Ferrari F138

Hi guys,

It's been a while since I've last made a kit. Here are the photos of my work so far.

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p10/ace_f91/Ferrari%20F138/Partsattachedangle4_zps025294fa.jpg (http://s124.photobucket.com/user/ace_f91/media/Ferrari%20F138/Partsattachedangle4_zps025294fa.jpg.html)

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p10/ace_f91/Ferrari%20F138/Partsattachedangle3_zps62c743b1.jpg (http://s124.photobucket.com/user/ace_f91/media/Ferrari%20F138/Partsattachedangle3_zps62c743b1.jpg.html)

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p10/ace_f91/Ferrari%20F138/Partsattachedangle2_zps8670eeaf.jpg (http://s124.photobucket.com/user/ace_f91/media/Ferrari%20F138/Partsattachedangle2_zps8670eeaf.jpg.html)

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p10/ace_f91/Ferrari%20F138/Partsattachedangle1_zpsa5cf052a.jpg (http://s124.photobucket.com/user/ace_f91/media/Ferrari%20F138/Partsattachedangle1_zpsa5cf052a.jpg.html)

The only gripe is the cutting hole on the instruction suggested the wrong part to drill & I ended up drilling the part suggested, thus there's a hole which already damaged the part but at least it's not visible unless you can see from the bottom.

As always, the Fujimi parts has a little misfit as you can see the end of the nose kind of opened.

Will continue to work on it tomorrow provide if I have the energy for it after the daily work routine on weekdays.

Adrian

If you havnt painted yet, fill the seams like the ones on the nose cone which you already observed,fill, sand and polish the scratchs out, paint and it will be like it never existed.
:)

Nice start

Thanks guys,

I don't think I'll be showing much work as the things are pretty routine here, thus, here are the photos of the completed kit. I primed to fairings, the monocoque, the front & rear wing white first before I painted them with TS-49.

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p10/ace_f91/Ferrari%20F138/completedmodelangle1_zps00d3fe1d.jpg (http://s124.photobucket.com/user/ace_f91/media/Ferrari%20F138/completedmodelangle1_zps00d3fe1d.jpg.html)

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p10/ace_f91/Ferrari%20F138/completedmodelangle2_zpsf2f6037c.jpg (http://s124.photobucket.com/user/ace_f91/media/Ferrari%20F138/completedmodelangle2_zpsf2f6037c.jpg.html)

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p10/ace_f91/Ferrari%20F138/completedmodelangle3_zps617a6612.jpg (http://s124.photobucket.com/user/ace_f91/media/Ferrari%20F138/completedmodelangle3_zps617a6612.jpg.html)

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p10/ace_f91/Ferrari%20F138/completedmodelangle4_zps08cf1318.jpg (http://s124.photobucket.com/user/ace_f91/media/Ferrari%20F138/completedmodelangle4_zps08cf1318.jpg.html)

As always, Fujimi always seem to have fitting issue as you can see the flaw here. Another thing is the rear suspension couldn't stick to the rear part of the under tray till it touches the ground as you can see the completed model photos.

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p10/ace_f91/Ferrari%20F138/flaw_zps02dc8c61.jpg (http://s124.photobucket.com/user/ace_f91/media/Ferrari%20F138/flaw_zps02dc8c61.jpg.html)

I think I better remind myself not to buy any Ferraris from Fujimi due to fitting problems I keep on facing. The only best F1 Fujimi kit so far I've made is the FW14B. Though I had a thought of building the FW16, but I'm getting a little skeptical about it after facing the same problem on almost all the Fujimi F1 kits.

I'm not too sure what's the next kit shall I make though I had F1-2000 in my mind but still I haven't decided what to take.

Adrian

Hello, nice subject and good effort to build it.
Some advices... Do dry-fits before start to paint the parts, and go the progress slowly. You enjoy it better...
Good luck to next one...

Looking good my Fujimi Ferrari 641 has some major fit problems as well I put it on hold for now so I feel your pain.

I've not long ago bought this kit so I'm grateful that you showed me what to expect and I too feel your pain at ill-fitting parts. I don't this this Ferrari would have any fit problems......a future project for some scratch building guru perhaps.

Tamiya f1 2000 has/can have rear cowel fit probs.
:)