WIP- Begginer first model - Ferrari F40 Competizione - Monte Shell

[wilo]

As above this is my first real model build and i am LOVING it so far
Please give me some hints and tips if you have any or any advise or constructive critscism.
Right just started the engine etc (i wish i had sandaded the mold lines on some parts)
First is a pic of my work room

some engine pics




Had a bit of a cock up with the ferrari embelm on the head due to being a bit heavy with the airbrush (live and learn and all that) also painted it red but them looked at some pics on the engine and in real life it is silver so re painted it again.

Also the box says to paint the pipes next to the ferrari emblem above black but they are silver on the real thing.
more to come soon......

[MPWR]

Looks like a great start. Glad you're enjoying it! Your engine is nicely done. Looks like it might benefit from a wash, though. (I have a How-to on washes here.) You can also pick out the bolt heads on the valve covers the same way you did the ones on the oil pan and transmission.

Keep it up!

[mickbench]

Ah, finally we get to see something. Looks to be nicely built so far, nice and clean. Nice kitset as well. Keep us posted.

[wilo]

Originally Posted by MPWR

Looks like a great start. Glad you're enjoying it! Your engine is nicely done. Looks like it might benefit from a wash, though. (I have a How-to on washes here.) You can also pick out the bolt heads on the valve covers the same way you did the ones on the oil pan and transmission.

Keep it up!

thats my next plan i have it printed off as we speak :-)

[wilo]

next update on this project
finishing the engine and weathering it




sorry about the rubbish pics but the weatering looks alot better in real life (cheers MPWR thet was a class how to)
any comments would be nice you know
also i am going on to the exhaust now so some hints and tips would be nice

[willimo]

Looking very well for a first model! Keep it up!

[wilo]

cheers willimo

keep it coming :-)

[billypee]

Nice work so far. Looks better now that it has had a wash. Good choice of model; looking forward to seeing the progress.

After a wash, dry-brushing is good to pick out the highlights

Some of the photos are a little out of focus... perhaps take them further away, perhaps use the close-up mode (usually a tulip button!).

All the best,
BillyPee

[rx7king]

good to see your having fun, looks like your catching right on

[wilo]

Originally Posted by billypee

Nice work so far. Looks better now that it has had a wash. Good choice of model; looking forward to seeing the progress.

After a wash, dry-brushing is good to pick out the highlights

Some of the photos are a little out of focus... perhaps take them further away, perhaps use the close-up mode (usually a tulip button!).

All the best,
BillyPee

cheers BillyPee but what do you mean by drybrushing? (see i told you i was a begginner

also i was using the macro but must have been to close will try to sort them out for the next update tommorow.

[billypee]

Hi Wilo,

It's actually quite difficult to explain yet quite simple to do. You load a bristle brush full of paint, and then wipe it on a cloth until its dry. The brush will feel dry but if you brush it over a part, it will leave behind a bit of paint on the high points of the part. It is best to use a large brush and an old brush as you will not be treating it very kindly.

For example, if you want to add depth to an aluminum item, you would first spray aluminium, then wash with a black/brown ink, then dry-brush with XF-16 Flat Aluminium, then finally dry brush with X-11 Chrome Silver. The general rule here is to press heavier with darker dry brushes and very lightly with highlighting dry brushes.

The same technque can be done with solid colours where you add progressively more white to the base colour for dry-brushing, whilst at the same time applying less and less pressure.

Take a look at the engine on my 312T3 for an idea of what the technique can do even when you are as clumbsy as me!

All the best,
BillyPee

[wilo]

Another update finished the rear chassis with engine brakes etc, any comments would be nice,





sorry about the bad pics i am using the macro (tulip) but still am taking bad pics i must just not be any good
also some of the chassis primed

would you spray the whole chassis yellow them mask and spay the black or mask before spraying the yellow?
and some of the front end

any comments/hint etc would be nice :-)

[billypee]

It's looking good. Don't know why you are having problems with the camera now that you are in "tulip" mode :-) If you have an optical and digital zoom camera, you might be going past the optical zoom into the digital zoom region (it is usually indicated on screen but you can tell as the lens stops moving). I dont recomment using digital zoom as it just detracts from the image quality and you can digital zoom in your photo editor once you have it on your computer.

Another tip is... rather than using blu-tack on sticks to hold your parts, drill a 0.4mm hole somewhere discrete, attach some copper wire (perhaps with CA glue) and hey-presto you have a much smaller attachment giving you much less touching up headache. You might need larger wire for larger objects.

Did the dry-brushing explanation make sense?

Hope that helps,
BillyPee

[billypee]

... sorry forgot...

You can avoid camera wobble by using the timer button. That way you eliminate any wobble induced by the pressing of the button. If you still have the jitters, you can get little desktop tripods quite cheaply.

Thanks,
BillyPee

[billypee]

... and forgot another thing.

When you have your parts on wires, you can stick them into florists foam (sometimes called Oasis). You get it in blocks from Hobby shops for less than 1 GBP.