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Title: Take a look at this.... if you've not seen it you won't believe it..
Post by: SKurj on November 23, 2002, 10:49:37 PM: http://www.johnegerton.co.uk/cmcc/ferrari312.ram

SKurj
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Post by: SKurj on November 23, 2002, 10:53:33 PM: Pics here as well

http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50980&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

SKurj
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Post by: Innominate on November 23, 2002, 11:01:00 PM: He probably could have built a full sized version without much more work.
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Post by: -ammo- on November 23, 2002, 11:33:22 PM: Oh My! that is incredible!
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Post by: MrCoffee on November 24, 2002, 12:03:11 AM: What an underachiever!

All those little parts! What a little man! Italian do doubt!

SheeYeah! The world need more peeps like him.

:D
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Post by: AKDejaVu on November 24, 2002, 12:06:26 AM: That is simply amazing.

I've seen people do the same thing with locomotives. Thousands of hours of work to build every aspect of them only scaled down.

AKDejaVu
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Post by: eskimo2 on November 24, 2002, 12:31:59 AM: :eek:
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Post by: Duedel on November 24, 2002, 03:22:20 AM: UNBELIEVIBLE:

He said: "I have to make the engine to get the right sound"

Sure :D
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Post by: Swoop on November 24, 2002, 05:52:34 AM: The voiceover sounds like Jeremy Clarkson.......I'll have to watch Top Gear tonight.....

(http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/extern/640697.jpg)
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Post by: -tronski- on November 24, 2002, 06:19:42 AM: Was him, Top Gear is excellent...used to love Tiff's reviews as well as JC...watched it Sat night :Subaru WRX vs. Civic Type R vs. Ford Focus RS

Tronsky
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Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on November 24, 2002, 06:43:07 AM: Is the guy French? I has a funny accent.
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Post by: Leslie on November 24, 2002, 06:56:55 AM: Man, that is amazing!!! He said he has 22,000 hours of work in it, and it took him about 15 years to do. Everything works, engine, gear box, gauges...all in miniature, and exact replicas of the real thing. Even sounds like the real thing, and would probably perform on scale like the real thing.

It is a true accomplishment...and inspiration to model builders. Has anything like that been done in recent history?

Les
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Post by: SKurj on November 24, 2002, 10:00:09 AM: probably innominate but he wanted one for the dining room lol

SKurj
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Post by: AKDejaVu on November 24, 2002, 11:06:09 AM: Here's a question...

That car is simply fantastic. Given the hours that went into and the shear marvel of the car...

If you'd built it and Ferarri aproached you saying they'd trade you a new Spider for it so they could put it in their showroom/museum... would you do it?

AKDejaVu
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Post by: Sandman on November 24, 2002, 11:08:04 AM: If I put 15 years into it... probably not.
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Post by: AKDejaVu on November 24, 2002, 11:17:39 AM: I'd tend to agree Sandman...

I've never put 22,000 hours into a hobby... so this is just speculation...

Most people I know that have restored cars have loved the whole ordeal. At least right up until they are pretty much done with them.

If I had a chance to get something I'd built into a museum for the manufacturer I was celebrating... I think I'd go for it. If I were the folks at Ferarri, and had a classic example of the shear love for the car... I'd definately suggest it.

AKDejaVu
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Post by: SKurj on November 24, 2002, 03:33:37 PM: eeek i dunno DJ...

The value of that model, based on labour alone is probably close to two F50's lol +)

I would let them rent it though... as payment I would accept the use of 1 brand new ferrari per yr for the duration of the agreement +) (insurance costs thrown in of course)

SKurj
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Post by: texace on November 24, 2002, 09:36:19 PM: I remember reading somewhere there was someone working on a perfect scale Spitfire XIV, and the last thing I'd seen of it was the engine. It was a perfect replica of the Merlin, and it did run and it DID sound like it should.

It was supposed to be the most detailed aircraft model built. Now I don't know if it's till being built or not. Everything was to work...guages, levers, everything.

Ambitious it was...
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Post by: Mini D on March 25, 2003, 05:39:00 PM: This thread deserves a good
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Post by: Furball on March 25, 2003, 07:35:00 PM: I saw the TV Program that clip is taken from, its called Jeremy Clarksons Extreme Machines i think. After the ferrari it had a remote control Concorde model, complete with working jet engines.

One episode of the show - Jeremy Clarkson (motor journalist) goes up in a helicopter (hughes defender i think?) with miniguns under the wing stubs and blows the crap out of a Corvette. Simply because he hates them
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Post by: SaburoS on March 26, 2003, 02:10:43 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Mini D
This thread deserves a good

Wow, thanks for the punt. That work is absolutely incredible.
That has to be more valuable that the real thing.