Community Build Project - 1/20-1/32 Ferrari

Shawn,

I think it's fair to suggest that you are more than welcome to join in. Why not give us a summary of what you've done so far and tell us about the 'Enzo'!! I have one on my shelf, but I haven't opened it yet... I hear it's a stellar kit...

As for my GTO, I made some progress tonight:
- dashboard is done
- seats are installed
- steering wheel is painted and detailed the way I want.
- there are two small 'vents' in the hood that I didn't like. I cleaned them up and am going to put some 'screen' in to replicate the real thing. However, I don't have a clue what I'm going to use for the 'screen' yet. Any recommendations?
- exhaust is installed and completed painting
- tires are sanded and cleaned up

Tires. I discovered something with tires tonight that might be helpful to others. I was sanding the tread down with an electric drill and all went very well, except when I was done there were small 'tears' in the rubber that made the surface sorta look like orange peel. Not sure how to describe it, but either I was going too fast with the drill, or pressing too hard with the sandpaper. Well, all I did was dip a q-tip in lacquer thinner and run it around the tread of the tire. The lacquer thinner sorta 'melts' the rubber and fixes everything up. Be cautious though, the thinner could easily wreck the tire if you went too far or let it drip down the sidewall. I let the tires dry thoroughly and then just went over them again with a scouring pad. Results were good enough for me.

I'd like to hear more about everyone else's kits!!

M.

Hey Shawn,

Welcome aboard. The more the merrier!! Definitely let us know how things are going with the car.

Ray

Hey guys
was going to post pic earlier, but I've been sick acoupla days. I don't have no digital pic, so I take my pics with aregular camera. This is a pic of engine after I started, everything goes together great, I wish all models fit this good. the Enzo is an excellant kit. I will have more pics as soon as I develop more.
Thanks Shawn

i'm having troulbe posting pic
some help would be greatly appreciated
TIA
Shawn

Hi Shawn,

Welcome to our humble abode!!!!


Check this thread out http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2331

hope this helps!!!

Hi guys,
Here's an update on my 250 GTO
- I did the final polish on the body yesterday and today and am actually quite impressed. It is by far the best finish I've ever achieved on a model. Certainly not 'pro' quality, but I'm very satisfied with how it turned out. It is very R-E-D....!!
- I applied BMF to the window frames. There must be a *trick* to using this stuff and not having it curl all up on you!! If anyone has a method for preventing the dreaded 'curly foil', please share!!
- My quest for a nice shift-gate has ended and I've just accepted that I'm going to have to paint the thing silver and try to draw in the 'gates'. I tried all kinds of scratch building exercises, but nothing turned out good. I'm gonna have to learn how to make my own photo-etch...
- I scratch built a couple of 'buckles and straps' that tie the hood down. Turned out OK, but I haven't got them on the car yet. Hopefully they look ok when they are in place.
- I decided it was time to dive-in and figure out how I was gonna make the windshield. Turns out that a piece of acetate fits in really nice. Very easy. Here's the twist.... the back windshield is gonna be a problem (it looks really flat and harmless, but there's some anoying compound curves that are gonna drive me nuts.) Win one, lose one. I'm gonna have to think about how to tackle this unexpected little hurdle...
- The kit comes with a teeny-tiny-itsy-bitsy little Ferrari emblem (horse) that is supposed to be mounted in front of the grill. It's molded in plastic and when I saw it I thought, "that can't possibly look good (because it's so small." Well, I started to look at it some more tonight and when I got it under a magnifying glass I was amazed. The darn thing actually looks really nice. I have no idea how they got that kind of detail out of a tiny plastic piece that's on a big sprue with dozens of other pieces. I decided to cover it with BMF and then paint the edges and recesses with flat black. It passed the sniff test and I'm gonna use it on the kit. That was a nice little (pun intended) surprise.

The only thing left is the rear window and some final assemply and installation of the last tiny little bits. Still no digital cam yet, sorry I don't have any pics. I'll make sure to get some when it's finished!!

M.

Hi all!!!!!!!!!

Here's an update ...........

Most evrything is done except i have to polish out the windsheild xscratches....... plus i cant find the engine cover!!!!!!! not sure what happened there!!! I guess i will have to order a new one.... can i just write to Tamiya????

Any hoo, here is a pic..........

http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL18/594454/2033905/24431998.jgp

Awesome littlemoe!!! Great job!! What paint did you use for that? That is a really cool color.

I must confess I've gotten a little behind on my project. I hope to have my Lamborghini ready by Friday for the local contest though. That has been taking up all my modeling time lately. Once that is done I will dive back into the Ferrari. I will definitely keep posting updates as I go.

Ray

Realy nice one, Ron. If I can give you a little tip, take a bit of black paint and prepare a wash that you you delicately put, with a very fine brush, into the grooves betwen doors and body (and other similar recesses). Don't need to paint, just let the capilary action of the liquid do the job for you.
My GTO is still in the polishing stage. I'm slowly getting a very nice shine. I'm doing that in the evenings while I watch movies as it's a bit of a boring job. Should complete the thing very soon now.

