Hi all.
I guess a body kit on a
Ferrari is a kind of a bit un-sacred, considering the myth that turn around Maranello.
BTW: just Maranello! I tought to let born a whole classic, starting from the 575M, I redone the GTO!!!!
The 550/575 is for sure one of the most popular ferraris but I ever tought it a bit dull, what I like is a badass ferrari: I start to work with this concept in mind, at least the result is similar to the racing GTC, may be worst, but that have some similarity with the '62 GTO, and some other with the '88 one (coca-cola shape): few sketch with progettual intents.
So I got down the body work: some styrene strips as reinforcements and sape guides and putty, a lot of putty
. So far I start with the new Light Curing putty: it's magic, just 1 minutes of sun and it's rock. But I guess its usage isn't for model shapes: may be to fill or something. BTW I find out really good and hard (in the positive way) to sand and mill down. So I used (insthead common Milliput) the Tamy quick 2P putty: I find out really good to sand and mill but at least I still prefere the milliput to do shapes. So job done on fenders&spoilers: I also open front and side vents.
Some building steps:
Styerene shapes:
Light Curing at job:
Front spoiler styrene shape:
So far the rough putty job: I feel better Milliput, that I'll shape up and water-smooth like I want, but Tamy seem better on sanding/milling jobs:
Over 2P putty some putty (Tamy kind) job and several steps of thinned putty/sandpaper/putty etc etc
Just a bit of fun:
Finally, after some primer test (4) I had a decent result, with sharp panel lines and not flaws: so I sprayed the whole body shell with Tamiya grey primer.
A mixed finishing workflof at test this time: Grey and white Tamy primer, Lecher Rosso Corsa flat base (automotive stuff) and finally, after decal jobs, 2P clearcoat.
Grey primer result:
Now it's white, only for few hours, after a light sanding (Tamy 2000 grit)..
May way to mask off white under decals: I draw the shapes on a tracing drawing paper, trasparent kind x architect, so I redraw the shape in teh back side and transfert it, by redrawing in front, in the Tamy masking tape, placed on a gloss surface, I'm trying to preserve the mask glue. After that I cut carefylly the mask and... used it
So it's time to spray some Rosso Corsa: my intention was from start to use Rosso Scuderia (I purchase original PPG kind) but I found it tricky to shoot and.. a bit strange with ITA flag so I purchase a cheaper Lecher Rosso Corsa , aka the PPG code 75250, late kind: used from '97 to now; it's a professional flat base.
I print out needed decals on a white BMF decal sheet: the GTO logo is printed from a friend on a ALPS. Also this step was a bit tricky due to the transparency of the white decal over the masked white (well at least sanded white primer
) I had to do some touch up: hoping to have a better result after clear.
I done some jobs also on front vents, after some experiments I drawn some developed shape on illustrator, glued on a thin metal board, cut and fold it: those is the final shape: now I need to do some black priming and carbon fiber jobs
Soon with the clearcoating, finishing and interior mods.
ciao
gio