1961 FERRARI 156 SHARKNOSE 1/43

[henryk001]

Dinoboy said:

Jewel of a thing.

Thankyou for your encouraging comment, Its starting to look like a car now, but found a grave error in the design of the kit. I assumed the front canopy would just need cleaning up as the previous kits castings were very good. I think its a mistake in production in that they didnt take into account of the thickness of the radiator (approx 2mm). So now the canopy wont fit into its place because the underside of the cowl fouls against the radiator. Ive already painted it so now hopefully i can fettle off the required amount without damaging the paintwork

[henryk001]

Got as far as doing the radiator level 53 & 54 finished but need to mount the calipers which will have brake pipes added.Stepped back to fit the steering wheel, which needs some paint removal from the spokes.Need to make a major adjustment as previously mentioned on the front nose cone which doesnt fit in place now.
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[henryk001]

Ground away the excess on the nosecone and other than a bit of cleanup etc,also the clear visor needs doing again fortunayely they supply 2 of each. 99% finished the build. The car is sitting quite nicely along with the Ferrari 500 and the transporter i have to repair, which has a broken toprail,mirrors missing and chrome striping along its length. Also the windscreen needs finishing off. A very nice kit if you have the time and the pocket money. Fab detail parts as standard right down to the dzuz fasteners. Thanks to evryone commenting and watching. A big thakyou to Grandprix models for the bits i lost. I will do a run of photos of the three vehicles together on the "show us your model page".
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Nosecone now meets the rear cowl.
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Wheels set.
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Compled.
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Thats it for some time now until i get the dredded fever to do something else. Cheers

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Awesome

[robemcdonald]

henryk001 said:

Ground away the excess on the nosecone and other than a bit of cleanup etc,also the clear visor needs doing again fortunayely they supply 2 of each. 99% finished the build. The car is sitting quite nicely along with the Ferrari 500 and the transporter i have to repair, which has a broken toprail,mirrors missing and chrome striping along its length. Also the windscreen needs finishing off. A very nice kit if you have the time and the pocket money. Fab detail parts as standard right down to the dzuz fasteners. Thanks to evryone commenting and watching. A big thakyou to Grandprix models for the bits i lost. I will do a run of photos of the three vehicles together on the "show us your model page".
Final pics..
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Nosecone now meets the rear cowl.
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Wheels set.
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Compled.
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Thats it for some time now until i get the dredded fever to do something else. Cheers

Top work!

[StonedRollin]

Thoroughly enjoyed this, many thanks for sharing your amazing efforts.

[dudleybloke]

Absolutely stunning work.

[RDMcG]

Brilliant job..you have superb skills.

[dr_gn]

Looks great after all that effort. What's the third one going to be?

[henryk001]

Thanks for the Very nice comments chaps. Thinking of doing the tameo wct 60,s Ferrari 158 to fill the spare space on the transporter, don’t know when though. All the best.Cheers

[anonymous-user]

superb.

[henryk001]

jsf said:

superb.

Thankyou Jsf. Onto 1/12 scale and finish and correct the lotus mkIII I hid away some years ago. Cheers