Ferrari Enzo - Tamiya - 1/24, update 1

[MidMazar]

Keep the progress coming. Threads like these get me motivated, everything is looking great. I also think a red version of the third pic down with white would look good.

[cjsbosox]

I say blue with white stripe or red/white nose 2nd. Looking good so far. Im in

[rx7king]

i agree with midmazer, this is a motivating thread. Keep it up

[blueboost]

Puts my current Enzo build to shame.. Great detail work!

[iamsupermercy]

coooolllll....

[Erik O.]

Thanks guys for the comments!


I will do an update of recent days, but man, I make a lot of pictures. SORRY!

The subframe was also sanded and painted gunmetal


The engine was painted and here I tried the effect of sand molds to reproduce. On the picture is not very clear to see, but it has certainly worked. I am in that regard are very satisfied




Here the effect is somewhat easier to see, do not forget that the Tamiya parts were completely smooth


I removed the reaction rods, I found it a little too fake


The front was painted aluminum


The engine mounts and arms are satinblack with carbon. Also, the new reaction rods can be seen here


A close-up


And a different angle


The supports for the reaction bars are painted gold, I think that is very similar.





The side of the gearbox, wasn't that good, I'm will try to make something different


As with the pulleys and belt


Just a reference photo for myself, so I can glue the pulleys in the right spot


And two photographs to see how much space I have between the engine and bulkhead


Not so much


Preview of the suspension


The belt removed


A number of pulleys will be replaced by metal ones


And here I start with a piece of tin, to make the sidepanel of the gearbox


First I created a template with tamiyatape


And then pasted on the tin and cut out.


Then with a centeringhole and a few screw holes, to give some realism


The generator was equipped with a PE fan and pulley


In the meantime I'm also working with filler, to fix the sinkmarks of the monocoque




You need to have another look, but right above the alternator, I have a sensor in the 'tube' installed, this will be later wired


The mounting rings for the drive shafts are fitted




And the monocoque has been a first primer, to detect flaws




Oops so, we continue sanding


This net was not very convincing, so I got rid of it


And in reference to the form later


From my reference photos showed that there is no seam in the tunnel, So I glued the innerpart already in. It should come in later, but now I can fix that seam and make it look better


This is more visible


The firewall has been installed already too, again to fix the seams.


Only I have this sink marks overlooked, we will solve that.

[kaho]

Meticulous work there! Have you taken a look at the cabin floor yet? Just a heads-up, on my two Enzo kits both the cabin floors are crooked, so it could be a mass manufacturing defect that's worth noting before you do any detail painting.

[Erik O.]

@KAho; Thanks, No I didn't. But after your suggestion, I took the floor and testfitted it, it does fit nicely, so I dont need to worry there.But thanks for the heads up!

And again an update.
Much time went into trying to rebuild the cockpit to see if it is realistic to keep it. I had a horrible accident when applying the carbon-decals, but just scroll down to see

Just a dry fit to see which parts of the cockpit to see where carbon needed to be applied




The various carbon sheets, I will use different kinds through the build


The rear part of the monocoque was given a light gun-metal color


And we started with carbon


Here is the misery of the melt-down, especially the passenger side was melted quite bad


Very obvious to see here, the waves and the passenger side is quite significantly different in shape


I've caught the doors there and show that the problem lies


crap....


And so I started to try to get the original form little by little to come back, at least I tried


The other side


AfterI took a clothespin apart and with two strong clips on top, a kind of printing press was made to straighten out the roof


Just like the windshield pillar




In between: this is what my first attempt to look like carbon


The inside (not finished yet)


And after two days with the 'press', it looks like this, still warped, but a lot better.


The windshield will cover much, and it also seems to cover enough to bail


Yet I am still not satisfied 99%


And the press goes back on


Another picture of my carbon attempt, I tried to make some cuts in, because they work with carbon pads and those are not always straight either.


Here I experimented with a little smoke on the carbon, the upper left is carbon, the lighter next to it is just as I decalled it. I find it slightly more realistic with smoke.


And meanwhile, I also continued with the engine, I put screws on the cover plate




I tried to improve this pulley, but I quit and when for a better alternative


All pulleys are mounted, including the two guide-pulley's.




6 in total for the "snake-belt"


oops, I lost a screw


And with the belt on it.


I must say that I am quite satisfied.


It adds some realism to the engine, too bad that it will not be visible after installation.


Then my hands started to itch and I the painted valve covers, again with the effect of 'sand-casting recreated


It starts to look like a engine


I will work with photoshop to edit photos, the white balance is not good, as is the contrast / exposure


And the last for now



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