[WIP] Ferrari 612 scaglietti

[auw12]

Hello everybody~nothing posted for a long time,now i'm working on this beautiful 2+2 coupe of
ferrari,it's built for a friend of mine,a great modeler who has just quited from his modeling
life.i hope it can be finished within 3 months if everything goes well.but recently i've got
a terrible cold...OK here are the progress so far.

some testfit,nice detail on revell kits,as good as TAMIYA IMO.


chassis got terrible distortion...= =

fitness of the hood sucks,i fixed them with some sand works.looks better now.

nice detail work on the seats,but it's really excrescent that the seatbelts were molded togather with the
seats,it took me much time to clean them up.



some testfit with seatbelts,just testfit so the belt is now in correct size,will be wider when finished.


i will get back to work soon when i feel better,thanks for looking guys!

[sportracer02]

Hi,

I got this kit some time ago, the chassis of mine is twisted as yours.

I´ll build mine with a closed hood, as I´ll use the engine for aanother project.

Details on the seats look good, I´ll follow this one.

[porschenut]

Looks good, what colour have you got in mind fo this car?
Euan

[auw12]

THX man,i have decided the color scheme already,will be something special but it's a secret now~~

[Merkava]

Nice start! My chassis was terribly warped too, I think it's something to do with Revell quality control... Anyhow, you've fixed the biggest flaw in the kit (the hood), so it should be smooth sailing for you!

Good Luck!

[Gamerxz]

Nice touches.. I like the seltbelt set up going there! Hope to see more..

[auw12]

a little update~
did some putty works to fill the huge gap.


revell gave their whole model nice details but left the rear heating vent to me...



front intake bar looks too wild,it should be rebuild.

drew out with autocad and made with some styrene sheets.


assembled

this prancing horse is damn gorgeous!i cut it off carefully and put on the new intake bar.



you can also see the front under wing(i don't know how to exactly describe it..)was corrected.
next week when i return i will go to the paint work. thanks for looking guys.

[MidMazar]

Nice progress.

[sportracer02]

Wow, great scratchbuilding !!!

[MPWR]

Nice work on the front grille. Great idea, great execution. You cut the styrene by hand using your pattern? The rear heating vent looks terrific, too. Hopefully it will be visible through the back window.

So thus far you'd say the kit is nicely detailed, but has fit issues and is warped in places? I've been wondering if this is a good one to pick up for an 'easy' build. The 612 is not a Ferrari I love so much that I'm likely to get sucked into an 18 month project on it, but I wouldn't be keen to spend months having to fix obnoxious flaws. The engine looks like it has some nice detailing potential. Are the accessory drive belts molded in place there on the engine front?

[klutz_100]

Excellent! and thanks for the tips!

[gionc]

Wonderful job on grill, mate!

I also want point you on weel arches before painting: seem you done something cleaning body shell but real scangi have just thin fenders, despite the huge width of revell stuff. Great start so far.
Another one (last) in both my 612 the fender width is ... different: the right one is deeper (view from top) of approx 1mm: just check!!

[DasWiesel]

Wow! Your front grille looks much cleaner than the one i made!
I thought about improving the heating vent and the upper belt fixing, too, but i was too lazy
BTW: The back of the kit-seats is incorrect also. Just take a look at page 3 of my 612 thread.

[auw12]

thank you very much for your great comments and tips guys!
MPWR:i think it's a nice one which is worth building in short period.i'm planning to finish it within no more than 1 and a half month.it has nice detail and just a few small flaws to fix,the engine is molded nicely,but i haven't checked the bolt carefully so far,i will get to work with the engine this week,and i 'll post some clearer pics for you.

gio:the fenders are really in different size before i fixed them,i think it's because of the warped chassis.

Julian:your 612 is just awesome!!!why i didn't find this great thread before i started?very inspired!thanks a lot for your remind on the seat back man.i haven't got some great ref-pics on the seat back,would you please post some here?THX!

[gionc]

Originally Posted by auw12

Julian:your 612 is just awesome!!!why i didn't find this great thread before i started?very inspired!thanks a lot for your remind on the seat back man.i haven't got some great ref-pics on the seat back,would you please post some here?THX!

Hey Tang: I've a lot but just have a look here http://www.cavallino.cc/index.php?se...view_album.php
there is houdreds picts (best walkaround 1st black one), several great hi-res refs for back seat! enjoy mate.