Alfa 158/159

[Stevens19]

This is my attempt at an Alfa 158/159. I bought a 3d model of it and rescaled to 1/24 and printed it. Painted with Tamiya Mica Red.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[David G.]

Nice work, good color and detail painting.

David G.

[Draggon]

Holy cow that's Nice! ?

[jaymcminn]

Very nice!

[landman]

6 hours ago, David G. said:

Nice work, good color and detail painting.

David G.

X2

[PappyD340]

Super nice!

[Jasper018]

Looks great 

[1959scudetto]

Excellent model, Steven - this is the 1951 Alfetta tipo 159 (it has the double exhaust pipe and a still larger fuel tank behind the driver than the 158 from the year before)

[Gramps46]

I would not have guessed it was a printed model.  The louvres are amazing.

[happy grumpy]

The way you photographed it makes it really stand out. Sometimes , showing less is more. Cars can be objects of art. This the case here. Great build and photography.

[Stevens19]

Thanks everyone!

On 11/22/2021 at 5:59 AM, 1959scudetto said:

Excellent model, Steven - this is the 1951 Alfetta tipo 159 (it has the double exhaust pipe and a still larger fuel tank behind the driver than the 158 from the year before)

That's good to know! I don't know much about these older cars so I'm always happy to learn more!

On 11/22/2021 at 6:16 AM, Gramps46 said:

I would not have guessed it was a printed model.  The louvres are amazing.

The printer can print with amazing details, there are a few spots where some layer lines show but I just need to work on adjusting the print and do a little better in prepping before paint.

On 11/23/2021 at 11:35 AM, happy grumpy said:

The way you photographed it makes it really stand out. Sometimes , showing less is more. Cars can be objects of art. This the case here. Great build and photography.

Thanks, the pictures are one of my favorite parts, I figure since I'll never get the chance to shoot most of the cars I build in real life I can have some fun photographing the models.