Hasegawa Lamborghini Miura SV

[Paul H]

Still working through my old pics, I think this was the next one that I completed - Hasegawa's amazing Miura SV.  No prizes for guessing the reason for this colour!  The wheels were the kit chrome with several applications of a gold wash (just thinned humbrol enamel) to tone them down and bring out the detail.

 

Whilst there are no opening panels, there is still a huge amount of detail to this kit  e,g. the filler cap visible through the front vents:

 

and the metal transfers included plenty for the interior too:

 

 and underside:

 

The top of the engine is intended to be visible through the rear vents but once assembled, it's difficult see (or photograph), so here's a pic before the body was fitted:

 

[peekay]

Beautiful! Perfect stance on these kits.

[Mikey-1980]

Absolutely stunning finish, and I presume before Mr Beckerman took ownership and was "dealt" with by the Mafia?

 

 

 

[MR2Don]

Aha, I thought I saw that lurking in the background of your MGB post.

Beautiful build of a beautiful car, before Lambo went all "wedge like".😉

[Spiny]

Lovely build, lovely car and a great job. Nice to see that I'm not the only one with a liking for orange Lamborghinis It does seem odd to see a Miura with no 'eyelashes' though.

[Paul H]

7 hours ago, Mikey-1980 said:

Absolutely stunning finish, and I presume before Mr Beckerman took ownership and was "dealt" with by the Mafia?

Thank you, and yes - a great film intro (until the tunnel)!  I read much more recently that apparently his car had white headrests with the rest of the white trim was swapped out to black just for the filming.  Now all I need to build is three fast cars and a few Mini Coopers.

7 minutes ago, Spiny said:

Lovely build, lovely car and a great job. Nice to see that I'm not the only one with a liking for orange Lamborghinis It does seem odd to see a Miura with no 'eyelashes' though.

Thanks!  It's strange that Hasegawa didn't do the regular P400 or P400S with the lashes, as that was one of the distinct features of the Miura's design, but I guess that it they would have been very delicate to mold.  I think there may be a PE set available though.

[Mikey-1980]

Sounds like plan to me! 

[Paul H]

Now that Revell are doing a new tool E Type Series 1, hopefully that means there will finally be one that has got the nose 100% correct.  Now if only someone would do some decent tooling '60s Astons...

[ST3Black]

Great build - those wheels look particularly good - top job!

[Mark4700]

On days like these, I love seeing my all time favourite car. Especially one as finely turned out as this. Always loved this car since I first saw the Italian Job as a kid. I thought it looked like a GT40, but with bags more style. What can I say, excellent work.

[Natter]

'Back in the day' they knew how to make sexy looking supercars.  Great model Paul.