CORGI Juniors custom restoration: J32 Ferrari 308 GTS

Customising a Corgi Juniors J32 Ferrari 308 GTS.

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As it is my 250th episode, I wanted to set myself a challenge for the milestone. I rummaged through my drawers full of potential stock and up popped this dilapidated Corgi Juniors Ferrari 308 GTS, you know, the Magnum P.I. Ferrari. It was muddy so it was looking very likely the body would need attention to see to any corrosion. It was missing a wheel as a result of this and it proved that the rear axle had totally disintegrated. The black plastic section was missing the steering wheel, while the windshield had a huge crack through it. I didn't have a replacement or donor model in stock, so I decided to just go with it and try and get that windshield as good as I possibly could using all my tried and tested methods.

I bought some outstanding Ferrari five-spokes of the era from Diecast Details to replace the written off Corgi wheels and simply set off to see where I ended up.

The real Ferrari 308 was first unveiled in 1975 as a berlinetta. It was a two-seater, mid-engined V8 powered machine that proved popular enough in its Spyder (GTS) guise following its introduction in 1977 that it became the star car of the hit TV series Magnum P.I. in 1980. A different 308 GTS was used for each season through until the eighth and final in 1988. Each however retained the same look and same licence plate of ROBIN 1. The 308 was developed across ten years of production until it was replaced by the Ferrari 328 in 1985.

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