Another kit in progress....this time, it's the Ferrari Testarossa. Although it's a 1984 car, i will try to do it in a modern style. Will do the car in bright red and black interior.

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Meanwhile here is some process photos of sanding of the molding lines and the "Ferrari" logo, will be replacing the "Ferrari logo" either by decals or metal decals.

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"Ferrari" logo removed
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Mold lines sanded....
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I'm looking forward to this!
I built this kit stock over 10 years ago and recently picked up another kit with plans of building a tuned version.

it´s a 1984 car, but is a great ferrari exotic car.

if I have it, would also would it

Hmmm...This car remind me one of the Koenig's... Great car choice! Can't wait to see more!

Thanks guys for giving me some idea to the Testarossa. For those who has done this kit before. Did you mask the whole body and spray those grills or hand paint them?? They are all attached to the body, the parallel lines of the grills are too thin and soft to remove and replace back.

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Some progress.... engine done.

As for the body, i had made a terrible mistake by cleaning it with a dirty cloth before spraying and the paint was terrible! It looks as though the car has chicken box.

Hmm....looks like the cloth was stained with some wax and after cleaning the body with the car and sprayed, there were lots of spread dots around which paint can't cover them.

Paint was stripped off and body was sand again. I am very happy with the result now. Will put on the clear coat soon... :wink:

Engine Pics...

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Body Pics....

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Some progress.... engine done.

As for the body, i had made a terrible mistake by cleaning it with a dirty cloth before spraying and the paint was terrible! It looks as though the car has chicken box.

Hmm....looks like the cloth was stained with some wax and after cleaning the body with the car and sprayed, there were lots of spread dots around which paint can't cover them.

Paint was stripped off and body was sand again. I am very happy with the result now. Will put on the clear coat soon... :wink:

Engine Pics...



Body Pics....

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I must say that I will build my kit with the headlamps molded close... never thought they might look that ugly on the testarossa.
No offend to the builder of course, I mean the kit itself for sure.
Great job with the engine and bodypaint though :)

Great, now I need to pull another build together.

Every time I start to complete one ferrari, another ferrari comes around!!

Great engine!

I must say that I will build my kit with the headlamps molded close... never thought they might look that ugly on the testarossa.
No offend to the builder of course, I mean the kit itself for sure.
Great job with the engine and bodypaint though :)

Hi..no offense of course. The headlamps I will make it flexible, it can be either open or close. Thanks for the compliment :)

hey.. i have this kit, but i lost the directions about 4 years ago, and its been lying there ever since.. would you be kind enough to post the directions for his plz?.. or if not, email them to emc.icon@gmail.com plz

hey.. i have this kit, but i lost the directions about 4 years ago, and its been lying there ever since.. would you be kind enough to post the directions for his plz?.. or if not, email them to emc.icon@gmail.com plz

http://www.1999.co.jp/asp/GoodsDetails_e.asp?Bno=&Typ1_c=102&Typ2_c=106&Typ3_c=438&SPage=1&SC=15&SN=Search+result+Search+for+%3A+testarossa&It_c=10002175&andor=0&scope=0&scope2=0&thumb=1&sortID=1&urikire=1&sort_sort=0&ItKey=testarossa&app_url=KeyReference_right_e.asp

Just curious if anyone following this might know?

My Testarossa kit has a white shell and white sprues, is that normal or is it before they used colored plastics or what?

Looking great!

Just curious if anyone following this might know?

My Testarossa kit has a white shell and white sprues, is that normal or is it before they used colored plastics or what?

Mine's molded in red, black and grey... Maybe the guy you bought it from sprayed everything white, are the clear parts solid white as well? :icon16:

Mine obviously is :icon16:

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Maybe wrong colour plastic molding? My F430 red engine is half melt when I open the box. Any idea can I exchanged?

Finally my metal decals are here....after a long wait. I can start my clear coat on the Ferrari Testarossa after applying the decals.

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Meanwhile my 100% done Ferrari 575M after the decals.

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My testarossa is just a step to heaven and it slip and went right to hell... First time in my car modeling life, this kind of incident happened. :( After the clear coat...everything was perfect and a gust of wind just blow. Just that one second, i saw the piece of newspaper covering my testarossa. :swear: The rest of the parts were ok. And now need to do all over again..... :( Back and side of the Testarossa is fine, only the roof and front part.

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The worst part... roof...

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The back is fine...

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JEEZ! I'm so sorry, man!

Oh No!!!
I dropped my Jaguar XJR 9LM in the dirt after I clearcoated it and managed to fix the problem without painting the whole body? Could you just re-paint the roof and hood?

Oh No!!!
I dropped my Jaguar XJR 9LM in the dirt after I clearcoated it and managed to fix the problem without painting the whole body? Could you just re-paint the roof and hood?

The clear coat paint is wet when the car is covered by newspaper. The roof and the front paint smear and there's newspaper print on the car :crying: I need to sand again....

Sorry for wat happen
Is a nightmare having finger pring, dust, newspaper on wet paint!
don't give up, i am pretty sure u can do it!

Maybe paint the roof flat/semi gloss black? ;)

Dear all...thanks for your concern :) I managed to fix back the Testarossa! A lot of sanding due to uneven smear paint on the roof. Another layer of red were put on. Will make sure there's no newspapers around tomorrow when i spray the clear coat :grinyes:

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* I did not remove the decals is because i will add on another layer of the same decal and it will help the logo to look protruding.

Wonderfull Fix!

Wonderfull Fix!
:iagree: Congrats, good idea with the decals as well!!

OMG...that's horrible...put your model in safe place as soon as it was sprayed.but anyway you fixed it nicely~

Kick save and a beauty!

WOW that paint is awesome !!! what paints are you using for the body, and how do you get that shine? Airbruch?

Great save!
Nice to see this one staying on track.

WOW that paint is awesome !!! what paints are you using for the body, and how do you get that shine? Airbruch?

Yeah, me too, I wanna know!

I had to repaint my first enzo's hood because I dropped it once on carpet after painting, and a second time after I snagged it getting up. Live and learn I guess.

Awesome save, looks just like before ;) Great paintjob :sunglasse

Gee, sounds like you guys have had some bum luck; my worst problem was dropping my dry, but painted Corvette Z06 on some gravel that scratched up the paint. Get this killer fix--I was in the process of going to clear coat, so I did it anyway. The scratches completely disappeared. :ylsuper:

Wow, great recovery, astounding job!
Looks very good even without clearcoating.
Hope you geht everything right with it ;)

I can imagine some foul language with that paper accident, I know I would have made the old :evillol: blush himself.
Great save and a wonderful job so far, what a shine in that red....both the 575 and TR.

Niclas

WOW that paint is awesome !!! what paints are you using for the body, and how do you get that shine? Airbruch?

Hi...yes for those who are interested, i did use airbrush for some of my models. But the airbrush is not mine. I am currently still doing research and experiments on paints for my model cars and i'm looking at the results of how shine the paint can be and how long the shine can last? Maybe i will reveal the secrets once the experiments are over :)

Meanwhile...this is a sample of how shine the car is after clear coat is on...

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Thanks a lot guys for those wonderful feedbacks... i'm really glad that i have save the Testarossa, i don't think i can do it without you guys encouragement and moral support :)