Fitting that this is the car I was working on when Sir Stirling Moss passed away last week. This car made them both famous.
The winner of the 1955 Mille Miglia in a time that still stands as a record today, this is the car that Sir Stirling referred to as "the greatest sports racing car ever built - really an unbelievable machine".
I have to say the Monogram kit does the original some level of justice. The detail is excellent, the fit is generally good (I had to cut back on a few of the engine parts to get the hood to fit, but nothing too dramatic or noticeable).
I made a few modifications to the original kit:
- cut out the trunk and added a spare tire.
- cut out the side panel to make the engine exhausts visible
- cut out the drives side door (there was no passenger door on the real car)
- added seatbelts and switches to the interior
- replcaed the side exhausts with metal rods
Hope you enjoy the end result as much as I enjoyed building it!
And with all the panels open...
