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Topless Trio: 365GTS/4 Daytona
This thread is part of a joint venture with Gionc and MPWR (no, we are not trading in cannabis!) so please check out their “topless” threads too!
My first impression of this Fujimi Enthusiast kit when I opened the box was WOW!!! It’s a very detailed kit with about 6 million pieces. My favorite tree in the box is the one with about 20 1/24 scale tools including screw drivers, wheel jack and oil filter wrench – those are going to be hell to paint! ![]() You can click on the thumbnail to see a high res image of the box contents: ![]() Closer inspection has shown that there are a few fit issues that will need sorting and a few parts that will need to be re-shaped. None the less, this is still one heck of a kit and the guy who made the master put in a lot of effort IMHO. While doing some web research for this car (big thanks to Ales for some great images ![]() ![]() ![]() I have no fixed idea yet about the colour other than it won’t be red. I will probably go for something in the blues- maybe dark blue? In our common “Topless Trio” thread we agreed to start with the engines. This is about the only place where I will have any kind of a head start on Gionc and MPWR as I have 12 cylinders to their 8 ![]() The 365 engine is made up of over 36 parts and they seem to be very well modeled after the original. ![]() ![]() ![]() For the rocker cover scripts I decided to try the BMF “paint ‘n scrape” technique. First I applied a small strip of BMF over the lettering and put it into place with a dulled toothpick. ![]() Then this was sprayed with a mix of Tamiya flat black and dark grey with a lot of thinner to give it a rough finish. ![]() The paint was then gently scraped off of the BMF with a toothpick. ![]() ![]() Everything was painted first with various Alclad2 metalizers. The carburetors were painted with A2 Pale Gold – this is not accurate but I wanted some colour variation in the engine block. ![]() About the only thing in the engine that I could find that I didn’t like were the distributors – specifically the caps which are not shaped at all like the originals. You can see here the difference between the two “F”s (Ferrari and Fujimi): ![]() If I left it like that, the wiring would look like a fountain from Versailles so I tried to create a more correct distributor cap. I was inspired a lot in this by our friend, “Spruemaster” quadzero who has proved that you can make anything out of sprue! I used 2,4mm sprue for the base and 3 pieces of 0,8mm glued together for the upper connectors. ![]() The upper connectors were then glued, trimmed and sanded to shape ![]() and then painted with a mix of X-18 and XF Dark Grey ![]() Because I have a couple of 365 GTB/4s and 275s in my stash, si I made an RTV mold and cast some resin copies for future use. Thanks hirofkd for the idea ![]() ![]() Another thing I wanted to try out for the first time was adding fuel rails(?) This was actually pretty easy to do. For the pipes I used 0,5mm steel rod and the hose was made out of wire insulation. To fix the rails to the carb housing I used hex rod which I drilled to allow the rod to pass through. ![]() Fun from doing this - 100%; Results not too bad -90%; Visibility of scratcbuilt part after assembly – 15%!! ![]() ![]() Time to wire the plus and distributors. I’ve only done this twice before and both times it looked a bit mediocre – this time I’ve 14 of the buggers to do and have to keep it all pretty much symmetrical !! I cut off Fujimi’s distributor caps and fixed on mine and then working in pairs I started adding each HT lead making sure I had 2 identical cables before fixing in place with CA glue (first into cylinder head and then into distributor) ![]() I test fitted after each cable to make sure it all fits ![]() and so on and os on. I think it worked just fine though. ![]() ![]() Next to do alternators, pulleys, starters etc. Thanks for looking in and please check out MPWR’s 360 and Gionc’s 348ts
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Re: Topless Trio: 365GTS/4 Daytona
You guys stole my post name!!! Bastards!!! oh well, see you MPWR at NNL anyhow, bitches........ thiefs.... Topless....... i hate you i love you...(Dead Milkmen song)
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Re: Topless Trio: 365GTS/4 Daytona
Wow! Looks like an amazing kit, and with the way you're building it, will be a fantastic model when finished. Makes me want to build my Fujimi Enthusiast Porsche 356 Speedster as my next project!
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Re: Topless Trio: 365GTS/4 Daytona
You got to love that kit, I mean I love each and every model from enthusiast series (in 24 of course
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Re: Topless Trio: 365GTS/4 Daytona
Wow, great work. Inspiring.
Thanks Joel
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Re: Topless Trio: 365GTS/4 Daytona
Congrats Steve: great job! I love distributors and that beauty of fuel line
![]() and super job with BMF!!!
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Re: Topless Trio: 365GTS/4 Daytona
oh just incredible,awesome details!i just ordered my daytona gtb from hlj,really nice the FUJIMI enthusiast kits!
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Re: Topless Trio: 365GTS/4 Daytona
Great job so far, this will turn out great
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Re: Topless Trio: 365GTS/4 Daytona
Gorgeous. Engine detail is magnificent so far.
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Re: Topless Trio: 365GTS/4 Daytona
That looks sweet as hell. The engine has great detail and the wiring looks absolutely amazing.
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Re: Topless Trio: 365GTS/4 Daytona
Beautifully done as ever, Stevenski. I wish I could have built like that on my sixth model.
This will be another kit I'll need to aquire sooner or later. Clever that idea with the BMF! ![]()
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Superb scratch work on those distributors, I hade to do a double take as I was unsure if those were kit parts or rebuilt.
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Re: Topless Trio: 365GTS/4 Daytona
Great Start!!
Go on, and let us see more!!!! Cheers!! great job!!
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Re: Topless Trio: 365GTS/4 Daytona
nice idea with the BMF!
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Re: Topless Trio: 365GTS/4 Daytona
Wonderfull Work!!
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