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PeterW
USA
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 Posted - 07/15/2013 : 16:40:15
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This is a stunning new kit from Mike Craig [Esprit43]. I will build two of these. Contact Mike if you are interested in one.
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PeterW
USA
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Posted - 07/16/2013 : 09:14:19
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| And if anyone has some really good photos I can use for reference purposes it will be greatly appreciated. Very limited info on the net. |
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jeanpaul
France
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PeterW
USA
1216 Posts |
Posted - 07/17/2013 : 07:26:58
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| Thanks...but I see very little is around for the "as raced" PanAm version. |
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jeanpaul
France
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Posted - 07/17/2013 : 10:21:52
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Thanks to Hultimus from french board Forum-auto
from barchetta.cc
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Edited by - jeanpaul on 07/17/2013 10:25:48 |
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PeterW
USA
1216 Posts |
Posted - 07/17/2013 : 16:39:09
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The base coat of red and decals are applied.
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PeterW
USA
1216 Posts |
Posted - 07/17/2013 : 16:44:27
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| Thanks Jean Paul...I just now finished the decal work. |
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apostolos1953
Greece
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Posted - 07/18/2013 : 09:32:11
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Hi Peter,
It is a small world the Internet, i hope you remember me. After all you must not have many disappointed customers from Greece.
Anyhow don't hurry with the gloss coat since the Carrera plaque decal is wrong, it should be WHITE NOT YELLOW.
Apostolos, Greece.
P.S. There are many correct BBR decals on Ebay.
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christian
Austria
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Posted - 07/18/2013 : 09:48:12
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why white ?
2 of the real cars from the same year are restored with yello plates
340 / 375 MM Vignale spyder cn286
375 MM Berlinetta Pininfarina cn322
did they have white and yello plates in 1953 ??
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apostolos1953
Greece
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Posted - 07/18/2013 : 10:29:06
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Yes Christian,
they had not only white and yellow but blue and red also.
For 1953 the plates were
WHITE for the sport international category (Ferrari, Lancia, Gordini,etc)
YELLOW for the small sport category (Porsche, Osca, Borgward)
RED for the large stock (Lincoln, cadillac, Packard, etc)
BLUE for the small stock (Chevrolet, Ford, Studebaker etc).
As for the restored cars it is a pity they did not do their homework well, I hope they restored the cars better than the plates.
This color combination only applied for the 1953 race, all the other years had the same color for all entries
Apostolos, Greece. |
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PeterW
USA
1216 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2013 : 11:27:43
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It's always something...isn't it?
Time to scan, photo-shop and re-print.
Thanks.
Here is the corrected decal:
I am printing extras and sending them to Mike for any customer who purchased this very special kit. |
Edited by - PeterW on 07/18/2013 13:00:11 |
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christian
Austria
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PeterW
USA
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Lotus87
France
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Posted - 07/18/2013 : 13:08:48
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quote:
Originally posted by apostolos1953
Yes Christian,
they had not only white and yellow but blue and red also.
For 1953 the plates were
WHITE for the sport international category (Ferrari, Lancia, Gordini,etc)
YELLOW for the small sport category (Porsche, Osca, Borgward)
RED for the large stock (Lincoln, cadillac, Packard, etc)
BLUE for the small stock (Chevrolet, Ford, Studebaker etc).
As for the restored cars it is a pity they did not do their homework well, I hope they restored the cars better than the plates.
This color combination only applied for the 1953 race, all the other years had the same color for all entries
Apostolos, Greece.
Hello thank you very much !! i didn't know that me too
And what do you think about "ricci in yellow" ??? i thought it was white !!
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Dries1
Netherlands
98 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2013 : 13:17:30
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Peter, can you make me a white one, I own this kit too?!
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PeterW
USA
1216 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2013 : 13:18:19
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Hello thank you very much !! i didn't know that me too
And what do you think about "ricci in yellow" ??? i thought it was white !!
B.
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I can see the plaque as an easy mistake to make...the RICCI logo, well I think I have seen that before. It's sort of a minor thing. It's a very subtle outline on the white letters. The camera lens bleeds it into the white. In person it looks mostly white. So I disagree with the comment.
Here is a full daylight macro picture [sorry it's sideways].
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Ferrari 375MM Carrera Panamericana 1953
