Hello All!
It has been almost 4 months since I last build a car. I had just started this about 3 weeks ago taking my time to build it as I recently had been busy with work and travelling to Mersing, Johor for site visits every week.

It is a Revell kit. Got it early this year in UK. As you know, Revell kits are not easy and fittings are not that great but there are lots of details. It is a challange to build a Revell kit. For new modellers, you might get put off with it.

Anyways, enjoy the pics.
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e209/kenyap83/rev288gto01.jpg
At this stage, I had just finished sanding down the body using sending cloth from 3600 grit to 12000 grit.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e209/kenyap83/rev288gto02.jpg
These are the other parts that were sanded as well. The next step will be polishing with 4 or 6 other compound creams.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e209/kenyap83/rev288gto03.jpg
Completed interior and engine

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e209/kenyap83/rev288gto04.jpg
Completed interior and engine

Well, comments are welcome. I will post the complet model sometime next week. So, check in once in a while. :D

The paint looks excellent!
I love this car!

Looks great, especially the seats! This is one of my favourite Ferraris, along with the 250 GTO, Testarossa (the first one of course) and F40.

that looks good~~~how's the fitness of this kit?

Great car - very clean build!!

I am impressed with your masking!

How did you mask the seats, if I may ask? (I'm always trying to learn how to do this :D )

Very clean work!
Did you correct the wheel position so that they do not stick out of the body?

The fitness of the kit is as expected from Revell so overall I can say it is manageable. I did a little correction on the wheels but not too much as I was afraid it will sink into the arch. The musking of the seats was quite easily once you get the hang of it.

Following pics were taken just after compound polish but let the last compound cream for later.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e209/kenyap83/rev288gto10.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e209/kenyap83/rev288gto09.jpg

Once again thank you'all for your kind compliments ;) .

that's daaaaaaaaaaamn beautiful....your modeling skills are brilliant man~~

Looks like a super paint job!

Was the seat masking done with tape?

Did those wheels come with the kit? They don't look very Revell-esque.

that thing is too perfect to go with the kit wheels...I think you should look at better wheels, like the tamiya F40 ones or some aftermarket. The kit wheels look like toys and ruin everything

Dear All,

Thank you all for your kind compliments and encouragement.

Kultz,
Masking was done after I had sprayed it red with Tamiya masking tape and then I cut the pieces out leaving the tape masking the red part.

KTem,
The wheel are from Revell. What I did was to remove the chrome from the rims and sprayed it Super Silver. I figured that the chrome from Revell is totally horrible.

Jaymes,
Thanks! I did thought about that but could not find any that will suit it. Besides I was too lazy to make any modification to fit the new rims in.

The completed model should be posted sometime next week. So stay tune guys!:smokin:

Very nice!!!

This is one amazing build. Very good work on the paint and I really love the seats.

I just started a 288 GTO from Italeri (in a Testors box) and from your pictures, it seems they are identical. You are waaay faster than I am, though.

Looking forward to see more posts, I will use them as a tutorial for mine.

Cheers
Jens

very nice work!

Lookin good there, keep up the nice work.

Thanks Jen for your kind compliments.
Yes it is the same. This farrari 288GTO mold has been going around. It started from Italeri then I remember Testors boxed them then now Revell. it is all the same in terms of fit wise but it may differ if different manufacturer uses different quality of plastic rasins to mold them. I had already done most of it now and now it sits on my work bench awaiting final assembly. I will post the completed work next week. maybe you would like to post some of your WIP pics as well once you get yours going!

Fantastic finish on this but the best part are those seats. Very nice work on this.

when will it debut?i've waited for a long time....

Very nice!

seeing your progress is making me wanna get one of this kits. can't wait to see this one done!

em........how long do we have to wait man...i really damn eager to see your GTO...:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Car is in the completed section. So check it out guys!