Thanks guys!!!!!

Ray,It's Boyds Roadstar Orange pearl........ It reallyt is a cool color..... It's very transluscent (spelling???) I sprayed a gray primer first, so the orange came out dark......... I tried the same color on another car with a white primer, and the orange looks completly diferent!!!!!

Dj, i nver tried a wash technique yet, not really sure how to do it.... how do i do it with out making the whole model black?????

Ron, use a very fine brush and a fairly well thinned wash. Get some wash on the brush then apply the very tip into one of the grooves and let the paint flow from the vrush and flood the recessed line. I use oil paint (black) thinned with white spirit or turpentine, over an acrylic finish so there's no reactions between the two paints and any excess can easily be wiped off with a clean rag and turp. Try to put a bit of wash in the wheels as well.

Easy!

Hey Guys
heres and update on where I am at.
I'm not finished yet and I'm not suprised eiter. Been having bad wdeather lately so unable to paint body, thinking about just polishing out the body as is.
This kit tis great, everything fits together nicely, and with careful painting everything looks great, engine bay is well detailed, wheels look super, only thing is on real carmost of interior is carbon fiber from what i've seen, which I will replicate on my 2nd Enzo with decals from ScaleMotorsports.
as soon as I find a place to host my pics, I will have some.
I hope to have it finished by this weekend.
Thanks
Shawn

Shawn, try this thread ................... http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2331

i have been following the f-18 and ferrari projects. would like join in on the next
project. Any ideas on what it will be
whtcuuter

Well, I've finally finished my 250 GTO and am quite happy to say it was a huge success. Even with all of the little 'troubles' I had, I'm happy with the finished results. I keep promising pictures, but haven't been able to deliver yet. I'm planning to take some pics tonight and I'll post an update later.

I bent a few of the rules... (ok, some were blatantly broken). But, the end result is probably my best 'model effort' to date. It holds a special place on my display shelf and carries much pride!

The high points of the kit were:
- it's a rare and very interesting subject
- not many kits exist of the 250 GTO
- the body is excellent and well proportioned
- the wheels are fantastic and with a little wash just come to life.

The low points:
- curbside with very few 'details'
- interior seats are 'vinyl', so I replace them.
- kit glass is very thick and distorted. I replaced mine with sheet acetate.

If you like cars, then I suspect you *love* Ferrari 250 GTOs (like me). I had to have one in my collection and now I do. I'm sure someday I'll look at the finished kit and criticize myself for messing up this or that, but until then at least I can admire it on my shelf rather than in the box.

Murray.

I was able to see Murray's 250 GTO in person at our local model contest and I can say he did an excellent job. Way to go, Murray.

I hope to get back at my Ferrari here, now that the contest is out of the way. I was trying to finish up another model for the show so I fell behind with my 360 Modena Spider. I am also in the process of trying to 'create' a modelling "space" since we have no available rooms in our house so hopefully that will come together in the next couple of days as well. The wife is tired of having modelling paraphernalia spread out all over the kitchen counter, table...ok, all over the whole house. Anyway, we've got our next model meeting this Wednesday so maybe that will give me the kick-start I need to get back at it.

Well, that was quite the progress report, although it had nothing whatsoever to do with the current project. Oh, well, I will keep plugging away at it.

Ray

Thanks Ray!

I finally got some pictures, so they should be up a little later tonight. As for the Lambo....well I wish that I could keep things as 'clean' as what I saw demonstrated. Very nice effort!!

Murray

OK, here's my results. Open to any and all comments...
Murray

Looking real good, Murray..! Nice shine you've got there too!

superb Murray!!!!!!!!!!


Looks great!!!!!!

Whats your secret to that shinny paintjob???

Thanks guys.

The paint did turn out quite good. I'm really not sure what the 'secret' was and am more inclined to chalk it up to luck rather than skill. The paint is just a regular red industrial enamel that I got from my workplace (spray can). Nothing fancy... it was *red* so I decided to use it. I had a lot of comments at the contest here in Saskatoon how it was a great color for 'Ferrari' red, but unfortunately I think that was just luck. I basically followed the advice from here on the forum (several mist coats followed by a couple of wet coats) and left it to dry/cure for at least a week (possibly more). When it was cured, I did some polishing with a polishing kit (4000 through 12000 sanding cloths used wet!), and finished up with some NuFinish car wax. I was terrified of 'cutting through' the paint near the edges, but happily it did not happen.

Here's a couple more pics... (I'm very proud of the finished results.... as if you can't tell :)

Absolutely gorgeous!

Well, I've just completed my GTO, and I'm quite happy with it. I'm having some problems with the digital camera, so you'll have to wait a little to see the results of a month or so of work... Bring on the figure!

Domi,
I didn't realize that you were building a 250 GTO as well!! They are such a beautiful car! I'm hoping that someday I'll be able to see one in person... Can't wait to see the pics.

M.

Murray, mine is actually the 1984 version of the GTO. Not as classy as yours but still a beautifully designed car...

Yes, I know which one you're talking about. I'd love to get a kit of that one too.

M.