Ping & Pong present: Two VERY Red Ferraris

Thanks guys!
> Tang: isn't a 250 Lusso those in your sig?

Updated! (just a bit)

I start to mount PE parts I done in the Revell engine.. alu is the MM Metalizer kind, w/out buffing to achieve the alloy cast appeal. On the airbox I sprayed Insigna red over alu and after I scratched out the paint from the PE surface, polished a bit anc carefully with SM poilshin stick (rough 3200)

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/colore.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/airbDX.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/airbcentr.jpg

Fit test, I kept parts as china sticks ;)

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/provass.jpg

Wow Gio!

Are you building one of these too????
You've hi-jacked Mr. Pong's thread :rofl: LOFL

Wow Gio!

Are you building one of these too????
You've hi-jacked Mr. Pong's thread :rofl: LOFL

Ok mate i done the mistake we supposed to do from the begin ;) LOFL
so, mr. Ping go for your update soon ;)

so, mr. Ping go for your update soon ;)

Yessir!!!!!! Right away, Sir!

Too much Chianti or Grappa, huh? ;)

Just to be clear: (or from tomorrow anyone will post as alias doing a bloody mess here in teh AF) me and Klutz asked and had kind permission from moderators and admins to use the alias Ping aka Klutz_100 and Pong aka me to create a fun joke around this thread, seems I broken the toy with my mistake ;)

BTW thaks everyone for the kind support from Pong&gionc :D

Yessir!!!!!! Right away, Sir!

Too much Chianti or Grappa, huh? ;)

You know mate, saturday night .. :D

Wha- wait! Stevenski and Gio are actually Chinese??!! :uhoh: I had no idea!! :eek: I don't understand! :confused: How did this happen?? :dunno:

And if Mr. Gionc had just been a little quicker about hitting the delete button, I would not be faced with this crisis of faith!

A bit shocked? :D :cwm27: :icon16:

I guess I can't find room fo injectors, may be onlycables in binary's side

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/assbinari.jpg

wow!

W:rofl: W~~~BRAVO!!!(i really love this word,thanks gio~~~:rofl: :naughty: )great job!so many careful works on the engine is really something.that's definitely what we call turn sth. crappy to a miracle~i don't know how to translate this sentence into real English but i think you got the point:icon16: yes that's the 250 lusso in my sig,the love of my life,but...you know...:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

W:rofl: W~~~BRAVO!!!(i really love this word,thanks gio~~~:rofl: :naughty: )great job!so many careful works on the engine is really something.that's definitely what we call turn sth. crappy to a miracle~i don't know how to translate this sentence into real English but i think you got the point:icon16: yes that's the 250 lusso in my sig,the love of my life,but...you know...:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Well if love is for the real thing i can't do nothing (also if I can see you'll console yourself with something other from your box ;) ) but if your is a platonic modelling love as per mine for the 250SWB, I've the solution: Alex achieved 2nd place at AFMOTY with his lusso in '05 > look mate http://www.italianhorses.net/Gallery/Resin/SKLusso/lusso.htm

Wowowow!

You guys (ping and pong?) or should i say giutz and kloinc!
that's spectacular!

It's going to be four!!! contenders for the MOTY!!!

The engines and other details are pristine!

oh , I m a fan!

Oli

Wha- wait! Stevenski and Gio are actually Chinese??!! :uhoh: I had no idea!! :eek: I don't understand! :confused: How did this happen?? :dunno:

And if Mr. Gionc had just been a little quicker about hitting the delete button, I would not be faced with this crisis of faith!
:grinyes: :grinyes: Great work on that engine, Gio.

Could only dream of having that much skill and equipment to build with:popcorn:

Heeeey guys!

Mr. Klutzping and Mr. Pongionc (still sounds like Chinese, LOL) WHAT A GREAT THREAD!!!!, and not just for the high quality/tech building you both are doing, but for the fun, because this is also and for much, the funniest thread I’ve ever read, we should start an annually prize for the annual funniest thread don’t you all think?

I have enjoyed every step of your building as well as all the replies they caused, I just don’t know how I didn’t see this thread before!! It is AWESOME!! You must be having lots of fun!

That engine Mr. Pong it’s becoming a masterpiece, those rivets were a great idea Mr. Ping and the finish in the exhaust pipes, looks great!, the job in the brake discs looks cool too!

CONGRATS Guys!!! Please keep us posted, and keep having fun! You guys are awesome!

I can't cover-up Ramon, I'm happy and proud of your kind words, thanks a lot Master!

