Time for a 1/24 scale kit that I finished up a little while ago.
The Lamborghini Miura is considered the world's first supercar to feature a mid-mounted engine and rear wheel drive. The prototype, revealed at the 1966 Geneva Motor show and was loved by show-goers for it's impressive engineering and beautiful styling alike.
The mid-engine layout placed the engine between the driver and the rear axle, for optimum weight distribution. A layout that had been seen in the highest performance racing levels like Formula 1.
Coupled with a 3.9Liter V-12 engine and a 5 speed gear-box, it claimed the highest top speed for any production road car.
What we have here is the last, and probably most famous evolution of the Miura... The P400SV.
Introduced in 1971, the SV featured a number of small upgrades over the previous models (P400, and P400S) with 4x3 Webber carbs, and different cam timing... you got an extra 15 horsepower.
Up to a total of 380 Horsepower, which may not seem like a lot...but that was as much as a big-block Chevy corvette, with nearly twice the engine size.
The box features nice art, and I really liked the color scheme, so I decided on a deep red with gold accents.
It is hard to photograph, but the red I chose is actually a candy with a very small amount of pearl in the finish. My feeling was that just "red" was a little to plain for something as special as this Lamborghini.
Unfortunately, this is what is known as a "curb-side" kit, and has only the basic engine and drivetrain detail... but you wouldn't be able to see much of it anyways through the louvers over the engine cover on the back of the car.
The kit did come with some beautiful metal transfers for the badges on the back of the car. And my own custom license plate as a reminder that this one was built during the COVID scare.
Hope you enjoy! This was one I had been wanting to build for a long time as part of my Supercars collection.
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