Ferrari 333 SP - Le Mans 24 Hrs 1995

This is a very old picture of where I put the project 'on hold' back in 1996. I'll upload a new one as soon as it's available. 

I decided to replace the sorry excuse for rear shocks by scratchbuilt parts, because they look ridiculous in comparison with the front shocks. 

Good reference pics allowed me to replicate the tiny shocks to the detail. Don't forget you are looking at a 1:43 model. 

I used aluminium tube, metal wire, copper wire, some photo-etched leftovers and a lot of imagination 😉 

Now the rear shocks look ok to me. I'm afraid though that I created a new problem: the front shocks now look kinda ridiculous in comparison to the rear ones... 

Here you see why: the front shocks are still one-piece casted resin, impossible to turn them into realistic looking parts by merely painting them. They will probably have to go as well... 

But first let's look at the rest of the Ferrari. The bodywork has been sprayed as well. 

I also added some extra wiring in the rear and I replaced the pop-off valve on top of the engine by a scratchbuilt part. 

View from the left hand side. 

Also, I decided to put this Ferrari in a diorama setting. This is the most logic configuration where the car stands inside the box while being worked on, while the bodyparts are put in front of the pit. 

The side walls of the box are made of mesh, so even when they are in place you still could see a lot of the detail. 

But this configuration would allow me to show off a lot more detail of course. The car is outside and the parts are inside. But this is not a very logic or common setting in my opinion. What to do? Any suggestions anyone?