In Progress: Tamiya Ferrari F50

JE123: Let's see some pics! I'd love to see someone else's stab at this kit.

Well I must say that this thread has inspired me to pick up my F50 again and work at it some more. The reason why I quit was because I'd become frustrated, this being my first Tamiya kit and all. But here are a couple pics that I just took. Most of the non-body work is just now primered, and there is just a couple thin coats of red on the body. And now I'm actually considering stripping the red paint off and going with black. What do you guys think?
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Black F50
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EDIT: I'm not sure why the pics aren't loading on my computer, but I posted the url's just in case they don't work on anybody elses.

Well.

I've got the F40 on the side at the moment and I've not even started it, but looking at your F50 I don't stand a chance.. Pure class.. It looks so perfect and so detailed.. Fantastic work.

Stunning work!!!:eek:

Working on outfitting the body.

The kit instructions say to paint the back of the headlight parts chrome silver, to simulate reflectors. I decided instead to turn a set of reflectors out of aluminum rod. Headlights always seem to capture the eye, so I figure they're worth a bit of extra effort.
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Here they are installed. Bit of an improvement, I think. The small focused beam lights next to the main lights have strips of aluminum foil glued close behind (but not directly on) them. I think these tend to look darker than conventional headlight reflectors, so I didn't want them quite as bright.
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As mentioned before, there's no windshield masking seal in this kit. :disappoin So, break out the masking tape and scalpel. Terrificly tedious work. First, mask the back:
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Then, the front. Tamiya tape- except no substitutes!
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Then, paint, peel, and polish. Next time I do this, I'm going to lightly rub the outside frame with some fine steel wool after masking. I had a bit of trouble with the paint chipping when removing the masking, because the clear plastic is so slick.
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Next, I installed the engine in its new home:
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I also added some wiring for the exahust gas temperature sensors, and an overflow hose onto whatever kind of reservoir that is attached to the airbox (which is kinda hard to see in these pics). Fine solder painted black, with Bare Metal Foil strips to simulate clamps.
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Finally, the end is getting close. (er). :sly:

amazing

JE123, I can only see one pic, with lots of grey primer. But I think the F50 would look great in black- better than I think it does in red or yellow.

I definately need to pic up some Tamiya tape. I have been doing my windshields by hand for some time now. I'm curious to find what made you choose to paint the headlight portion black instead of silver. I have pictures of two different silver F50s and one has the portion painted black and the other has it silver. I guess it doesn't really matter though, because your work is truely one-of-a-kind.

MMm nice work... Ahhfggggg

Looks sweeeet, awesome, amazing, stuning! cant... take... my eyes... of.. it!!
Keep it up!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/knobi23232/watermark2.jpg

I just love the engine detail. Question: What material do you use for the piping in the red oval circle? Is it some sort of wire? Please tell me!

It appears to be braided hoses (you can get them from detailmaster.com)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/knobi23232/watermark2.jpg

I just love the engine detail. Question: What material do you use for the piping in the red oval circle? Is it some sort of wire? Please tell me!

Yeah, it's DetailMaster braided line. As I mentioned before, it's frustrating stuff to work with, as it frays rapidly if you try to put it into fittings. But it does look the part pretty well:
http://www.ferraris-online.com/cars/103497/103497Eng1Lr8.jpg

http://www.ferraris-online.com/cars/103497/103497Eng2Lr8.jpg

I use small lengths of tiny diameter brass tubing for the fittings.

Ahhh so nice...

engine is a beauty mate

I know this is an older thread but I'd like to see some updates of this amazing build:iceslolan

:eek2: amazing build! A pleasure to follow this come car coming to life and very inspiring too.
You deserve all the praise and congratulations.

I've put my F50 down for a long long time too. Even with the Acu Stion p/e, the rear grill, which I think is the most important is very hard to get right. I hope you find a solution, which isn't too much headache. Keep up the good work and post us some more... :-)

Sorry to keep you all waiting! Right now, I would looove to make an update, but unfortunately, I can't :disappoin- the camera went for a bit of a swim a few weeks back :banghead::banghead::banghead:, and is out in the shop getting fixed. I promise I'll have more pics, soon as it comes back....