Me velly happy too! (all 4 of us are :D)

You guys are crazy :D

You guys are crazy :D You too Sasa :D

decal's job finished, 1/2+2 TS13 hands, Micromesh 3,2K-4K-6K, Tamy polish Fine (not all 3, I love just fine after meshes), Tamy wax:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/lucido1.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/lucido2.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/lucido3.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/lucido4.jpg

Isn't a livery that allow massive reflections, also automotive flat base is a bit tricky to glossy up, they need a hi-depth of clear: despite all I'm quetly happy with the low thickness of all the body threatment, is come out sharp to me.

WOW.. thats all I can say

WOW!!!that's way toooooo beautiful!!!!

That's a stunning Pong, where's the Ping though? :D

Beautiful! Without anything for scale, it would look real!

That looks great Gio!
The shine looks just right to me.

The decals came out really well and they are TS13-resistant too! :D

Ok guys: thing come hard now LOL:

When I (well we, me and Mr.Ping) said that those ladies done 15.000 miles in China, we dont mean that:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/ref4.jpg

but something close to:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/ref1.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/ref2.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/ref3.jpg

and... no you aren't in the wrong forums: this isn't battle tank and army equipment forum: those are ever our girls :D LOL

So... time to dirty up a bit my pony: my viewpoint is that my scangi is at 14990 miles done, few befofore the well deserved final wash :D, so if they achieved (I guess) some body wash over ther raid, I guess underpanel was in a terrible (for a ferrari, not for your suv LOL) condition at athe end: this is mine:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/upsidedown.jpg

I started weathering by drybrushing several tones of brown and sand over 3 shades of blacks:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/weath0.jpg

1- is TS6 matt black, 2- is ModelMaster flat black, 3- is Vallejo acryl black (lightened with a 10% of sand)

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/weath1.jpg

At this point I realized that my stained/heated mechs was really in a comic contrast with undrpanels:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/weath2.jpg

Step by step: 3 or 4 layers of brown, every step lightned a bit

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/weath3.jpg

followed by 5/6 layers of sand, lightened to dark-white over the process:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/weath4.jpg

I tried to mantain something of the original color (LOL) to see differences from metal, plastic, protection laquer etc...

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/weath5.jpg

at this point was time to washing all with a black crap :D, so XF1 thinned with alchol, followed from a dirty hand of Flat black MM thinned with sinthetic thinner ( the cheap thing normally used to clean brushes or thin oil paint insthead natural trementine). I put a lot of liquid on bolts and panel joints and let he flush throught the chassis

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/weath6.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/weath7.jpg

enough for 15000 dirty miles? BTW I promise, my red car would be a factory showroom thing, something that love marketing managers that have to sell it :D LOL

Very nice look, like real! :grinyes:

WOW how could you do that with such a beautiful lady!!!j/k~:icon16: though i had a preview but was still totally shocked when looking at those pics.not too much at all buddy!just right for some over 10,000 miles trip,i dont think they often washed the chassis as well as the body either as you said~:icon16: so just right,successfully replicating and amazing effect! :worshippy :worshippy let's wait for the last 1 mile~:naughty:

First stone-washed Ferrari I've ever seen!
;) :rofl:

By which of course I mean "good job!" :thumbsup:

Very "fico" BTW!!!

Nice job!
I really like that finish, but, I'm surprised that after 14,000 miles she only got dirt, especially on those rough roads, so what about some dents in the exhaust? or some scratches in the underpanels?

Are you going to reproduce the headlamp grilles?

Very good job!

When is Mr Ping update coming?

Hi,

great weathering (isn´t it a pity to ride a car like that through the mud ? :screwy: :dunno:, nevertheless I guess it was mere fun :ylsuper: )

Nice job!
I really like that finish, but, I'm surprised that after 14,000 miles she only got dirt, especially on those rough roads, so what about some dents in the exhaust? or some scratches in the underpanels?

Interesting point Ramon: I guess a bit much for my skills, btw I'm wondering why I haven't thought before: power of workgroups!!! :) LOL

Are you going to reproduce the headlamp grilles?

Very good job!

When is Mr Ping update coming?

Speaking of light shield: just a preview, not really the final job so far

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/grill.jpg

Thaks everyone guys for comments, and yes Micha I guess those reporters feel fun :D, eggscape 'drivin LOL

Look at those spectacular headlight grilles.. and you doubt your skills to put some dents in the exhaust ;)
Are the grilles photoetched ?

Looking good this build..

Wow!!!! Those grilles are A W E S O M E now please tell us how you made them? What you did to bend them to shape so well?

And you talk about a bit much for your skills????? C'mon!

But doing scratches and bents, is something we easily can do to anything, haha! LOL.
For the dents you just need to hit those exhaust pipes with something, you don't need big dents, just those generated by stones in the road, no need to redo painting. Unless of course you already assembled everything and the pipes are already glued, then forget it
And a coarse grit file can do some good scratches on the panels.

Keep this great working!

