Ferrari F550 Maranello

This is Scale Production's resin kit of the Ferrari F550 Maranello. It is a resin kit that represents the Le Mans 2003 car but in keeping with the more recent cars I have built, the kit was built as the 2002 version. Not much difference between the two, the wing support stays are possibly the most noticable (the 2003 car has two separate supports for each side of the wing, whereas the '02 car has a solid one on each side). The drivers names are also different, as are a couple of the decals. Lastly the rear underbody diffuser has less vanes in it.

The kit went together really well without too much filing and sanding to make parts fit, a fair amount of interior detail was added including wiring, air ducting, roll cage padding and also the bungee cords tied to the seat belts to pull them out of the way for fast driver changes as well as plenty of carbon fibre decal.

The colour is straightforward Tamiya TS-49 bright red with more carbon fibre decal for the side skirts, front splitter and rear bumper.
Another nice finishing touch is the prancing horse emblem on the rear, the kit supplies a silver decal, but this is a metal transfer from Tamiya's 360 Modena kit that I managed to order as a spare part from Rainbow Ten.

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Hope you like!

Steve

That's awesome.

That's awesome.
:iagree:

that is amazing, excellent work, i would like to see more pics!

looks diecast, is there a progress thread?

tight man. I wanna see the interior.

A fabulous build. I love it.

It's a shame great cars like this, the McLaren F1, and others are only available in resin.

:worshippy:

Top stuff Steve!

:iagree: great built

Great job Steve.

It's always a pleasure to see your work.

Another great build Steve.
Excellent work. :)

Great job. Big ass wing too.

Great build! Nice and clean. I have this kit also. I thought it was strange that it was molded with a separate left side door and right one was molded closed. Got any shots of the left side of the car with the door closed? How did the windows fit?

Fantastic build of a wonderful car!

awsome, beatiful, excellent job!

i wanna see the interior also please~~

Beautiful work. Looks fantastic, so much so that I'd like to see it closer up... I'm not getting the full experience! There's always something so nice about seeing an unusual kit built so flawlessly... such a treat.

Beautiful work. Looks fantastic, so much so that I'd like to see it closer up... I'm not getting the full experience! There's always something so nice about seeing an unusual kit built so flawlessly... such a treat.


definately. thanks for sharing, its awesome!

I'll beg if I have to.. :naughty: MORE PICS!!

:worshippy I LOVE PRODRIVE 550'S THERE THE SEXXIEST AND MOST AWESOME LOOKING AND SOUNDING CARS ! AND THIS MODEL DOES NOT FALL SHRT OF THE REAL THING ! GREAT WORK ! :ylsuper:

Thanks for all the positive comments guys. :thumbsup:

Great build! Nice and clean. I have this kit also. I thought it was strange that it was molded with a separate left side door and right one was molded closed. Got any shots of the left side of the car with the door closed? How did the windows fit?

Yes, the windows fitted just fine as far as I can recall, although I think I had to do a little trimming here and there. Don't know about yours, but my kit came with a spare set of windows anyway, the trickiest part was the front lights.

I'll try to take some more pic's at the weekend.

Steve

Steve, I gotta hand it to ya...it looks absolutely amazing! I've always wanted one of these, but resin price puts me away...I've seen Alex's (http://www.italianhorses.net/Gallery/Resin/CS550Mil/550m.htm) and yours is just as good!
Great Job!

Pedro.

Steve, What can I say that hasn't been said!
Awesome !!!!!!

Where can I get my hands on one of those kits??

Great job, looks really clean and flawless.. cant wait to see more pics :)

I always wanted to see such a car built up ! I cant really tell the difference between the real car and your model, so prolly you must be satisfied!

it s reference material on it s own!

Oli

WoW.. I wish I had too much money :D

bling bling isnt that a 200$ kit

Looks mighty fine to me.:)
I've been looking for that kit for ages with no luck.

Nice work!

GREAT work! loosk so real, i want to hop in and drive

i really like teh way this model came out. looks flawless to me. but i would love to see more pics :)

Wow, nice build! Looks great!

Wow! That's impressive, although I'm not convinced by the shape accuracy...
That's so good to see such well built rare Ferrari kits!

Absolutely beautiful! excellent work!! :thumbsup:

Stunning!!:sunglasse

Simply beautifull

bling bling isnt that a 200$ kit

That is a little exagerated I think... It's € 110,- here so maybe $ 120,-?

Still a pretty expensive model of course, but a little cheaper than $ 200 :)

As for the model : absolutely stunning model you built there Steve !!!

all i can say is sweet...

Beautiful build of a gorgeous race car.

damn that looks f**king cool

that s a really cool car . the build up looks pretty mean too!

Very beautiful work, i'm searching my first resin opportunity, as this model will never exist on plastic i think i'll try it.

Tanx again for sharing.

Very well done Steve! Begining to think I should have bought the 550 instead of the 2002 Skoda...oh well, what's a little extra work?

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Yeah that is one mean maschine. Really nicely done!!

That is amazing, So so clean and flawless!!

That looks great !
Now i wait the 575M from you...