Finished: Fujimi Ferrari F355 Spider conversion!

Dudes and dudettes, don't try this at home! The Fujimi 355's are very challenging to build, I'm so happy to have this conversion finished! The conversion consisted of many aspects of modeling techniques including:cutting the roof of a Berlinetta kit, casting the buttresses from a Maisto 355 Spider and transfering them onto the Fujimi, molding in side coves and buttresses, cutting the engine cover free and opening all the slat vents, installing an simplified engine from the Maisto 355 etc. Overall I'm very happy with it except for the wide door panel lines, I should have took care of those in the early stages. Anywho, it's painted with TS 16 Yellow and cleared with two coats of TS Clear then polished. The interior consist of different shades of custom mixed off black's to keep it from looking too stark.
The kit tail lights wouldn't protrude throught the tail panel holes like they're suppose to so I had to seperate the one piece parts, reshape the lights and install them from the outside so they would look like the real 355's. They are out a little too far now, I will correct that after this weekends model show.
http://www.infinite1der.org/~dino/355fin12.JPG
Here you can see the buttresses and the photo etched Ferrari emblem and horse from Replica's and Miniatures of Maryland. The silver snap buttons on the top boot are straight sewing pins that were cut off and put through drilled holes. The engine cover is glued on, my intension was to have the engine visible throught the vents but you can hardly see it, good thing it wasn't much work for the engine install!
http://www.infinite1der.org/~dino/355fin14.JPG
Here you get a good look at the panel lines which were mostly done with a .005 pen, the side horizontal lines are pin stripe decal. The Ferrari emblem is made by Museum Collection, it consist of a relief etched emblem and a decal applied onto it for a three dimensional effect.
http://www.infinite1der.org/~dino/355fin16.JPG
The door panel lines are much wider than I wanted. The brake calipers painted red with white Ferrari decals on them, the wheels were dechromed and painted with TS 17 Gloss Aluminum then cleared.
http://www.infinite1der.org/~dino/355fin17.JPG
The interior consist of kit tub and seats, the door panels are from a 348 and incorrect for the 355, Fujimi didn't supply panels in the 355 kit. I had to use the Maisto dash because it matched to shape of the door panels. The etched rings around the gauges are from Replica's and Miniatures and are called Wizard's O's. I used the metal transfer shift gate from a Tamiya Mytho's, the sifter is a round headed straight pin. I made the seat belt recievers from styrene strips and the horses on the floor are explained in another progress thread.
http://www.infinite1der.org/~dino/355fin18.JPG

Sweet:eek:! very impressive

EXCELLENT JOB! An inspiration for me to work on and finish my spider! What exactly did you do to the rear tail lights? I need to do that to mine also.

:eek: nice....like it a lot....you seem to be a very talented modeler


:hehe: you said buttress :hehe:

Oh, nevermind...i just read what you did. Thanks for the tips!

It sounds like it was hard work, but I'd say the results were worth it :cool:

That is impressive!
the yellow looks a little creamy.

What a great model! Well done for sticking it out and getting it finished.

:) And again you 've done it!
Truly a work of art!
you made a diamond out of a heap of shit!

Sweet ;)Olivier

That is incredible. I can't believe you used a round headed pin as the shifter...that is genius!!!

Great job!!!

Originally posted by njh
That is impressive!
the yellow looks a little creamy.

Thanks! You're right, it looks creamy, I have trouble photographing yellow's and red's with my camera, they either show up on the computer as being too strong or too weak. The sun hasn't been out here for two weeks, I really wanted to shoot it outside.:)

I think those panel lines are far to dark and wide and dont suit the car at all !! :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: ...Nah, just joking mate :D ....just felt like a bit of a stiring :p
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Very nice look kit. The yellow is lighter then i thought it would be(maybe its the pic's or my computer), but it really suits the look of the car.
The paint and panel lines look excellant.
I've looked at the photo's over and over, and i'm very impressed :flash: :flash: :flash:

Very realistic looking model, I really like all the little details you added.

Any guess on the total cost of this car? With all the aftermarket parts and whatnot it must have been fairly spendy.

That is one very sweet looking F-355! What an effort! You must be very proud about this one Veyron. Hope you do well during the modeling weekend.
Already lookign forward to the Panoz that you're planning to do. ;)

Awesome job!! I'm totally impressed. Gives me inspiration to do better work on my own models.

Question:

The Ferrari emblem is made by Museum Collection, it consist of a relief etched emblem and a decal applied onto it for a three dimensional effect.

Is the clear part of the decal visible over the photoetched emblem, in the spaces between the horse and the border and such? Or is it a "Hi-Tech" decal that leaves no clear backing?

truly inspirational work! another fine model

:eek: :eek: :eek: truly amazing:eek: :eek: :eek:

Originally posted by daggerlee
Awesome job!! I'm totally impressed. Gives me inspiration to do better work on my own models.

Question:



Is the clear part of the decal visible over the photoetched emblem, in the spaces between the horse and the border and such? Or is it a "Hi-Tech" decal that leaves no clear backing?

Thanks! The etched emblem has all the texture of the images, the decal is just a regular type water slide decal. The real emblems have a smooth clear coating on them. The texture of the etch piece is hardly noticable with the decal on it, I did however brush a little clear on to the decal. I suppose one could hand paint one of these etched pieces, then clear and polish it, it would then look like a real enameled emblem.:)

Top work, man! Makes me want to go play F355 Challenge some more! ;)Originally posted by Veyron
Here you can see the buttresses and the photo etched Ferrari emblem and horse from Replica's and Miniatures of Maryland. Where did you find these, and how long ago? Pegasus never gets re-stock from them anymore. :(

god thats some detail right there...i see u just like makeing other modlers fell like crap ehh..i see how it is

awsome work man keep it up and good luck at the show

Originally posted by COZMO6476
truly inspirational work! another fine model

Indeed!! The detail is amazing and the end result is Fantastic.

Wow~ Nice job!
I love your interior work most, very realistic. :D

What a SUPERB FINISH Veyron! ! :flash:
It is a REAL MODEL ART.

BTW, veyron, is the Panoz GTR you're working on now the Sakatsu release?

Beautiful Ferrari!
Can't wait to see more of your work.

Your museum qaulity work continues to inspire me! One of the most beautifull models ever. I am humbled by your talent.

Awesome!!!!

Thanks all!

Veyron you have come up with the goods yet again, you still manage to freak me out everytime i see more of your work, thanks for sharing such a wonderfull model,well done mate 10/10!!! trully inspirational stuff.

Stunning demonstration of skills Veyron.
Flawless and beautiful model.

Amazing conversion!!
Look forward to see more pictures, or perhaps outdoor pictures too!!

Thanks! There are outdoor pics in my gallery:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/showgallery.php?ppuser=40503

Awsome Model!!!

Spectacular job! Your attention to detail has really paid off. I wonder if you ever sleep, because you bless us with a new car almost every week. Keep up the good work.

Kick ass model... I got to sit in one to day. The F1 with paddle shifting but this one is so nice. I cant what till I get an air brush so I can paint my 959... I’m hoping the hood conversion works out but that’s another story.