F40

Hi fellows, I post here some pics of a model did like ten years ago or may be more , don´t remember well.It´s just have reminded me Fatboyslim about the instructions.
This is the Tamiya kit.It has engine , the rear lis opens , the wheels turn , the suspension / chasis details are pretty fine and well , there´s nothing much to say a apart the shitty decal of the windscreen that I had to cover a blue sticker becuase it got f***ed with air bubbles and so.
If you are interested in buying a F40 in 1/24 gorget about the Fujimi kit , the proportions are not quite fine. The Revell / ITaleri ones aren´t bad but may be some mechanical and interior details are harmful to the eye.

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Well nothing more guys.

you did a good job on that though. well, i have to agree with you on that, about the F40 from fujimi and revell are really shitty ones compared with tamiya. nwayz lates...

I love this kit...i should really go and get one as i've thought about it for that long :rolleyes:
Another great kit from you.
Engine pics !! :D

Very nice Jose I'm thinking of doing mine in yellow but I can't find out if Ferrari did the F40 in yellow, the F50 came in yellow but the F40?
If it didn't come in yellow then if I did do it in yellow it would be wrong and not true to life so then I'd HAVE to do it in red!
Anyone know IF the F40 was done in yellow?

Well, if you can't find a pic, photoshop does wonders. :D Thanks to the wonderful people in the graphic manipulation forum and their skills, heres what it might look like in black...
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&postid=579999&t=4141#post579999
I was actually thinking of repainting mine because the paint on it now is a little messed up. And I was thinking black, I think I will use black after seeing that.

Cool.
I have this kit sitting on my shelf, though its about 5th or 6th in line to be built as I'm a little turned off of ferraris right now (damn fujimi 348 kit :mad: )

fatboyslim- the F40 was only made in red.

Thanks Ranger_X I thought that was the case as I've never seen an F40
in any colour other than red!
Oh well red it is then!!!!!!

beautiful car, I like the F40s more than the F50s. :)

First off, Jose, another great model. you have a beautiful collection. what other models do you have up your sleeve?

addressing the possible colors of F40's, Here is a pic that i stumbled upon when researching the f40 when i made it. Its not a direct shot of the F40 but i know and you know it is an F40 and it is yellow. dont know if it is a custom job or not but it did exist.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/316690f40wheel.jpg

COZMO, the rims look kinda pink on my comp, maybe it's just me..... By the way, nice job Jose Maria

I think the pinkish colour on the rim is the reflection of another side of the car.

I only seen F40s' in red only.. loLz

fatboyslim,

i know that there's a white and a black version of the F40 made specially for the sultan of brunei. but yellow i haven't seen one though. nwayz lates...

Pocher did once a yellow F-40 in 1/8th scale, so I guess it must have existed. never seen one though.

Originally posted by giordano
fatboyslim,

i know that there's a white and a black version of the F40 made specially for the sultan of brunei. but yellow i haven't seen one though. nwayz lates...

Gahh, the sultan strikes again. He probably drove it off a cliff too... (he is the one thats infamous for driving these highly exotic cars off cliff isnt he?)

Originally posted by fatboyslim

Anyone know IF the F40 was done in yellow?
http://www.fortunecity.de/hockenheim/mansell/395/3022af40yellow.jpg
http://www.fortunecity.de/hockenheim/mansell/395/3022bf40interconti.jpg
http://www.fortunecity.de/hockenheim/mansell/395/3022df40yellow2.jpg
http://users.pandora.be/pocher/pictures/K56/tnF40y002.jpg
http://users.pandora.be/pocher/pictures/K56/tnF40y003.jpg
http://users.pandora.be/pocher/pictures/K56/tnF40y011.jpg
http://users.pandora.be/pocher/pictures/K56/tnF40y010.jpg
http://users.pandora.be/pocher/pictures/K56/tnF40y009.jpg
click for more/larger pictures (http://users.pandora.be/pocher/francais/modelsfr/K56fr.html)
http://store6.yimg.com/I/msdirect_1702_77662277
http://www.oohenry.com/bbphoto/Bbf40yellow.jpg

Originally posted by fatboyslim
Very nice Jose I'm thinking of doing mine in yellow but I can't find out if Ferrari did the F40 in yellow, the F50 came in yellow but the F40?
If it didn't come in yellow then if I did do it in yellow it would be wrong and not true to life so then I'd HAVE to do it in red!
Anyone know IF the F40 was done in yellow?
I've seen a TV coverage of Ferrari Club of Italy gathering long time ago, and there was a stunning yellow F40, so I believe it's available. The front bumper was so dirty with dirt and dead bugs, and I wonder how fast he drove to get to the meeting. :)

First of all , thanks all for your support , but this model ain´t worth of the compliments. I wish I could show you the paintwork of the Z3 to demosntrate that the F40 is total shit in comparison.

