Awesome pictures! Am sure someone someday will help Dario put his years at Ferrari down onto paper, it really would be a great read.
I bought 2 of those Tamiya 1:12 288GTO's. One was perfect the other as a problem. I could possibly fix it if there was away the body came of the chassis so I could get at the interior. strip it down ??? and find a closest matching paint to the diecast colour used or maybe even closer to real colour of floor areas. What it is, infront of the floor console the hump section of the floor on the passengerside has a large, I'd say 1/2 inch size glue mess. I have search every photo I can find anywhere to see if I could put in or hopefully make up some type of part or acceesorary that I could mount in that location temporayily to cover it up. But it appears nothing is ever placed there in that location in real life ,except a fire extinguisher ( not quite large enough to cover up this glue messs ) ,that would not look too out of place etc. Photo is of real car showing general location. will have to take another photo of the deicast with the glue mess Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Wow! I didn't realize that the Tamiya GTO models were so accurate! The one in the first photo looks just like a real one; even though I'm not a real model collector, I might have to get one of these. I think that a miniature fire extinguisher, if you can find one, is probably your best bet. If you can color-match the dark grey of the interior, paint it over carefully, then install the extinguisher, I think that the glue spot would hardly be noticeable. That's probably what I would do. However, if you do learn about a method for removing the body from the chassis, I'd also be interested, as I do have a Burrago model of a Ferrari 308 GTB that I'd love to paint to match my actual 308 GTB.
I have owned many 1:18 Ferrari models from various companies including Burrago. I usually take them apart and paint the interiors with lots of detail. I haven't had a 308,but it should come apart. My Burrago F40 came apart. On the Tamiya GTO,that looks like an easy fix. Just find a color match at a hobby/model shop and paint over the black by reaching in through the door with an artist's brush. Those little brushs are what you use to fill chips in your real Ferrari's paint.
I NEED YOU 288GTO PROTO-TYPE knowledge guys !!!!! I have a extra 1:12 scale diecast Tamiya 288GTO that I want to if possible make a wee different then my other one. So to make it a proto- type, the version seen in photos What do I need. To make the rear lift gate / engine bonnet center humped piece that is up nearer to the rear glass, I can't quite tell what its height is and Is the back part of it that faces the glass rounded off on that end or some type of slop similiar to front or is it a flat verticle back/end of that humped piece ?? Anyone see this version 288 GTO in real ?? Also I have seen this verticle ferrari/horse decal onthe leftside of rear of the 288 a coupe times. Is this just a thin vinyl decal or made more like the ferrari crest on the side of front fenders ??? Next question did any of these 288gto proto-types with that hump section on rear engine cover ever come with those lower front driving lights in yellow or were they always clear ??? Of the 3 things mentioned making a HUMP piece / making driving lights YELLOW and or ADDING another emblem on rear of 288. Which grouping of those would or could be accurate to do in combination ??? Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
2 of the prototypes did have the hump on the engine cover. The yellow driving lamps simply are an application for normal production cars delivered to France. The prancing horse sticker on the rear panel is a personal owner application, nothing to do with normal production.
So the >> prancing horse sticker on the rear panel is just that a sticker !! Just that I would want to best reproduce that addition on my diecast. And I have both just usual water slide decals of that type of emblem and a thick clear rubber coated version, more like the side crest that I could use. So you figure just use the regularly ( common plastic model type ) made decal ?? Don't know if I had a real 288gto if I would risk or want to put just a simple vinyl decal on the car. One made of same material as the side fender crest yes I would do that.
I know the exact location of that shot, right on Arch Street coming off of I95 in Greenwich Ct, the exact location of the Greenwich Concours d'Elegance, was that why it was there? Same spot on google maps street view http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=41.018878,-73.625473&spn=0.001916,0.004128&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=41.01894,-73.625579&panoid=XdoZd2Zf2jcszXYROGjrAQ&cbp=12,327.46,,0,7.37
Thank you! Still in the workshop though...The megaphonos came in with a slight defect and had to go back...I did take it out for a couple of days and driving it was absolute magic! Did Classiche too while it was in the workshop...
You are welcomed. I think what you wrote above says it all: "after driving it you wanted to ignore your Enzo". Can't wait to hear more of your driving impressions as soon as she is back from the workshop. Many happy miles in your Classiche approved 288 GTO. Would love to see a pic of your 288 and your Enzo sitting side by side.
Funny you mentioned the pictures... I am getting this done and you will see them next week when the megaphonos are on the car!!
A question. A few examples of the 288 have a single light mounted on the underside midline of the spoiler. It looks like the same as the license plate light pair on the 308 and 328. Was this factory placed to meet some requirement? I can't imagine anyone would add it. 'Just a Ferrari variation? Thanks, Ed Joganic
288 GTO in convertible (factory form) does not exist unless one is rotting away in some 'she-ites' warehouse along with the other 200+ 'one off's'.
The one I saw was up here. Of course I'm unable to find my photos of it I did post them at one point. Possibly on this thread.
