Fujimi 1/24 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano on HobbySearch Japan finally!!

[Layla's Keeper]

Originally Posted by TireGaint

It is finally on HobbySearch Japan. It looks very good...and for the first time in modeling industry with the overhead liner. Good job Fujimi. I will order two of 599s with the BBS RE rims and the Porsche Cayman. YEAH!!
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10055803

Actually, this would not be an industry first for a molded headliner. Fujimi's Enthusiast series 365GTB/4 Berlinetta, for instance, has a separate headliner. So does Revell's 1948 Ford Woody. Many of the Mueller era AMT/Ertl kits also had headliner details including separate domelights.

It's a nice detail, though, and certainly adds an extra dimension to interior detailing. However, considering how wrong Fujimi got the Superamerica compared to Revell of Germany, I'm skeptical about their 599GTB.

[gasman03]

Originally Posted by Layla's Keeper

Actually, this would not be an industry first for a molded headliner. Fujimi's Enthusiast series 365GTB/4 Berlinetta, for instance, has a separate headliner. So does Revell's 1948 Ford Woody. Many of the Mueller era AMT/Ertl kits also had headliner details including separate domelights.

It's a nice detail, though, and certainly adds an extra dimension to interior detailing. However, considering how wrong Fujimi got the Superamerica compared to Revell of Germany, I'm skeptical about their 599GTB.

The Testors CHarger and upcoming Lindberg Charger will both have full headliner detail.

I'm getting the Revell kit, the Fujimi is too expensive state side as by the time it gets to my hobby shop it will be $45, compared to $17 for the Revell AG version. I just wish someone would've tooled up something other then the pentagon wheels, they look hideous on the 599

[BVC500]

Hey, the Testarossa had pentagon wheels, just the middle part of each spoke was filled in!

[tonioseven]

Originally Posted by ZoomZoomMX-5

But I can't wait for that AMT Fiorano

It might be as cool as their Tokyo Dript 350Z

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Pentagon wheels? Not quite. A pentagon is a polygon having five angles and five sides.

The Fiorano wheels are pointed. They most closely resemble a pentagram. A pentagram is a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet, used as an occult symbol by the Pythagoreans and later philosophers, by magicians, etc.

A friend who owns a 1:1 Fiorano w/Challenge wheels calls them "satan" wheels. Sadly most 599's will not have Challenge wheels because BBS is having severe financial trouble and supplying the wheels to Ferrari, so Challenge wheels are unavailable indefinitely to Fiorano customers starting with production in April of '07. The F50 had a similar wheel design, but inside thicker wheel rims with deeper set spokes so they weren't nearly as obnoxious looking.

[gionc]

Originally Posted by ZoomZoomMX-5

Pentagon wheels? Not quite. A pentagon is a polygon having five angles and five sides.

The Fiorano wheels are pointed. They most closely resemble a pentagram. A pentagram is a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet, used as an occult symbol by the Pythagoreans and later philosophers, by magicians, etc.

A friend who owns a 1:1 Fiorano w/Challenge wheels calls them "satan" wheels. Sadly most 599's will not have Challenge wheels because BBS is having severe financial trouble and supplying the wheels to Ferrari, so Challenge wheels are unavailable indefinitely to Fiorano customers starting with production in April of '07. The F50 had a similar wheel design, but inside thicker wheel rims with deeper set spokes so they weren't nearly as obnoxious looking.

BTW I ever hated "pentagram" rims from pics, but at naked eyes is not so crappy: only at first look seems fuji done it too small (like often). Re. the size aren't 19" the front and 20" the post? Following my buddy Stevensky and me at maranello lately..








Speaking of colors recently I seen a giallo modena one... should be mine! (in scale LOL)

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

The "satan" wheels are 19's, but there is a chance that the front is 19 and the rear is 20. The Challenge wheels are 20" front and rear.





Grigio Titanio w/Challenge wheels (referred to as "Monolithic" wheels on the window sticker). $328K price. MMMM.







A row of dreams. 288GTO. Brand new Fiorano. F50. Enzo. Where was the F40?

[ales]

Originally Posted by ZoomZoomMX-5

The "satan" wheels are 19's, but there is a chance that the front is 19 and the rear is 20. The Challenge wheels are 20" front and rear.

Exactly!

For me it would be absolutely perfect if Fujimi release the kit with challenge rims (properly sized). For all the advantages of the Revell kit there are 10 ones for Fujimi, so I find it really hard to justify buying the revell kit, even considering the price. My biggest let-down, and I'm sorry to repeat myself, are the headlights. Revell offer a molded-in bucket and one crappy completely inaccurate tacky chrome part for the lense. You can see how Fujimi solved that on 1999. It's 10 times better. Awesome. Vents on the body also seem more accurate. The only thing where Revell really beats Fujimi are the windows: they've done a fantastic job engineering those and all credit to them for that. It's just one'd expect a company who managed to do that also do do a decent job on headlights (Scaglietti ones are very good, by the way, 430, 599 and to some extent Superamerica are appaling). The headliner and inner trim for pillars in the Fujimi kit is a nice unexpected bonus - before this it was actually Revell who offered sun visors and dome lights, but Fujimi now took it a whole step further. Now I'll be crossing my fingers for 20" BBS challenge rims.

[bhop73]

Slightly off topic, but still kinda on.. walking back from lunch a few minutes ago, a brand new red 599 with the challenge wheels drove by (work near a ferrari dealer).. man, it sounded beautiful and those wheels look so much nicer than the pentagrams.

[Enzoenvy1]

Originally Posted by bhop73

Slightly off topic, but still kinda on.. walking back from lunch a few minutes ago, a brand new red 599 with the challenge wheels drove by (work near a ferrari dealer)..

Damn you are lucky!!! I saw a 512TR drive by a week ago and I about passed out! We rarely see Ferraris here in Colorado. Sucks, but we all drive Jeeps (me too). lol

[dflett]

I will be looking forward to seeing this kit in person since I am currently building the Revell version.

Ales: I agree with you, the Revell's headlights are a bit of a joke, but can be effectively remedied with some alu tubing and some poycarbonate rod... (I am looking forward to seeing Fujimi's take on these). The pictures show my work in progress... the headlights are not yet finished, but you get the idea.





I'd be interested in knowing your issue with the Revell's vents.... There are many more issues withe Revell kit, such as the awful front grille, the innaccurate intake manifold, the inaccurate engine cover and the terrible seats... I am dealing with those one at a time. I am sure the Fujimi version will have its share of issues too.

P.S. I am building my Revell with challenge rims.

P.P.S. I suspect the best build will be a hybrid kit-bash using both!

[ales]

dflett,

If you look at the side profile of the real car and the Revell body, you'll see that the vents on the front fenders are somewhat mis-shaped: you can see most of the mesh on the real car when you look at it from the side, Revell openning is noticeably more perpendicular to the side of the body.

I quite like what you've done with the headlights, and thankfully they're much easier to modify than F430 ones, but just take a look at how elegantly Fujimi solved this.



I am sure that it is going to be accurate and look great (see the ribs on parts C7 and C8?).

However, now that I look at it, I am having reservations about the separate sideskirts, but that's just whigning and nitpicking on my part

[dflett]

Thanks for the tip. The error is not so much on my particular example but I have reprofiled the openings a little. About .5mm needed shaving from the inner opening to fix it.