Ferrari 250P 1963

Hi Rich! sorry missed this the first time round. Fate is right, the only difference between the lemans winning '63 250P and the '64 275P was the engine size, the '63 3.0lt & the '64 a 3.2lt.

The MRRC version that was around about 4 years ago could be used as a basis for either version, it just comes down to the decals you finish it off with. The MRRC car was available in red,white,yellow and black! As I was going to repaint mine anyway I located a white one, but I guess with prepping any would do. The wheels are very crude (the same as BUMslot has been using until recently) I've put PinkCar ones on it but may change to the new spokes from Cartrix as fitted to their new classic GP Mercedes.

The question is how do I finish it off? 63 lemans winner, 64 lemans winner or how about the 63 Targa Florio car as driven by Surtees/Parkes?

GT

Prof, I didn't know that MRRC had released this as a kit! Do you know who stocks it? (I'm sure Rich and I would like to obtain a few.) Out of interest the RTR one's have a very simple plastic inline chassis with a standard looking small can motor, however they are unbelievably quick. I have glued a small magnet in below the pinion and on those cartrix tyres, it can lap my circuit just 2 tenths off the record set by a Fly Lola 98!

GT

p.s. I think I'm going to go for the Targo Florio car first, I just love those big white squarish numbers Ferrari used in the early 60's!

Sorry its taken so long to get back to with the pictures Richard, heres how I finished off my MRRC/Monogram 250/275p.

This was the Surtees/Parkes 250p from the 1963 Targa Florio, I completely disassembled the model and sprayed it with 4 coats of Tamiya Italian Red (TS-8) and finished it off with MRE transfers.

The wheels are the Pink Car ones as used on their GTO models and available from Gaugemaster as a pair of axles with tyres. These have been toned down a bit using a mix of silver and grey enamel paints.

Regards GT

Yes Howmet, I'm affraid that they have been! The GT models shell is a '71 Ferrari 312p that was bought new by me from the Rodale club shop in Brighton late 1971 and until this week had never been trimmed or painted! I will post shortly in the scratch section but here's s sneek.



Your just going to wait on the Taylormade shell, but I can't wait to tell you what is???

GT