Ferrari 158

[2whl]

I'll try to do 3 builds for this GB.  The first will be a Ferrari 158 driven in the North American rounds by John Surtees.  This car was painted in the N.A.R.T. colors.  When I received this kit back in February, I was planning on starting it immediately.  But then the subject of an open wheel build came up and I decided to wait for the start of the GB.

Here's a look at the box and it's contents.

[kyledehart5]

Pole position Paul!! Can't wait.

[handiabled]

You have my full attention with this one!

[sharp]

Looks like a very nice kit! I'll be watching this!

[keavdog]

This will be fun to watch. Great subject.

[project510]

Another superb kit, of course. Cant wait to see another under glass worthy build!

[BattleScale Collectica Show]

I'm looking forward to this too!

[arcticwolf]

My favourite driver, and one of my favourite people. I will be studying this carefully, it will I'm sure be very useful info for something I have been planning to build for a long time. 

[2whl]

Jun 28, 2024 16:19:14 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Pole position Paul!! Can't wait.

Thanks Kyle.  It looks like the grid is filling up

Jun 29, 2024 3:19:38 GMT -5 handiabled said:

You have my full attention with this one!

Thanks Brent

Jun 30, 2024 17:28:17 GMT -5 sharp said:

Looks like a very nice kit! I'll be watching this!

Thanks Mike.  MFH does a great job creating these muti-media kits

Jun 30, 2024 17:31:30 GMT -5 keavdog said:

This will be fun to watch. Great subject.

Thanks John

Jun 30, 2024 17:59:20 GMT -5 project510 said:

Another superb kit, of course. Cant wait to see another under glass worthy build!

Thanks James

Jun 30, 2024 18:11:52 GMT -5 BattleScale Collectica Show said:

I'm looking forward to this too!

Thanks BSC

Jul 1, 2024 10:59:59 GMT -5 arcticwolf said:

My favourite driver, and one of my favourite people. I will be studying this carefully, it will I'm sure be very useful info for something I have been planning to build for a long time. 

Thanks Paul.  I can't wait to see what your plan is.  Let me know if you want to study the instructions. They might help you in your project.



First order of business was to get the main pieces cleaned up and holes drilled.  Then I dry fit them to make sure everything was squared away.






MFH calls for the chassis interior pieces to be polished.  The piece on the left is untouched white metal.  The piece on the right was sent through my polisher.







All of these pieces got sent through the polisher.  To keep the damage down due to pieces hitting each other, the larger ones were done one at a time. 






I just realized that some of you might not know what I'm talking about when I say I put pieces in the polisher.  It's a machine that has magnets in the base which are spun around.  The pieces to be polished are put in a plastic bowl with steel pins.  The swirling action that results hammers the pins into the parts and gives them that shiny look.  When I got the machine I decided that there where not enough pins for that large of a bowl, so I ordered more along with some burnishing compound.
The fourth picture is of the machine in action.  It creates quite a 'head'.  I usually wait for the foam to subside to get the parts out.






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[project510]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Could you not produce the same result with a Dremel and some polishing compound? Your polishing machine means less manual labor, but I would be willing to guess the more expensive route haha. Very cool to see. Its like the tumbler polisher I got from Harbor Freight.

[2whl]

Jul 1, 2024 12:50:50 GMT -5 project510 said:

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Could you not produce the same result with a Dremel and some polishing compound? Your polishing machine means less manual labor, but I would be willing to guess the more expensive route haha. Very cool to see. Its like the tumbler polisher I got from Harbor Freight.

James, the first MFH kit I did called for the interior parts to be polished just like this one.  At that time, I was using a brass brush and #000 and #0000 steel wool, followed by Simichrome polish.  But it was a time consuming job and very dirty.  My fingers would be dark grey in no time at all.   Then a friend who had a smaller machine brought it to a club meeting so I could see how it worked.  I was sold on the idea and bought this polisher.

[project510]

Building as many of these kits as you do, I would have made the same investment!

[kyledehart5]

Nothing beats the polished metal look of polished metal. Lol. Cool to see the tumbler in action.