60 Years of Ferrari - WIP 599GTB

[lotus_man]

OK, I haven't built a 1:24 kit in a good long while (I do 1:43 mostly), but I saw this kit a my LHS at the weekend and as it was pretty cheap thought I'd have a build. I also wanted an excuse to try the new Zero Paints Ferrari base coats and 2K clear system. The finished car will be Tour de France blue mica with a crema interior. How long it will take to build I can't guess, with a seven week old baby in the house my modelling time is quite limited

So far the body has been cleaned up, blocked with 1500 grit paper and given a good coat of Mr Surfacer 1500, a fantastic laquer based micro filler and primer. That's then been flatted out with 4K grit paper to provide a base for the colour coats when the paint arrives from Hiroboy.com.





Hopefully more progress soon...

[BVC500]

Looks good so far! I saw the real car last night...in red with tan interior.

[auw12]

Great! That's the first 599 on AF, the shape seems pretty accurate for me, nice start! Please keep us posted! I'm still waiting HK hobbyshop to have this stunner in stock!

[deltableh]

Originally Posted by auw12

Great! That's the first 599 on AF, the shape seems pretty accurate for me, nice start! Please keep us posted! I'm still waiting HK hobbyshop to have this stunner in stock!

2nd... I already posted one in progress. And it might even be the third, if you include the kit review.

[auw12]

Originally Posted by deltableh

2nd... I already posted one in progress. And it might even be the third, if you include the kit review.

OOPs~~ really? I'm sorry then. But I haven't found your thread, could you please be kind enough to point me a link? via PM please, thank you!

[deltableh]

Originally Posted by auw12

OOPs~~ really? I'm sorry then. But I haven't found your thread, could you please be kind enough to point me a link? via PM please, thank you!

Just click the pictures in my signature. They'll bring you right there.

[lotus_man]

Quick update, the Zero paint arrived today (excellent service from HiroBoy there!). Couldn't resist, so I've layed down eight coats of Tdf blue Mica on all of the body work with the exception of the butresses. I've painted the inides of those, I'll do the outsides tomorrow before I lay down the clear coats. I'm so impressed with Zero's paints, easy to spray and a top quality finish.





Next up, my first play with 2K clear coats... stay tuned!

[bhop73]

Is this Fujimi or Revell?

[lotus_man]

Originally Posted by bhop73

Is this Fujimi or Revell?

It's a Revell of Germany kit. I will also be doing a Fujimi 550 and 575 when they arrive from HLJ. Both will have 'interesting' colour schemes that echo the history of racing Ferrari's in the UK... but that's for other threads and later days!

[Honny]

Im not sure if its the reflection, but on the bonnet the paint seems to be abit thicker then the rest of the car....but it still looks great so far, also can we have afew closer pictures of the body please?

[auw12]

Hi John that color is gorgeous!!! very unusual feeling comparing with the other stuff. But I'm also a little confused by the paint effect. Have you finished all the color coats? Or reflection something, I just feel it's a little bit uneven.

[tonioseven]

Nice progress!! I am glad to see what this paint looks like after application as I've recently received my order and wish to use it.

[lotus_man]

Originally Posted by tonioseven

Nice progress!! I am glad to see what this paint looks like after application as I've recently received my order and wish to use it.

Thanks. The paint is excellent, the bet I've ever used. One think to make sure is that you use enough thinner in the clear coat. I was a little short so I got more orange peal than I wanted, but it polishes out OK with some micro-mesh.

Just a couple of pictures today showing clear coated paint being polished out.







Next time I should have some pictures of the completed body. I've got quite a lot of polishing to do first though!

[Veyron]

Looking good!

[auw12]

Fantastic!!!! That's gorgeous!!!!