Ferrari Superamerica

stormer_GS

08-08-2011, 02:23 PM

janositamas

08-09-2011, 02:01 AM

Good job so far, nice choice on the rims!

Tompidom

08-09-2011, 02:35 AM

I hadnt even noticed the rear horse emblem was like that, If i buy the kit again i think ill have to do this aswell it makes a huge diffrence, Are you ging to do the polished aluminium tank lid aswel?

O and bye the way you should take a look at the gap between the dash and the rest of the interior, Mine had a pritty big one,,

But good luck and ill be watching this one berry closely!

stormer_GS

08-14-2011, 06:13 PM

Thanks for your tip Tompidom! I really hadn't noticed the gap while I was dryfitting interior to the body. I did notice something isn't right where it's supposed to be but I thought that I overlooked a part in the kit that could put it right.
So I took a closer look at the whole kit and also noticed that there isn't any panel lining on the front and the rear. A few strokes here and there with a PE modelling saw sorted it out. There is a Tamiya's botteled primer applied with a brush to fix the minor scratches. I also made panels for the "headlight cleaners":
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/4065130265-a38595643b.jpg
URL source (http://www.carsnet.info/2011/07/ferrari-575m-superamerica-nice-car/)
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa29.jpg

And here is how I solved the dashboard gap. It took a few minutes to file it a bit so that the console sat on it's place. The reference:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/2005_Ferrari_SuperAmerica__interior.jpg
URL source (http://www.ferrari-chat.nu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=124&p=12207)

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa30a.jpg http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa30b.jpg http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa30c.jpg

Because I want to have an EU version of SA, I also had to make the turning indicators. A clear sprue inside of dremel and a scalpel plus PE saw helped me out on this one. I'm thinking of doing the same thing with an orange sprue I had left from Lexus IS350 (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=1051396&highlight=lexus).
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa31a.jpg http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa31b.jpg

These small things are inside of a 10 by 10mm square and they don't look very accurate but it's good enough for me although I might work on some new pieces:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa31.jpg

Thanks for watching!

Joe Blyth

08-15-2011, 03:20 PM

Nice work, I admire your attention to small details that so many seem to miss.

stormer_GS

08-30-2011, 12:19 AM

Thanks Joe, but it's kind of a curse, this attention to details. I just can't build OOB's anymore so every model takes a few months of work. Well everything has a price to pay, I guess.
Since I wasn't pleased with the clear directional lights, I milled new ones out of clear orange sprue I had left from Fujimi's Lexus (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=1051396&highlight=lexus). To give the glossy look back to the milled clear parts I simply "painted" them with Tamiya's Thin Cement. Any clear lacquer should do the job too, I guess. I used Thin Cement for one reason only - it slightly melts the plastic surface even though you apply a thin layer. You can get glossy effect with lacquers too but you have to apply a lot of lacquer and you can end up with a ball instead of a cone shaped directional light. Let me show you what I mean:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa32a.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa32b.jpg

You can see the milled out parts in the middle which are without
glossy surface, and the Thin Cement treated ones at the bottom:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa32d.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa32c.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa32e.jpg

I also made the roof locks panels:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa33b.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa33a.jpg http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa33c.jpg http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o299/giantstormer/Ferrari%20575%20Superamerica/ferrari575sa33d.jpg

A few more scratches to fill and it'll be ready for the last
layer of paint. I'll keep you posted!

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