Ferrari 250 GTO restoration project

[Martin S]

Right now I'm in a period of restoring some of my old modeling failures. I've had my eyes on the nasty 250 GTO in the bookshelf for a long time, thinking it would be nice to fix it up since it is a pretty decent and detailed kit and a really beutiful car, but I made a really crappy build when I did it 15 or so years ago. I think this is a Revell kit but Im not sure. Anyone recognize it?
Not much was painted exept the body so all the parts were in a good condition, but there was glue everywhere, and what a strong glue it was ! damn.. At least every tiny little part is still there exept for one rear lamp.
The body paint was a miserable black brushed with crappy decals and clearcoat.

Hope you will enjoy seeing this model restored from crap to beauty !

The situation at the beginning:


Taken apart and body ready for paint stripping:


A "few" layers of paint stripped off. Looking real ugly now :



A layer of primer to see all the little defects. You can already see the beautiful shape of this old ferrari:


A lot of 400-grit paper and putty later:


Started to repaint the chromed wire wheels. They are not very shiny on the real 250 GTOs so I gave them a shot of tamiya chrome silver:


Stay tuned !

[Layla's Keeper]

Yeah, it's the Revell and not the ex-Aurora kit either. I can tell just from those lousy tires.

You're doing an excellent job rebuilding it though. Keep at it and do the Scuderia proud.

[Orion37170]

good idea on this restauration.
i am looking foward on your progress

[levincer]

I've never followed a restauration thread, u're doing a wonderful job please keep us updated.

[KEFLON]

great idea to restore your old models and ure doing a good job at the moment keep it up!

[Sennake]

Looking at the ride height of your old model, I advise you to lower the suspension as well. At least a few millimeters...

This is my Gunze Sangyo model and the ride height is a lot lower :



And keep up the great work! I'll keep an eye on this thread

[Martin S]

Yes, the ride-height needs to be lowered. Trying to figure out how to do this in a invisible way. I want the chassi still looking stock..
Your red 250 GTO looks wonderful by the way..

I have been working on the engine since the last update. Repainted and a light black wash and some heat stain on the headers.
Here it is, testfitted in the chassis:

[Orion37170]

superb!

[Martin S]

Finished and installed the rear suspension except for the brakes.
Managed to fix the ride-height. A test fit of the body looked promising, but more on that later.
Some pics:

[ol' dude]

Looks to be a great resto project. looks good so far, keep us posted!!!!

[Metaphor]

Looking nice, good luck on your project!

[p9o1r1sche]

Great looking restoration - keep it going.

Sennake - what wheels are those on your 250?

[Samurai75007]

Mmm I love old Ferrari's, hell I love all Ferrari's

[EMAXX]

Nice work so far. Looks great.

It's always nice to go back and rebuild the kits that you don't like and you know you could have done better. I seem to be doing that quite a bit these days. It's loads of fun, and you get to see what you've learned in the past years. Like on a ton of my cars, I have about a gallon of glue just holding the windows in place.

[lotusmark2]

love this model, topic and the job you are doing. Keep us updated!!