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February 16, 2007 11:44 AM PST

Working scale model of the Ferrari 312PB

by Kevin Massy

For anyone who has cursed those couple of pieces leftover after putting together a model car, this is enough to make your eyes water. Frenchman Pierre Scerri spent 20,000 hours building a perfect, working replica of the Ferrari 312PB. His design drawing, based on photographs of the original, apparently took three years alone.

After that, he spent another 12 years building a fully functioning replica of the car, including a miniature version of its dry-sump fuel-injected 12-cylinder engine and its five-speed gearbox. Check out the video and listen to what Scerri calls the Ferrari "music."

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absolute amazing
by nickswim February 16, 2007 12:11 PM PST
that is crazy..

i don't the patients...

i get mad when my browswer doesn't load fast enough..
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Working scale model of the Ferrari 312PB
by Hardrada February 16, 2007 12:19 PM PST
Okay; not all people are crazy. That is pretty amazing.
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Incredible
by make_or_break February 16, 2007 7:22 PM PST
But it IS crazy, at least by any [i]normal[/i] standard. Then again, genius usually has some tinge of craziness.
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