If you've never seen them before, these two Ferraris (the Testa Rossa being a work in progress) are both masterpieces built by Lotus-man. These kits are more often than not either resin or cast white metal. And they are 1:43rd scale. 1:43rd is the international hobbyists/collectors scale, and people have been building serious models in it for longer than you or I have been alive.
As someone who has built a Tameo Ferrari F2000, I can say that its fold-up photo-etched suspension and completely photoetched front and rear wings (that you have to use supplied bucks to contour accurately) made it incredibly difficult and I can say that the results were not perfect.
But as Lotus-Man proves, it's entirely possible to take a 4inch long model and make it absolutely lovely.
Now, your Del Sol is very rough. It's plainly visible where all of the cuts were made, and how they were rejoined. The paint has no shine to it, and is thick & orange-peeled. These are evidence of rushing a model no matter what the scale. I agree, it takes nerve to try and work on a scale of that size. But blaming the crappy kit is no excuse for not putting forth the effort on fundamental basics of the car's appearance. Wet sanding, priming, filling, filing, and priming are more crucial than taking a few dozen mm out of a diecast body.
No, I am not impressed with this Del Sol. Not because I cannot appreciate the ideas or effort put into the major modifications, but because I feel that the core modeling fundamentals were overlooked.