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    1/12 312T 1975

    in Work In Progress - Vehicles

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    4 minutes ago, silver911 said:

    First off...a big thank you for all this Malc...it really helps me get a better focus for the build.

    Any pics are gratefully received mate.

     

    If I may...another area of much confusion...and not easily clarified so far...the engine and gearbox etc. colours.

    Many restoration cars have the 'gold' metal in abundance...however...a lot of refs from 'trackside' seem to disagree...at least in part.

    Can you offer any guidance with regard to what was or wasn't the case?

     

    Many thanks

     

    Ron

    I agree to the point where I only look at restoration pictures if nothing else is available, here is the gearbox and engine at the International Trophy 1975

    1975-04-13-International-Trophy-Silverst

    1975-04-13-International-Trophy-Silverst

    1975 Monaco engine - note the appearance of mysterious E47/48!

    1975-05-11-Monaco-29.jpg

    and at 1975 Sweden

    1975-06-08-Anderstorp-Sweden-17.jpg

    1975 Zandvoort

    1975-06-22-Zandvoort-Holland-19.jpg

    1975 Silverstone

    1975-07-19-Silverstone-UK-19.jpg

    1975-07-19-Silverstone-UK-20.jpg

    1975-07-19-Silverstone-UK-21.jpg

    1975-07-19-Silverstone-UK-22.jpg

    1975-07-19-Silverstone-UK-23.jpg

    1975-07-19-Silverstone-UK-24.jpg

     

    I will be interested to see how you tackle the fiberglass intake shroud and brake ducts, I have seen some builds where they have copied the kit parts in translucent yellow resin which worked really well.

     

    M.

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    1/12 312T 1975

    in Work In Progress - Vehicles

    Posted

    Interlagos

    1976-01-25-Interlagos-Brazil-20.jpg

    Kyalami

    1976-03-06-Kyalami-South-Africa-10.jpg

    Long Beach

    1976-03-28-Long-Beach-USA-05.jpg

     

    If you are not going for a specific race, I will post up some 1975 pics you may find useful too. Due to the reasons above of difficulty in finding detailed pics, I would take a pragmatic approach and use the detail you want from the photos you can find!

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    1/12 312T 1975

    in Work In Progress - Vehicles

    Posted · Edited by Malc2
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    Hi Ron,

     

    That's a difficult question! Ferrari were/are notoriously protective of their cars and photos with the body off are rare, allow me to quote Andy Mathews thoughts as a starter:-

     

    The Tamiya’s 312T kit is a mixed box of parts that, if built from the box, won’t represent any car raced by Ferrari during the 1975 season. The kit largely represents a preseason development mule. One frequently asked question is about the “phantom” tank (parts E47 & E48) that rarely shows up in all but a few photos. You stating that Tamiya inaccurately reproduced the right side oil tank and radiator was both an accurate and great observation. When the 312T competed during the 1975 season, the large “phantom” tank did exist but was relocated to the lower right side of the rear bulkhead mounted just forward of the oil tank. To do this, the large oil tank and radiator assembly had to be modified. The modifications basically included a slightly reshaped oil reservoir with new mounting brackets. These changes created the needed space to mount what appears to be the biggest oil filter in the world. From 75 through 80, Ferrari’s wet lines and hard lines remained fundamentally the same. However, the shapes, size and locations of the various hardware that accepts many of these lines changed considerably over that 6-year period. From a modelers perspective, the attraction to building and detailing the whole T series of cars is that - once you have figured out how to successfully loop one car, the evolutionary differences between each chassis become even more subtle and immediately identifiable thereby making each car easier to complete. 

     

    I will try to post some photos from early '76

     

    Edit to say

    There is a view that the rear tyres are too small, I have an after market set from a Japanese garage company in which the tyres are some 5mm bigger in diameter and 7mm wider.

     

    M

    1/12 312T 1975

    in Work In Progress - Vehicles

    Posted

    7 hours ago, silver911 said:

     

    Hi Dave...that has been bugging me for a while...and is the reason I haven't as yet fitted it.

    In my research for the build I found so many conflicting ref pics...many of which were labelled the 1975 marque but were actually 76 or later...and it's been a real headache in deciding which details to add or ignore.

    Having chosen to do Clay's car rather than Niki's...just to be different...I ran into a wall in finding good pics for his (Clay's)...which doesn't help considering each had very personal setup's...and the difference's were quite marked from what I have read.

    To be honest...I built the roll cage for a challenge when the weather prevented me from priming/painting...but...if you have any more info on this please let me know.

    Your input  is greatly appreciated.

     

    Ron

     

     

    Hi Ron, great work.

    Dave is right, no front roll hoop for 1975, it was fitted for the first round of 1976

    The 312T was only used for the first three rounds of 1976, Brazil, S. Africa and Long Beach, but the 312T and 312T2 are difficult to tell apart without the bodywork and in close ups.

     

    Ron, if you post up the pictures you are not sure about, we can help to identify them? Are you modelling Clays car for a specific race?

     

    Malc.

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    1/4 scale TAG Williams

    in Work In Progress - Vehicles

    Posted · Edited by Malc2
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    4 hours ago, roymattblack said:

     

    Any pictures of your model - particularly around the suspension, rear end, interior - would be very much appreciated.

    There's surprisingly little reference for this car out there on Google...

    1983-07-16-Silverstone-UK-01.jpg

    You just have to know where to look ;-)

    I guess the model body is fiberglass?

     

    M.

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    Model Shops UK

    in Chat

    Posted

    2 hours ago, binbrook87 said:

    Thanks for the links so far! Brilliant. I've added a few onto the original list. I've not added each individual address as I would be here all day! 😀

    Thanks, you are doing a great job here, I think you may have this task for life!!!

    A long time ago, before the internet was a thing, the IPMS issued a pamphlet called 'Shops That Sell Models', it was titled as such because a lot of shops sell models alongside other stuff. I may still have a copy somewhere.

     

    Malc.

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    Model Shops UK

    in Chat

    Posted · Edited by Malc2
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    Great thread!

     

    Another one for Brum

    Tornado books and hobbies (ex Ian Allan)

    68-70 Dalton Street,

    Birmingham

    B4 7LX

     

    and

    Penn Models

    134 Moss Grove

    Kingswinford

    West Midlands

    DY6 9ES

     

    Also Cosford Museum shop always have a few kits for sale.

     

    @binbrook87 - Would be good if you could update the first post to include all the subsequent additions so there is one up to date list?

     

    Malc.

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    IMGUR - PROBLEM SOLVED.

    in Help & Support for Forum Issues

    Posted · Edited by Malc2

    Hi Badder,

     

    I had the same problem, I am running windows 10 and was using Chrome as my browser.

     

    The solution is to use MS Edge that comes with win10.

     

    Once I changed to Edge all the websites I could not access and the invisible imgur pictures all appeared again.

     

    I went through all the same frustrations/checks as you did, - resetting my router, different DNS addy, re-install win10 etc etc nothing worked.

     

    Malc.

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