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Ferrari 250LM - Tibbs - 30th-Sep-24

Hi all,
I've decided to break my rule of only building one car at a time.
I want to keep my brain fresh and enthusiastic and not get bogged down on one build, I love building my Fiat and I haven't stopped.
Just want to keep the creative juice's flowing so I've started on this Airfix Ferrari 250LM.
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I'd like to try and keep as much of the model as possible so I've decided to build a brass chassis inside.
I have a Racer Sideways BMW M4 white kit to make up and saw the floating chassis and am trying to make a brass sidewinder motor mount that floats similar to that.
I drew up a plan to the wheel base of the model and cut out the brass motor mount.
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I thought it'd be easier to drill the axle hole before bending but I soon found out once I got the bushes in, I should of figured a way of drilling afterwards.
I eventually got them soldered in so the axle turns nice and freely, very good learning curve.
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A little bit of fettling the motor mount screw holes and she fits nicely.
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Next was a thinner brass plate to fix on to the plastic chassis and solder a guide tongue to that. 
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I found some brass inserts I've had for a long time and thought I could some how use these as the floating part which attaches the motor mount to the rest of the chassis.
They are a little too big so I've done some internet searching and the the smallest I could find which I'd like to use are unfortunately on AliExpress.
So I've bit the bullet and ordered them, they are cheap as anything but I personally would rather buy from the UK.
A Uk company I found wanted £70 compared to £3, yes you read that right. It's crazy , I just hope I get what I think I'm getting
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She's got a nice stance this lovely little car.
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Well I've got a 9 day wait till the inserts hopefully arrive, need to figure out something else to crack on with until then.

Thanks for looking.
Tony

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RE: Ferrari 250LM - KensRedZed - 30th-Sep-24

Tony,

Beautiful work!

I'm almost certain Enzo would say "Molto Bene!" 

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RE: Ferrari 250LM - Anthony B - 30th-Sep-24

Tony = absolutely Brilliant work - love it!!

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RE: Ferrari 250LM - Carver - 30th-Sep-24

Great work so far! Keep it up!

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RE: Ferrari 250LM - Kevan - 30th-Sep-24

I always enjoy looking at other builders work 

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RE: Ferrari 250LM - Tibbs - 1st-Oct-24

Cheers fellas 

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RE: Ferrari 250LM - chappyman66 - 2nd-Oct-24

Fabulous work to build a chassis inside the original plastic.   
That will be excellent!

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RE: Ferrari 250LM - Tibbs - 3rd-Oct-24

Hi All, a little bit of progress.
I was originally going to cut through the wheel arches to be able to slide the front axle tube in.
But I decided to try cutting and soldering a shorter tube to fit the little gap between the wheel arches.
It has worked quite well, so that means I won't weaken the wheel arches.
I've had to cut the back a lot, but I'm going to strengthen that with some solid brass tube I can bend. I'll post pics once done, easier than explaining.
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I think I might try and do the strengthening for the back arches next, while I wait for the fixings to come from AliExpress.
Cheers for looking.
Tony

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RE: Ferrari 250LM - Anthony B - 4th-Oct-24

Tony - This Ferrari and the 017 by Airfix were the first I ever attempted as a kitbash. Your work however is in another league!!

Great work and am really enjoying following your progress!!

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RE: Ferrari 250LM - Tibbs - 4th-Oct-24

(4th-Oct-24, 07:06 AM)Anthony B Wrote:  Tony - This Ferrari and the 017 by Airfix were the first I ever attempted as a kitbash. Your work however is in another league!!

Great work and am really enjoying following your progress!!

Thank you kind sir.

I love everything about these old kits, the box art is stunning and the plastic is quite nice to work with.
Do you still have your first builds Anthony?

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