Dino 206S: Background and paint

This gorgeous little car placed second at the 1966 Targa Florio, driven by Jean Guichet and Giancarlo Baghetti, sandwiched between a pair of 2-litre 906s. It's the Berlinetta version; the regular 206S had what we would call today (ironically courtesy of Porsche) a Targa top, with just the roof section missing.

The kit is a resin curbside kit from Pierpaolo Pintarelli, who you can find on Facebook under DDP Models. I have a couple other kits of his (a Lola GT Mark 6 with the Cortina tail lights, and a 908/02 Spyder); this is the first one I've tackled. His selection of '60s and '70s road racers is extensive, eclectic and well researched; while he doesn't provide an instruction manual, the kits are relatively simple, the parts are well made and fit well, and his photo albums on Facebook document assembly well. Most recent was a Matra MS 660 from 1970.



Resin quality is very nice with only one or two pinholes, and essentially no flash, although the mold in this particular instance is a bit thin in places, so I will have to be careful not to break through. The three main resin bits all fit together nicely. Vacuum formed bits are a decent thickness unlike some resin kits where it's barely thicker than food wrap, and thus very easily damaged.



First step as always was a bath in isopropyl alcohol followed by a warm wash in Dawn soap.



The Duplicolor primer-sealer went on well but is a bit dark, and a couple of coats of Tamiya TS-8 Italian Red over it came up a little darker than I would like, so next was a light wet sanding (1000 and 2000 grit) to cut this back and also to smooth out the resin.



Tamiya white primer went on next. A run in the roof will need to be sanded out once it all dries hard in a couple of days, so that's it for now.



There are two distinct sets of period pictures of this car online; some show the car as here, others (including the link given above) show little scoops built into the doors and roof presumably to improve cockpit ventilation. I am guessing the former are shots taken in practice while the scoops were added for the race at the driver's request. DDP provides little scoops amongst the vacuum-formed bits, but I think I'll leave them off. The kit also includes additional nose tabs and a spoiler joining the two rear tabs, but the photographic record implies these were only used later in the season, at Nurburgring and other tracks.

Stay tuned! Could be #1 for 2020!