![]() ![]() He does super cars such as Ferrari’s 250 GTO, the LaFerrari, the Testarossa, the Modena, Alfa Romeos, and Mercedes-Benz 300 SLs. Today, Marco does a lot of F1 race cars such as Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren, a 1988 McLaren MP4/4, a Ferrari F2000, a Williams FW14, Gilles Villeneuve’s Ferrari 312T4. I wanted my models to have the illusion of looking at a real car.” I wanted to catch the smallest details and reproduce these cars in scale. After that experience, I concentrated on building static race cars. I did this for several years and it gave me the opportunity to study the model racing world. “You had to take great care not only in driving, but also in the many controls of trim and the motor. ![]() “I started entering into competitions,” Laviola says. It was at this point that Marco took an interest in RC car model making, where, besides the design of the body, there was also the mechanics of the internal combustion engine, which made these small, radio-controlled race cars go fast. My father, Antonio, is a sculptor and he introduced me to the world of materials such as resins, varnishes and molds.” I became more and more interested in building objects with my hands, therefore I improved my techniques and started making model kits. “Step by step, I built my skills up to work with wood and fretwork. “When I was a kid, my favorite amusement was playing with Lego,” Laviola says. What is surprising is the level of detail he can achieve, making you feel as if you’re looking at the real thing. It’s not surprising Marco ended up with a hobby of building scale models. ![]()
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