I know its a
car but who doesn't want to see a Ferrari, especially in 1:12 scale :-)
My last
submission was of the Tamiya 1:32 F-16C, and I got some kind words and
compliments on the added detailing, which is what I love doing the
most, and I did heaps of it on this Ferrari kit so I thought some people
may enjoy it!
This (rare)
kit has been bashed quite alot in reviews due to some inaccuracies,
fit issues and lack of detail for its huge scale (the model is 38cm
long or 15 inches), but then again, if you like adding detail as I do, this scale makes
for a lot of fun, a lot of paint coats, and many months of work.
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images below to see larger images
I have done
something cool with the pics here.....to do justice for the work
I put
into the detailing, I thought I would put photos of the real car alongside
some of the pics of my model. I hope you dont find many differences
:-)
Perhaps
the most difficult modification I made was with the brakes: the kit
(unbelievably) didn't come with any brake discs or callipers, maybe due to
the weight of the model, but that didn't stop me from making discs and
callipers completely from scratch with plasticard, while maintaining the
ability for the wheels to spin. Too bad it is hard to see through the
wheels, but never mind.
The appearance
of the wheels with the shiny centre and dull outer part was achieved by
'liquid-masking' the centre of the fully chrome part with humbrol maskol,
then spraying the part with Testors dull coat (best dull coat around I reckon).
The engine was the
most fun part. I used solder, thin steel wire, black electrical cable shielding, Tamiya
vinyl tubing, a drinking straw, some guitar string, and some individual strands
of Tamiya mesh to complete the wiring throughout the engine bay. The
most time consuming jobs were the spark plugs and injector lines.
The little green
thing on the right of the engine bay is a painted LED (another thing that
should really have been there on the original kit). The metal clamp rings on the
intakes are thin strips of tamiya foil.
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images below to see larger images
The windows were all
improved with some coats of future, as the parts were very scratched when I opened the box.
Additions to the
cockpit included door locks and seat belts with receptors. The stuff that
exists on the centre console between these receptors on the real car photo, but
not on the model, is due to that being a slightly different Testarossa
variant.
The emblem on the
steering wheel is a bit big because it was a (poorly scaled) raised
detail on the model, but I decided to leave it like that and paint the
emblem.
Hope you like it,
click my name at the top of this article if you have any comments.
Rob
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