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06-28-2016, 01:21 PM | #1 | |
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Revell Ferrari 430
I just started this 2 days ago, it is my first Ferrari and I had wanted to stay away from Revell but at €12.50 I couldn't help myself.
The body was the worst I have ever seen for mould lines, flash and dimples, it took an age to clean up. Also the panel lines were really bad with the fuel cap nearly flush with the body in some spots. After a lot of scribing and sanding the body is looking ok. I didn't bother take pics of it before hand but it was bad. The next thing I worked on was the stance, by far the biggest complaint I have seen on these is the ride height so I dry fitted everything first to address that. The advantages of a basic kit is that the suspension is really easy to lower. On the front I simply cut 2mm from the top shock mount and then added a 2mm spacer between the bottom wishbone and the upright, this tucked the wheel right up to the arch. The rear was a bit more tricky but I will get some pictures up of how that was done. The next jobs were to make the body look more realistic, i started with the front grills, they were a horrible moulded plastic so i cut those out to be replaced with proper mesh. Then on to the engine cover, again there was just moudled plastic vents with decals to go on top to give the impression of mesh which looks awful but also hides engine bay detail so out with the pin vice again and started hours of drilling and cutting, I'm nearly finished now and it is looking a lot better. Last edited by willciviceg5; 06-28-2016 at 02:44 PM. |
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07-03-2016, 05:03 AM | #3 |
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07-03-2016, 07:17 PM | #4 | |
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Re: Revell Ferrari 430
Looking Good! Had no idea Revell ever did a F430. Is it any good?
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Re: Revell Ferrari 430
Excellent work so far!.
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07-04-2016, 07:41 AM | #6 | |
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Re: Revell Ferrari 430
Got a little more done last night I flocked the interior tub and started painting the panels, there is actually a suprising amount of detail for the interior with decals for all the small interior buttons and switches.
I will put up more pics later with all the decals and seats fitted I also got a bit of the engine done, but it will require a lot of tiding and all the decals have to be added yet. |
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Re: Revell Ferrari 430
She looks nice! Good to see a non-red Ferrari too.
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