CORGI JUNIORS custom: 50A Ferrari 512 S Le Mans replica

Описание: Customising a Corgi Juniors Whizzwheels No. 50A Ferrari 512 S, in the Juniors range from 1971 until 1972.

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It's amazing quite how boring Corgi made this casting look. It was a Le Mans racer of the 70s, a runner in Daytona, a piece of Ferrari and sports car history! With it's clear dark red on top of a silver base, plain discoloured white interior piece, number six sticker, and little n' large wheels, to me it came across as incredibly dull.

My aim was to improve this. The Ferrari 512 S was a racer developed in response to Porsche's 917. Enzo Ferrari even went as far as selling 50% of his company to Fiat to bankroll the cars development. Unfortunately for Ferrari, it had a difficult life. Of ten races during the 1970 World Sportscar Championship season, Porsche won nine of them. A 512 did managed to bag a win in the 12 Hours of Sebring though to break Porsche's streak.

I based my custom on the number 16 entry from Scuderia Filipinetti in the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans race. While most 512 entries in the race were the coda lunga longtail 512 varients, the number 16 stuck to the original closed cockpit recipe. Sadly, this car failed to finish due to technical issues, but despite this lack of success, it is well remembered for being a truly stunning looking racecar. Hopefully I did it justice.

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Decals source:
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