Ferrari Testarossa 250 1958 MG Plus Models 1:12

tony126c2 · #1 08-09-2009, 04:14 PM

Is there life after the F40 project ? .......well indeed there is

The Lucybelle will be my next model. The picture shows the model which is assembled by the manufacturer.

I won´t make the NART version but the version how it is currently in a private Swiss collection. This book by Douglas Nye gives me guidance

Some pictures of the box and its contents

The front part is nicely detailled with a separate engine but the aft part is one lumb of resin.
I will open the trunklid and the doors and replace them with brass ones.

The innerpart will be replaced by a tubular brass chassis, tank and sparewheel.

Here is some reference

And here are my drawings of the aft part

A lot of plans

regards

Ton

CrateCruncher · #2 08-09-2009, 05:29 PM

Alright Ton! This will be remembered as the summer of the white Testa Rossa on this forum. Keep the the great pics coming! (PS: That photoetch steering wheel rim would be perfect for a wooden steering wheel)

tuned.by.twenty · #3 08-09-2009, 05:36 PM

This should be fun to follow.

tony126c2 · #4 08-10-2009, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by CrateCruncher

Alright Ton! This will be remembered as the summer of the white Testa Rossa on this forum. Keep the the great pics coming! (PS: That photoetch steering wheel rim would be perfect for a wooden steering wheel)

Yes and it will be nice to see how these different makes will develop. I already have 0.5 mm veneer to put on the rim

godfather23 · #5 08-10-2009, 09:12 AM

I never knew about this kit until I opened this thread...

About the summer of white ´58 Testarossas, I´m not sure. I remember one being made last year...phhh.

Good luck with this monster. I´m eager to see this one done.

Robert

tony126c2 · #6 08-10-2009, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by godfather23

I never knew about this kit until I opened this thread...

About the summer of white ´58 Testarossas, I´m not sure. I remember one being made last year...phhh.

Good luck with this monster. I´m eager to see this one done.

Robert

Thanks Robert ...although you can not see the pics anymore it is definitely the Lucy Belle

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godfather23
04-03-2008, 04:16 PM

Now that I can see pictures, I also need to congratulate you... Interesting livery. I have never this one in these colors. Can you please post some pictures of the whole car??

Robert

godfather23 · #7 08-10-2009, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tony126c2

Thanks Robert ...although you can not see the pics anymore it is definitely the Lucy Belle

Oh my goodness. There I am looking all foolish...

What I meant was...ähham...your blue stripes are much more darker than the ones I saw yet. Please don´t ask what I was smoking while writing the earlier of the two posts.

If I remember right, I even put a picture off the No. 22 car into my building thread. Oh dear.

Robert

tony126c2 · #8 08-10-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by godfather23

Oh my goodness. There I am looking all foolish...

What I meant was...ähham...your blue stripes are much more darker than the ones I saw yet. Please don´t ask what I was smoking while writing the earlier of the two posts.

If I remember right, I even put a picture off the No. 22 car into my building thread. Oh dear.

Robert

LOL ..no problem my friend!

Ton

ouizel · #9 08-10-2009, 03:23 PM

I have this same kit and have been contemplating some of the same modifications you are proposing.

I will definitely be watching your build and taking notes!

d13ca5tm0dd3r · #10 08-10-2009, 04:13 PM

looks good.

tony126c2 · #11 08-10-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ouizel

I will definitely be watching your build and taking notes!

You are welcome !

250 Testa Rossa · #12 08-12-2009, 12:46 AM

1/12th scale ? WHOA! I just finished my Hasegawa TR. MG Model Plus just released a 1/12th scale TR that Von Neumann ran at Riverside.

tony126c2 · #13 08-14-2009, 06:58 AM

After some consideration I decided to construct the aft chassis in brass instead of plastic tubing. Although plastic is better to work with, brass gives more strenght.

I started with a brass bulkhead to have a solid connection point for the brass tubing. I also use the resin aft part for the right measurement as a kind of mould for the brass parts.

Here you see one part already "moulded"

The drawing I made is now a template for the bending of the brass tubing

...and the mould I use for dryfitting. After I soldered the beams I was not very satisfied: the diameter of the tube was to much ( I knew already

) and the connection to the bulkhead was crappy. I removed everything and started all over with the new 6 mm tubing.

In my second attempt I soldered a connection point ( made from a thinner tube) where I could slide the 6mm tube over the smaller one. It makes it much more easy to align the 6mm tube.

This hazy picture shows the support. After bending, aligning and soldering I added a cross connection

Next step is further making some reinforcements of the frame and making the axle.

regards

Ton

F1Tommy · #14 08-14-2009, 10:52 AM

Converting an MG into a superdetailed model. Wow you are brave!!
Can't wait to see your thread as it goes along.

Consider this a scratchbuild(other than the body).

Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2010 model/photo contest-Chicago April 2010

CrateCruncher · #15 08-14-2009, 11:20 AM

Nice start Ton! This is a very ambitious project, no doubt.

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