Ferrari 612 convertible

Below is a project that I started over 2 years ago. I picked the project back up and have made some good progress on it.

In the beginning I thought a soft-top look would be fitting, but after it was on the car, I didn't like it. Too big of a car for a soft-top convertible.
http://images115.fotki.com/v679/photos/4/431166/3209093/612_01-vi.jpg

So i decided to make the cover flush and solid similar to what you'd see on a Mercedes.
http://images115.fotki.com/v677/photos/4/431166/3209093/612_09-vi.jpg

After some scratch building, and putty sanding I had a part a little more fitting
http://images38.fotki.com/v1212/photos/4/431166/3209093/DSCF0001-vi.jpg

I attached some 'L' shaped styrene to the inside of the body to hold my new cover in place. I snipped it on the bottom to help it curve to the body.
http://images38.fotki.com/v1214/photos/4/431166/3209093/DSCF00008-vi.jpg

The absense of glass left a noticeable gap between the interior tub and the body. So I added some strip styrene to the body to fill that gap.
http://images38.fotki.com/v1217/photos/4/431166/3209093/DSCF00006-vi.jpg

The mirrors attach to the side glass, which I had to cut as I'm not placing the side windows on. It was glued to the body, ready for mirrors
http://images38.fotki.com/v1216/photos/4/431166/3209093/DSCF0003-vi.jpg

I will be using 20" wheels on this car, and the ride height needed to be adjusted a bit. An easy solution was to glue some styrene to the back of a resin brake disk, and remove the mounting pins on the spindles/hubs. they can be glued on very easily this way, at any height I choose.
http://images38.fotki.com/v1217/photos/4/431166/3209093/DSCF0005-vi.jpg

http://images38.fotki.com/v1217/photos/4/431166/3209093/DSCF0020-vi.jpg

http://images39.fotki.com/v1226/photos/4/431166/3209093/DSCF0022-vi.jpg

These are not the wheels I will be using, but they will be 20" as these are
http://images39.fotki.com/v1235/photos/4/431166/3209093/DSCF0028-vi.jpg

I am planning a two-tone paint scheme on this car similar to the 60th Anniversary 612.
http://images38.fotki.com/v1216/photos/4/431166/2370723/ti60thanniversaryedition769017-vi.jpg

Excellent idea! Looks perfect to me! :thumbsup:

ah, this is something new. well i never thought of that!

very thoughtful of you to choose the 'metal-top' rather than the 'rag-top', yes it does look high-tech enough for a ferrari!
just a word of thought on your hardtop, some logic mod-ding advice.

i believe you've seen BMW 3 series on the roads. did you notice the 2 rear seats on the cabrio are much more closer together than the normal coupe? in fact, all metal-top cars has to incorporate this design. why?

it's because the rear seats have to make space for the 'mechanical arm' along the seat sides so that the mechanism can stretch the roof all the way to the A pillar. since the 612 is a very long car, at 2950mm wheelbase...it needs a very long 'arm' & roof to cover all the top of it (i mean just imagine).

to make this mod are near realistic one, you have to trim the rear seats to make some room at the seat sides for that 'mechanical arm' storage.

say, how about a GG50 conversion later!?!?

cheers & keep posting!

Nice work so far!

Looks great as a rag top! I think the length adds greatly to the effect.

Excellent work so far, Matt!

Nice!
I really didn't like the 612 look till i saw the 2 tone cars.

Here in Malmö we have a 612 Sessanta in blue and white.. really nice one :)

Good project also ! it´s looking really good so far ! :)

// Rickard

WOW! That is a great idea. If only I had thought of that...
Keep up the great work, and keep us posted!

Very nice design and superb transformation. I can't say I love those rims, but I guess is ever better a big ugly rim than a decent small one :D

Sprayed the body tonight. I chose Mica Red over Metallic black. It'll get some clear soon. Overall I'm happy with the look.

http://images43.fotki.com/v1327/photos/4/431166/3209093/DSCF0184-vi.jpg

http://images45.fotki.com/v1362/photos/4/431166/3209093/DSCF0186-vi.jpg

http://images41.fotki.com/v1342/photos/4/431166/3209093/DSCF0188-vi.jpg

http://images42.fotki.com/v1315/photos/4/431166/3209093/DSCF0189-vi.jpg

Wow! what a great project! I'm watching!

Cool.
I was looking at this thread yesterday. I almost posted a ?,whaterver happened to this. But, i know like most builders you'd get back to it when you got back to it.
I'm glad it's sooner rather than later.

Cool paintjob!

Looks good, though I think the two-tone paint on the rear fenders/trunk lid could be better integrated. I would have ran the two-tone line along the top of the spoiler, rather than painting red all the way down trunk lid.

Very nice job so far, both the idea and the execution is great! Waiting to see it finished!

yes, i have the same thoughts as BVC500 too on the rear end color blending.
but then, this is a never seen before attempt F612 cabrio...so i'm not surprised it will all turns out really well & nice.

that's the good thing about doing modeling your very own way, you'll never know what's in store next!

cheers!