Martin (awesome job you're doing in those 7 man) and Ramon: yes grill are photoetched: I done with 0.1 mm German Silver metal sheet so is quetly easy bend, also the shape of the lamp cover isn't extremely complex and have a fold in the middle: hoping I'll find a way to glue w/out destroy the clearcoat (super-thin TS13): usually I done it with thinned (in water) white glue, but this time I guess I need something like epoxy stuff to pull in position.

Ramon you're tempting me: I'm wondering abot minor damnages, I've to search something for inspiration: if I remember right J.Tremblett done something magic speaking of weathering/aging ;). But at least she is just a Ferrari: my fear is my hevy hand ;) LOL

Ramon you're tempting me: I'm wondering abot minor damnages, I've to search something for inspiration...
Told you already. STONE WASHED! :evillol::naughty:

wow that's wonderful!!!i was being waiting for the headlight mask,and it came out more than awesome i think!it's not easy to make such perfect fitness with PE parts on that kind of surface but you done really very nice buddy!:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Some jobs on brakes: front and back side photoetched, inner part turned in alu. Front side polished with SM polishing sticks (3.2K+6K) and 2nd layer brunished with chemical brunisher (for german silver-alpacca). I though to cut out the horrible Revell system with double rims and replaced with 3mm rod.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/brakes1.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/brakes2.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/brakes3.jpg

Yet again, here you and I go raising the bar on each other for the perfect set of brakes....

Yet again, here you and I go raising the bar on each other...
That's good.
It makes it easier for me to walk under it :D

ok come on,speechless again,every time i checked this thread i was shocked,every steps you guys done are showing what's modeling at its best.i really love the disks!!all my respect buddy!:worshippy

LOL, this is the best modeling-related thread I've ever read, Ping & Pong got some exceptional skills :evillol:

i'll just keep working on my snap-tite over here...

That's good.
It makes it easier for me to walk under it :D
i'll just keep working on my snap-tite over here...
Fantastic and fun thread. Excellent head lite grills and I agree about the brakes. You guys just keep pushing the envelope. I keep getting Ping and Pong mixed up, which is the good looking one and which is the smart one?:p

I keep getting Ping and Pong mixed up, which is the good looking one and which is the smart one?:p Les,

The one who can't write English is the clever, good looking one.
The one who writes lucidly and eloquently is the ugly fukwit.

Does that help? :D

I really like those brakes. Can you tell me why some of the lug nuts are chrome and the others are just plastic, are they being replaced or is that just kit chrome that didnt come off?

Mike.

I really like those brakes. Can you tell me why some of the lug nuts are chrome and the others are just plastic, are they being replaced or is that just kit chrome that didnt come off?

Mike.

Yep just chrome that didn't come off.
So seem I'm the ninny one eh?
LOL

Gio, are you sure you don't want to strip the clear udercoat that Revell used under the chrome?

Gio, are you sure you don't want to strip the clear udercoat that Revell used under the chrome?

Yes Ales I already done with DOT after posting, thanks. Not easy job though.

Yes Ales I already done with DOT after posting, thanks. Not easy job though.
OMFG!!! DOT!???!? :shakehead:shakehead:shakehead:shakehead:screwy::s crewy::screwy::screwy::eek::eek::eek::eek::disappo in:disappoin:disappoin:disappoin

Use alcohol!

There are better uses for alcohol, my friend! :D

Joking aside, I did find out by accident that denaturated spirit does strip that clear from Revell parts. Of course, so does DOT ;)

Alex, remember there are minors browsing this forum! ;) :lol: :D

Revell dumpers don't deserve a shoot: really crappy stuff. I turned mine by brass.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/dumpers1.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/dumpers2.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/dumpers3.jpg

This is the solution I found to have a bit of game that allow me to set-up better track width and height (an also camber) . (Note that I cut down the Revell wheel fixing)

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/dumpers5.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/dumpers4.jpg

All I need now is a bit of weathering on inner part of fenders to blend metal and plastic. Thanks for visit our red girls :D .

Superb :bigthumb:

Great shocks, I cant imagine weathering those beauties but I bet you make them look even better then they are now.

Nice springs! :D LOFL

Clever "cheat" on the wheel attachment, I wish you had thought of that earlier ;)

The close-up on the weathering looks great IMO. Much more interetsing to look at than "squeaky clean"

i've seen 1:1 cars that aren't built to this level of detail. of course, i live in a neighborhood where too many guys think a good build is slapping $5,000 worth of rims on a $1,500 car, but you get my point.

Wow, Gio,

fantastic scratchbuilding on the brakes, now these shocks - superb!!!

What a shame that they will disappear in the wheel-wells.

Awesome looking shocks! :yikes:

:eek2:

Awesome !