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Maserati 250F (1957)
Hi
I built this last weekend. The author of the model is Paul Chenard. You have a pic in very low resolution of the template on his web, here. But you can find a better copy of the template here. From the beginning, there are several problems with this model: - The template is low resolution. Still, it doesn't look too bad on A4. - There are not instructions. - You only have these two pictures, low resolution too, as reference. And I didn't find pictures of this model built by anybody else. Then, when you try to build it, you find more problems: There are some small pieces missing. In the pictures posted in the author's web you can see some details that are not in the template: - a small spoiler before the rear wheels. - the back of the seat. - the wheels, following the template, should be directly glued on the car bodywork, but then it would be impossible to put them in paralel. I didn't like the pilot, but then I discovered that it had a mission: to hide parts of the car. I am satisfied with the solutions and ideas I got to build the model. Of course, the execution of the model is subpar. I still need to improve much. Alright, my ideas: - Print a second copy of the template, mirrored. It will be used for pieces and to cover the white back of some parts. - Cut the bed and the laterals of the car in the mirrored template and glue them on the back of the normal pieces. - Cut the spoiler, windbreaker and exhaust pipe in the mirrored image and glue them on the other parts. - Cut from somewhere in the mirrored template a red piece to cover the white back of the yellow nose of the car. If you don't do that, it will be white and look ugly. - Cut from somewhere in the mirrored template a makeshift seat back to close the hole behind where the pilot should be. I used the reddish part of the bed of the car. - Makeshift axes for the 4 wheels. I used the pneumatics of the wheels in the mirrored copy. I cut them, I folded them in half lengthways, rolled them and glued them. I made a section cut on the rear axis so the rear wheels would be in line with the front wheels. - In the normal template, paint black the back of the tip of the air intake. In minimodel.cz there is a template for another Maserati 250F. |
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I had thought of doing this once, but I decided I'd have to adjust too many things. You overcame well
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Hi cooler
Two reasons: One, I didn't know that version existed when I tried this one. And two: I am still a beginner and the version you suggest is too complicated to me. |
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Believe me it's not too complicated as you might think (rated at level 2 out of 5).
Just apply a little bit of accuracy and never rush. "Fear in your eyes gives strength to your hands". |
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I fondly remember an old B/W film of Fangio wrestling this beast around a road course. Wow.
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