MFH Ferrari 156

[2whl]

My birthday present just arrived. It's the 1961 Ferrari 156 that won the Italian GP and the World Driving Championship for Phil Hill. I'll start of with a few pics that are my inspiration.






I unpacked the kit and looked over all of the parts.

[indy]

Wow. The T16 and 165 are going to quite the nice collection of 1/12 scale USA F1 glory.

Interesting to see all the great pieces in the kit. I love turned wheels and these are impressive with all of the holes drilled in there.

Jordan

[racerbrown]

WOW!
now that's a serious birthday present!
duane

[robh]

Hey Paul,

That should keep you busy for a week or two.

[pje]

The first F1 car that I fell in love with way back then. I’ve got the MFH 1/20th scale version of this car so I’ll be following along with great interest.

Paul Erlendson

[2whl]

Jordan....the two greatest US F1 drivers of all time! But I still have to drill 72 holes in each hub.

Duane...I can't help it....I'm addicted to MFH.

Rob...more like 2 or 3 years. Glaciers move faster than my builds......LOL

Paul....if you want to study the 1/12 instructions......PM me your email.

[2whl]

I really like the fact that MFH now puts a parts layout up on their website. It makes sorting through and identifying all of the parts very easy. After getting everything laid out, I bagged up the metal parts by each step.

[racerbrown]

well I'm addicted too!
at least you're building yours...
i didnt know they had the parts layout sheets .
that helps out a whole lot.
duane

[Art Laski]

Look forward to seeing it go together, Paul!

[drums01]

WOW and wow, this one will be fun to watch....

Let the fun begin!

Ben

[Deleted]

Yes! Please let me be the Luke to your Yoda. I can't afford MFH in either scale but by peeking over your shoulder I'll learn what to do with my Revival kit.

[2whl]

Thanks guys

Duane...they've been doing that for the last two years.

I got the resin pieces of the block together then added the white metal.







The instructions call for the chassis to be assembled in three different stages. But after seeing that most of the parts would need some tweaking, I decided to get them all together for a trial fit.

[indy]

The body looks good.

Jordan

[2whl]

Thanks Jordan. It's resin, but you'd never guess that from looking at it.


After struggling for 3 days with drill bits I got from Micro-Mark and only getting about 30 of the 288 holes drilled. I went down to my local tool supply and bought a higher quality #78 bit. 3 hours later and all of the holes in the wheel hubs are drilled. Now my wheel building experience can begin.




Spokes and nipples.



The start of the lacing. I'm still experimenting with how I'm going to go about placing the 72 spokes per wheel.

[robh]

Yikes! Were there indentations showing where to drill the holes?

[2whl]

Rob, all of the holes that need to be drilled in MFH kits have a slight depression were the hole needs to be.

[indy]

Looks like the adventure is just beginning!

Jordan

[Joel]

Paul,
I just found your build thread and I'm signing on from start to finish. there are a few 1/20 scale cars I'd love to buy and build. But honestly, I don't have a clue on how to work with White metal whether it be soldering, gluing, or the prep work needed to get them ready for assembly.
Joel

[pg265]

Rhââââ!! Lovely!!!

What a car and what a kit!
Great start!
Can’t wait to see more.

Pascal

[2whl]

Thanks for looking in guys. I'm sorry it's been so long since I last updated this build. But I tend to jump around between builds as the mood strikes me. And this got put on the back burner after I messed up trying to build the wheels. So I dis-assembled the wheel and put the kit aside until I was able to figure another way to come at it. Before I update, another period picture.







While I was painting another builds bits, I grabbed the engine and trans and got some paint on them.






And then another mock-up....






One of the areas I have been concerned with getting right is the chassis. The engine compartment has 8 pieces that need to be aligned correctly. So I used the engine/trans sub-assembly to help line everything up. Then I started at the front and epoxyed in the upright pieces two at a time. Since the final two upright tubes didn't have any locating pins to help them line up, I used the lower a-arms.

[indy]

Smart move! Looks good. This is complex build so the methodical approach will keep paying dividends. Stick with it, it is going well.

Jordan

[racerbrown]

good to see you back at it!
duane