Nino Farina's 1956 Bardahl Ferrari

[1961redlegs]

This is my first Indianapolis car, I mostly do 1960s Grand National stockers.

This is a replica of the car that 1950 World Champion Guisseppe Nino Farina attempted to qualify for the 1956 Indianapolis 500. It was a difficult month and Farina quit, only to return when told another driver would take his place in the car. Despite his return, the car failed to crack the field of 33.

The car is the Monogram Kurtis Kraft, with IndyCals decals, Testor's Italian Red paint and resin conversion pieces. I altered the nose of the car by layering sheet styrene with Humbrol putty, cutting out the grille and putting a radiator back into the nose. I added some scoops off of the kit trees, I sanded and modified them to match the drawings from Bob Clidinst.

[Michael Chriss]

Very nice! Interesting subject.

[herk56]

All I can say is your first venture into Indy modeling is a rousing success! Nice job!

Brian

[Patrick]

Excellent rendition. I think the car as first restored it had white wheels. Your exhaust is very good, too. Did you add the engine? I used a 240Z block with modified heads and used an AMT Watson chassis which slid right in.


Patrick
PS- When I did this car it was before any decals had ever been made and only twp photos from the Jonathan Thompson book on Ferrari F1 Cars (a bible to be sure for Ferrari F1s).

[Deleted]

Looks great.....Nice job!

Russ

[jamesharvey]

This is a great model. You did a nice job with the research. It is fun to do some interesting cars that did not make the race.
Jim

[clm1545]

Good work. The Kurtis kits are fun, and all of them are different in many details.
Take Care
Craig

[drums01]

That is a nice clean build on a cool subject. GOOD JOB!

[alwaysindy]

Jerry:
OUTSTANDING! You did a great job on the nose. and the paint is fantastic.
Many have forgotten that this car made a big splash when it got here. It was supposed to show how great an engine Ferrari made. I wonder how Bardhal got involved?
Kind regards,
Tim

[Patrick]

I believe it was in the connection with Bardhal Europe to connect the two worlds...F1/Indy, Europe/ US.

Patrick

[1961redlegs]

Thank you everyone for the kind words. It was a fun build, and these Monogram kits build up without much fuss! Tim Jones' resin kits are outstanding for these cars and I plan on using them again!

Patrick, to be honest I didn't put an engine in! But after seeing yours I could only hope mine turned out a tenth as nice as yours, that there is a winner!!!

[racerbrown]

heck of a job!
thanks for sharing.
leave it to patrick to think of sliding in a amt watson chassis!
duane

[Patrick]

I wish I still had mine. The decals you used has your car looking excellent.

Patrick

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My version of the Bardhal Special.

Decals from Indycal, had to fab the exhaust from copper wire, which I didn't think turned out too well. No conversion kit, I just worked over the existing parts best I could, so probably not the most accurate.


The grunt work.











The finished project.

[chadm500]

very nice build...looks great.

[Patrick]

Remember that the Ferrari engine was an inline 6 and not very wide between the cam covers. The decals look great, as expected.

Patrick

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Aug 29, 2012 13:39:34 GMT -5 Patrick said:

Remember that the Ferrari engine was an inline 6 and not very wide between the cam covers. The decals look great, as expected.

Patrick

Well, I sorted of screwed up the whole underhood. It looks like hammered horsehockey. My first conversion attempt though. Everything else I've always built buy the kit plans.

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Any pictures from the real car(recreation):


And the Engine(recreation):


Any other pictures(original) in B&W:




Ferrari pitstop with Nino Farina at the wheel:


In origine the Ferrari Six inline was used at Le Mans by a Ferrari 121 Scaglietti in 1955(inline six engine 4412cc).

Best modeling and greetings.

[Deleted]

Any other pictures from the original Kurtis Kraft Ferrari Bardahl Spl.,see at the left the exaust pipes,more differents as the recent recreation:




And the same car at the Luigi Chinetti's work shop,in 1958:


Good modeling and best greetings.

[racerbrown]

great pictures and model!
thanks for sharing.
duane

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Here's a youtube video from back when that helps with some details.