I did get the rear grille installed, and it WAS a total migrane. It took nothing short of all out surgery to get it to fit. Maybe another week or two and I can show the results.

This is an incredible build, congratulatios!!
Your attention to detail is awesome and the finishes in the engine are truly amazing, I'm very impressed.

Byt he way, the tip of the foil over mesh was an outstanding sharing!

Thanks for sharing this ilustrative experience!

Beautiful work!!!!! Very stunning!

Finally, I have my camera back! (And it works!! :p )

So, more progress!

On to the dreaded rear grille. As I mentioned before, I got the S27 PE set for the F50, specifically for the mesh rear grille replacement. The rest of the set seemed to be alot of pretty unnecissary stuff. The brakes are OK, but the kit parts would have looked fine painted. The Ferrari emblems are always appreciated (and will go straight into my spares box for other kits!), but they're redundant, as Tamiya already includes their own self adhesive ones. Radiator grilles? Why bother, that level of detail is molded into the kit parts- paint and go! The shields and hood emblem, done in relief, are inaccurate (the kit decals are more realistic!). But, the rear mesh grille, if it worked, I figured would alone justify the cost of the PE. So, I went to work. The kit part is a large solid piece of clear plastic, with the frame, the taillight pods, and the mesh detail molded onto it. Unfortunately, I didn't get a pic of it before I destroyed it. The PE instructions indicate to magically remove the mesh area, and retain the frame and taillight pods. I chose to attempt this with a jeweler's saw, with the absolute thinnest blade I could find for it.

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The result, after probably two hours of carefull hacking. I colored the frame black with a felt marker, because the clear plastic was difficult to see as I was cutting. You can see I optimistically pre-bent the PE part, in hopes it would fit. Just glue it in place, right? Can't be that hard....

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Yeah. Right. Well, first off, notice that the PE part is a bit wider than the frame? It's not an optical illusion, folks. Yes, the length did get taken up a touch in bending, but not that much! The PE overhung on both ends. But that was just the beginning of the nightmare. Soon as I got out the CA glue and started trying to attach the two, the frame did exactly what you would expect it to- it shattered into about a dozen pieces. Clear plastic is much, MUCH too brittle to be used to shape the PE mesh. It fell apart in my hands.

I was disgusted. The F50 went onto a shelf. I did, at least, manage to keep all the little bits of the shattered frame.

WEEKS later, bit by bit, I started the reconstructive surgery to reassemble the frame into a usable shape, with the PE attached. (I had, however, seriously considered ordering a new set of clear parts from Tamiya, and just using the kit part as is....) I had to shorten the PE (on both sides, obviously), and used ALOT of CA to get it togehter. I then sanded, filled, and sanded the remaining cracks and gaps. Finally, a recognizable part emerged. Which still didn't really fit the model. After alot of coaxing, this was the final result.

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Usable. But I'm sure it couldn't be done in less than five weeks. The center lower section of the frame hasn't been added yet. Hey, I really did match the body color to the cutting matt pretty well!

OK, onto the taillight pods. Luckily, I didn't mangle them up too badly when I cut them apart from the frame. A but of filler putty and some gloss black paint, and they look fine. Of course, the punch & die set gets dragged out to make little disks of Tamiya tape, to mask the turn signals and reverse lights for airbrushing. The black pods will, of course, get covered in CF.

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So, what did I discover yesterday, after a bit of test fitting?

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S27 does it to me again! The hole in the PE mesh for the taillight is too small for the kit part!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

OK, at this point, I offically do not recommend the S27 PE detail parts for the Tamiya F50. :disappoin It can maybe be made to work, but I certainly don't know I'd go this route if I ever built this kit again. So, now that it's already mounted in the car and painted up, I'm going to attempt to very gently grind the taillight holes until the kit parts will fit. Watch this space for coming attractions....

Holy crap that sucks, I was thinking of there stuff for my Enzo but now I will look elcewhare. thanks

definately a labour of love!! or is "no pain, no gain" more appropriate? ;)

bummer on the PE set :(
still an amazing build though - your skills are a joy to watch. keep it up and not too long for teh next instalement, please.
stevenski

Bummer!

