60 Red Years Tribute - Ferrari 550 Maranello - WIP

[Joe Blyth]

Your interior looks wonderful.

[360spider]

Awesome Ramon!

[Dave5.0]

Nice work with the extra details!

[mrawl]

Amazing work, sorry to hear about the paint/plastic problems. It just goes to show though, you can repair just about anything with enough patience. Maybe you can use the new body to experiment with the paint bleed problem.

[Robi J]

Awesome interiors. Ramon, I deeply admire your strenuous will in going ahead !

Robi

[gionc]

Terrific job on the interiors Ramon: fantastic. Sorry for the boby troubles but I'm happy you pull forward the open door's body (if you decided for the new body I buy them!!!! LOL)

[ales]

Just paint it red or black

[agamo]

Originally Posted by cogitator56

Absolutely stunning work. It's very unfortunate that you've had so much of a problem with bleed through. Have you tried Zoom-Zoom's tip of using, I think it was Zinser B.I.N. Sealer after the primer coat? It's been mentioned here before, so a search might provide the right link. Also it was written in an article in a recent issue of Scale Auto Magazine. The examples he published seem to remove the problem.

Yes, actually the body is already primed again (pics soon) and this time I used the BIN sealer, I read the article in SAE Magazine, so I gave it a try, so far it is doing fine, I ran the sealer through my airbrush diluted a little with alcohol and worked fine, then applied primer, and so far it is still white, I’ll do my best to work the white color very gently.

Originally Posted by klutz_100

My God, Ramon! You will be a Saint by the time you finish this project

I think this penitence will just make me get even… LOL

Originally Posted by klutz_100

I have an idea for you........change your color plans for the body - go with red

No, white will be…

Originally Posted by godfather23

I love the detailpainting in your interior. How do you do that? Especially painting the heating knobs...
Sorry to hear about the body and the paint issue. I wonder about the reason for all of these problems.

I paint those details most of the times with the point of a toothpick, and correct with a #11 knife, to make lines I use and old 000 brush. The reason of the problems, the hot lacquer thinner dissolves the paint under, and dissolves also the color pigment of the plastic which stains the surface finish.

Thank you Rob and Steve for your comments, and yes, I also wonder why they don’t just use white plastic…

Originally Posted by bigfrit

the thing that's a bit of a pity, IMHO, even though i couldn't make it better myself, is the lack of clear glasslike stuffs on top of the instrumentation decals...
olivier

You’re right! That is the little something that I felt it needed! Personally, I’m not a fan of adding clear over dials, since the real covers are made of antiglare material, so you won’t see any reflection when driving, but, after checking some pictures, in this case it’s perfectly applicable, since this cover is noticeable from outside the car, so I will add it, THANK YOU Olivier!!

Originally Posted by mikemechanic

Can you tell me a little more about the flocked paper?
Mike

Thank you for your comments, Mike.
The flocked paper is available normally in art and crafts stores, I got mine in a small paper store in México, but it is very common for handcraft work, I’m not completely sure about the name, in Spanish we know it as “Papel terciopelo” translated literally is “Velvet Paper” and it is a paper with very fine flock applied in one side, I hope this helps.

Thank you AllAlone.Gz, WRC_413X, Joe, Alex, Dave, mrawl and Robi for your nice comments.

Originally Posted by gionc

Terrific job on the interiors Ramon: fantastic. Sorry for the boby troubles but I'm happy you pull forward the open door's body (if you decided for the new body I buy them!!!! LOL)

Thanks Gio, I’ll keep you in mind if I go for the new body, I hope no, LOL

Originally Posted by ales

Just paint it red or black

No, white must be…

But well, into the update, with more of the chassis work…


More detail is added to the chassis, like the under-panel fasteners (PE), cables for the oxygen sensors in the catalytic converters, some washes to enhance detail, etc.

Detail view of the cables and connectors of the catalytic converters.

Next are the brake disc rotors, I used the PE parts of the AcuStion set, and added tubing and flexible hoses, and brackets for them in the hubs (front and rear).

The front suspension is now complete.

And the rear suspension is finished too; I also added the brake tubing and hoses, as well as the handbrake cables.

And it is turn for the wheels, here the hubcaps, I used the PE AcuStion set with the kit decals, I just need to add some transparent resin.

Here the finished wheel, the valve stems are Sakatsu detail parts.

Once the chassis is finished, I go back to the body, which is completely repaired and ready for primer, but before I start the painting process, I’m test fitting the side emblems, since it is necessary to bend them to the shape of the fender, and it is better to do this before the paint is applied.

After some grey primer and some sanding to correct surface problems, the B.I.N sealer is applied through airbrush, (the sealer is white) I hope this avoid the bleeding problem.

And then 2 white primer coats are applied, sanding between them to improve surface finish, so far there is no bleeding.

[klutz_100]

Crazy levels of detailing as ever Ramon

Your work on the cat and caliper plumbing is outstanding.

Originally Posted by agamo

No, white will be…

Yep, definitely a Saint - a stubborn Saint!

Good luck with the white coats. I feel it will go well this time.

[stevenoble]

Looking very good.I hope your 'bleeding' problems are no more now.The exhaust area looks great.

[mrawl]

Ooh aah, that body is looking good right now, let's hope it stays that way. Beautiful detail work, just amazing.

[jano11]

So much attention for detail! Amazing!

[mikemechanic]

Thanks Ramon, I'll check the craft store for the velvet paper. Great progress, good luck with the white.

Mike

[agamo]

Originally Posted by klutz_100

a stubborn Saint!
Good luck with the white coats. I feel it will go well this time.

Very far from a saint, but stubborn, yes I am, and so far, I’m going for the last white wet coat and it is still white!

And thank you Steve, mrawl, jano11 and Mike for your comments.

And I have another little update while the wet coat cure, so, some more detail is done to the interiors:


The kit doesn’t include anything for the third brake light, so, something has to be done.

The solution, “Factory Hiro” heat shield foil and transparent red plastic from some sprue cut to shape.

The results…

Since the doors can be opened, the details under the dashboard need to be improved, so the pedals need some work, the Acustion detail set includes them, but as you can see they’re wrong.

Also, as you can see, the brake/clutch pedal included in the Acustion set has the wrong perforation pattern, so new pedals have to be done, to get the right perforation pattern, the pedals included in the 512BB S27 detail set are used as a perforation guide, and the Acustion pedal is used only for the shape and size, the material used is tin sheet.

The plastic pedals are cut and filed to the right shape.

The finished pedals.

And well, at this time the body is ready for the final coats, so in the next update you'll see the white 550...

Until the next one...

[robrex]

Very impressive! I went back and checked out those catalytic converters and they look absolutely superb!