Work in progress pics
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Wanna hear a funny story? Here is one. After a period of modelling blues (who can say he is never affected?) I decided to pick it up again with the most easy kit I possesed. This Starter kit is not only very basic, it was even pre-painted!
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So I thought: this is going to be easy! But it never is... Soon I found out that the kit has 2 versions in it, and the one I wanted to build did not correspondend with the pre-painted model. It had 2 light bulbs on the roof which shouldn't be there...
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So I removed the light bulbs, I also removed the raised area at the back where the license plate would be, and while I was at it, I also removed all the cast-in detail which I didn't like.
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Then I stripped the model completely, I accentuated the panel lines, and I put it in pink Tamiya primer. Finally I sprayed 2 coats of TS-08 from the rattle can. So now I am back where I started, only with a correct model...
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Next I had to re-model the dashboard which was cast with a lot of flash. I used plastic strip for this job.
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I have no clue why the Starter designers think that this 250 GTO has only 1 exhaust, but it only took me a piece of soldering tin and some rubber tubing to correct this error. Now all 12 cilinders can boost out their power through the proper exhausts...
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Next step: fixing the decals in place.
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The white roundels are all the same size, which is not exactly how it should be: the front decal is ok, the 2 at the sides are a bit too small and the one at the rear is a bit too large.
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But you would only notice this with reference pics next to the model. After fixing the decals I cut them at the panel lines.
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Finally I apply 2 Gunze Sangyo gloss coats. Now the model can dry for a week and then I can polish it.
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I let the clearcoats dry for about 10 days, and then I started to polish the whole body. This is hard to see on the pictures because I manipulated the body quite a lot afterwards resulting in some fingerprints...
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Once the body will be fixed to a base plate I will polish it again. I also polished the clear resin haedlights because the surface was very rough.
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Next I painted the interior black and I fitted the front window with chrome trim (BMF). I aslo started painting the dials and dashboard (not finished yet).
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Because this kit has no head light covers, I purchased a little 'Remember' transkit including (amongst others) wonderful PE headlight covers.
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Next I cut the window part in smaller pieces, because I only want to use the front and rear windows.
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The side windows were not very good, so I replaced them by thin plexi, cut to size. I also simulated the slide window by engravings.
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Next I painted the interior flat black.
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The bottom interior was painted and assembled as well. The steering wheel, the gear lever and the decals are from the detail set.
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Next I assembled the wire wheels and I dry fitted them into the chassis. The width and ride height were adjusted this way.
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Now I have to remove the chassis from the body again to be able to fix the rearview mirror and some small deflectors at the rear of the wheel arches.
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So once the rearview mirror and the small deflectors at the rear of the wheel arches were fixed, I closed the model again and attached it to a baseplate.
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You can see the small deflector which I scratched from aluminium sheet just behind the rear wheel.
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Here the deflector is clearly visible.
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I also fixed the supports for the rear jack and I also filled the cooling vents with flat black paint.
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At the front I added the front jack supports, I chromed the main radiator surroundings and I fixed the aftermarket fog lights.
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I also decided not to use the kit headlight covers since they are solid resin parts which are not very realistic. Instead I searched in my scrapbox and found Porsche 917 covers which I adapted to fit the Ferrari lights.
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A few pictures of the Ferrari with finished headlights and taillights...
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A few pictures of the Ferrari with finished headlights and taillights...
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A few pictures of the Ferrari with finished headlights and taillights...
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Commenti
1 6 August 2014, 11:41
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I started this 1:43 kit a few days ago; now the body paintjob needs to dry for a while...
7 August 2014, 17:19
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I made some progress before we drive off to the Garda Lake😉 See you in little over a week😉
12 August 2014, 15:49
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Guy, I have a question...did you subtly shadow some recesses or are these the natural 3D shadows showing from your camera/lighting angle?
12 August 2014, 15:54
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Well done progress Guy... Give my love to one of my favourite places Lake Garda8)
12 August 2014, 16:00
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OK thanks...following with interest...still trying to transfer learning from planes and antique cars to post war styles.
12 August 2014, 20:13
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43rd's are too small for my sausage fingers, and I can't cope with the bad language that omits my facial orifice when I have tried. But I do admire the builders who can work on these smaller scale models.
Guy, your builds continue to amaze and also inspire me, that is a wonderful little miniature Ferrari, excellent...
11 September 2014, 20:15