A CUSTOM FINISHED 1:18 SCALE FERRARI 330GT 2+2 BY BBR MODELS...

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£150 - £200

A CUSTOM FINISHED 1:18 SCALE FERRARI 330GT 2+2 BY BBR MODELS

This model comes from the private collection of the Late Mr. Peter Marshall who owned a genuine 330GT which we sold in 2022. An example of the earlier Series 1 twin-light model, in 1/18 scale by BBR of Italy, with custom finish.

Mr. Marshall recalled the reasons he bought the car,

“At the time I had recently fitted a new clutch on my everyday Fiat 850 Spider, which was a brilliant car, and which I had converted to r.h.d., commencing the first week that I had bought the car, as Fiat did not produce them. I needed to do an oil change. An oil change would be simple enough but there was bound to be something in the future.

I needed another car!”

“ That is not really the usual reason for buying a Ferrari but ….. I had been toying with the least expensive V12 for a while.  I went to view a 250, but it did not appeal, and then the 330, which did.”

“…. it got me home, knowing before purchase that it needed clutch adjustment….”

 But the clutch adjustment did solve the problem?

“Mmmm, that did not help, so I took the gearbox out. 10 times easier than on the Fiat, to the extent that I did it in the road (albeit, private) outside the house. It had only done 1,000 miles since it was last changed!  This time the flywheel needed changing too, it was blue with radial cracks and despite having it skimmed, the cracks were too deep to use again.  It is amazing what must have been done posing up and down the Kings Road in London.”

This model is modified from 1/18th scale BBR model of John Lennon’s famous car, #BBR1834.

The model was adapted by stripping it down the model to its constituent parts, the transmission tunnel was modified to remove the later centre console then made a new radio mounting to fit under the dash as per the subject car. Humbrol enamel paints gave the red and black interior life.

The body was painted with a custom mix of acrylic paints applied by airbrush.

Source: The Motor Museum in Miniature