Ferrari California 1:24 Revell, Hobby Design

Hello.

This is my first topic, and my first 1/24 car scale model.

Kit is well knonw Revell Ferrari California Open Top. I'm going to use some photoetched parts from Hobby Design. Currently I have body painted with base colour and severall layers of Gunze GX100 clear. Base paint is blue metallic from VW palette. This is some sentiment from my first real car. I had VW Passat in this colour some time ago ;) On pictures You can see wheels in gloss black primer. For some time I was thinking about leavig them in this colour, but finally decided to paint them white alumimium from Alclad.

http://adamgudynowski.heliohost.org/img/modele/ferraricalifornia/SH107005.jpg
http://adamgudynowski.heliohost.org/img/modele/ferraricalifornia/SH107030.jpg
http://adamgudynowski.heliohost.org/img/modele/ferraricalifornia/SH107031.jpg
http://adamgudynowski.heliohost.org/img/modele/ferraricalifornia/SH107032.jpg

Here are target interior colours: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2012/05/32-2013-ferrari-california-fd.jpg

Little set of aftermarkets.
http://adamgudynowski.heliohost.org/img/modele/ferraricalifornia/SH107690.jpg

Final wheels colour
http://adamgudynowski.heliohost.org/img/modele/ferraricalifornia/SH107688.jpg
http://adamgudynowski.heliohost.org/img/modele/ferraricalifornia/SH107689.jpg

Fitting of grill. A llitle bit to low. I hope this will disapear when glueig together with kit part.
http://adamgudynowski.heliohost.org/img/modele/ferraricalifornia/SH107691.jpg

I calippers will be yellow
http://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3476/3870983367_3039ee7c97_z.jpg?zz=1

I've done some polishing. I've made from sponge something like polishing disc to my Proxxon drill and tried to achieve some high shine with red, blue and white Tamiya compounds. Next time I won't use red one, because in some places I've rubbed to plastic.

http://i.imgur.com/fbNEWyv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/deszQo6.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/yxypAPt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/QmgNh7F.jpg

I've dry fitted Hobby Design photoetched brake discs. It doesn't look bad for me. I'll put on callipers last layer of yellow gloss and burnish brake discs with sandpaper. I had put some chrome on nuts, but not sure if this is visible at all.
http://i.imgur.com/YjN0b3p.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Pd9yLsH.jpg

Some regress-progress. I'm preparing now body to paining. Some places needed filling and sanding.
http://i.imgur.com/pcypFwt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SVvMQLd.jpg

I've polished brake disks with rough sanding stick and mini-drill. Before polishing on the left, and after on the right. I think it gives more realistic look.
http://adamgudynowski.heliohost.org/img/modele/ferraricalifornia/SH107798.jpg

Cheers
Adam

Great job Adam! :thumbsup:

I like the shade of blue you are using

Hello. I've question to polish specs. I'm now at stage of removing GX100 orange skin. I'm using Mr Laplos #6000. Next step will be #8000 and polishing compounds. However I've made one mistake. On one sharp edge I've rubbed to plastic. I think I'll touch this up with brusch and paint this area with GX100 again. Question is if I can paint new layer of GX100 over old one, matted now with #6000, or need first polish it? I'm afraid that when I don't polish, I will get scratches in deeper laquer layer.

I haven't used Gunze paint before. Tamiya spray paint (TS13) can be applied at any stage, raw, sanded or polished. You are right, if you polish now, teh new layer will be smoother.

And btw, please check the placing of your brakes. The calipers should face towards the center of the car, not to the front/rear end.

Thanks for answer :) Calipers, brakes and wheels are only dry fitted at this moment. That how model looks like now. One can spot little paint damage on door.

http://i.imgur.com/csRvB5A.jpg

Hello.

I've made some progress finally. Here is model painted with GX-100, so far before sanding orange peel and polishing.

http://i.imgur.com/RJ5QBc7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Uyq1yQO.jpg

Cheers,
Adam

Nice! I like that blue a lot.

Nice! I like that blue a lot. :iceslolan

After 2h of hand polishing with blue and white Tamiya compounds
http://i.imgur.com/7GmgbOT.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/01BmQge.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JPZjzG8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vSN26LT.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JKOSxsh.jpg

Wow!that is beautiful!

A few more pictures made with new Canon :)

http://i.imgur.com/SVPkSYF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7TerioY.jpg

Hi guys. Has anyone tried soldering Hobby Design photoetches? I'm trying using usual stuff that works with copper and brass but with no luck.

Hello.

I was absent for a while. In meantime I've painted engine bay and window seals on doors. Also glued photoetched grill.

http://i.imgur.com/BtaQJ5C.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/4HLiy2C.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/PTbCZ7s.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/mGY84wY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ePtAaZI.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/O1W5GJ1.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1tu8MKL.jpg

Looks good!

Thanks mate :)

Replacing aircon vents to Hobby Design.

http://i.imgur.com/pdFZlKx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/HGDuFDr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ozykTB6.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/sPF8eps.jpg

Hello.

More work on interior
http://i.imgur.com/r8VeZtO.jpg

Aircon vents replaced with Hobby Desing. Set is dedicated to F430 but it fits to California too.
http://i.imgur.com/7DJ0Aii.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hz2gNfV.jpg

Glued photoetched Ferrari inscriptions and horse logo but photo didn;t turn out ver well.
http://i.imgur.com/tCtMbsy.jpg

Nice work!

Hello.

Small update on interior, wheels and other stuff

https://i.imgur.com/j0K5ep6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/rxdsFo1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ATQPNqW.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CTMlNX1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/XcFoHx6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9Qt30uo.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ApyH2mK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wtz1Q8W.jpg

Cheers,
Adam

Little progress

https://i.imgur.com/jXAfy8T.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/UCH4wEy.jpg

Impressive work!

Thanks :)