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S27 does it to me again! The hole in the PE mesh for the taillight is too small for the kit part!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

OK, at this point, I offically do not recommend the S27 PE detail parts for the Tamiya F50. :disappoin It can maybe be made to work, but I certainly don't know I'd go this route if I ever built this kit again. So, now that it's already mounted in the car and painted up, I'm going to attempt to very gently grind the taillight holes until the kit parts will fit. Watch this space for coming attractions....

WAT THE FCUK :banghead: the brake light housing cannot fit into the rear mesh? I also have the Studio27 PE parts....shiit....it disspointed me so much. :banghead: :banghead:

I also have the Studio27 PE parts and are having a nightmare on the rear mesh. I was just test fitting it (didn't cut the clear parts yet though) and they are really difficult to fit.

One question though, where can you find the jewellers saw? Does any hardware store sold it because I didn't find it anywhere here in my country (Malaysia) and I really am looking for it for quite some time now. I really don't want to mess my build by using panel scriber or knife to cut off the clear mesh from the Tamiya kit.

Good luck (and I mean it) building and modifying the rear mesh.

So, now that it's already mounted in the car and painted up, I'm going to attempt to very gently grind the taillight holes until the kit parts will fit. Watch this space for coming attractions....

Whoa, MPWR...You've got a lathe. Get some clear round acrylic stock and scratchbuild the tailight lenses to fit the S27 opening. IIRC they are perfectly round and I doubt a .25 mil here or there would be noticable!!!

Really stunning work so far!


Bill

bvia- Yeah, that was my first thought, too.

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I turned these up pretty quickly, painted them, and then trial fitted them in place with silly putty. Problem was that in making them small enough to fit width-wise, they're pretty obviously undersized in the mesh hole height-wise. :mad:

Fortunately, I've done a bit of grinding the PE on the right side(with a Dremel tool! :uhoh:), and the kit part seems to fit now. On to the left side....


druid_99- I kinda doubt you'll find one in a hardware store. I had to hunt for mine, and found it in a hobby shop that specializes in RC aircraft. They can, however, be found online.
saw (http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/zon/zon35-750.htm)
blades (http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/zon/zon36-475.htm)

Haven't ever ordered from these people before (and so I don't know about international shipping- but with the value of the US$ these days, it could be reasonable!), but this is the beast in question. I'm sure it can be found elsewhere, also. These blades match the dimensions on mine. This is definately the only way I'd go about trying to saw up the kit grille. It's going to shatter on you sooner or later, but if you manage to remove all the mesh and get the frame shaped how you want it before it falls apart, you'll have a much better chance of getting it back together. You're currently building your F50? Good luck with it. Post some pics if you can, I'd love to see how it's coming. (And if/when you take a stab at the rear mesh, let me know how it goes!)

Post a pic! How does it look right now?

One question though, where can you find the jewellers saw? Does any hardware store sold it because I didn't find it anywhere here in my country (Malaysia) and I really am looking for it for quite some time now. I really don't want to mess my build by using panel scriber or knife to cut off the clear mesh from the Tamiya kit.


May be this PE saw blades would help. I have used them to saw through clear plastic with excellent results, they leave a clean and very thin cut.

http://images8.fotki.com/v132/photos/1/113398/1526672/041115SauberC9Prc05-vi.jpg
http://images8.fotki.com/v131/photos/1/113398/1526672/041115SauberC9Prc07-vi.jpg

They are from Kotobukiya, I bought mine at HLJ
Kotobukiya PE modeling saw (http://www.hlj.com/product/KBYES-01-10)

Hope this helps

Oh man!
I'm with you, I bought the S27 set mostly for the grill.
I guess I'll paint the kit part and see how I feel about it before cutting it up.
I was going to buy another set for my 'full-view' kit. Not now though!
Well, you've saved me a few bucks if not a few headakes!
:licka:

I just went through the last 11 pages as I also have this kit. I must say, this is a super build. Excellent attention to detail. pity about the PE set but you've done great work and I'm sure it will come out great in the end.

that looks insane, awesome detail too i can't wait for it to be done.

