Post by Owen Y on Apr 2, 2019 8:23:59 GMT 12
Not quite in the same league, but somehow I've accumulated a number of scale model kits over the years, some half built,...
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 2, 2019 11:29:50 GMT 12
Not quite in the same league, but somehow I've accumulated a number of scale model kits over the years, some half built,... I feel a model car thread coming on. Most of my models have been sold but I still have enough photos to do a potted history of Ferrari in GP racing, all in 1/43rd scale.
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 2, 2019 13:23:32 GMT 12
Is the Kawasaki kit a Protar one Owen. I did build several of their motorcycle kits , mainly back in my teens. BMW GP sidecar, Honda 250cc 6 cylinder, Hugh Andersons Suzuki 125, a Manx Norton and later on the Moto Guzzi V8 and a Norton Commando race bike. Some really interesting subjects that no else is ever likely to do. Biggest let down was their spoked wheels. A more modern release would probably use photo etch or just give you bits of fine wire and let you lace your own wheels. Hours of fun.
If deference Graham and his spectacular boats maybe we should move this conversation to another thread?
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Post by michaelw on Apr 2, 2019 14:06:37 GMT 12
as per a prescient request
i started with matchbox cars as a kid.
as an audlt graviatted to 1/18 bburaggos and autoart diecasts
the latter were very good. the former like big kids' toys.
never got into kitsets.
eventually saw the light (and ran out of storage space), and sold off all the 1/18s.
now it's the occasional 1/43 diecast
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Post by michaelw on Apr 2, 2019 14:09:34 GMT 12
opened a model car thread. guess you can put bike talk in there too
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Post by michaelw on Apr 2, 2019 14:52:34 GMT 12
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Post by Citroen on Apr 2, 2019 15:01:59 GMT 12
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Post by michaelw on Apr 2, 2019 15:12:25 GMT 12
wow ! i like the frosted glass one and the sand garden
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 2, 2019 15:18:47 GMT 12
One of three Britten models that I built for various people. Two of them are still on display in local shops. The quality of the castings varied from kit to kit. Mixed up my own scale metal flake paint and had some extra decals made to match a particular version. Worst kit by far was one that had the tank unit split down the centre line rather than being one piece. Spent a lot of time making sure that any lines wouldn't show.
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 2, 2019 15:23:20 GMT 12
1/43 metal model based mainly on a very basic AC Cobra kit. Fitted FI rims and tyres , fitted a fly screen, seat belts, fire extinguisher etc. Paint job was borrowed from the Ferrari 512BB "Sky" car that raced at Le Mans mid 70s.
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Post by michaelw on Apr 2, 2019 17:15:07 GMT 12
the britten looks amazing.
did you build from scratch or was it a commercial kit ?
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 2, 2019 17:24:36 GMT 12
the britten looks amazing. did you build from scratch or was it a commercial kit ? Commercial kit. They were an official product around 20 years or so ago. I never owned one myself but used to build a few models for various people. For a fee of course. There was a lot of work put into each one. 1/12 scale, all metal except for the tyres and screen. I did add a few cables and hoses.
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 2, 2019 18:01:10 GMT 12
This was the inspiration for the Cobra based model shown above. 1/43 metal kit. I super detailed the engine bay with hoses, shocks, wiring and air brake ducts.
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Post by Owen Y on Apr 2, 2019 22:01:15 GMT 12
Is the Kawasaki kit a Protar one Owen. Yes! Your models look amazing, the paintwork in particular - are the latter two, original artwork?
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 3, 2019 4:13:53 GMT 12
The Ferrari 512BB was a kit from an Italian maker. The body was painted Ferrari rosso corsa then the rest was done with decals, much decal softener, a small artists brush and a hair dryer. www.motorsport.com/lemans/photos/62-charles-pozzi-jms-racing-ferrari-512-bb-jean-claude-andruet-spartaco-2/315674/The Cobra is my own design and I wanted a more free form shape to the sky/clouds. This was done with a mixture of masking and free form via a fine air brush. The birds are all cut from stock decal sheets. The body was painted black then over coated with very fine pearl paints that I liberated from my taxidermist brother. These have a flip flop colour depending on light and angle. I haven't been entirely happy with the final outcome but it was a fun exercise.
