Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa by Hasegawa

After all that jibbering about güügle and göögle I need to get square with you guys and show you that I have - yes I have - finished my 250 TR as well.

I know there have been a lot of them lately, but this kit is just georgeous. Everything falls into its places. I´ve seen a couple of nice kits but this one raises the bar fitment as far as I´m concerned.

The tricky part of the panel joint line has been covered before. But if you need some advice how to set the body onto the chassis without cracking your putty-job follow the guidelines Klutz has provided. His guide works well - I furthermore found it useful to knock the bulk behind the seats loose, because it gives your more flexibility in working the body. In the end I needed to cheat with some Ferrari-badges because I got my panel lines being visible before final assembly - once again.

Okay, since my 250 TR is curbside (:runaround: :runaround: ), I added some stuff which means that mine is not truely OOB. Let´s see what we have here:
- painted TS-26 pure white with TS-10 French blue stripes (I kind of like this Argentinian look)
- Hasegawa PE Wheel-Set (it´s a must have)
- e-Jan Ferrari emblem stickers
- Mr. Gunze UV Cut gloss for clear coat
- MFH leather adhesive cover for seats
- new front grill (see my WIP for that one)
- some BMF-foil on different parts
- changed the mesh on the hood

I really like the outcome of this build. The stripes could be a little sharper and I really regret not finding a spare italian or french license plate that I could use. Enough talking some pictures (sorry, no sun - but summer has gone, already):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/knobi23232/250%20TR/CIMG2316.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/knobi23232/250%20TR/CIMG2315.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/knobi23232/250%20TR/CIMG2321.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/knobi23232/250%20TR/250TR-wheel.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/knobi23232/250%20TR/250TRdriver.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/knobi23232/250%20TR/250TRcockpit.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/knobi23232/250%20TR/250TRback.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/knobi23232/250%20TR/CIMG2332.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/knobi23232/250%20TR/CIMG2325.jpg

Thanks for watching and I can really recommend this kit to everybody who is looking for a decent replica of an historic Ferrari.

Robert

Looks fantastic :sunglasse

I think A/F is morphing from the "Skyline forum" to the "Ferrari forum" :biggrin:

Looks great!

More ferraris, less skylines please :)

It is nice to see another one of these. That color scheme is fantastic. And your seat leather came out looking quite nice.

And though I'll be posting a couple of Skylines today, I also applaud the appearance of so many of these awesome Ferraris (I have two that will be coming soon enough).

Very nice build! :thumbsup:
I hope I can build mine half as good as this.:iceslolan

Thanks guys for your kind replies.

Robert

Very nice build Robert! :thumbsup: