The 1:12 scale Ferrari F50 Progress Thread

hi guys.
well, my acu-stion 1:12 f50 photoetch sheet arrived today, so i got started. it adds a ton of detail to the semi-assembled diecast body Tamiya 1:12 F50. i mainly bought the sheet because i was very, very disappointed with the stock brakes, especially considering the model's price of $300 usd, but i plan on using everything included on this sheet.

http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-28/1844467-SupercarFreakd.jpg

The modding has begun!
Painted the stock rotors flat black so that you could see the holes better.
Had to break the handbrake caliper and then glue it back together after I got the rotor on.
I didn't glue the rotors on, they are a tight fit anyway. I'm going to polish them more, they aren't even close to my mirror-like 1:8 F40 rotor, but you get the idea.

totally stock brakes:
http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-28/1845863-SupercarFreaka.jpg
version 1.0:
http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-28/1845863-SupercarFreakb.jpg
version 2.0:
http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-28/1845863-SupercarFreakc.jpg
http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-28/1845867-SupercarFreaka.jpg
http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-28/1845867-SupercarFreakb.jpg
http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-28/1845867-SupercarFreakc.jpg

WOW, you are doing another BIG scale Ferrari at the same time....btw can you remove the hand-brake caliper?? Tofosi, Happy New Year.. :smile:

MAN YOU ARE A FERRARI NUT! but your work is so nice! what does your modelling cabinet look like? :P

you are insane with your builds supercarFreak. nice work.


oh and more pics more pics :D

Nice photo-etched stuff. Man, I've got to get ahold of one of these kits for my Enzo.

thanks.
im done polishing, looks much better
http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-29/1849873-SupercarFreaka.jpg
http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-29/1849873-SupercarFreakb.jpg
http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-29/1849873-SupercarFreakc.jpg
http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-29/1849873-SupercarFreakd.jpg

Original pedals.
http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-30/1850909-SupercarFreaka.jpg
Originals were painted black, these were polished.
Probably the hardest thing I've ever done involving model cars, took me at least 20 attempts to attach the acceleration pedal.
Hard to get a good pic of them...
http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-30/1850909-SupercarFreakb.jpg
http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-30/1850909-SupercarFreakc.jpg
http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2003-11-30/1850909-SupercarFreakd.jpg

Cf Fever!

wow

hows this build going i want to see it done lol

Let me get this straight, it's real, right?

these are really nice reference photos but weres the model??

haha great work! :icon16:

Looks nice, but how's the F40? :icon16:

very very nice

beautiful, i can tell you've put alot of work into this-and the benefits are unbelieveable

did you see my F50 pics?
http://www.geocities.com/samurai75007/FerrariF501.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/samurai75007/FerrariF502.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/samurai75007/FerrariF503.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/samurai75007/FerrariF504.jpg
I went up to Ferrari of dallas for a job interview and took my digi cam...

cool, thanks :)