Now hold still, this won't hurt a bit....

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Sure. Still can't believe I took a Dremel tool with a diamond grinder to a nearly finished model to make some small 'adjustments'.... :uhoh:


But the results, I think, were worth it!

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/502/67954109_0989-med.JPG

Here, finally, is the rear grille completed, with tail lights. Took some verrry careful grinding to both sides of each opening, but I widened them each just enough to take the kit tail light part. I'ts a close enough fit that the mesh holds the taillight pods in place (I reinforced with glue to be safe). Then, I went back and retouched all the paint that flaked off the mesh in the pocess of grinding. :mad: The chrome pony (O.K., Cavalino) was added from the S27 set. I didn't use the one Tamiya included, as the self adhesive wouldn't have anything to stick to, because the mesh is curved inwards. I had to stick it on with a bit of crystal cleer.


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Even the rear deck lid seems to fit OK- something I worried alot about while installing with the mesh. I guess it can be done.


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Yes, even the taillight pods got CF- and finally I'm done with the CF decalling on this kit! :p I used almost en entire sheet of SMS carbon kevlar. Granted, I had to redo several areas (and I learned alot along the way- this is the first kit i've used CF decals on!), but I only have enough left now to maybe redo the doors.


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Fortunately, I don't have to. The cockpit with doors, seats, and pedals installed. Seatbelt anchors were added to the seats. I used thin styrene strip wrapped with a small piece of masking tape, painted it black, and painted the release button orange. Seatbelts themselves will be added after the bodywork is in place.

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So, just about ready for final assembly....

the detail is immaculate*, you did an awesome job with the carbon fiber too, one hell of a ferrari

Looks great!

Awesome Job!

Can't wait to see more progress, the tones and shades given to the engine are great! it simply looks so real! and the carbon fiber job is also excellent, how did you managed to get it so shiny?
Which clearcoat did you used? polished?

Congrats!

sooooooooooooo awsome!!!
This has become one of my favourite serials :)
A question if I may, how do you remove decals if you have to? I tried last week and totally screwed it up and made a real mess of my model :) Seen oodles of "how tos" on applying etc but nothing on removing.
stevenski

Thanks, everyone!

agamo- the CF decals are all covered with Tamiya scrylic smoke- it helps tone them down a bit (I think left alone, they're too bright), and gives it a good, 'fiber composite' looking shine. I rubbed out and polished only areas that really needed, like if dust was stuck in the smoke, but most of it is left unpolished.

klutz_100- for removing messed up CF decals, I usually just soak the whole part in CSC/Purple Power, Windex, alcohol or the like. They're not hard to soak off, but usually the paint comes up too. I undercoat CF with gloss black, so I simply respray. If you're trying to remove decals and still save the paint underneith, soaking the offending marking with micro set will usually soften the decal enough that it can be peeled up, or rubbed off with a polishing stick.

druid_99- I kinda doubt you'll find one in a hardware store. I had to hunt for mine, and found it in a hobby shop that specializes in RC aircraft. They can, however, be found online.
saw (http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/zon/zon35-750.htm)
blades (http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/zon/zon36-475.htm)

Haven't ever ordered from these people before (and so I don't know about international shipping- but with the value of the US$ these days, it could be reasonable!), but this is the beast in question. I'm sure it can be found elsewhere, also. These blades match the dimensions on mine. This is definately the only way I'd go about trying to saw up the kit grille. It's going to shatter on you sooner or later, but if you manage to remove all the mesh and get the frame shaped how you want it before it falls apart, you'll have a much better chance of getting it back together. You're currently building your F50? Good luck with it. Post some pics if you can, I'd love to see how it's coming. (And if/when you take a stab at the rear mesh, let me know how it goes!)

