1979 Ferrari 312 T4 (1/12)

[Calvin]

Here's an old one!

I built this one when I was 15 years old, which was a very very long time ago! (In dog years)

This is the first pics I've ever taken of this car. This was my very first 1/12 scale build, it was my 2nd F1 build and 3 months before I built my very first Indycar.

This was back in the Testors era, when life was tough, so for a paint job all I did was clear coat over the bare Tamiya Plastic! LOL It came out OK, I was pretty happy with, its still hanging on, only because I spent about 3 hrs scuffing it up before the clear.

This is before I knew anything about Indycals, so I took the disgusting yellowed tamiya decals and sat them in the sun all day..... and by golly! it actually bleached the white out!

It took me 2 weeks to get this done in the hot Oregon summer, I did all of my painting outside in 100 degrees, no wonder the Testors paint actually dried.

[indycals]

Still a great build. Much better than what I was doing at 15!. Never could bring myself to build that car.... just too ugly for me. But I appreciate the workmanship and detail.

[Calvin]

It was by far my best build for the longest time. It was one of those turning point models that really opened my eyes to being patient. The first F1 model I did was a 1993 Mclaren, and I built that one in 3 days and it looked like a 3 day job too but I think getting this more expensive larger model really made me think twice about be patient.

I agree the 1979 Ferrari is not a pretty car, but it did get the job done....It always reminded me of an old fiberglass bodied dune buggy. LOL

[harveythedog2]

I agree with Michael. Great job for such a young age. The car is pretty ugly but the T5 was even worse.

Stu

[Calvin]

Oct 14, 2011 12:47:22 GMT -5 harveythedog2 said:

Great job for such a young age.

Stu

Thanks! Looking back, it was a very very good job for that age.....but to be honest, I think the quality of the model is what really helped.

Another side note is, out of all my friends in school, I was the only one to do this kinda stuff, most of my friends just played video games non stop. I played games as well but only Motorsport games about once or twice a week. But back then I put prolly 3 times as much time into riding 4 wheelers and motorcycles than even model building. I had a really neat 1/10 mile dirt track that I ran easily 2,000+ laps around over a 6 year period. I even had somewhat of a Road Course also, that had a really cool layout, with a 50 mph straight.

Those were the days!