Ferrari 250 SWB

Hi - Here's a 250 SWB that I completed some time ago.
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/martsmodels/P6010001.JPG

I got a bit tired of painting Ferraris red (don't we all?) so decided to do this one as the Rob Walker car that Stirling Moss won the Tourist Trophy race in at Goodwood in 1961.

It's a 1/24 Italeri kit and for this particular car had to be converted to RHD by remaking the dash and chopping the firewall and re-arranging the inner wings and footwells.
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/martsmodels/Ch1.jpg

Hope you like her

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/martsmodels/P6010005.JPG

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/martsmodels/P6010002.JPG

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/martsmodels/P6010004.JPG

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/martsmodels/goodwood.jpg
(Moss leading Mike Parkes through the chicane)


Cheers

Lurve that version!

Awesome! Are those the kit wheels?

Wow, that looks great! Never seen one of these built before - how good is the kit, and how much, if anything, did you need to modify (apart form the rhd conversion!)?

Sweet :sunglasse

Dear Revell/Italeri, pleasepleasepleaseplease reissue this one!

That's damn beautiful!!!! Absolutely gorgeous! Same question on the wheels.


Sweet :sunglasse

Dear Revell/Italeri, pleasepleasepleaseplease reissue this one!
This is what I'm thinking of.

Fantastic! I like also the poster, original touch.

Sorry forgot to mention the wheels. They are from MG Models - I ordered them from Icaro (http://www.icarohobbies.com/) and just sent them an email telling them what car I was doing (total was about £13 ($24-ish) inc p&p). The wheels came ready made up and just needed the stub axles modifying a little to adapt them.

Only changes to the body were to take off the Pininfarina plinths on the wings, alter the front and rear valances to remove the bumper mountings and scratch a quick release filler.


p.s. I believe Testors do (or did) this kit - I got this one via ebay from Germany and have never seen another apart from a built street version on another forum.

Very well done. I've never seen an Italeri SWB on the Bay

This is one beautiful model of a gourgeous Ferrari. Thank you for sharing.

Great job Martin :thumbsup:

I was lucky enought to pick up the ESCI "Rally" version (as they called it IIRC) version of the Moss car for 5GBP on eBay but I sold it on as TBH the kit looked awful! :( I still have two of the Italeri kits in my stash though :D

Last week I was lucky ebough to see the SWB in 1/1 and I have to say it was even more beautiful in real life than I already thought it was. Gorgeous! drooooool

Very good work replicating this important Ferrari! I must say that replacing those awful Italeri "wirewheels" really adds to the result!

-Niko

Sweet :sunglasse

Dear Revell/Italeri, pleasepleasepleaseplease reissue this one!

Your wish, is Revells command:
Look here! (http://www.revell.de/de/produkte/modellbau/modellbau/autos/?id=207&KOKANR=01&KOSCHL=04&KGSCHL=01&L=0&page=1&sort=0&nc=1&searchactive=&q=&SWO=&ARMAS4=&CatalogueSID=d28a5b51686d2851b5ae316d09327368&KZSLPG=%23NH%23&offset=4&cmd=show&ARARTN=07395&sp=1)

Very nice Ferrari btw!

Cheers Gerwin

Great model! Congratulations!:)

Your wish, is Revells command:
Look here! (http://www.revell.de/de/produkte/modellbau/modellbau/autos/?id=207&KOKANR=01&KOSCHL=04&KGSCHL=01&L=0&page=1&sort=0&nc=1&searchactive=&q=&SWO=&ARMAS4=&CatalogueSID=d28a5b51686d2851b5ae316d09327368&KZSLPG=%23NH%23&offset=4&cmd=show&ARARTN=07395&sp=1)
Infortunately not.
Revell is re-issuing the (Italeri) 250GTO, not this 250SWB. At least for now... :disappoin


Cheers,
Luis

Great model! Congratulations!:)


Infortunately not.
Revell is re-issuing the (Italeri) 250GTO, not this 250SWB. At least for now... :disappoin


Cheers,
Luis

@_@ They're re-issuing the GTO?! Does it say when?

I believe around June/07. :)