Policar Ferrari 330 P4 build up

[tangmere]

A surprisingly bad effort from Policar given their excellent F1 offerings. The body was fraught with mold lines, multiple straight edges where there were supposed to be smooth curves, and a few low spots that needed filler. Other than that it was fine (sarcasm). The wheels are too big a diameter but thats all I had in the parts bin at the time and they will be replaced at some point (and I need to source a wiper since the kit didn't come with one). Since these pictures were taken I've brought the rear wheels in a bit. So after a few hours of sanding with multiple grits of Tamiya sanding foam I had to rescribe some panel lines and as you can see, I don't have the steadiest of hands, I laid down some primer then after a day of drying I used some Tamiya Yellow - I think it should have been a brighter yellow but here we are. A bit of a wash then finally a few coats of semi-gloss clear (also Tamiya). Decals are by lemansdecals.com.

[aquakiwi]

Lovely build, for all its faults I like the Policar P4.

[old23]

I recently completed this build from the Policar "white" kit. It's the 412P entered by Scuderia Filipinetti in the 1967 Targa Florio.

[Chris Wright]

Great livery and decals, all in all a great looking car, well done!

[old23]

Hi Chris,

If you're talking about my car, the decals from LeMans were actually very disappointing. They were very far from opaque and as soon as I saw them I knew that there would be unacceptable bleed-through over the red paint. I decided to paint the stripes, roof, and engine cover. For the number roundels, I used opaque stickers onto which I applied the LeMans number decals. As for the sponsor and "Scuderia Filipinetti" logos, I had to go with what was given, and you will see that they are far from satisfactory. However, this is a racing car and not a shelf queen, so the result is acceptable for purpose.
Cheers,
Stewart

[Chris Wright]

It still looks very good from here.....excellent work.