In Progress: Tamiya Ferrari F50

[ol' dude]

Man the engine is a kit in itself!!!!!! Hell, I can't wait to see the rest of it!! AWESOME!!

[360spider]

Superb!

[robrex]

Bring on the cockpit !!!!................
This is an awesome build!!!

[StephenDeli]

This is why I love Ferrari...

[Vric]

that engine look awesome !

[MPWR]

Thanks for all the comments, everyone!!

Next, the dashboard.

Tamiya includes 'carbon fiber' decals for engine components and the cocpit- but it's kind of a strange patern, and the decals provided only cover a few areas of the cocpit- but not everything they should. So, I decided on SMS carbon kevlar- but the kit decals do provide terrific templates. Here's how I'm going about it:



Step 1: Make a photocopy of the kit decals.



Then, cut out the shape you want to use- the dashboard front, here. (The CF decals are awfully hard to photograph witha digital camera!)



Clamp it down and cut it out



A punch and die set is useful for cutting out the circles.



There, ready to be applied. Helps to have good siscors! The only thing missing is the F50 emblem, which will come later. The dash is already painted gloss black. The decal was then applied, painted over witha couple of coats of Tamiya Smoke, and masked off so that the top of the dash could be painted.

At this point, I realized I didn't really like how the windshield defroster and A/C vents looked- so I drilled them out to open them up. Would have been nice if I though of this before the decalling and painting....



I recreated the slats by using plastic strip cut with the punch and die set, then painted them black.

The final results:



The F50 emblem was taken from the S27 detail set. It was intended for the engine airbox, but the metal transfer that came with the kit worked fine there. Don't really know why S27 contains extra emblems- but they'll certainly get used on other models!

[360spider]

Awesome stuff! I really like it!

[campenr.1]

wonderful build. I love this attention to detail - and you have the abilities to built it that detailed!

[rx7king]

very good technique! looks very smooth

[StephenDeli]

Truly amazing

[Vric]

incredible work of art !

simple dumb question, which paint did you use for the dash ?

[Spitfire7]

Great cf work.

[Bas Carwash]

Nice work. Dash looks very good.

[MPWR]

Thanks, guys!

Vric- the dash top is painted with MM Acryl engine grey. The real dash is covered with a soft, grey foamy covering- not leather. The F40 and track 360 Challanges I've sat in have this, also. I wanted something dead flat, and I thinned with alcohol when spraying to suggest a slightly grainy texture. I think it looks pretty good in person.

[Vric]

it look really good on picture too. I will need to get this color for my next projects