Ping & Pong present: Two VERY Red Ferraris

[Decs0105]

just awesome, great work Klutz!!!

[Robi J]

Great work Klutz, on the window trim as well as on the headlight lenses

Robi

[sportracer02]

Hi Steve,

progess on grill, window trim and interior looks great.

Some years ago I tried the candle-light-method without success, but I keep it in my mind for small parts

[Jamme]

Hello Steve,
Nice you started this one again!
Makes me think I should work on it also......
But, not for the moment. I have to clean and change my garage, as I want to install my lathe, so.....
But, as I said earlier, it's a really nice car.

Season's greetings.

Jamme

[klutz_100]

Finishing up is a longer process than I thought it would be :s

I stretched some clear sprue, cut and sanded it to shape and dipped it in clear orange for some side markers, I made them a little under-scaled as I don't want a big orange blob on the side of the car (let's keep the attention on the decals, huh? )






Maskol in action. I believe this job is much easier with liquid masking than by using regular masking tape.




When I tried to fix the windows in place, I realized that the fit was AWFUL. I decided to cut them up and either not have the larger window or have it partially opened (decision later). I used Dymo printer tape as a guide and my trusty PE saws.







This is where I am at so far. Very close now!






Thanks for looking in,

[MPWR]

Spectacular- just a great looking build. Glad to see it being finished up!

Care to tell us how you got the straight edge on the liquid mask?

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by MPWR

Care to tell us how you got the straight edge on the liquid mask?

Thanks Andy

There is actually a division line molded into the part and I just let nature take its course and the Maskol run into it

I have found that in most cases this masking liquid will work well in that way and that it will run reasonably well into wider areas and well defined lines. The trick is to work reasonably fast and in small/medium doses with a fine brush. Once it has started to set up, forget trying to fix it as it will just pull off with the brush - start again.

I have also recently been experimenting with thinning it out with water. It works but I still haven't worked out the optimal "thinness".

I am total liquid mask convert - next step is to try thinning it and airbrushing it (and then drinking it!)

[mrawl]

Originally Posted by klutz_100

I used Vallejo Air Acrylics (my favorite paints)
the mix was:

• 4 drops of Vallejo thinner nr 061 (in my experience Valejo hates Tamiy thinner and also the Vallejo thinner has some kind of satin varnish properties IMO)
• 4 drops of Vallejo Black nr 057
• 1 drop of Black grey nr 056

Awesome! Thank you so much, you're a class act Klutzy
My formula for trim 'rubber' is xf1:2 x18:1 xa20:2 which gives a very realistic looking rubber imho (the 'mattness' tends to mute/grey it out a little bit), but as soon as you touch it it gets shiny, also your Vallejo looks extremely smooth. I will try it for sure, thanks bro'. Btw, great idea on the windows, I'm gonna make my Modena windows detachable for that Cali Summer look

[Robi J]

Hmmm... touching !

[bigfrit]

she's brilliant!

great great re(a)d !!!!

keep up the splendid work

[klutz_100]

Completed thread here

[klutz_100]

I am working pretty fast (so far) on the Silver Sister but will update only with things that I do differently than with the red version.


First of all though, I corrected my mistake on the red car and re-painted the headlight fittings the correct color.






To speed things up and help simplify some of the fit issues, this one is going to be a “light” version and is engine and differential frei

Just the bottom part of the engine will be fitted as there is a small part of it visible through the underside panel. The lack of differential at the rear should also solve to a large degree the fit issue between chassis, interior tub and body at the rear of the car



also, being curbside, it allows me to cut off the source of the bad hood fit and glue it shut




I experimented with some pre-shading on the upholstery using a pigment marker .



Ultimately the effect is very subtle as I was a little heavy handed with the color coats but it did actually „work”. Tthe 1/1 had a black interior which would have saved a loooad of maskimg but I wanted to try a custom color instead.






I am using the rotors from the Lioan Loar p/e set on this car. They have a curious design (the calipers are a “sandwich” of 6 pieces) but they actually look very good. Another advantage of these rotors is that they will allow you to easily fix Revell’s biggest mistake in the kit – the brake calipers being the wrong way round (I won’t be doing this though as I don’t want the 2 cars to be glaringly different in this respect).






Cheers

[Joe Blyth]

Nice work, Steven! I really like the pre-shading on the interior, I'll have to try it myself soon.

[gionc]

You're doing my car!!!! I'll just imagine the mess when I start the redhead

Great job buddy, alsmo mine second would be kerbside (or at last I've already steal the powerplant... )

[CeeElle]

gorgeous work, ski. the 612s with your decals and Lion Roar PE are next on my pile once i finish the McRae Focus (update soon...)