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15/06/2023 8:02 pm
And by that I mean right down to the chassis number. Last October, at the Chattanooga Motorcar festival there was an array of very rare and beautiful Ferraris. I caught these pictures:
When I found out Kess would be making Chassis 0235EU, getting one was a no-brainer. Here's the 1:43:
The model certainly looks 'bluer' and I used the same camera for 1:1 and 1:43. So maybe the owner needs to repaint the car!
15/06/2023 8:52 pm
Could just be florescent lighting for the full sized car if taken in a mall. Beautiful model Harv.
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15/06/2023 9:03 pm
@david-green Nope, it was outside. I don't remember if the day was cloudy or full sun/car in shade. I think Kess should have used a more silvery blue paint.
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16/06/2023 3:15 pm
Perhaps the original 1:1 has been re-painted at some point ?
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16/06/2023 4:45 pm
@mikedetorrice I found about two dozen images on the internet, and they all looked similar. There was an Arnolt-MG color called Haze Blue (a silver-blue) which I think is what it should look like - I imagine Bertone and Pininfarina found similar paint supplies in the early 1950s. The model is pretty, but just a bit too blue.
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16/06/2023 9:14 pm
Thanks, Harv. I guess the only way to be perhaps closer to sure is to have the real car in it's original color side by side in the same light and situation with a replica. Even then there is talk about a "scale effect" and also the possibility that the real paint formulation isn't available anymore. Plus, naturally the replica will be (generally) of a different material (resin, white metal, diecast ) than the actual car was constructed of and the attendant differences there.
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