Ferrari 250LM 1965 Le Mans Winner - MFH 1/24

[gtziaf]

Originally Posted by das_auto

Wow! Coming along nicely. I admire your patience.

Emil

Thank you for your support. Really appreciate it. Hope, finally, you enjoy what you see as a result.

George

[Fooesboy]

I'm really enjoying you WIP. How you are showing the steps necessary to get a perfect fitment is great, thanks for taking the time. Eagerly awaiting the next update.

[joelwideqvist]

Such great work! Really inspiring to watch your patience to correct those kit mistakes.

[sportracer02]

Originally Posted by joelwideqvist

Such great work! Really inspiring to watch your patience to correct those kit mistakes.

I just can agree - sometimes it is horrible to see the price of those kits and how much cleaning of the parts it is necessary, before you even can start the real built of the model

[gtziaf]

Thank you guys. Hope I post something new, between this week...

[CifeNet]

Good start for sure! Will follow this one closely!

[gtziaf]

Originally Posted by CifeNet

Good start for sure! Will follow this one closely!

Thank you very much for your support...

[gtziaf]

Back to business on my LM, and this is the engine time...

First I assembly the parts and then paint them with Alclad's aluminium, over black base...


Then, I decide to weathered the V12. So I take some oils and mig's products to achieve an 60's sense on my build.


Also, start adding some bolts-nuts on it.


Then, some engine component painted and attached.




To the cylinder heads, I add some 0.6 bolts, from a top studio set and 4 little balls (included in the kit).






Afterwards, add them to the engine and attached an the first part of plug cords. The six Weber carburettors, also painted, weathered and glued on to the engine.




The upside down view.


Then, the ignition system completed and the engine looks like this.


More engine progress, follow on next update...

Thanks for watching!

George

[ianc911]

Gorgeous, as usual. Great job with the tiny bolt heads; those things always give me Parkinson's disease for awhile!

ianc

[Greg23]

Looks great. I like the detail.

[gtziaf]

Thank you Ianc and Greg...

[gtziaf]

More engine progress today...
Started with the air funnels and their little pipes (need to cut them from a rod included in the kit).


Then, I corrected, a little a bit, the shape of air box, adding a ledge from photo-etch frame. Some bolts and a wash complete the story.




Then, I made the throttle cable for different wires and photo-etch parts from my spare box.


Afterwards, all of these parts, fitted on the engine block. Here where we are now...








Hope you like it.

George

[das_auto]

Wow! This build is getting better and better with every post!

I love the P/E boltheads and metal intake trumpets. Very realistic!

Keep up the good work!

Emil

[turbothirtytwo]

You can never have enough funnels. looks killer

[lovegt40]

You are making a wonderful model really George !