Tamiya 1/20 Ferrari 310B

For my tribute to the Ferrari 60th Anniversary is a Tamiya Ferrari 310B.
I will be using several aftermarket parts in this build.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/kit.jpg
Here I am doing a mockup

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/mockup1.jpg
I cut the nose off using my Crazy Modeler PE saws

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/nose-removed.jpg
I also cut the undertray as per the Modeler's PDF file for the 310B

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/under-tray.jpg
Thanks for looking coments welcome

davesans - good start.
This will be fun to watch.

Good luck.

Chris

Nice start Dave.It's a pretty good kit this one (I built it when it was first released) The only thing I remember was the rear engine cover was not such a good fit at the end,so take a bit of care with it if you plan to have it closed up.Other than that it's a very nice model when complete.Best of luck with it,I'll keep checking in for your updates.

This model was bought for me as a Christmas present this year after I asked Santa for it after seeing an excellent build of it on here from Sean. Can't wait to see this model come together. Good luck.

Bill

This is looking a little familiar to me.... :wink:

Well I have made some progress on the 310B
I applied Studio 27 carbon fiber decal to the front wing
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/front-wing.jpg

For the bulk head behind the drive I used Model Factory Hero Gold Carbon P935 added a piece of aluminum tape behind the drivers head you can see it in the reference photos on Gurney Flap for the very top I added a piece of MFH gray carbon decal P934.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/bulkhead.jpg

I put SMS 1424 on to the side pod air intakes I cut off the black boxes I will remake them later on.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/air-duct.jpg

Next I did the painted the under tray plank by first sprayed 3 coats of XF-59 Desert Yellow through my airbrush. Then I used a Fan Brush I picked up from a craft store to create the grain of the wood by mixing XF-60 Dark Yellow, XF-4 Yellow Green, and XF-52 Flat Earth after that I dried brushed XF-1 Flat Black for some high lights.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/undertray.jpg

Enjoy comments welcome

davesans - very nice update.
Keep up the good work.

Chris

That wood looks amazing!! Impressive! Question: why is there a wood panel on a Formula car?

Alex

That wood looks amazing!! Impressive! Question: why is there a wood panel on a Formula car?

Alex
The rules require the plank to be there, it is used to control ride heigth which affects ground effect downforce. A certain amount of it must be left after a race. If the heigth of the car is set to low it will wear out too fast. The lower the car the more downforce the ground effects(venturis and diffusers) create.

Looking good so far! Are you using masking tape to make the templates for the CF decal? I ask as I can see various shapes of tape stuck to your desk, and have found it to be a good method myself.

Great work Dave... you really are improving your skills at a lightening pace. The legality plank looks super-real and the choice of different carbon fibre patterns has been very well judged. Keep it up.

Bill

All that work looks really nice Dave! I'm very impressed by that plank!

Excellent work! :thumbsup:

Thanks to everyone for the kind word I really appreciate it :)


Looking good so far! Are you using masking tape to make the templates for the CF decal? I ask as I can see various shapes of tape stuck to your desk, and have found it to be a good method myself.
Yes Captain Mark I have been using a few different types of tape to make templates. I think it's funny you ask because the other day I saw your post about the Red Bull car and looked at your photos you have on your photo bucket site. And saw how you traced the suspension arms on to the back of the decal sheet and though how cool that was and what a great idea. I was using clear 3M scotch tape it's very sticky so I would have to work some of it off in my hand before using also use Tamiya masking tape but as of late been using
the 3M blue tape painters use the stuff you get from Home Improvement Centers it has very low tack glue and peels off real easy I have destroyed the decal before when peeling off the template because it was to sticky.

Well sorry about it being so long between updates. I work at a snails pace I working towards a turtle speed but it's not going that well for me. I have most of the engine done there are some etch parts to add and some hex bolts. The block was painted TS-30 silver leaf sprayed through my airbrush the gear box is X-31 titanium gold. I used SMS 1424 carbon fiber decals. I also put CF around the box that holds the intake trumpets’ the reference photo from the Ferrari Museum shows the 310 engine that way.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/engine.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/engine_02.jpg

On to the suspension again everything has been painted using my airbrush need the practice. X-18 semi-gloss then I masked it off and sprayed X-32 titanium silver. The front arms where coved in MFH CF I have to do some CF to front lower arm but need to order some of the right pattern.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/suspension.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/suspension_02.jpg

Enjoy thanks for looking comments welcome

Nice CF work Dave!

Great update... everything looks superb. I like the way you are using different CF patterns to faithfully replicate this car. Keep it up.

The CF work looks brilliant. Great job so far.

Hi Everyone
I started the cam covers first cleaning up the etch parts from Perfect Part and forming them.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/cam-cover.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/cam-cover_02.jpg
Next I drill out the rivets holes and test fitted a .09mm rivet made by Tameo have to say there perfect fit. Now for the outside ones the Tameo ones are a little big so I used my dermal to grind down some straight pins to .81mm.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/cam-cover_03.jpg
Here is one side finished
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/engine_03.jpg
On to the front suspension I put the carbon fiber on the lower front arm the one side looks to be carbon fiber in the reference photos the other steel so that’s the way I did it. I used MFH Kevlar and SMS 1024.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/front-suspension.jpg
Also have the brake ducts cf on and applied clear to seal them.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/DaveSans/Ferrari%20310B/brake-ducts.jpg

Enjoy comments welcome

Lovely work :thumbsup:

Dave,

ah, the 310B - that takes me back. Fabulous work and it looks very nice indeed, especially your C/F work. If I can help out with any references or anything just drop me a line.

Great work Dave. The use of different CF patterns and colours makes a big difference to realism. The brake ducts can be tricky and time-consuming but it looks like you nailed them!

I would hate to have to paint that red stripe on the cam cover, so that Perfect Parts piece must have been a relief :)

Looking good, and the CF work is coming along very nicely!
Are you planning on spraying a coat of "smoke" over the CF parts to tone down the weave/colour, or will you just leave it as is?

Thanks Guy's for the nice comments

I would hate to have to paint that red stripe on the cam cover, so that Perfect Parts piece must have been a relief :)
Yes Bill it was great to have the PP set I feel lucky just to have found one there not easy to come by.

Are you planning on spraying a coat of "smoke" over the CF parts to tone down the weave/colour, or will you just leave it as is?
I am not sure yet the SMS decals do look better toned down a bit. I might put some CF on another piece as a test and compare the two side by side.