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Ferrarinut
USA
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 Posted - 05/24/2014 : 07:21:52
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Jean-Paul Magnette has begun another one-off post-race GTO plus 3 standard versions. Photos and comments by Jean-Paul...
Our new project is the Ferrari 250 GTO 3757GT as it raced in the 1962 Tour de France. The car was entered by Ecurie Francorchamps from Belgium, you can see on the second picture Mr Jacques Swaters, big boss of the team and the driver Gérald Langlois. The Esprit 43 kit chosen for the project is certainly the most accurate of that mythical car and his creator Mike Craig has perfectly reproduced the sensual shapes of the GTO. We’ll build 3 models in “standard “ form and one weathered and covered with the scars of several hard days of racing on the roads and race-tracks in France.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2014 : 07:22:37
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First work is to drill some inner parts of the body to make them look thinner - wheel arches and front wings air intakes.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2014 : 07:25:06
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Peculiar to 3757GT and some of the first GTOs of 1962, the rear lights and the spoiler as a separate part, whose engraving can be seen here.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2014 : 07:25:51
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Time to drill all the holes for the accessories, the round tapes are used to locate precisely the place for the numbers lights.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2014 : 07:28:32
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Impact on the right front wing has been hastily fixed between 2 events, that’s what we try to reproduce here, using drills of different sizes.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2014 : 07:29:37
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Some interior and chassis parts prepared and sanded before painting. Double faced tape used to fix the parts on the painting stands and the chassis has got his identification marks - MW for MiniWerks followed by the serial number.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2014 : 06:48:45
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Bodies have received the primer coat of paint; after some touch-up and a careful sanding, they are now ready for the next coats of red and varnish.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2014 : 06:51:54
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Red base coat and varnish applied.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2014 : 06:52:52
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Chassis and a few interior parts also painted. The characteristic blue material of the seats will be hand-painted later.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2014 : 09:15:59
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After sanding with 4 grades of paper from 2000 to 8000, the bodies are polished; first by hand and then with a foam pad mounted on the flexible shaft of an electric drill.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2014 : 09:17:02
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Painting of the black and silver details of the bodies. Windscreen surround in 2 steps, black first for the rubber part and silver afterwards. Also painted the front air intake, the front wings intakes and the inner doors.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2014 : 09:18:15
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Assembly of the dash boards. The very characteristical aerators moulded with the dashboards are removed and replaced by brass tube, more realistic and easier to paint. The steering wheel spokes are bent to get the right shape and the wheel is carefuly painted.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2014 : 09:21:48
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Each part of the vac-formed screen is cut separately. The side ones are replaced by acetate sheet, thinner and more appropriate for the 2 parts sliding glass of the doors.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2014 : 09:23:29
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Always a long and not easy step, the preparation of the front lights covers. The vac-formed parts are cut, re-cut and dry tested until they fit perfectly; the photo-etched surrounds are bent until they conform to the shape of the body.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 06/19/2014 : 14:00:48
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Front light covers, the vac-formed part first, held in place with tape and glued with a bead of 2 components adhesive. Same process for the photo-etched parts and if everything goes well, you can see the result on the car on the right of the picture.
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Ferrarinut
USA
1489 Posts |
Posted - 06/19/2014 : 14:01:35
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Painting of the blue cloth of the seats.
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New 250 GTOs by JPM
