Is it sacrilige to paint an F40...

...any other colour than Ferrari red?


I was thinking of doing something wild with it, but the red is soooo nice on the car.

i like f40's most in black, it really suits the car well.

I think all roadgoing Ferraris look better in any color other than red. The red looks like plastic.

F40's look great in black, and if you stick w/the "basic" Ferrari shades of black, white, yellow, or silver you should have a great looking model. Enzo probably had a light green metallic one somewhere...

Originally posted by ZoomZoomMX-5
I think all roadgoing Ferraris look better in any color other than red. The red looks like plastic.
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Originally posted by ZoomZoomMX-5
I think all roadgoing Ferraris look better in any color other than red. The red looks like plastic.

F40's look great in black, and if you stick w/the "basic" Ferrari shades of black, white, yellow, or silver you should have a great looking model. Enzo probably had a light green metallic one somewhere...

Ditto!:D

when i build a Ferrari it will be either lime green or floresent orange. maybe with some flames now that i know how to using the how to.

Anyway i think it would be nice to see a wild colored ferrari. using the same basic colors gets old after awhile(no offence to all the great looking red ones out there!) maybe even a 3 or 4 tone paint job, that would be cool!

ferrari looks best in black or my favorete ferrari color white!

Originally posted by zangief
ferrari looks best in black or my favorete ferrari color white!


I don't know about white... I guess I'll see when I get the primer on it. Not a huge fan of white cars except on specific models...and race cars, of course. Both the Mobil 1 NSX and the 911GT1 are white base colour.

I've seen real street F40's in Yellow, Black and Grey. All non-factory though.

There have also been countless numbers of race spec F40's in all kinds of non-ferrari colours.

there's a pearl white f40 factory finished, it was custom ordered by the sultan of brunei. the interior of it if i recall correctly was finished in tan with black carpeting, looks so clean.

Originally posted by 64 Chevy
when i build a Ferrari it will be either lime green or floresent orange. maybe with some flames now that i know how to using the how to.

Anyway i think it would be nice to see a wild colored ferrari. using the same basic colors gets old after awhile(no offence to all the great looking red ones out there!) maybe even a 3 or 4 tone paint job, that would be cool! That would be :cool: ! My opinion is: Hey, it's just plastic! Have fun with it!:D

Originally posted by tonioseven
That would be :cool: ! My opinion is: Hey, it's just plastic! Have fun with it!:D

Ya same here. If it were the real F40 then i would stick to the basic shades. But its just a plastic $30 kit. Paint it florescent pink :)

Originally posted by Mainomega


Ya same here. If it were the real F40 then i would stick to the basic shades. But its just a plastic $30 kit. Paint it florescent pink :)

Haha, I'm not going that extreme...

I'm trying to think of a flashy colour that suits the car. Blue doesn't do it. Neither does green (not a big fan of green). Yellow always looks too much like plastic, which leaves Red... doh!


Other colours... orange, purple, silver, white (blah), black (not really a colour, but hey...)...



What I would love, and don't know if it exists or not, is a red that has a lot of orange in it. In fact, I want a colour like that for my Jagermeister Alfa. Does it exist? I know Ford Performance Red does a good job of it, but I'm not sure if I want to use automotive paints on a plastic model. Is Tamiya primer up for that task?

How about a dark grey, perhaps with a military colour, and then clearcoated and polished?

EDIT: How about Light Gunmetal (TS42) or Gunship Gray (TS48)?


And I'm still wondering about the existance of a red with a lot of orange in it...

EDIT: How about Bright Orange (TS31)
EDIT AGAIN: Just saw a new Brilliant Orange (TS56) Anybody use it?

There are also several pearls out. Check out the HLJ site for more info and pics.

Or how about green and red?

http://users.skynet.be/sennake/pics_moca_tr_fer/sp_fer_f40_95_01.jpghttp://users.skynet.be/sennake/pics_moca_tr_fer/sp_fer_f40_95_02.jpg

Or blue?

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/buckhorn.wash/cars/lemans/course/clm96/96061046.jpg

I think metallic purple or Light gunmetal will look best. Black is mean, but I've never seen a purple F40.