You must have started a trend here Mike, I have never seen this kit on Ebay and now there are several on auction right now.  My long hunt is finally over, finally snagged one!   

Excellent Robert!  I had seen a Ferrari 308 on the internet the other day and it got me to thinking about my model sitting on the shelf under a ton of dust.  Between the dust and the broken wheel, I decided a rebuild was required.  To me, the 308 is one of the better looking Ferraris that I have ever seen.  

The plastic in this kit is definitely brittle!  I broke the cowl for the Ferrari.  I decided to add a piece of .020 styrene about 2 inches long and glued the whole thing together.  I'll use my Dremel to grind the excess away when all has dried.  I added the broken pieces of the engine cover and glued those back on with plenty of glue.  A little sanding is required later when this has had a chance to dry.

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Ouch, good job on the repairs. 

Will that show under the gloss red? Another reason I really hate building cars or anything else with a gloss coat of paint. 

The cowl will be painted in Semi Gloss Black, not gloss red.

Okay cool! Glad to hear that! 

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       The more I think about what you said I have to ask Three questions. One -Where do you work and, Two-what type of Glue? Three - Has the model ever sat in sunlight for any length of time?

 

I was looking through this thread and I noticed that I never answered your questions!  Sorry about that!

Question One, I'm retired and no longer can stand the constant day-to-day work load that I have had to deal with during the last 44 years.  Question Two, I probably used Testors tube glue back then.  Today, I use Model Master Liquid Cement, Tamiya Extra Thin Cement and whatever brand of superglue is nearby.  Question Three, this Ferrari has never sat in sunlight.

I finally got the Ferrari into a coat of Tamiya Light Grey Primer.  I'll sand this out when the primer is nice and dry.  I will have to fix the front panel since the plastic cracked due to it being so brittle.

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Nice job on your restoration so far Mr. Mike. I had the Ferrari. Still have two TC's chopper in my stash.

Thanks Bronco Billy!  I'm taking my time with this Ferrari since the plastic is brittle and just looking at it results in broken pieces.  

I finally got the Ferrari 308 GTSi into a coat of Tamiya Pure Red.

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I got back on the Magnum PI Ferrari 308 GTSi today.  Some painting and reassembly.  I've been trying to remember that this plastic is brittle as I handle this model.  

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I went to carefully install the chassis/interior into the body and I broke the front panel.  I hate this brittle plastic!  After I carefully glued the front panel on and left it for the evening, I came into this, the panel had shifted!  Then the mounting tab for the engine cover broke off and the shaft between the headlights broke.  I'm going to finish putting the remaining parts back on and put model this back on the shelf.  I love the original Magnum PI, but I hate this model!

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Sorry for your set backs the Ferrari was looking good.

Thanks Bronco Billy!  I finished some assembly of the Ferrari and have placed it back on the shelf.  I like the model, but I hate the brittle plastic!