did): 1
happy grumpy Posted November 14, 2021 Posted November 14, 2021 Call me old school but for me a Ferrari true color is red. Of course they are still beautiful in any color, but red and Ferrari seem to go together. you have made really nice models here.
Zippi Posted November 14, 2021 Posted November 14, 2021 Like Mario said, red and Ferrari just seem to go together. nice looking sport cars.
Gramps46 Posted November 17, 2021 Posted November 17, 2021 Good looking models and it is welcome to see them together. Thanks for posting these street ready versions. Usually we see them with race markings.
1959scudetto Posted November 17, 2021 Author Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 9:49 PM, Dragonhawk1066 said: Nice looking Ferrari's! On 11/14/2021 at 11:19 PM, happy grumpy said: Call me old school but for me a Ferrari true color is red. Of course they are still beautiful in any color, but red and Ferrari seem to go together. you have made really nice models here. On 11/15/2021 at 12:01 AM, Zippi said: Like Mario said, red and Ferrari just seem to go together. nice looking sport cars. On 11/15/2021 at 1:10 AM, NOBLNG said: Nice pair, they look great!? On 11/15/2021 at 5:55 AM, grodudulle77 said: Nice look Helmut !! ?? On 11/16/2021 at 7:08 PM, PappyD340 said: Very nice pair! On 11/15/2021 at 7:59 PM, spencer1984 said: Great job on the pair! Thank you all for the comments, guys - I normally try to avoid the almost boring red with Ferraris, but these 2 had to be painted in that color.
1959scudetto Posted November 17, 2021 Author Posted November 17, 2021 5 hours ago, Gramps46 said: Good looking models and it is welcome to see them together. Thanks for posting these street ready versions. Usually we see them with race markings. Thanks, Gary - also have the Italeri racing version in my stash (Mike Q. had an article about this in MRRN's first issue, IIRC) - so these had to be built stock (a Fujimi street curbside of the F40 is also waiting - this one has correct wheels)
1959scudetto Posted November 17, 2021 Author Posted November 17, 2021 1 hour ago, showrods said: Beautiful! What red did you use? Thank you Peter, back then I used car laquers from the spraycan bought in automotive shops (mainly duplicolor and Auto-K, both German companies). As this was more than 30 years ago and the paints have been used up long time ago, I can't remember the exact descriptions any more. 1
showrods Posted November 18, 2021 Posted November 18, 2021 18 hours ago, 1959scudetto said: Thank you Peter, back then I used car laquers from the spraycan bought in automotive shops (mainly duplicolor and Auto-K, both German companies). As this was more than 30 years ago and the paints have been used up long time ago, I can't remember the exact descriptions any more. Well whatever they were/are they seem to be really close to the Ferrari red and seem to have held up really well too.
Dominik Posted November 18, 2021 Posted November 18, 2021 Both of them looking very good. Nice and shiny. the 288GTO is delicious , the F40 awesome. till today (in my opinion) supercars with the "must have" fact
1959scudetto Posted November 22, 2021 Author Posted November 22, 2021 On 11/18/2021 at 5:18 AM, Olskoolrodder said: Both look great On 11/18/2021 at 11:00 AM, ChrisR said: VERY NICE! On 11/18/2021 at 3:08 PM, showrods said: Well whatever they were/are they seem to be really close to the Ferrari red and seem to have held up really well too. On 11/18/2021 at 3:16 PM, Dominik said: Both of them looking very good. Nice and shiny. the 288GTO is delicious , the F40 awesome. till today (in my opinion) supercars with the "must have" fact On 11/19/2021 at 8:19 AM, slusher said: Beautifully done Ferraris! Thank you all for the comments, guys - these 2 are my favorites of the newer Ferrari "Supercars" and I happened to find a red color that comes close to the originals. (I have Tamiya's F50 and the Enzo in my stash also, but don't like them) 1
89AKurt Posted November 28, 2021 Posted November 28, 2021 I assume they are Revell kits? I've done the Fujimi kit last century, wheel/tires are correct. I've not built a few kits because of the same size front/rear. Came out nice.
1959scudetto Posted December 26, 2021 Author Posted December 26, 2021 On 11/28/2021 at 3:53 AM, 89AKurt said: I assume they are Revell kits? I've done the Fujimi kit last century, wheel/tires are correct. I've not built a few kits because of the same size front/rear. Came out nice. These are from the original Italeri releases - they wer later reissued by Revell AG (Germany). 1
Rich Chernosky Posted December 26, 2021 Posted December 26, 2021 Nice pair Helmut, I am a big Ferrari fan and seeing these two in red always makes my day.
1959scudetto Posted December 26, 2021 Author Posted December 26, 2021 Thank you Rich, I try to avoid red on my Ferrari models most of the time, but these two had to be in red !
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