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09-01-2005, 02:29 PM
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WIP : Full Carbon Body Enzo
After a long time seeing your amazing models and reading all the threads, I'm making my first Work in Progress on this forum.
 My current project is a full carbon enzo. The kit used a Tamiya Enzo Ferrari 1/24 scale. I'll use Renaissance carbon sheet on the body and Studio 27 carbon sheet on the interior, specially for the engine. I began with the doors as you can see :  I've made only one pattern for the door which makes the result not perfect as shown with yellow arrow. I also realized that I made a hole on my carbon sheet when I took the picture (shown by the blue arrow).   So I would like to know if it's better to make various small patterns in order to have a perfect fit with the pieces even if the carbon fiber is not in the same way on all the piece ?  And sorry if i make mistakes, I'm a  on this amazing site and sorry for my english, I'm French !!!! 
Last edited by lionel pedro; 09-01-2005 at 03:40 PM. 
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09-01-2005, 02:44 PM
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Looks like an awesome project! I can't give you any advice other than to try really really hard to match up the directions of the weave when piecing together a complicated part. Anyhow, the real stuff is sometimes made from several panels, so just worry about big areas where it will be really noticeable.
Oh, and it will be easier if you paint the body panels gloss black first, so any holes or tears will be mostly hidden. Good luck!
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09-01-2005, 02:53 PM
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Re: Full CArbon Body Enzo
Hey Lionel,
Welcome to AF!! I thank you for your English, with you being French. It is very good. This is amazing! Full CF Enzo! For laying the pieces, make them how you'd think Ferrari would lay the sheets of carbon on the pieces. They will not always be one piece, being how complex some of the body parts can be. Good luck and keep up the great work!
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09-01-2005, 03:09 PM
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Re: Full CArbon Body Enzo
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 because I know this tip but I wanted to earn some time on this project !!!  I'll do it on complex pieces as the engine hood or the front cowl.
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09-01-2005, 03:41 PM
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Re: Re: Full CArbon Body Enzo
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well said! My thoughts exactly. This is going to be crazy 
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09-01-2005, 04:34 PM
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Wow, that's an ambitious project. Wonder how many sheets of CF decal it will take to do? Should look terrific when done.
Definately paint everything you're going to cover with the CF gloss black- the decals will behave much better. And don't be afraid to patch errors with small bits of CF- if you match up the patterns, patches are nearly invisible. Going to clearcoat it? (Personally, I wouldn't dream of not clearing it.) A bit of gloss will help the appearence of the decals alot. Good luck!
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09-01-2005, 05:07 PM
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Re: Full CArbon Body Enzo
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 I'll use the Tamiya spary can TS-13.And I'll do the Ferrari trilogy like you : Enzo / F50 and F40 ! 
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09-01-2005, 05:08 PM
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Make sure the base gloss black is 'really well polished'! Any surface imperfections will be seen through the decal and are near impossible to correct once finished.
If you get any tears or creases try lightly polishing the decal with really fine sandpaper then either patch it with decal or touch it up by hand with some semi-gloss black. Looks like you've started this project very well! I can't wait to see it finished. Good luck! Oh and make sure you test that TS13 it can sometimes melt decals!
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09-01-2005, 05:27 PM
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Cool! Going to do the F40 in kevlar? Enzo? Who said anything about me doing an Enzo? (Mine will be in Rosso Scuderia, like Michael Schumacher's.  )
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09-01-2005, 11:51 PM
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Re: Full CArbon Body Enzo
Looksa really good so far.
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09-02-2005, 07:34 AM
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Great job so far! I know what you're up against as I'm just finishing my CF Enzo. I used SMS's new hi-def decals over Tamiya TS-18 (semi-gloss black)and they were a joy! I made complete patterns from Tamiya masking tape with the lines falling on body contours (i.e. on the doors are made up of 4 individual pieces).
1. the roof 2. the side of the windows down to the top of the side body line that matches the upper read fender line (i.e. the place where the door changes from horizontal to vertical again) 3. The piece the extends from the door side panel to the lower extension 4. the side lower extension itself. I painted the very bottom portion gunmetal. I did the same with the rest of the body, with only the engine cover needing a different technique. On it I had to overlap the pices that go down the sides of the rear window's air vents and meet up with a piece that covered the flat, rear portion. Anyways, keep up the good work! Bill p.s. Here's a small preview of mine to keep you going! 
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09-02-2005, 11:18 AM
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Re: Full CArbon Body Enzo
What a great project! can't wait to see this done.
If you scan the CF templates, put me on your mailing list please
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