Alan’s build: Ferrari 488 GTE “AF Corse #51” (42125)
Alan built the Ferrari 488 GTE and sent six photos, including the engine bay from behind and the cockpit, both mid-build and finished. The cockpit shots are the ones I always want to see with this set, so they are near the top of the photo section below.
The 42125 is a licensed replica of the #51 AF Corse entry as raced at Le Mans and in the FIA WEC. 1,677 pieces, working V8 with moving pistons visible through the rear, opening doors and an opening bonnet. The red livery is bright on a shelf. 4-5 hours for Alan, who has built a lot of the library, with the engine stage the easiest place to go wrong.
Six photos from Alan: front view, rear, side, the cockpit through the open door, the steering wheel mid-build and the finished car from the front left. The rear shot is the one to look at for the engine: the V8 sits under the X of the roll cage.
The engine stage comes first and is the easiest place to go wrong, so check every piston moves before you leave it. Once the car is complete the V8 shows through the rear window behind the cockpit, under a black engine cover with the X of the roll cage over the top, as Alan’s rear shot shows. His cockpit shots show how bare the race interior is: one seat, the dashboard and the steering wheel.
Alan has worked through enough of the library now that his photos are useful in a different way to product shots. They show the kit as a builder actually sees it: on a table, built in normal light, with the little mechanical details doing the talking.
If you have built Ferrari 488 GTE and spotted something I have missed, send it over. The member posts are better when they feel like a record of what people are actually building, not just a list of sets we happen to stock.
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