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06-09-2008, 02:58 PM
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MFH '65 Ferrari 250LM
This is a model I have been working on, the first Model factory Hiro kit I have had. Quite daunting with all the white metal pieces.
It is the Le Mans winning Ferrari 250LM of 1965, driven by Maston Gregory and Jochen Rindt, one of my favourate ferraris      
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06-09-2008, 03:58 PM
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Re: MFH '65 Ferrari 250LM
It seems like the white metal takes some serious cleanup, but otherwise those MFH kits are really great (and you pay for it too!). I'm just admiring that unneccessary but very cool flywheel detail.
Looks good so far. Alex
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06-09-2008, 09:54 PM
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Re: MFH '65 Ferrari 250LM
i know it's sounds stupid & silly.
but until the day i can finally hold ANY MFH resin kit in my own hands, i can only watch in owe the pics, with my mouth open now. it won't be long i swear... marc  SGP
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I can feel the adredalin, the same adredalin of what it's like... to be a classic ferrari coachbuilder.
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06-10-2008, 01:57 AM
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Re: MFH '65 Ferrari 250LM
I'll certainly be watching this one closely!
Marc, don't be sad, after all you like to create all those one off Ferrari! Plus you are not alone in wishing to have bought those MFH kits, I've found myself thinking about selling all the double kits I have and investing in MFH kits (they are worth all the money and they would give me more time to actually build models than I get now with all the problems I get with the plastic ones, but it's difficult to take the final decision.
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06-10-2008, 01:41 PM
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Re: MFH '65 Ferrari 250LM
Alex, yes it takes an age to clean up and polish the white metal, also it seem a shame to cover up all the detail like the cylinder heads and the pistons in the block, great touch of detail, same with the flywheel.
Marc, you should get one, they are lovely kits. Couple more photos!   
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06-11-2008, 03:12 AM
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Re: MFH '65 Ferrari 250LM
Hi pawlie
I use Tamiyas polishing paper to start with, 400, finnish with 2000, also I use the Scale Motorsport polishing sticks, they work really well and good for getting round smaller bits 
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06-11-2008, 03:17 PM
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Re: MFH '65 Ferrari 250LM
Thats really cool i remember making one of these cars before but i forgot the model car it was this was a long time ago lol
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06-11-2008, 04:23 PM
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Re: MFH '65 Ferrari 250LM
Couple more photos, cleaned and primed the frame and other pieces, using etching primer, got the gear box onto the engine and the brakes, and also weathered the engine.
  
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06-11-2008, 04:30 PM
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Re: MFH '65 Ferrari 250LM
Very nice! Really great: you done a superb cleaning job, normally I don't like so much weathering on Hiros since they show ever a lot of prototyping marks, but your is fully free by faults. Lot of patience but the job worth any time needed.
I think also the 250Lm is the better if the Climax/Hiro kits, really a jewel. I got in yellow - Francorchamps 
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06-12-2008, 11:00 AM
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Re: MFH '65 Ferrari 250LM
Quote:
 hehe.... marc SGP
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06-13-2008, 03:50 AM
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Re: MFH '65 Ferrari 250LM
Hi Duncan,
Great kit! thought about this one myself but decided to take a break from Ferraris and build a MFH Cobra, just started a wip here. I've made quite a few MFH kits, can I suggest that you try cleaning up the castings in your normal way and then finish with a brass suede brush; it polishes them very well and easily and looks pretty realistic. Cheers, Lee
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