CORGI JUNIORS custom: 50A Ferrari 512 S Le Mans replica

Customising a Corgi Juniors Whizzwheels No. 50A Ferrari 512 S, in the Juniors range from 1971 until 1972.
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It's amazing quite how boring Corgi made this casting look. It was a Le Mans racer of the 70s, a runner in Daytona, a piece of Ferrari and sports car history! With it's clear dark red on top of a silver base, plain discoloured white interior piece, number six sticker, and little n' large wheels, to me it came across as incredibly dull.
My aim was to improve this. The Ferrari 512 S was a racer developed in response to Porsche's 917. Enzo Ferrari even went as far as selling 50% of his company to Fiat to bankroll the cars development. Unfortunately for Ferrari, it had a difficult life. Of ten races during the 1970 World Sportscar Championship season, Porsche won nine of them. A 512 did managed to bag a win in the 12 Hours of Sebring though to break Porsche's streak.
I based my custom on the number 16 entry from Scuderia Filipinetti in the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans race. While most 512 entries in the race were the coda lunga longtail 512 varients, the number 16 stuck to the original closed cockpit recipe. Sadly, this car failed to finish due to technical issues, but despite this lack of success, it is well remembered for being a truly stunning looking racecar. Hopefully I did it justice.
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Decals source:
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[@raymonde4272]

Fantastic custom on the model. The decals on racing cars are always very detailed and fiddly to apply.

[@mykeymyke4894]

This was really well done. Love seeing racecar customs, especially ones that are based on real racecars.

[@RogueIslandDiecast]

Wow Jason, total transformation of this casting!!! Excellent decal work, along with the extra paint details. Finished up with the great wheel choice.

[@jonbrookes77]

Great result - your hard work transformed it from a toy car to a model 😊

[@johnkelley9877]

I would say this is your best work so far! The model looks great and very realistic. Thanks for sharing this and I hope you do more customs like this in the future.

[@diecast164andmore9]

Incredible!!! Absolutely beautiful!! Your patience with waterslide decals is god like. 👍👍😎

[@teee4532]

Love the history of the Ferrari and what a beautiful customization Cheers

[@hansahans1796]

It looks amazing! well done. Thanks for the story telling and good choice of overlooked casting.

[@davidparker8221]

Beautifully rendered racecar❤ Have fun with your toys!

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

Great work as always.
Your restoration/ custom is amazing.
The real pictures are great to see .
Always a informative video .
Better new new finish .
Mike

[@lotharrenz4621]

looks great, and as it should have looked when it came off the Corgi workshop... definitely an improvement. :D

[@MapleLeafCustoms]

Very nicely done replica of a classic racer. I enjoyed watching this one. Greetings from Switzerland. 🍁☕👍

[@jchayes7325]

Outstanding build my friend that is one beautiful Ferrari looks just like it did back when it was racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans keep up the good work have a good weekend and God bless

[@BenM-nv6mu]

Fantastic transformation Jason. It is Faultless arguably the best yet and the wheels work superbly[ huge thanks for sharing this one 🤩🥇✨

[@nwlondontimemachine9484]

Well done. Very nicely finished.

[@thierrymilan2039]

Big work on this Ferrari racer, congrats.

[@joeholloway1386]

Nice restoration ,details and paint job 👌 👍

[@barryshackson4005]

Excellent transformation..🙂👍

[@Adriansmith805]

Excellent restoration looks amazing well done 👍.

[@owenmorse3136]

Wonderful decal work well done, the boring model was probably down to cost .

[@DieCastRestos]

I know I am a bit harsh on it, but I think with a brighter red and maybe more than just a single number sticker it could have been so much more! But in fairness it was a great base to work on

[@DZeus83]

Outstanding work. Great transformation 👏

[@BrianMcKnight68]

WAY better! Well done.

[@petergaston8232]

Very well executed. Massive improvement all over. Loads of good information too........keep er lit ya boy ye

[@martindaredare]

Outstanding custom work Jason, this looks so much better 👌

[@formulaonesixfour]

Great work on this.

[@markrobinson8865]

Great job Jason and looks awesome 👍

[@urideamabal]

Brilliant, perhaps a few more decals. 😂

[@robertmungin9143]

Nice job

[@TimeRider]

Nice custom!

[@andysgaragediecastrestorations]

Lovely job. It is a great car.

[@falcondmp]

Fantastic!!

[@andreaszausch6329]

Top notch!!

[@sergiogeras2438]

Wonderful 👍

[@matthewdavey6064]

Brilliant. 👍

[@aitchworld4620]

The music right at the end reminds me of The Cape by Trevor Rabin. Anyway, music aside, great work.

[@DieCastRestos]

You’re so right! Well now I know where Karl Casey got his inspiration for that track!

[@grahammummery5732]

Nice....

[@ExoticCarGamer]

wow

[@kennybacchus1488]

Corgi. Juniors. Custom 50A. Ferrari. 512. S. Le. Man’s. Replica

[@Littlesenna1]

Beautiful work, i got one and I'm going to try and so the same 😁😁 where did you get the decals?

[@DieCastRestos]

Le Mans Decals on eBay or lemansdecals.com, based in Spain

[@Littlesenna1]

@@DieCastRestos thanks 🤩🤩🤩

[@matchboxmark8191]

Great job as always! The original was very boring, that's for sure!

[@lackodhr.5303]

👍👏👏👏

[@bentandre5524]

oh yes, thats very beautifull...but dont blame corgi, because it was a cheapo....

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