'05 Ferrari 575 GTO

[gionc]

Thanks a lot guys for all comments and critics, they're ever welcome. A side viewpoint is ever precious for one that's diving deep in the project.

On the sidevents issue: I'll understand all our position, but like also on lights, isn't so easy manage a shape that's almost perfect and balanced out of factory. Anyway I decided to work on it: it's a double challange...

Headlights: I guess it's a taste's thing but honetsly now wheel's arches are much more rounded than the original "edged" cut: so a nervy light's design would be off-key. A smooth oval design that remind the '62 GTO seems to find some armony with the whole design but the car lost so some "badass appea", start to seems a Porsche... it's becoming girl... naaaaaaa this beast have balls LOL. My solution is in the average: I reshaped a bit headlights housing from what you seen before, but at last the design is those.

@ Mike: I done before some styrene vents, just check the thread back. I wasn't happy, I need more a "3d" movement and you'll bend the plastic in one only axis at time...

Midmazar: I bought Morimori from HLJ, but it's a Wawe's product so I guess you'll find in some other places.

Updates: more on the headlights jobs: a mold to warmcast the transparent cover, another one that would be carbonized as the inner housing part. Fitting is not at 100% also cos the tack glue used. Few touch and would be perfect. The projector is just a sample to test dimensions: I want to turn a better one with lens and "hi-tech" appeal. have fun

Final shape, milled down from inside to remove the mold from below



You'll see better there:



Glass mold for vacuform, I sanded down the shape of 0.5mm, aprox the acetate thickness



The projector housing:



Parts alone:



Fitting test with the projector's shape roughly turned:



I'd really appreciated all criticism since they keep my focus, my concentration on the design's problem HI. I have to say that I'm having more care of the method to do the things than of the result. Really I'm having fun, learning something that missed in my experience and, at last, improoving the learning curve.

I need to manage well this tips for some interesting project next.

[gionc]

Forgot a think: guys the pain is coming now!!!! Or I cut the car half or I have to redo simmetrically the thing in the other side..... OMG...

[mike@af]

Damn Gio! That headlight mold is beautiful! Better get started on the otherside otherwise you're not going to want to replicate it! Cant wait to see more.

[klutz_100]

[Enzoenvy1]

Gio, do you have any plans to have an internship program at ScuderiaLabs? I will pay to fly out there and stay so I can just watch, lol. Love what you are doing!

[gionc]

Originally Posted by Enzoenvy1

Gio, do you have any plans to have an internship program at ScuderiaLabs? I will pay to fly out there and stay so I can just watch, lol. Love what you are doing!

You'll find out some superb red wine & ITA traditional food ROFL
(just book a XXL seat to fly back LOL)

[Big Kahuna]

Hey G,
Wow this is really coming along nicely. I love all these mods you are making. Very impressive. Should look sweet when finished.

Cheers
Nens

[DjNightWolf]

congrats,keep it going!

[SuccessNotByChance]

Amazing!!! Takes alot of skills to do what you've done. Congrats!

[AustinMartin]

Gio, is this still alive???

[rockinanko]

yeah i'm waiting for some updates too, patiently.

but i know this is never an easy mod, which explains why i prefer modding older ferrari classics than doing a modern one...

[drunken monkey]

Guys, you really don't need to keep bumping old threads.
When/if the builder has something to update, especially when it is someone like Gio, they will post it.