And , well , does the yellow F40 exist? YES.

I can prove it because I have the test drive of 1991 or 1992 (the last year of production) in a magazine.Strangely it´s compared in the test against a rare one-off motorbike also in yellow.the test it´s done in France.
I gotta find it to scan the pages for you to see it.
About other colours....well . I have seen a pic , don´t remember where , of a white one.

Anyway , I encourage all modellers to begin to forget the red for Ferraris.It´s an heresy?? mm not so.I ´m studying car design in Turin , Italy and..well, red it´s getting already boring ,better to see something different.

Me , myself , I´m tryin´to find a pic of factory 288GTO dark blue with tan hides. If I find it , mine , will be this way.
Remeber the F50? Well , mine, will have golden rims.I have a pic in the Paris Ferrari dealer with them !! So `70s the damn car!! I just gotta do it that way.

Well , fellows , any other stunning combo that comes to your mind?????

A burgundy Modena?
A met. brown Dino 246GTS?

I even have a pic of white Daytona coupe.....

I will build a Ferrari kit in anything BUT resale red. I'm currently working on a white Fujimi F355 GTB (not one of their stellar efforts). I'll post pics soon. My Tamiya Modena is a warm silver, and my Spider is Tamiya Deep Metallic Blue-a gorgeous color on the Spider. I want to do a tuner Spider in Fly Yellow, and a 360 Challenge w/o markings in white (to match a car I saw at the Atlanta car show...gorgeous). Tamiya MUST do a Modena Challenge!

nice to hear about that projects zoom-zoom .Let´s put some originality on Ferraris.
Ah ! here´s the pic of the engine bay. I´m a bit ashamed of it because it was one the first in which I began to build scratch some pieces , and not very fortunately I must recognize. Well , good or bad , I´m honest and here I show you how it looks. That pieces of plasticard existed on the car from which I looked to put the details.I mean the real one , from a magazine.Well this was how far I could go with my `91 modelling technology.
I am planning anyway to redo the engine bay , throwing the nasty piece in the middle.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/276793Mvc-043f.jpg

Well , somebody has asked If I have some more kits in my sleeve.Well, I have some more , but just interesting for the ill japanese car collector , not really stunning , I mean , not ala P-MAn , to be sincere. I´ll post them gradually for not to bore you everyday.I am always talking about already done cars, that is, I cannot picture the progress on the models which are half way to finish. I must have around 370 car models, so you can imagine...

Well it's been done before but I plan to do a 360 Spider in that Hyperion Azzuro (pale blue silver metallic)

Originally posted by ZoomZoomMX-5
I will build a Ferrari kit in anything BUT resale red. I feel the same way, but with an exception: I'm compelled to make a red Testarossa. :o
Originally posted by daggerlee
Well it's been done before but I plan to do a 360 Spider in that Hyperion Azzuro (pale blue silver metallic) I'm going to do a 348ts in Hyperion California. :) (Almost the same, IIRC)

Well thanks for all the info guys I think I'm going to have to do mine in yellow!
Incidentally REAL Ferraris' are yellow that's why the Ferrari badge has a yellow background reason being that the colour of commune di Maranello (community of Maranello) is yellow, obviously the red, white and green at the top is the Italian flag colours and the horse? (cavallino rampante-rampant stallion) came from when Enzo Ferrari used to build and race Alfa Romeos and the parents of Francesco Baracca asked him to use it in memory of their son (killed in ww1) and they believed it would bring him (Enzo) good luck so he used it and it stayed!!

IF you ever get the chance to get to Maranello then I would recommend a visit to the Galleria Ferrari on Via Dino Ferrari (just opposite the factory gates) in it you'll see the history of Ferrari and of course some fantastic exhibits! (F40, F1-2000 and even an original Dino)