Thanks for the link. I really appreciate it. I've been building my F50 for quite some time now but never manage to get things moving yet. I just manage to paint the body, assemble the engine and prime it. I've been trying to work with the rear mesh but having problem with cutting the clear mesh (that's why I ask about the jewellers saw). Maybe if I manage to continue the F50 I'll post the WIP photos.

agamo - thanks for the link, I'll look into it.

thanks for the tip.
it's the getting them off without ruining the paint and leaving adhesive gunk marks that gets me .... but I don't want to clutter your thread with my frustrations anymore :)) thanks again
stevenski

WOW WOW perfecly JOB Man......Respekt the Carbon Decals!!!!!!! and the Metall colours on the Exaust system!!!!!!!! and the Motor......WOW super Work,,,,,,Real,Had up.........
Daniel

Man, I don't understand how I missed this. Absolutely fantastic!!

So, nearly everything is done, and ithe F50 is just about ready for final assembly. But there's still one last thing to add to the engine bay: the oil cooler and air conditioner radiators. Unfortunately, these (along with the front radiators) are one of the few places Tamiya really made a major shortcut on this kit. The fans are one piece, solid domes with the fan cages represented with raised ridges. They look pretty lame.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/502/67954109_0994.JPG

I painted one up and stuck it in place to see if it would do OK- that is, if it was adequately hidden back behind the wheel hump. Unfortunately, it can be seen back there. So, I had to do something. I've gotten away with doing very little scratchbuilding thus far on this kit, but I guess I'm not going to get away that easily. This is what I came up with:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/502/67954109_0997.JPG

Bit of an improvement, I think. Here's how I went about doing it (lots of small pics, 'cause there small parts. Good thing, as my AF account is just about full....)

First off, I removed the offending dome with a dremel tool, and then smoothed out the inside edges of the hole with needle files. Then, a disc of styrene was cut to fit the whole, and a bit of nylon mesh was cut to cover the styrene circle.

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The mesh was glued to the disc and trimmed, and the styrene disk was then mounted in the hole, 0.060" down from the top of the edge (digital calipers are nice for making these measurements). Then, a short (0.045") length of sprue was cut, and glued on to the center of the disc.

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Now for the fan itself. A disc of paper sized to fit the hole was drawn with a compass, cut out, and folded in half twice. (Notice the other 0.045" piece of sprue, which will go on top of the fan).

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The paper disc is then folded up, a symetrical fan blade is drawn on it, and it's cut to shape. For those of you who may remember making paper snowflakes as a kid, it's a similar process- just alot smaller!

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The paper fan, ready to install. Doesn't have to be perfect, just has to look something like fan blades.

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The mesh is painted metallic, and given a wash of thinned black to bring out its texture. Then the fan is installed, and the second piece of sprue is glued on. The plastic cement soaks through the paper fan well enough that the two sprue dics are glued to each other. This column is now about 0.090" tall, and protrudes above the edge of the hole by 0.030" (I took all these measurements on the kit part before I cut it apart).

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The fan blades are painted dark grey, and a small disc of styrene is added to the top of the sprue column, to act as a spacer for building the fan cage. The fan cage is made out of thin stretched sprue, melted and stretched above a candle.

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Lengths of sprue are cut a little oversized, so they will be trimmed after they're in place. Here, four spokes are in place. The dividers are used to measure them to an aproximate lenth, so they're not too short to use. Also, before I started the cage, I twisted the blades each a bit with tweezers, to look more like a fan.

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Here, all twelve radial spokes are in place, and ready to b trimmed.

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The ends are trimmed, and a center hub is added using discs of styrene. The only difference between the oil cooler fan and the air conditioner fan is that the air conditioner has a couple of concentric rings together with the radial spokes. To make them, I wrapped a length of stretched sprue around some pieces of tubing, taped it in place, and dunked it in a cup of boiling water for a minute or so. Then, I cut the rings apart individually, and selected a couple to use, and glued them in place.

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And here are the final results, all painted up.

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Now, the F50 is ready for final assembly.... :naughty:

MPWR my jaw's down on the floor again!!
If I ever need delicate brain surgery, I want you tro do it, OK?
stevenski

Superb work!

Wow this is one of the best cars to roll out of Af yet IMO. The detail is awsome and the c/f is immaculate, makes better tsince it was your first time using it. detail is topnotch. I am looking foward to the completion of this. Also another thing i like about this progress thread is that its a tutorial and a progress thread combine, very nice. Keep on it dont give up!!

