Another pair of Ferraris: 365 Daytona and 599GTO

[mattbacon]

Italeri Daytona and Revell AG 599 GTO -- time to compare and contrast again:





Slow beginnings, but I wanted to get the body shells painted so that they can cure properly before final polishing while other work gets under way. The Daytona is Zero's "Blu Dino"; the 599GTO is "Rosso Scuderia", and a matt (ish) black (ish) homebrew for the roof.

These will go slowly while I work on some stuff for SMW 2012, but at least I've started!

bestest,
M.

[BVC500]

Looking good! The Daytona looks so small compared to the 599. Us Americans are still waiting on shipment of our 599 GTOs.

I like the blue dino color. Does the Zero paint have a fine metallic flake to it, as it should?

[corvettekid_7684]

Already looking great!

[Eugene.C]

The blue is nice. Looking forward to seeing the finished 599 GTO.

[mattbacon]

Well, it's been a while... Scale Model World is behind me, and my B-26 Marauder Box Art diorama has seen the light of day, so progress is now being made on these at last...



Engines under way. The Italeri 365 GTB V12 is beautifully crisp, with a nice detail, and noticeably bigger than the 599 GTOs. The Revell parts are well-designed and simple, responding well to detail painting, but have slightly more flash and not so precise fit.




The "flying buttresses" are very well engineered, and to fit properly you need to have no primer on the "tab" element or in the slot on the car body. These are cleaned, sanded and pressed into place, where they fit really well....now!

Lots of priming and prep going on off-camera...

bestest,
M.

[mattbacon]

Slow progress today...



Engines slowly coming together. The next job is to wire the Daytona ignition.



599 chassis, painted with Vallejo German Grey. I assembled the chassis, wheel wells etc with Copydex (rubber solution glue) before priming and painting. Then, after the paint has dried, they can be pulled apart and the glue peeled off, leaving mating surfaces clean and ready to be glued as the suspension is assembled.



Various parts masked with mesh before spraying a "carbon" effect in graphite grey over black. And the results...





Work on the Daytona suspension continues as well...

bestest,
M.

[ChristopheB]

Interesting . Your carbon effect looks pretty good. I will try something similar as I hate working with carbon decals.

[da_ashman]

Did you glue the mesh on? nice work by the way!

[andybmw7272]

Awesome! I like the way these are both coming together!
Andy

[mattbacon]

The mesh is coated lightly with 3M Spray Mount, a tacky adhesive intended for mounting photos so you can move them around. We used to use it all the time for page layouts, pre-computer! It sticks strongly enough to make the mesh fabric (which is pretty flexible) conform to contours. You do need to remove any glue residue after the paint's dry, by putting a piece of masking tape over the painted surface and peeling it off again.

Thanks for the positive feedback, guys!

bestest,
M.

[MidMazar]

Thanks for sharing the technique. Both look great.

[mattbacon]

Today I have mostly been building a chassis for the Daytona...




The engine is just dropped into place for the moment. The swinging arms are painted with Tamiya Titanium Gold. There are three parts for each corner -- axle and shock, upper arm and lower arm.



The steering isn't positionable, at least out of the box. This is a pretty good attempt at a realistic suspension set-up, unlike the 599GTO, which prioritises what you can see and being able to steer the front wheels. It's a lot simpler and easy to build than the even more prototypical Fujimi Enthusiast set-ups, though. I'd say, all in all, it's a good compromise between accuracy, complexity and buildability.

It looks good from underneath, as well...




As a matter of interest, this now completes Stage 1 of the Italeri instructions! In other news, I've at least had a response from Italeri spares about the bubble I found in the windscreen moulding -- they've asked for some photos for the technical department to investigate:



A long way to go before I have a replacement in my hands, but at least we have opened a channel of communication!

bestest,
M.

[drunken monkey]

You might want to be a little careful with the positioning of the engine.
It's pretty tight in there and if not seated properly, interferes with the closing of the bonnet.

[hd221813]

Originally Posted by mattbacon

599 chassis, painted with Vallejo German Grey. I assembled the chassis, wheel wells etc with Copydex (rubber solution glue) before priming and painting. Then, after the paint has dried, they can be pulled apart and the glue peeled off, leaving mating surfaces clean and ready to be glued as the suspension is assembled.

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bestest,
M.

Thanks for the tip! Maskol is definitely not my choice. I usually use white glue diluited with water. When the paint is dry, white glue melt itself using a brush bathed in warm water.

[rx7king]

cool double build, good work on the spray carbon effect, i have tried this on my last model and the spray adhesive i bought didnt work at all. do you have any advice?