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Post by alwaysindy on May 15, 2010 13:22:34 GMT -5
WIP...as raced in the '57 Pescara, Italy G.P.  Fiotti Models 1/24th...somewhat inaccurate but close enough...doing a lot of mods on the suspension...  A really great book "The Last Road Race" inspired this...I'm also working on Moss' Vanwall that won... |
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Post by Patrick on May 15, 2010 13:39:34 GMT -5
AH...this is what I've been waiting for. I love it so far. The rear tank rivet work really makes the Merit and Strombecker models suck. Is it the white car with the blue and yellow stripes? loved Jo as the debonair and cool driver with the goatee! Keep me up on this one!
Patrick
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Post by Calvin on May 15, 2010 15:13:32 GMT -5
Wow, looks like its going good!
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Post by alwaysindy on May 16, 2010 9:40:38 GMT -5
Forgot to add this picture; check out Fangio's shorts...  |
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Post by racerbrown on May 16, 2010 11:43:15 GMT -5
nice legs on fangio! my wife liked that shot!
i love the brush painted stripes on the car. will you do the stripes to appear the same way?
duane
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Post by Patrick on May 16, 2010 13:47:23 GMT -5
Where do I get a set of the Scuderia Centro Sud decals? I have been looking for them for a "coon's age"!!!!! Mimo Dei's team was quite famoso in it's time.
Patrick
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Post by alwaysindy on May 17, 2010 13:32:14 GMT -5
Patrick:
Fiotti Models is in Brazil; perhaps Alex can help. There are no spares on the small sheet that came with the kit.
I agree; several of his Cooper Maserati's would be very cool...
Tim
PS: "a coon's age" I haven't heard that since my Dad passed!
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Post by alwaysindy on May 17, 2010 13:34:48 GMT -5
Duane;
I don't know about hand painted stripes...I don't know if my hand's that steady!
Tim
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Post by Patrick on May 17, 2010 15:39:10 GMT -5
Tim,
I use those old idioms in my classroom because of your very observation...they never heard of them! I just finished reading "Men and Mules" by Zora Neale Hurston and her book is filled with these crazy word associations! Love it.
I rented a car from Enterprise a few days ago and forgot to fill up the tank...the clerk pointed this out to me and sez I, " Oh, I ment to get petrol before I came." He laughed and asked where I was from as his friend from Fiji uses the word. I laughed, too and answered..."Oh, I just crazy...I think I left the torch under the bonnet!"
Patrick
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2010 17:12:57 GMT -5
I can try wtih Fiotti if he has the decals, i remember when this kit was released and i have no money to buy (R$250 = US$ 125,00 at that time). We live in the same state (Minas Gerais) but far away one from other. Sometimes he shows his kits in a brazilian forum, "small-dreams.com/Forum", a very good brazilian site (only about cars). I liked the PE's wheels, and the resin quality looks good. Fiotti also is producing a 1/24 scale resin kit of the Puma, the most famous brazilian sport car with fiberglass body and VW ar cooled engine and chassis, he also build a special version of this car to give as a gift for Toninho da Matta, Christiano da Matta's father that raced a Puma in 1971 1000Kms de Brasilia.
Will contatc Fiotti in this week.
Cheers.
Alex
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Post by Patrick on May 17, 2010 19:33:54 GMT -5
Obrigado Alex
Patrick
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Post by alwaysindy on May 18, 2010 15:30:19 GMT -5
A little further along...rear suspension detail...  Front suspension...it even turns...  Decided on decals (versus hand painted stripes)...  An unusual scheme...done because he was Swedish...  Thanks for looking...almost done! Tim |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2010 18:34:24 GMT -5
Patrick, Fioti has the decals, do you are interested? The Centro Sud decals comes with this kit. Alwasindy, very nice build !
Cheers.
Alex
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Post by Patrick on May 19, 2010 10:22:41 GMT -5
Alex,
Oh, yes, I am interested in two sets if they are not too expensive.
Patrick
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Post by Patrick on May 19, 2010 10:24:21 GMT -5
The Maser looks wonderful inside.
Patrick
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2010 14:00:07 GMT -5
A very, very nice job on the Maserati, Tim! Looks great, and it is an unusual scheme which makes it even MORE interesting! Kudos
Mongo
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Post by alwaysindy on Jun 14, 2010 11:34:35 GMT -5
AKA: The Maser from Hell...  You guys know the drill; the think it's gonna' be easy and then BAM! it throws you for a loop...  Patrick:I'm trying to get a close up of Bonnier's goatee...  Turned out better than it had any right to be...Russ, I almost "chucked this'un!"  |
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Post by Calvin on Jun 14, 2010 12:56:34 GMT -5
Holy smokes! That really looks good! I like how well you make your drivers look.
Awesome build!
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Post by Patrick on Jun 14, 2010 15:33:43 GMT -5
;D
I can see Jo's goatee! This may be the Maser from Hell, but it looks very good.
Alex, any word on the Centro-Sud decals?
Patrick
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Post by robh on Jun 14, 2010 21:52:57 GMT -5
The figure really sets this one off. Do you sculpt the figures from scratch?
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Post by Patrick on Jun 15, 2010 12:41:23 GMT -5
I just noticed that you were careful enough to notice the mirror colors!
Bravo!
Patrick
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Post by illeagle10 on Jun 15, 2010 17:22:01 GMT -5
Very nice, I like it!
Jim
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