Red Ferrari 75b
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 8:44 pm
I found this one for sale. I wonder if this is really original, can anyone shine his light on this.
I'm going with...its been tampered with.
Ghosthunter.
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Red Ferrari 75b
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Re: Red Ferrari 75b
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:04 pm
Re: Red Ferrari 75b
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:07 pm
The baseplate looks as though it's been cleaned, the rivets look odd, and the axle heads are too large.
Re: Red Ferrari 75b
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:09 pm
Kevin, can you be more specific on this.GHOSTHUNTER wrote:I'm going with...its been tampered with.
Ghosthunter.
Thank you, Gerrit.
Re: Red Ferrari 75b
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:27 pm
Yes, as Hugh has mentioned, the baseplate is not right, it looks burnished and we have a Mercedes-Benz on the forum with just such a finish coming from an unreliable source...
The treatment of this base is something that a plastic kit modeller can achieve for the purpose of adding patina or weathering to Military kits, it does not belong on a Lesney model and appears to have been done to help give the impression of original ageing...!!
To me the Ferrari is the same.
Ghosthunter.
- Bad base!!.JPG (96.87 KiB) Viewed 1341 times
To me the Ferrari is the same.
Ghosthunter.
Re: Red Ferrari 75b
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:35 pm
75beware!
Re: Red Ferrari 75b
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:49 pm
Very clever Dan...Brad Pittiful wrote:75beware!
Ghosty.
Re: Red Ferrari 75b
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 10:10 pm
The base plate was the main reason for asking. In the variation guide, the code 1 Ferrari 75B shows "????" for the base plate.GHOSTHUNTER wrote:Yes, as Hugh has mentioned, the baseplate is not right, it looks burnished and we have a Mercedes-Benz on the forum with just such a finish coming from an unreliable source...
The treatment of this base is something that a plastic kit modeller can achieve for the purpose of adding patina or weathering to Military kits, it does not belong on a Lesney model and appears to have been done to help give the impression of original ageing...!!
To me the Ferrari is the same.
Ghosthunter.
I was wondering what that means; or who knows how the base plate should look?
Re: Red Ferrari 75b
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:06 pm
- really good clean base.jpg (62.43 KiB) Viewed 1316 times
- minor handling grime.jpg (56.5 KiB) Viewed 1316 times
- some handling grime.jpg (72.06 KiB) Viewed 1316 times
- Playworn 1.jpg (58.24 KiB) Viewed 1316 times
- Playworn 2.jpg (53.33 KiB) Viewed 1316 times
Re: Red Ferrari 75b
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:07 am
This one looks decidedly dubious for the reasons already given. This must be one of the most faked regular wheels, they pop up all the time. I think many were also done by kids who preferred their Ferraris in red.