AF Group Build: A Tribute To The 60 Red Years

[ferraripaul]

Originally Posted by gionc

BTW we will consider Scuderia Ferrari birthday or Enzo's birtdhday as deadline, someone remember those dates?

Enzo Ferrari is registered on his certificate of birth February 20, 1898. His real appearance is rumored by his biographers two days earlier - but Modena had to endure reasonable snow that winter, so his father registered the newborn Enzo when nature finally permitted it.

The Scuderia Ferrari was founded December 1, 1929 - but was not building cars but preparing Alfa Romeos and other cars for private racing drivers, later took over the racing department of Alfa Romeo. Ferrari himself was quite successful that way until WW II ended racing. Just before the war stopped all racing activities in 1939, Ferrari left Alfa with a big bang and was contractually obliged not to enter or produce cars under his own name.

He built his own car independently based on Fiat parts and this was called Auto Avio Costruzioni, Tipo 815.

1939 was also the year Ferrari set up what you could call a factory. But war demanded different things than racing cars, and, with the exception of the Tipo 815, the factory produced hydraulic grinding machines (to which a German company held the patents). He did this earning good money providing these important tools to the war machine in his country.

1943 was the year the company opened the new factory in Maranello. Italian law forced important industries to decentralize and thus avoiding beeing to vulnerable to the Allied's bomb raids.

But Enzo never gave up the idea of building racing cars of his own. Directly after the war ended, planning and design went under way. The first Ferrari engine was on the test bed in September 1946 and the completed chassis of the prototype 125 S was ready for the test drive accomplished by Enzo himself at March 12, 1947.

And I think this is what the Ferrari organization has in mind as 'point zero' in measuring its history. Just imagine: Half the world was in wreckage and this guy realised his dream. A 12 cylinder sports car. Unbelievable!

Sorry for beeing quite eloquent, but Ferrari history is that complicated. And the biographers took lots of more pages on this subject ...

Thanks for enduring this, Paul

[OrangeR]

I'll sure join in!

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by ferraripaul

Thanks for enduring this, Paul

Very interesting

PS I love and agree with your signature

[Veyron]

I'll try to complete something for this.

[tigeraid]

I'm definitely in. I take it by the rules then that the kits don't have to be stock?

[ales]

I'm in!

[gionc]

Originally Posted by tigeraid

I'm definitely in. I take it by the rules then that the kits don't have to be stock?

rules are just no rules LOL

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by tigeraid

I'm definitely in. I take it by the rules then that the kits don't have to be stock?

I agree, the "rules" were very unclear on that issue.

Originally Posted by auw12

1: Make a ferrari. From the 125s(actually i was thinking of the auto avio costorzione 815 ) to the 599GTB Fiorano, anything which has a kit or not. Do what ever you want.

[Dave5.0]

1/24 scale, or can we do others?

[Enzoenvy1]

Well, looks like I need to finish a F430, 360/Challenge, F40, F50, one of 8 Enzo's, and one of 3 FXX's by the end of this year?! Maybe I should just finish a damn model, then worry about which Ferrari, lol.

I am so in!!! This is going to be great!

[auw12]

Thank you Paul for your wonderful article, we learnt a lot!

I'm sorry guys for my unclear explaination as the rule is actually no rule. Yes you can build F1 cars, SP cars, prototype, one-offs, RHD, us spec, concept cars...what ever you like! And also you can build 1/43, 1/24, 1/20, 1/16, 1/12, 1/1...what ever you like! And also also you can enter with multi-entries...just do what ever you like to celebrate this feast.

[Vric]

I have many Ferrari on my list, so I will probably enter before even knowing it

[DVST8R]

I'm in. So many Ferrari's to build, it'll take me 6 months just to decide which one to do! I might do an F430 Spider, I have an excellent book on the car I got for Christmas a few years ago.

[auw12]

Originally Posted by slk320

Can I join the club with my FXX?

Sure! That's brilliant!

Originally Posted by Dave5.0

will weget our model back after the photo shoot?

Nah~~ I'll take it~~ j/k You don't have to deliver your model to somewhere, just make two thread, one for the WIP section and the other for the Gallery~

Originally Posted by klutz 100

See you again in December....

[amusegt1]

Originally Posted by auw12

And also you can build 1/43, 1/24, 1/20, 1/16, 1/12, 1/1...

Does this mean i can buy a real one? Maybe i should ask Ferrari to make the F430 into kit form so i can enter this group build. J/K

It an great idea! I will probably building numerous Ferraris over the year. So count me in!