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 3, 2019 4:17:50 GMT 12
just to prove I wasn't all Ferrari. Couldn't resist this resin bodied Porsche, also a Le Mans runner. French kitset 1/43rd. All done with decals.
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 3, 2019 18:53:59 GMT 12
Time for some real cars. The main focus of my building and collecting over about a 12 year period was to build a Ferrari GP/F1 car for each year of competition. I decided early on that I didn't just want a row of cars sitting on the shelf but to try and tell some of the story of the drivers and the times, hence the growth into quite a few dioramas. In those pre internet times it could become very frustrating trying to gather good information about certain cars and so I ended up with a quite large (and expensive) library of books as reference material. I never did manage to keep up to date with the cars and to be honest by the mid 90s I was loosing interest in what was then the current F1 scene. I probably managed to cover about half the years from around 1949/50 to 1996. Today all the books and most of the models have long gone, only the ones that are too fragile to post remain with me. It was an interesting hobby to dive into and as production methods improved and more accessories became available, the chance to really super detail the cars became greater. What is now my music room was originally built as my hobby room, perfect size for that, not so good for hifi. Why I choose to build in 1/43 scale? The smaller size meant that a large collection took up less room and the growth of artisan manufacturers, mainly in Italy and the UK, meant there was a steadily growing choice of cars to build. Plus, the largest percentage of the models were mainly metal which was my preferred choice of materials. All models were finished(airbrushed)in auto paint (Rosso Corsa) and just given a wax finish rather than any gloss top coat. The object was always to try for a miniature, scale, replica and in my eyes a super glossy finish wasn't appropriate. Cost of the kits varied hugely. Cheapest ran around $60 to the eye watering $650 I paid for a Japanese kitset of the 1975 312T world champ car. Biggest regret, that I didn't have the lovely little 3D milling machine that sits in my sons studio. Now that I could have really gone to town with. First up I'm ashamed to say I can't remember exactly which car this was. Think it is a 1950 V12. Somewhere missing is the metal 12 cylinder motor that should be in there. Just wanted to do a small workshop diorama. The resin lathe and some other bits and pieces came from a 1/35 military add on pack.
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 3, 2019 19:05:03 GMT 12
1951 British Grand Prix winner driven by José Froilán González. Metal model by(I Think) SMTS, a British maker. Not shown in these photos but when I sold the model I added a valve and hairpin valve spring from this car and given to me by Gavin Bain from Christchurch who restored and owned what most experts agreed was the actual car. (well, as close to the actual car as you'd get with an old racing car) Gavin owned Fazzaz, The Motorists Shop in Litchfield St Christchurch. That shop was an absolute Aladdin's cave for any motoring enthusiast and I spent many happy hours and quite a bit of money there. Still hanging in my music room is a print showing a scene form that GP and signed by Gonzalez and 3rd place Luigi Villoresi. Fangio finished 2nd driving an Alfa but had already passed away when the print was done. Would have been nice to have had his signature there as well.
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 3, 2019 19:15:01 GMT 12
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Post by Owen Y on Apr 3, 2019 20:13:48 GMT 12
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Post by Graham on Apr 3, 2019 21:05:32 GMT 12
Brilliant work Cooks. As a fellow model builder I can appreciate the hours of work and patience displayed here.
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Post by nakmad on Apr 3, 2019 21:06:02 GMT 12
Agreed. Enjoying the Drive through your model collection, Cooks.
