doza28
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I’ve been after one of these for a couple of years now. Missed one back in 2019 and I’ve kicked myself ever since. I should’ve just pulled the trigger but at the time my real car needed a lot of work and I couldn’t justify it. I even bought a spare decal set which I’d found in Germany in the hope I’d one day find one that needed a new body.
Recently acquired through a well known auction site, I picked this up needing a fair bit of work. Thankfully the body and overall car was in pretty good shape so the decals have remained in the packet!
Pleased to say the visual side of the resto is complete. I’ve now got a bundle of parts to fit to sort the chassis out.
As a Schumacher fan, I’m really pleased with how it looks. Even on display it looks awesome. The livery is based on his 2002 f2001b car that they ran for the first couple of races of that year while Ferrari got the testing miles on the new f2002.
The engine runs well despite the fact it’s been sat in a shed for 10 years. A bit of oil down the bore, a 990 carb, a spare tank and lines that I had lying around and some gaskets and it fired straight up after a few gentle pulls.
With lockdown in place for at least a few weeks, I doubt I’ll run it anytime soon, but wanted to share my progress.
Wings have been stripped and repainted, I’ve added details on the camera and rear exhaust area as well as gently lift and move decals around closer to their correct location as per the real car.
I managed to find a new in packet set of barge boards which really add that extra bit of detail.
Last picture is how I received it.
Recently acquired through a well known auction site, I picked this up needing a fair bit of work. Thankfully the body and overall car was in pretty good shape so the decals have remained in the packet!
Pleased to say the visual side of the resto is complete. I’ve now got a bundle of parts to fit to sort the chassis out.
As a Schumacher fan, I’m really pleased with how it looks. Even on display it looks awesome. The livery is based on his 2002 f2001b car that they ran for the first couple of races of that year while Ferrari got the testing miles on the new f2002.
The engine runs well despite the fact it’s been sat in a shed for 10 years. A bit of oil down the bore, a 990 carb, a spare tank and lines that I had lying around and some gaskets and it fired straight up after a few gentle pulls.
With lockdown in place for at least a few weeks, I doubt I’ll run it anytime soon, but wanted to share my progress.
Wings have been stripped and repainted, I’ve added details on the camera and rear exhaust area as well as gently lift and move decals around closer to their correct location as per the real car.
I managed to find a new in packet set of barge boards which really add that extra bit of detail.
Last picture is how I received it.
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