MFH Ferrari 2003 GA, 1/20 WIP

[sjelic]

I spent a lot of time on this kit before I decided to start it as a thread because I was not sure how will it turn out being my first MFH attempt.

But it is going surprisingly well (for now )

But let's start, it all started some three months ago and I decided to do it strictly by instruction (as for the steps of build).



those are the engine parts, cleaned with proxxon.

I also got 2004 exhaust since those in kit looked silly.



Since this is not the same thing some fitting was needed, exhaust are a bit wider then the holes in the engine block.



But I removed the end pins (ones on the outer side) and slightly bent others to fit the holes that were widened.




Also I have cleaned all the connectors on the engine since they were molded together with the rest of the piece.



Since recently finished Toyota from S27 was sitting on the table I decided to check the wheels since they looked a bit to flat and I was right.



so I tried to give them a bit of dimension.





still not good, I will redo them once more with a bit more primer.

All metal colors are Alclad because I simply fell in love with those and got almost all the shades

CF from SMS is used on the intake cover



and bright red from Gunze for valve covers




everything is heavily wired from reference pictures (MFh only give you basic wires)

Same thing for the gear box (cover is stainless steel)



and all together, CF-ed and all




Then I went for the brakes, again SMS CF but this time 1/24 high def.



heavy clear coat of course




and then flat clear



I decided to use flat clear on all CF parts that are covered.



Complete monoque is in 1/20 high def + gold BMF on the back





and all wired up and prepared for the belts



Then I moved to the body parts, primer first



than Zero paint and 2K clear (very thin as a base for the decals)




so now I am working on CF and decals.

Like I said this is three moths work so next update will take a while

I hope you like it

[sportracer02]

Hi Sasa,

not long ago I was wondering, why we don´t see some new projects from you - now I know the reason lol

Well, stunning job so far, great details, fantastic work on the CF-decals, looks absolutely perfect to me.

Your thread makes me look closer to those MFH F1 kits ;-)

[gionc]

You was worried uh? LOL
Quite tedious to use ever same words. So I'll start to use italian (and so you'll not know if I say crap or awesome LOL)
ECCEZIONALE VERAMENTE!!!!

[stevenoble]

Very nice work,all looks great.I may even be tempted to build one of these MFH kits someday!!

[davesans]

Everything looks great real clean work looking forward to your next update.

[Joe Blyth]

This is seriously impressive. Great work.

[Decs0105]

Originally Posted by Joe Blyth

This is seriously impressive. Great work.

...sensational detail work!!!

My jaw just dropped on the floor....

[Spike2933]

stunning engine detail, awesome job with the CF

[OrangeR]

Really great work, the flat clear on the CF is wonderful and don't get me started on the flawless paint work.
All that time was well spend.

[pawlie]

Gorgeous...keep the updates coming!

[hrmodeler]

I'm following his project for some time and it's great!

[flhansen]

Hi

Exellent! Clearly a WIP to follow closely.

Flemming

[sjelic]

Thanks guys, sorry for no real "how to" on each part but I was to lazy to take a photo with each step, I will do better next time

[mrawl]

Wow! What amazing work and beautiful, surreal photography. This is really magical, keep it coming!

[jano11]

Breathtaking results thus far!
I'm eager to see the following updates.