[WIP] Ailvard's Ferrari Testarossa, Pocher, 1/8

First, I decided to change the stock shock absorbers (moreover, I lost one original ) and make them more realistic. 
Original had a mistake, where the cylinder was installed upside down and the cylinder itself was too short. So I bought at Amazon 2x35 mm nuts and designed 3d model of the shock absorber to print it later. 

Here is what I have - black (original) vs red (printed). Suspension is working.

Same I did for Brake rotors and calipers - silver (original) vs red and crome (printed).

  Awesome find, I love those Pocher kits. Neat details added in ther with the 3D printing. I'll be interested in seeing this move to finish.

Even if Pocher doesn't require kits to be painted - the plastic has lots of defects, so I decided to repaint all gray and black parts. What for the interior parts, which are white - I decided to add there self-adhesive leather (vinyl). That took me 2 weeks to build only seats! But I'm happy with the result.

For the remaining interior parts I've added some photo etched grills, harnesses, etc.  The floor and back seat I made with self adhesive velvet. 

   WOW!!

Looks like a super fun project.  Those front end components look fantastic.  Following.

Amazing work!

Jim 

Stay Safe.

Last few weeks worked on this beautiful 12 cylinder engine by using Mod from ebay. 
Painted all parts, removed original bolts and replaced them with the real brass ones, added wiring and some other details. 

This hobby really helps to not thinking about the war in Ukraine. Otherwise it is completely captures my thoughts. 

Well;

      It looks like you outdid the original. My only experience with Pocher was from Back in the Late sixties an it was a model of an American icon! Duesenberg, Dual Cowl Phaeton.

      The kit was about fifty percent metal. The Body and Fenders and the Second cowl and Spare tire covers were Metal and I had to Build the Wire wheels! The fenders and body panels were scale thin too! So it had to be handled with extreme care. I think it took me a year to build! I have never built one of their Plastic offerings.They were supposed to be the Cat's Meow!!

      Looks to me like you really put the Meow in this one. Keep on keepin on and I am going to follow this one! I can see from the beauty of the engine especially with anything you did to improve it, is a Jewel in itself!

Tanker Builder. The only Duesenberg kit that I can think of that you described may have been the old Hubley kit in 1/18th scale.

Pocher have never made a Duesie to my knowledge way back when they were making their big classic car kits in 1/8th scale. Mind you it is one car in my opinion that they should have done.

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........I love those Pocher kits.

So do I. This is a fun thread.

Outstanding.  You are a talented modeler.  No question about that.

Great work. 

I have 2 of the engine kits I bought from a guy at one of the shows I went to years ago. There were parts missing from both kits. Luckily, they were not the same parts. The rubber (?) parts were stuck to the other parts making them needing work. Other than that, it is a pretty good kit. I've been working on it for a while.

I have a 1/8 '32 Ford that I have been working on also so I am trying to shoehorn that engine into it. Originally tried to make it a rear engine drive, but as I am not a mechanic by any stretch of the imagination it isn't working out.

Jim 

Stay Safe.

Thanks everyone for the feedback!

I spent some more weeks on final stages and here what we have.

I cut the original trunk (or hood?) grill and added a metal mesh to the back of it:

Painted the exhaust pipes and mufflers so they will have a bit more realistic view and married engine with the body:

Then I started improving the headlights. I decided to highlight the seals with black oil pen and replaced original silver decal with aluminium foil

And here is the final result:

Comments are welcome :)

Thanks everyone!

What a beaute!!! Came out VERY well with all the detailing and paint work. 

Outstanding work!

Jim 

Stay Safe.

Great job.  Sure is a beautiful car and kit.  

That engine detail is beautiful!  If you wouldn't mind sharing, what size are the scale bolt details that you used?

I used the ones, which came with a Engine Mod. But basically it is #00-90 and #0-80 brass hex machine screws. Also, in some places I used brass nails, which were cut to fit. Pre-drilling is mandatory :)

Hi!

   Well, I don't really know, But, the thing was in a Pocher box. As fare as I know it was a limited run one year only kit. You had to buy it through Pan-American World Airways!

   Very nice job. I made the mistake of sand blasting the factory white paint off of mine. The kit turned out ok, painted it gunmetal, but not as smooth as if I would have left it along.

   As a small side note my kit had no instructions, built it from box art and ALOT of dry fits. Nowhere near the detail you have however. I would love to build another Pocher kit....one of the old roadsters or such....cost and availability aside.

O Fits!

        What a shame to hide ALL that beautiful complicated machinery inside that car Body. Fasten the Engine Hatch down and display that beauty, next to the Car. The Engine,The "Red Head" will get more looks always. Nice job on that. Plus you were right! I found Part of the instruction sheet and Way down at the Bottom it said HUBLEY, DISTRIBUTED in Europe by Pocher. 1958 was the date on the instructions. So I can't say for sure. My kit was gifted to me in 63. It may have been a Pirate though. I can't think of any reason why Hubley and Pocher ever got along!

       I will say this though. The association with Pocher, if real, resulted in a better kit than our home Brewed one. There was no flash on the Metal parts and instead of stickers like "Home Brew" there were interior panels and window "glass"( The Window Glass, though correct in Profiles and finish, was actually made of real glass as thin as Medical Slide glass!. Like Pocher, the interior Components were soft and proper! I will say this though.I don't think Pocher OR Hibley made the wheels. I have never seen "Stitch it yourself Wire Wheels" in any of the larger scales Except a Wrebbit (The 3-D Puzzle Folks) Mercede,s roadster Kit.(No Longer Available) They could be available in the E.U. though!

I was thinking originally to display engine separately, but:
1) It is still visible from the bottom and from the top pretty good
2) I think it will be safer for the engine to be inside, especially when guests are asking to take a look on the model :)