Ferrari 512S "Coda Lunga" - Le Mans 1970 - finished pics!

[Sennake]

Originally Posted by owlmodel

truely awesome! could you tell me what was the paint did you use?

Automotive paint. 3 layers and then polishing a whole lot.

[Sennake]

Originally Posted by labandabonnot

I'm a damn liar!!!!!
This Ferrari is wonderful, no discuss... (and this thread does more than doing it justice!)
But to my eyes, nothing in the racing world of all times can compare a 917k!... Prettier... and faster!

Hehe, no sweat

To please everyone, a picture to compare :



PS : I still have to start working at the Gulf Porsche of 1970...

[labandabonnot]

Good taste! I've enjoyed your site too! Thanks for sharing!

[nervestrikes]

Great built as well as patience.

[Vric]

WoW ! that's an amesing kit ! perfection !

[levincer]

Marvelous Job Sennake, when i'll open the 'Le Mans' Movie Car Thread i'll ask u if u're ok to add your fantastic 512s to it.

Thanx again for sharing.

[BRM]

Wicked job. Love the details.

[Howielong]

Looks like a great build.

[willimo]

More vintage racers... and of such incredible caliber! That is just an amazing model. I can't beleive that it was made, I think you have a shrinking machine somewhere that you're hiding from us.

[Gainsbourg]

Flawless build and extremely beautiful result. Your models are a true pleasure to see. Excellent work Guy.

[flyonthewall]

That's cool but where's the model?

[p9o1r1sche]

Great build! I know the Fisher kits dont have a lot of detail, but you have done a great job in making this one realistic. Are the verticle fins angled outward at the rear? Maybe its just the picture angle. This may be a dumb question, but why would the gas filler caps be safety wired?

[rx7king]

that is superb, great job detailing it, it definatly paid off

[levincer]

Sennake,

The rear wing seems really thin, is it in resin ? is it in the kit or did u had it ?

Tanx.

[Sennake]

Originally Posted by p9o1r1sche

Great build! I know the Fisher kits dont have a lot of detail, but you have done a great job in making this one realistic. Are the verticle fins angled outward at the rear? Maybe its just the picture angle. This may be a dumb question, but why would the gas filler caps be safety wired?

I did a lot of research on this car, since there is nearly nothing available about this particular Ferrari. How come? Well, the car was built exclusively for the 1970 Le Mans 24 hours, so it never ran another race before that day. And after 11 hours, Jackie Ickx crashed the car, killing a marshall in the crash. The car was never restaured. In those days they simply threw away the parts, or they were destroyed.

So if you find a picture of this car it is very rare. Furthermore, you have to be very careful if you find a picture of a Ferrari 512S with number 5, because the filmmakers of the movie "Le Mans" with and by Steve McQueen had to rebuild a Ferrari-lookalike for this number 5 car, to shoot the sequences after the actual race, in the 2 months following the real race. Those pictures may seem like the actual car, but the cars were not identical!

I have searched long and thourougly to find good picture, I even bought a $70 book about the 512S&M, where I found exactly 1 good picture about this car. So I think I'm entitled to say that I did a deep research of the car.

Now, as for the questions you ask : I copied everything you see from the pics I have. Yes, the verticle fins ARE angled outward at the rear as they should be, and the gas filler caps are safety wired. Probably because they didn't want them to fly away during the race...

To prove my point, I enclose 2 pictures that confirm my statement