Progress: 1/24 Ferrari F430 Challenge - Page 10

Robi J · 11-30-2006, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by depinho

More progress, more progress !!!!

Great job Robi. Beautiful!!

Thank you.

I'm sorry but, due to a job I'm carrying out away from home, I cannot continue in working on the F430.

Robi

Gamerxz · 11-30-2006, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Robi J

Thank you.

I'm sorry but, due to a job I'm carrying out away from home, I cannot continue in working on the F430.

Robi

OMG Rob....

i been waiting since the start for it to finish

Enzoenvy1 · 11-30-2006, 10:57 AM

Crud, now I have to wait for yours to see what I potentially am doing wrong to mine!!! That is not fair, lol. Hopefully you will be able to finish soon!

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D_LaMz · 12-01-2006, 05:25 PM

great job there!

Risko · 12-02-2006, 03:53 AM

Thanks, Robi

I thought about the self timer on your photos, I have to try it. But on your pics is more interesting skill to see

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Looking forward to see your next steps.

Robi J · 12-02-2006, 05:15 AM

Hi again to all, and thank you for attention and comments.

So… as above mentioned, I primed the body directly, without intentionally using the pertinent acrylic sealer, but sanding the bodywork (not carefully enough !). The result was the following: where I sanded the body, no problem; where I did not sand it, the paint did not stick at all to the part. I discovered it while re-scribing the panel line between the nose and the front bumper

I then checked all the body, discovering other critical areas and so I sanded once again the complete assembly. In the meantime, I also cured the air outlets on the front bumper and re-scribed some panel lines. The next step will be the white re-priming

Bye: Robi

Robi J · 12-02-2006, 11:06 AM

I had a doubt and made the "tape test" ...results are horrifying. I have to consider to place the boby in a stripping media

Bye: Robi

godfather23 · 12-02-2006, 11:20 AM

This never happened to me. With my models it´s more the other way around. Paint sticks like hell

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klutz_100 · 12-02-2006, 12:28 PM

Ouch!!

Robi, I guess you must FOR SURE take all that shitty primer off. Big risk for your beautiful paint if you leave it!

Robi J · 12-04-2006, 08:23 AM

So …stripping time. Reading the recent topic about stripping paints, I came to the conclusion to try pure alcohol. I put the body in for a few hours and then I tried to brush away the paint, at the beginning with a soft brush and then with a hard one. No chance at all

In the mentioned topic, someone wrote that the brake fluid could affect the latest poor quality plastic present in several kits, and the F430 is included in this list. So, to avoid further troubles, I started a sanding session - #1000 grit - which took approx 1 hour

and this is the result

Now, I’ll re-start priming the body work with Tamiya white primer. Hoping this will be the word END on the priming process.

Bye: Robi

Enzoenvy1 · 12-04-2006, 09:28 AM

Dang, seems to be the luck lately for the F430's. I tried stripping my first body in bleach for a day or so and did nothing. I need to get that Castrol Super Clean that everyone talks about. Tamiya primer is pretty tough stuff I guess.

You are going to use Tamiya primer now, huh?! Sory to see this happen, but I'll bet you are happy it did it now instead of after the base was layed.

depinho · 12-04-2006, 09:29 AM

Robi, I am curious. How you will make the engine? You already have some idea?

Thanks
Fabiano

Robi J · 12-04-2006, 09:39 AM

Jon > I could be probably wrong, but in my opinion this shitty plastic of the recent Fujimi is the origin of the troubles. Alex had similar problems and concerning me, I did not have it on other kits, namely Tamiya or Hasegawa.

Fabiano > The engine will be a mix between the kit upper parts and the block from the 360 Tamiya, exhaust pipes will be made of tin rods.

Bye: Robi

Robi J · 12-04-2006, 10:09 AM

Ooooh what a joy ! The alcohol did not work only APPARENTLY. After having carefully and lovely cleaned the body, the remaining paint started cracking a few minutes ago

Buaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah !!!

Gamerxz · 12-04-2006, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Robi J

Ooooh what a joy ! The alcohol did not work only APPARENTLY. After having carefully and lovely cleaned the body, the remaining paint started cracking a few minutes ago

Buaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah !!!

I wish i could help... i guess ill stick to tamiya and mr hobby primer just to avoid any problems

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