In progress: Ferrari 512BB #88 LM'78

I started this few months ago so this won't be one of my two-year progress threads:)

The model will represent this car:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/nniemi/512BB%20Thomson/512.jpg

Starting point to this model is an old ARII 512BB kit that would have needed a lot of work to represent a street car so i decided to convert it to the "Competizione" specs.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/nniemi/512BB%20Thomson/512BBlahto.jpg

Decals are from an old Scale Designs sheet bought from ebay:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/nniemi/512BB%20Thomson/4d_1.jpg

Here is couple of photos from body modifications. I made new wheelarch extensions from plastic sheet and putty, front spoiler is reshaped and brake cooling air intakes are formed from plastic sheet:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/nniemi/512BB%20Thomson/kylki2.jpg

The front end was reshaped, ARII's body is too wide at front so I narrowed it by taking a couple of millimeters from the center and glued the halves together:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/nniemi/512BB%20Thomson/ylhaalta.jpg

The interior is almost totally scratchbuilt. Only kit supplied parts that i used are dash, seats and steering wheel:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/nniemi/512BB%20Thomson/DSC00016.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/nniemi/512BB%20Thomson/DSC00018.jpg

Here is the body at its current stage, paint is ready and most of the decals are on:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/nniemi/512BB%20Thomson/DSC00041.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/nniemi/512BB%20Thomson/DSC00042.jpg

Hope you like it:)

-Niko

I love it! It's a beautiful car and the model is also looking great. Awesome :)

Fantastic clean masterwork: I love it.:eek:

Nice work! The interior looks especially good as does the body, can't wait to see it finished! :D

Well, this one is mostly finished. I will have to steal those additional drivinglights from somewhere, but other than that it is ready for track.

I used Historic Racing Miniatures wheels and tires, Sakatsu antenna and numberlights and Seimitsuya's fuel caps. Rear spoiler and engine air intakes were made from putty and plastic sheets.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/nniemi/512BB%20Thomson/DSC00062.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/nniemi/512BB%20Thomson/DSC00061.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/nniemi/512BB%20Thomson/DSC00064.jpg

-Niko

Hi Niko,

this one looks good and is probably a cheaper model than the Studio27 kit.

In your first posting you wrote, you will build the LeMans racer; so my questions: are you sure they drove with co-drivers seat? Didn´t you intend to replace the stock drivers seat with a racing seat? :dunno:

Well i dont have good references on this, but at least few years earlier co-drivers seat was obligatory on LM. I based the interior on pics of the restored car on these pics:

http://www.barchetta.cc/english/All.Ferraris/Detail/24127.512.BBLM.htm

Seats are probably a little wrong, but because there were no better references available that will do.

And yes, that was some $ 120 cheaper than S27 model.

-Niko

I really like this Ferrari. Alot.

Well i dont have good references on this, but at least few years earlier co-drivers seat was obligatory on LM. I based the interior on pics of the restored car on these pics:

http://www.barchetta.cc/english/All.Ferraris/Detail/24127.512.BBLM.htm

Seats are probably a little wrong, but because there were no better references available that will do.


-Niko


Hi,

I guess your reference material shows a former race car, nowadays equipped with a second seat to show co-drivers, how the cars handled.
In times, when these cars ran in LM, there was no second seat in the cars.

very nice conversion, the results are excellent. keep up the good work.

Nice job, looks very well made.