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Model Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles.Update 4/30/19

A Pocher Ferrari Testarossa Finished, June 13th

OK, after a 3 month layoff, I'm back on the Ferrari. I scraped all the old letters and cooling fins off the old valve covers and redid them. Laura, this time I spelled testarossa correctly :D

My plans are to finish the engine first.

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It's a start! Bob
 
A Pocher Ferrari Testarossa Finished, June 13th

Even in 1/8 those letters are tiny! great work Bob! (y)
//Mats
 
A Pocher Ferrari Testarossa Finished, June 13th

I don't see how you do things so small(optivisors eh). Look great! Oh I thought it was spelled right the first time. :silly:
 
A Pocher Ferrari Testarossa Finished, June 13th

MrT said:
I don't see how you do things so small(optivisors eh). Look great! Oh I thought it was spelled right the first time. :silly:
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Yeah, Laura caught me. It was spelled testerossa and should have been spelled testarossa. She's half Italian, you know! :D

I'm telling you Terry, If not for Optivisors, I wouldn't have been modeling for the last 20 years. I've been using them since the early 80s. This was a good example, I did the first ones using a device that fits on my glasses. Then I put on the optivisors and saw it was not only misspelled, but crooked.

Bob
 
A Pocher Ferrari Testarossa Finished, June 13th

bob letterman said:
MrT said:
I don't see how you do things so small(optivisors eh). Look great! Oh I thought it was spelled right the first time. :silly:
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Yeah, Laura caught me. It was spelled testerossa and should have been spelled testarossa. She's half Italian, you know! :D

I'm telling you Terry, If not for Optivisors, I wouldn't have been modeling for the last 20 years. I've been using them since the early 80s. This was a good example, I did the first ones using a device that fits on my glasses. Then I put on the optivisors and saw it was not only misspelled, but crooked.

Bob
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Maybe I better not use them no telling what I would see on my models. :blink

:laugh:
 
A Pocher Ferrari Testarossa Finished, June 13th

Terry, I'll bet you would love optivisors once you used them. You are about the age I was when I discovered them.

Well, here's an update on the Ferrari engine. All the engine parts come in a grey or black plastic color. There are no chrome, copper or brass parts in the kit.

The metallic appearance was done using buffable polished steel paint, mixed with a tiny bit of gloss Royal blue. Then buffed to a high finish when dry. I added a lot of wiring, (But not nearly all), at this stage I made plastic looms for the brass wiring under the heads of each side, lots of PE brass parts from the scrap box and so on.

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I added the fan belt stiffener blades with slots in the center from plastic strip.

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I have started on the frame so I set the engine on the mounts temporarily for a photograph. Believe me, this will be much more busier when finished.

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I think it will look very convincing in a photograph when completed. That is if my luck holds out and I don't mess it up!

Bob
 
A Pocher Ferrari Testarossa Finished, June 13th

Miami Vice reruns, with the white Testarossa, on my PC thanks to you!

Regards,
 
A Pocher Ferrari Testarossa Finished, June 13th

I wasn't kidding!

;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3f3uv6MzRg

Regards,
 
A Pocher Ferrari Testarossa Finished, June 13th

(y) (y)
Just love the metal finnish on that engine!
:popcorn
//Mats
 
A Pocher Ferrari Testarossa Finished, June 13th

bagge said:
(y) (y)
Just love the metal finnish on that engine!
:popcorn
//Mats
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Thanks Mats,

I've been perfecting that for around 25 years, I think! I like it better than chrome. It looks much more real!

Bob
 
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