I have posted few completed models before, but this is my first WIP here: Tecnomodel´s Ferrari 575 GTC Estoril version.

Most of you probably remember two outstanding builds of this car by Mr. Prini and Mr. Sjelic few years back. If I can reach half of that level I´ll be very happy :smile:. I used both builds as reference for my build, I hope you guys don´t mind that. This is Estoril 2003 version of the car, which has little different color scheme and interior.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4437.jpg


Body was primed and then painted with Zero Rosso and Yellow paints.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4511.jpg


After light clear coat, Zero 1K Clear, decals were applied. No problems there, decals were very easy to work with.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4567.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4559.jpg

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All moulded cables were removed. Interior was painted with Tamiya Aluminium and electronic boxes and various cables were added.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4547.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4638.jpg


Centre console was covered with carbon decal and switches and decals were added.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4708.jpg


Wheels and breke disks were prepared also.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4542.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4562.jpg


This is where I'm now. Roll cage needs further work, dashboard and seat still wait for primer and paint.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4706.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4713.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4715.jpg


Hope you like. Comments are welcome.


Pekka

Astonishing work...
I like the interior and the roll cage very much..
Good luck until the end...

Great start! I love the switches you added to the interior. :iceslolan

Great detail and extremely clean work. :)

I agree with sam, the switches look nice. They must be tiny!

Superb detail work. Interior looks very good!

Great Work so far, love the detail & the switchs are awesome!!

Wow thats looks great, awesome job with all the detailing.

Body cleared over decals and polished with Finisher´s compounds.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4809.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4812.jpg

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http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4813.jpg

Pekka

Interior looks sweet. May I ask which switches you used/where you got them from? They look very effective.

Thanks for kind comments!
Interior looks sweet. May I ask which switches you used/where you got them from? They look very effective.
Actual switches are from Hobby Design (Toggle Switch A) and I used Scale Motorsport´s washers as a base. I got them from domino.de.

Pekka

Rollcage done.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4827.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4824.jpg

Dashboard and steering wheel are also ready. Next seatbelts and then interior is done :).
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4836.jpg

Pekka

Looks great! :thumbsup:

Very nice. I like your clean detail work!

Thanks for the comments.

Seatbelts are done.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4845.jpg

Interior is also ready. I hope I got everything in place.:smile:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4862.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4854.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4855.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4865.jpg

Quick mockup:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4874.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4878.jpg

Comments are welcome

Pekka

Wow! The Tamiya Aluminium you used for the interior looks very realistic inside the body. How did you go about painting the dashboard? It looks textured and to scale. Steering wheel looks too shiny and plasticky to me though.

Nice mate!!!
Excellent work...

How did you go about painting the dashboard? It looks textured and to scale.
Dashboard was first painted with Tamiya Ts-29 (Semi-Gloss Black), shot through airbrush. Then I sprayed Tamiya Grey Primer from approx. 1 m, this created texture.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4799.jpg

Finally I shot Tamiya Flat Black also from 1 m distance. Seat was painted same way.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4822.jpg

Pekka

Wonderful results. Thanks for the explaination :) I'll see if I have any luck using that method on my current build.

Very nice build, the details that you've added to this kit look great !!!

Greetings

Pascal

Impressive work you're showing here.
The interior is really great.

That's going to be a fine looking car.

Very nice work Pekka, just be careful when you get to the windows and window frames, interior look great.

Outstanding work so far. Interior looks terrific.

Thanks for the kind comments for all.

Very nice work Pekka, just be careful when you get to the windows and window frames, interior look great.
Sjelic your built of this car has been guide and inspiration for my work. I´ll try to be carefull when I get to windows :biggrin:. Any advice for that?

I have made some progress. The car is on its wheels now.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4916.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4923.jpg

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http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4931.jpg

Still lot of work. Diffuser, rear wing and those windows are biggest things to add. Lots of tiny photoech parts too.

Pekka

Beautiful Work!! Love the dashboard technique..

Ro

Astonishing...

Stunning build. So clean it's incredible. :thumbsup:

brilliant job!

It's beautiful :smokin:

Very nice!

Very nice!

Don't worry about window and gaskets: I was a lot but job was simple and clean, just start with the easy one, like sides or back.

I glued acetate and gasket at same time, unlike done by guys like Prini and Sasa that glued gasket on acet. before: I just kept the sandwich in position by very small tape cuts, and use a thinned white glue, the fast for wood kind.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/DHL575/vetri.jpg

It need several passes to achieve a decent strongness, but work well. I seen this process used by aircraft modelers in small scales, and I use the tip in all my multimedia models.

The window looks excellent!

Mark

Sorry for delay, I was away from computer for a while, as for the acetate, like Gio said, it is not such a big problem with windows, just take extra care not to over do with glue ( I even used super glue on corners of front wind shield), but do take care with front lights since acetate need to be curved a lot (specially upper outside part), just be patient and use very little glue ( i used really small amount of two part epoxy for those corners).

Meraviglioso

I have made little progress with this one. Front and rear lights are installed. Rear lights which come with the kit are poorly made, so I used lights from Studio27 Ferrari F40GTE kit.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4955.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4950.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4949.jpg

Windows are isntalled also, I´m waiting for glue to cure now :sunglasse.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pekkah/DSC_4971.jpg

Gionc and Sjelic, thank you for your tips. You were right, hardest part was front light covers :)

Pekka

Very impressive, very helpful as well.