Most incredible scale model i've ever seen

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/30/video-homemade-1-3-scale-ferrari-312pb-fully-functional/

The title says it all.

*This is really old, so sorry if its a repost*

It is old, but it's always cool to watch.

o-l-d.

-Chris

its awfully cOLD in here. lol

It might be old but thats still there first time I've ever seen it. Thats just amazing though, I'd love to know if he made any other ones.

It might be old but thats still there first time I've ever seen it. Thats just amazing though, I'd love to know if he made any other ones.

i doubt it. that one took him 12 years, if i remember correctly.

Yea I know, but everyone's saying thats old news, but I don't know how exactly old it is, so I kinda just assumed maybe he started a new one.

Old but good!
He is building other cars the same way. At least it says so at the video link above.


"The video is from a 1998 episode of "Jeremy Clarkson's Extreme Machines." Scerri has since begun construction on another 312PB, a 330P4 and a 250 GTO."


Niclas

Yeah yeah, old post. Still worth looking at.

The thing that amazes me about it is not really that he built it. Any sufficiently talented and obsessed individual can do the work. The amazing thing is the reference material he must have collected for the car. Sure, taking bunches of pics and doing mechanical drawings is sufficient for things like the suspension, brakes, cockpit, etc. But you can't build an engine or a transmission from pics. So how did he get the references??

I suppose it may be best that I not learn that sort of thing. If I had access to that kind of reference for, say a 1973 911 RS (or even just the engine!), I'd give up plastic.

http://www.bhop73.com/stuff/forumfun/repost.jpg

I've always wanted to use that pic.. :D

But you can't build an engine or a transmission from pics. So how did he get the references??


I'd like to respectfully disagree. All that is required to design an accurate functional engine is a few pictures, firing order, bore/stroke, and cam specs. Thats all. The rest can be pieced and puzzled together. I've been designing a Chevy 502 for several months now using only pictures and a few specs.

Even though it may be old, that was awesome to me. I have never even seen that before. That thing must be worth a ton to the right purchaser. He could easily fund other builds with the money from that one. Damn, if he gets patents on it, then he is set.

this is new to me!

Incredible, truely insane

thanks for posting this!

Yeah yeah, old post. Still worth looking at.

The thing that amazes me about it is not really that he built it. Any sufficiently talented and obsessed individual can do the work. The amazing thing is the reference material he must have collected for the car. Sure, taking bunches of pics and doing mechanical drawings is sufficient for things like the suspension, brakes, cockpit, etc. But you can't build an engine or a transmission from pics. So how did he get the references??

I suppose it may be best that I not learn that sort of thing. If I had access to that kind of reference for, say a 1973 911 RS (or even just the engine!), I'd give up plastic.

i seem to recall that he had a lot of help from ferrari, and spent 3 years on the blueprints alone.

hey... i clicked the link and see that i was right... 12 years to build and 3 for blueprints. but next time i'll actually check a link before commenting.

:lol:

WIP photos here: http://mps-sportproto.com/en/modeles.php