Tamiya Ferrari F40

New WIP in my growing WIPs. Picked this up couple weeks ago and it's my first Ferrari build. I hope this will turn out good. It'll be OOB only so no PE parts or such. Upon arrival though, I've noticed that the exhaust has been damaged slightly so I'll see if I can fix it later on. I also took a different color approach as I've seen too many red and yellow Ferrari builds so I wanted to go with silver as I have seen one custom F40 in a very nice silver before.

Comments and criticisms are welcome as always. :)

First coat of silver and engine block.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-02.jpg

Second and final coat. Waiting for it to be cured for the clear.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-04.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-01.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-03.jpg

you forgot to sand the mold line on the front hood? Should look different in silver.

^ I did sand it as much as I could but the line won't go away. I just have to deal with it unfortunately since this is the older Tamiya version, not the reissue one so it's a bit brittle. =|

sucks about the mold line. but he color is sweet.

Silver is a rare choice for F40, as I have never seen a pic of it before!
Btw, are you sure that is a mold line on the hood?:shakehead

It's somekind flash that is visible thru the paint.. did you use primer to hide it? There is more mold lines on top of the door.. it seems you haven't sanded them at all..? :shakehead

Anyway nice car and fresh colour choise.. haven't seen many in silver.

Yeah, I have primered it twice but the line still shows up on the hood. But I missed the mold lines on the doors till after I painted it so I will have to redo it now. :( Maybe this time it'll go away after I fix it.

The line on the hood is what is called a ghost line. See my tutorial here for tips on how to deal with it:
http://italianhorses.net/Tutorials/Primer/primer.htm
512BB, you have not seen silver F40 because all of them left Maranello painted red. All other colors are non-factory repaints.

Looks great in Silver, i think ive seen a pic of a silver F40 but cant seem to find it at the moment, Cant wait to see more. What are you going to do with the Rear "mesh"?

Not exactly a stock F40, but this one is a lightly modified LM looking F40

http://www.wintel.co.jp/vcs_photo/photo1/632-2_000110-1.jpg

Thanks for the tutorial 360. It helps. I sanded the mold lines on the doors and fixed some errors, but that line is still there on the hood after I repainted it so I'm going to leave as I already spent too much paint on it. I'm going to use the Tamiya part for the rear mesh. Not that great, but like I said, it's a OOB build so I won't be using PE parts.

Some progress.

Finished the decals on the body, waiting for it to dry up and stick for the clear coat.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-05.jpg

Tires and brakes
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-07.jpg

Engine all done (you can see the damaged exhaust as I received it like that. :(
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-06.jpg

Nice work, can't see the line anymore. :thumbsup:

Nice job so far, keep us updated!

Thanks. Some more progress.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-10.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-09.jpg

A problem occurred while I was applying the clear. The Ferrari decals on the side disappeared on me and now I don't have any decals for the sides. >_<

pm me your address, ill send you some.

Not exactly a stock F40, but this one is a lightly modified LM looking F40

and a beautiful one at that, i had the same idea of painting one of mine silver, but it will be a darker silver like grigio silverstone :smile:

I just finished it tonight! I admit, it didn't come out as I wanted it, a lot of problems with the fitting, paint, decals, and glue, overall though, I think it's one of my best builds to date.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-15.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-16.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-14.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-11.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-13.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/xpeed/F40-12.jpg