Words cannot describe the Grandeur of your project, so I shall make one up right now:

Scrumtrulsec....oh wait

On a more serious note, awesome project. I'm really excited to see how this is going to turn out. Has great tips for the Enzo....and for cars in general :grinyes:

That's very very impressive. I don't know what to say... can't wait to see it finished :icon16:

Slap me if I missed it...
Did you cover the bottom of the chassis with CF?
:p

beautiful detailing job MPWR.

AWESOME work man! Your F50 is the most incredible Ferrari I have seen being built here on AF. Now finish it! ;)

Thanks for all the comments, guys!

klutz_100- Soon as you need some CF decals or a very small radiator fan installed in you head let me know! :grinyes:


MikeWz- Scrumtrulsec, eh? Wow, cheers! I'll take that as compliment- I think....


Ferrari TR- Didn't do the underside in CF, it's painted flat black. I couldn't determine if the unerside was bare CF or if it had an undercoating. Based on pics I've seen of the Enzo since then, I'd guess that the F50 is probably bare CF, but I haven't got nearly enough CF left to do it. I expect I'll probably leave it black- as the undertray covers the entire underside of the car, theres nothing else to see on the underside anyway.

GvEman- But, if I finished it, there'd be no more updates! Then I might have to start something else! :uhoh: Seriously, I'm hoping to have it done by this weekend. And the next project is already lined up- and it will be at least as in depth as this one....


I looked for a few pics of the radiators, and found that they're covered in heat shielding.

http://www.splitsec.com/spike/Ferrari_F-50/F50-Engine-Detail.jpg
(Hey, kinda looks like mine!)

Makes sense, considereing they're each located about 12" from the exhaust manifolds. So, out comes the glue and foil. All bright and shiney now.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/502/67954110_1009.JPG

Does anyone have a pic of the side inlet of the F50? Tamiya calls for the front grilles of the oil cooler and air conditioner to be metallic- but the grilles would be pretty visible then, and I can't find pics to tell they're really silver or black. Anyone know?

I think there black but it could have been to dark for this photo. This photo is not my’n but when I was at Ferrari of Dallas a month ago they had one out and when I looked at it even up close I couldn’t see anything but black.

http://www.bdmracing.com/BDMroot/Photos/bigimages/Ferrari%20F50%20-%2023.jpg

And after some uploading here are my 4 pics from Ferrari of dallas... and yep thats a 333SP up there... WooT

http://www.wolfsburgeditionregistry.com/Samurai75007/FerrariF50/F5001.jpg
http://www.wolfsburgeditionregistry.com/Samurai75007/FerrariF50/F5002.jpg
http://www.wolfsburgeditionregistry.com/Samurai75007/FerrariF50/F5003.jpg
http://www.wolfsburgeditionregistry.com/Samurai75007/FerrariF50/F5004.jpg

So, out comes the glue and foil. All bright and shiney now.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/502/67954110_1009.JPG


Those radiators are awesome. So nicely wheathered. I really like your work on this one!
/Joel

Sorry....it was supposed to be Scrumtrulescent, a little Will Ferrel SNL action, I guess nobody's seen that one :loser:

I'm experimenting with other image hosting services- but meanwhile, I'll leave you with these to enjoy....

http://img54.echo.cx/img54/2200/10303693mg.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)


http://img171.echo.cx/img171/892/11010155im.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

It's nice not having the 80kb limit! :smokin:

If anyone see's red X's, please let me know.

Looks awsome.
stevenski

PS The only red "X"s in this thread will be used to censor overexpressive vocabulary when praising this build! :)

It's been a good day for me. First off, this morning, as some of you may have noticed from the pic above, the body/engine and the underbody/cockpit components of the F50 have successfully been mated :naughty:- and nothing broke, fell apart, or exploded. It will be finished! Pictures forthcoming.

Second, and better yet, as of this afternoon, I am now the world's newest instrument rated helicopter pilot :ylsuper: :boink: :smokin:

Maybe now I'll have a bit more time to build!