Ferrari F430 GT Krohn Racing

[Macio4ever]

Great interior detailing! I like it very much.

[sam01contact]

Thanks for your comments!!

What is the air cooling hose made of ? Is it something scratched ?
it looks so real and the flexible part is longer (one unique full piece ?) that what I used to put in my models and would solve most of my length problems...!

Phil, for the cooling hose I used a spring I found in a crafts store. Originally, this spring is used to do bracelets. Here´s a link showing the spring:

http://www.novedadesneon.com/EPaysof...045&CatID=1496

You can find the spring in a lot of colors. If you want the spring to have a specific shape, you can insert some solder wire and bend it to that position.

About the length, the springs I bought are a foot long.

Hope this info helps!

[DerXL]

That interior is looking very real.
You have a good eye for detail. Everything just looks right.

Amazing stuff.
And a great tip concerning the cooling hose.
I have used accessories from Renaissance (look for BOAx parts) in the past. But they're rather small in size (max. 4 mm diameter) and quite expensive compared to your solution...

[sam01contact]

Time for a new update!!

I finished the roll cage and glued it in it´s place. I added rubber protections and attached the seatbelts to the cage:



In this photo you can see that I added the missing electronic box in the rear wall of the cockpit. I wired this box and added the radio wiring (the one that goes to the driver´s helmet):



And here´s the hose that goes from the cooling box to the driver´s helmet:



That´s it for the moment! I will begin work in the wheels and brake discs!!

Thanks for watching!!

[rx7king]

Holy crap that is amazing! you must have some great reference photos

[rallymaster]

Sam,
thanks for your answer and tip !!
excellent !!
I thought to a spring seeing it but didn't really dare to ask... Seemed too simple if not scratched !!
but it's really a spring and this is a great tip !
I'll try to find such things here.


And what to say about your last update which is once more a kick in the ass...!! Great details, seems real...

Originally Posted by sam01contact

Thanks for your comments!!

Phil, for the cooling hose I used a spring I found in a crafts store. Originally, this spring is used to do bracelets. Here´s a link showing the spring:

http://www.novedadesneon.com/EPaysof...045&CatID=1496

You can find the spring in a lot of colors. If you want the spring to have a specific shape, you can insert some solder wire and bend it to that position.

About the length, the springs I bought are a foot long.

Hope this info helps!

[sam01contact]

Finally, after a month of being swamped at work, I had a little time to work on the Ferrari!

Inspecting the body, I see the proportions look good for a GT car. Minimal work will be needed to represent the Krohn racing car:





I'll cover the 2 NACA ducts in the front of the hood and open the square in the center to add styrene strips as air intakes:



In the rear, I'll open holes for the engine cover grilles:



OK, Before I do those modifications, I sand off the molded-in door panels in the interior of the body. I'll use the Challenge panels and detail them separately:



And now I begin work in the body...I open the engine grilles:







Next, I open holes for the rear ventilation grille. In this area, I open little holes for the engine cover fasteners:





While I work in the body, I prepare the little details for paint (lights, emblems, grilles, etc.):







I open holes for the antennas and prepare their bases using hypodermic needles. I use a sharpening stone to level every cut I do on the needles:







In the sides, I only need to open holes to mount the side mirrors. It's also necessary to fill the key holes in the doors. I use cyanoacrylate to fill the holes:





In the Studio 27 kit you will find white metal pieces to cover the NACA ducts if you want to. I use this pieces and cover them with cyanoacrylate to fill the holes:



The nose air intakes of the GT car must be more "square" than those in the Challenge version. You must have a lot of patience and care in this step, because the Studio 27 body has a lot of bubbles and irregularities in this area:



That's it for now! I hope to show you the painting process in my next post. Thanks for watching!!

[sam01contact]

Thanks to a couple days off from work, I had some time to advance in this project:

Still in time, I realized I needed to make holes in the sides and front for some bolts.





I also needed to add a styrene strip to complete the "frame" of the air inlets in the front bumper:



This image shows the interior door panels detailed and covered with carbon fiber:



I realized the tyres were a little small for the rims, so I placed them in a tube a month ago, so they could stretch a little. Before I removed them from the tube, I applied warm air with a hair dryer to prevent them to shrink to their original size:



After placing the tyres in the rims, I applied the decals using some microsol. To make the decal film disappear, I placed a coin over the rims and sprayed some flat lacquer to the tyres. The coins prevented the lacquer to land on the rims, so they stayed shinny



Here´s a photo of the finished wheels. I used 2 sets of Hobby Designs rims (the rear rims should be "flatter" than the front ones). I sanded off the center nut and replaced them with Scale Production nuts:



And finally, I began the paint process! First, I applied a "guide coat" with gray primer. That way, is better to see and correct any imperfections (in this photos you can see the hood air inlets I did with styrene stripes):



After correcting all the imperfections in the body, I applied 2 coats of white primer, as a base to the fluorescent green:





After wet sanding the white primer with a 8000 pad, I applied the green colour. This was a mix of fluorescent yellow and fluorescent green from ZERO PAINTS. The paint is very easy to apply and it dries with a matt finish, so it is very easy to sand off any dust particle or imperfection:







After 24 hours in the dehydrator, I applied ZERO PAINTS clearcoat. This stuff is simply excellent! The coverage is great and if you apply a final coat with a little more thinner, you end up with a great shine!!







Well, that´s it for the moment. Next, I will paint the inside of the body and put the decals!! Thanks for watching!

[da_ashman]

Wow, love the Colour!!! Excellant work on the details too!!

[kans0002]

very cool! i was hoping you would resume work on this build!

[rx7king]

Fun update to read through. Good job on the body prep

[rallymaster]

eye-catching color !!
it's almost a pain there will be a livery to cover it !!
A plain color body with only the racing attributions over will be the best livery possible IMO once all painting details done and PE details added.

[indecentkikogt]

this is an awesome build, lots of good tips in this wip thanks and keep up the good work

[Martbee]

Awesome skills my friend !

[sam01contact]

Thanks for the kind words! I am having lots of fun with this one!

A plain color body with only the racing attributions over will be the best livery possible IMO once all painting details done and PE details added.

I agree completely Phil! A plain Red Bull blue racecar would look great!!

In this case, I actually like the contrast between the blue stripes and the green colour.