Ferrari 312F1, Chris AMON, GP de FRANCE 1969

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Hi,

I propose to show you the build of  the Ferrari 312F1 '69 from Model Factory Hiro.

This is the second that I build... and I love that race car!

I also apologize in advance for the quality of the photos: I am not a pro of the "Macro", and I usually take the WIP pictures during the building and/or paint progress.



The model is beautiful, accurate and made of the high quality resin and from various parts of many and varied materials !!



Here is the beginning of the building process:


The body and the rear wing were riveted.
This was done using 0.5mm resin rivets which for me is better than the engraved rivets of the original kit.









Same was done in the cockpit area, this time using 0.5 and 0.7 aluminum rivets.
I've also started to work on the dashboard as I decided to rebuild it to comply with the GP de FRANCE version.
New RPM meter and other gauges were turned in alu.





Time to paint: the Gun (IWATA HP-TH) is unsheathed!
- Sanding,
- Primer,




























etc, etc....
Test fit :






- sanding again,
- My pink primer made of a mix of ZP white microfiller and few drops of Ferrari Rosso Corsa




















Next test fit:




Now need to work on the fuel pump...

Hope you like that car.

Questions and comments are welcome!
More soon

Pascal

[indy]

I love Ferrari's from this era! Mind blowing work, that rivet work took a lot of time I bet.

Jordan

[Calvin]

Incredible!

[mjjracer]

That is fantastic! The rivets look great.

Sometimes I think I should sell my entire stockpile of models and buy one of these. It should last me through retirement and then hopefully one of my grandkids would finish when I kick the bucket.

MJ

[Patrick]

I agree with everyone that the rivets look great, but they also look out of scale for me. Your work is excellent. It is just my personal choice.
Patrick

[IndyCarModels]

Great work!!!
Chris Amon was one of my favorite drivers. I even named my son after him.

[pg265]

Hi,

Thanks for all your comments Mates!

Rivets will soon look better with the next paint steps.
But I agree as there are not really at the perfect scale...

I'm a big fan of Chris Amon and build almost all my Ferrari models of that era as Chris Amon cars.
I've also started his 312 F1 1967(MFH) and 312P(Fisher Model&Pattern).

Next step : Rosso Corsa !



Paint is from Zero Paint range, applied with an Iwata airbrush, HP-TH flat pattern: a real gun  



















Here we are :





Then, rims were painted gold and equipped with machined valve stems from RBM:











Pascal

[Patrick]

You are right Pascal. The rivets do look better with more paint. I stand corrected!

Patrick

[racerbrown]

this is fascinating to watch.
thanks for sharing.
duane

[alterrenner]

The rivets do, indeed, look great! Any idea of how many hours you put into them?

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Pascal,

Any updates on the 312?  Beautiful work so far.

 I'd love to have a set of those rims in 1/12th scale!!

Cheers,   Ian

[billgtp]

Very nice work. looks great

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Looks good. I also have this Hiro kit, but in 1/24th scale. Yes they made it in 2 scales. They might do it in 1/43rd also someday.