What a gorgeous little car! And the photo-etched plaque is a wonderful addition to the kit. I'll have to make a base for this and the Berlinetta.
This is a replica of car #22, Ferrari serial #0008M, as driven by Luigi Chinetti to a win at Le Mans in 1949. (His copilot was ill and only drove about 90 minutes of the 24 hours.) Hence the full-size folding windscreen and little Brooklands screens behind it, the added fog lamp and the white stripe around the grille. For a road car I would have deleted all that, and built a wrap-around windscreen.
The radiator was mounted too low. In spite of the upper radiator hose no longer fitting, I reversed the forward radiator mounting arms to bring the radiator up and back. I had to grind out the resin body to fit the radiator in its new position, but the radiator cap is now visible.
Lovely cockpit. Only one problematic decal.
The matching Berlinetta is equally gorgeous. This pair has been on my wish list since I saw a feature on the matching pair owned by Road & Track publishers John and Elaine Bond in the late '60s. Carrozzeria Touring had a winning shape in this one, and some of the cues turned up in a lot of different places, such as the AC Ace (predecessor of the Cobra) and even, in the grille, various iterations of the Chrysler 300.
So having completed these two iconic Ferraris as well as the Alfa Stradale, the drool-worthy list is shrinking. What's up next? Not sure. Stay tuned!
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