a little further progress...
turned my attention to the exhausts, the fit seemed good and all that was needed here was to add a couple of details to the rear section (possibly sensors on the 1:1 car). These were then sprayed matt alu with the end section getting a little darker colour and with some dark washes.
Moving onto the top section of the engine which includes the turbos and exhausts. The turbo units themselves were lacking in detail and rather than completely rebuild them I decided just to add some 'ridges' using halved plastic wire covering around the edge of each unit. I will add some plumbing to these as eacgh turbo unit has three main hoses leading from it.
This was then primed and sprayed and I am now starting to add the details to this. The top pipes above the engine I have kept matt grey as my reference seem to show this not to be a metallic finish at all, I have added some wash and dry brushing to this just to add a little depth. The are some etched fasteners to go onto the red connectors and an etched Ferrari badge to sit over the moulded letters. At the front of this unit there is also some hoses to connect up to the main engine.
The main engine section now looks like this... beginning to look a little more busy as it should compared to the kit version...
more to come soon again hopefully