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 4, 2019 6:06:16 GMT 12
Thanks gents. Will try and get a couple up each night but I've found that I'm missing photos of several of the 1950s cars(long sold). Gone are the separate tank version of the Lancia D50 that Ferrari appropriated as well as Fangio's world title winning car which had the side fuel tanks removed and relocated to more traditional location. I know that I had build a resin based kit of the long nosed version that was used at high speed circuits. The site linked below has a very tasty large scale version. www.carmodel.com/cmc/m185/1-18/ferrari/f1-d50-long-nose-n-2-german-gp-1956-collins/115186From 1957 I'm missing the 801 with it's distinctive long exhausts exiting along the lower body and 1958's Title winning car driven by Mike Hawthorn. Just to finish the 1950's on a low also MIA is Tony Brooks 246F1 from 1959. I think all those went to a collector in Wellington but after a couple of changes of computer some photos have vanished for good it appears.
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 4, 2019 12:48:10 GMT 12
The only 50s model I can find is the 1954 553 Squalo that won the Spanish GP with Mike Hawthorn at the wheel.
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 4, 2019 12:52:27 GMT 12
Onto the 60s with the Shark Nosed world champ car driven by American Phil Hill.
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Post by michaelw on Apr 4, 2019 13:05:11 GMT 12
great stuff.
how big were these ?
and were they re-creations of actual scenes ?
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 4, 2019 14:17:20 GMT 12
great stuff. how big were these ? and were they re-creations of actual scenes ? 1/43rd scale so about Dinky toy size maybe. Depending on the car perhaps around 8 to 10 cm. Will have a measure tonight. Much of the added detail wiring was salvaged from computers, only bits I could find that were fine enough. Some of the later cars have micro rivets, tyre valves etc fitted and then it's down to 0.35mm drill bits in a pin vice. All the dioramas (many more of those for the later cars) are mainly works of fiction although there are a couple that are more closely based on period photos.. The closest to an actual event was probably a shop scene I did with a V16 Auto Union. Placed that in the body shop with the car body cut into panels and being worked on and fitted to the frame. Unfortunately no pic I can find and long gone to a local collector.
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 5, 2019 6:34:11 GMT 12
Anyone interested in seeing what can be involved in building a modern, detailed small scale miniature there's a link below to the Tameo Models Ferrari 312T. I still have an unbuilt kit of this which is ear marked as a retirement build Tameo(Italian company) were pioneers in computer generated instructions . Their world champ series of cars are super detailed and the 312T kit has over 300 parts, which is a fair number in a model about 11cm long. Again the kits are almost all metal with a wealth of photo etched parts. www.tameokits.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wct075.pdf
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 5, 2019 19:13:52 GMT 12
next car up is 1963(I think). Still with the 1.5 litre V6 motor. Unfortunately John Surtess Champ car from 1964 has gone. I have found a photo showing one of my model cabinets before the sell off and can make out 7 different cars from the 1950s so looks like I pretty much had that era covered.
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Post by cooksferry on Apr 5, 2019 19:36:42 GMT 12
The one that got away. If there's one model I do regret selling it's this replica of Chris Amon's Monaco Gp Ferrari from 1967. A fateful race that saw his team mate Lorenzo Bandini crash on the 82nd lap . His car burst into flames,trapping Bandini and poor response from rescue teams lead to critical burns and the Italians death a few days later. New Zealand drivers did well in the race with Hulme winning, Amon 3rd and McLaren 4th. While the model , built from an English kit set, isn't highly detailed, it is a nice replica. I managed to find Amon's home address via a friend and sent him the metal display plaque to sign. He was kind enough to return it with a nice note of apology for his delay in replying. The metal figure was modified slightly and painted to replicate his driving attire. Engines now 3 litre and in Ferrari's case a V12. From the Surtess Championship season it turned out to be a long wait for Ferrari until their next World Champ driver, 1975 and Niki Lauda. From what I can remember I didn't have much of a model representation through these years from Ferrari but did have 3 different Honda GP cars and the nice looking American Eagle driven by Dan Gurney. No pics of any however.
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