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1949 Ferrari 166 Barchetta - kit by UMI - trib to Quarterman ...


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young man in a hurry ...   Spa 24 hr race in 1949  -  primary driver was one Luigi Chinetti  

this was one of Ferrari's first sports car wins - though not the first - the chassis was 0010 - 

the Lemans race winner - the more famous 22 car - was chass 0008 ...

although 0010 won Spa - you'll excuse me for not modeling this car as it finished ...

 

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the kit featured great decals and art work - that was Michael's calling card

it also  had alot of photo-etch and a multi-piece engine  - which set the kit apart from most other limited production resin kits thirty years ago - I used some of those parts and made some of my own - and cribbed a couple of parts from the Replicas and Miniatures [hi Norman] GTO resin eng kit - to make my own Ferrari 125 small block 12 ...  which Harold Bradford agreed to cast for me ...

 

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I thought he did - casting was very good - but he may not have ....

and the castings that PF produced under his own name were actually better

but never figured out who did the master - which was quite accurate .... 

Gramps mite know ...

he mite have told me - and i mite have forgot !

 

 

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