Tamiya LaFerrari 1/24

[sportracer02]

nice progress so far !

[Kjenjak]

Originally Posted by Kjenjak

Great progress!
About Alcantara, have you ever used Microballs? You paint a part black, spray another layer of black paint, dip it into the Microballs while the paint is still soaking wet, let it dry, and spray another thin layer of black. Gives a very fine and good texture.
Works just as well with other colors of course.
Maybe I can find and post an example picture.

Just to show what it can look like, to see if this is what you had in mind or rather some different result, 2 pics of my current WIP. Quality is not too good I'm afraid, I can't capture the look 100 % right.

On the FXX-K, the sides on the dash are microballed and painted black. The steering wheel is microballed and not covered with paint again.

The baby seat is covered in microballs and painted red plus flat clear. In comparison the floor and rear cover are flocked.

Maybe it helps.

[E46nm52]

Originally Posted by Kjenjak

Just to show what it can look like, to see if this is what you had in mind or rather some different result, 2 pics of my current WIP. Quality is not too good I'm afraid, I can't capture the look 100 % right.

On the FXX-K, the sides on the dash are microballed and painted black. The steering wheel is microballed and not covered with paint again.

The baby seat is covered in microballs and painted red plus flat clear. In comparison the floor and rear cover are flocked.

Maybe it helps.

Thanks, that's the result I am looking for, looks really good, I love the baby car seat. Where can I buy microballs?

[Kjenjak]

I bought mine on conrad.de, but if you google for micro-balloons you will find several online shops that sell them.

[E46nm52]

Thanks for the tips guys. Small update. After waited weeks for my flocking order to arrive, I set out to work with flockings for the first time. I went cheap and ordered some nail flocking from ebay. I ordered red and black, but I will only use the red on this LaFerrari.



I basically just want to put flocking to create the 2 floor mats. Here is the before.



Here is the result. I hand painted 2 coats of red first, then applied the flocking on the 3 coats. LOL, after I applied it and I noticed the red flocking had sparkles in them... oh shoot, but good enough for the first time. What do you think? Ha ha...



Other updates you see are wheels are on, and the fire wall divider window is up.



I haven't ordered black seatbelts yet which I will do, and couple more things then I am done with the interior. I still need to fix the roof which I polished through the black paint. Still need to apply carbon fiber decals on the side mirror supports and clear, and also the rear need to be detailed as well. Here is another test fit with wheels on which are not being shown in the photo.



Somehow, the progress is really slow. Not much motivation, maybe it's because I got this kit as a gift, and I never really like the LaFerrari, I like the P1 much better out of the 3 hypercar holy trinity. Anyway, Christmas came early for me, cause I got this. Now, this motivates me. I like cars with soul, the E30 M3 race car definitely has soul.

[E46nm52]

Another update, it's almost there. Completed the mirrors by applying carbon fiber decals from Tamiya, and then cleared with Mr. Super Clear.





The rear is almost complete, just missing the exhaust tips and the rear fog(?). I used photo etched parts from Tamiya for the rear mesh because I don't want to use the clear parts with mesh decals that came with the kit.





Just stripped the chrome off the exhaust tips using Windex, not sure if other countries have Windex, it's basically a window/glass cleaner available in the US.



This interior piece needs clear and detailing.



And I haven't done the batteries which will be hidden 100% of the time.



This is the current state now.

[E46nm52]

Still waiting for seatbelt material to come. In the meantime, made a road for photographs with markings using sandpaper, masked with masking tape, and sprayed with white primer for the markings. Need to make another one to extend it so I can use it for wider shots. Here are couple test shots.

[PyroSafe]

Wow it looks great !!!

[E46nm52]

Originally Posted by PyroSafe

Wow it looks great !!!

Thanks. Let's consider it done. Will post more photos in the completed forum once I finish the seat belts. Here are few photos after more polishing done on the hood. Happy new year everyone!

[corvettekid_7684]

Really looks amazing!

[E46nm52]

Finally have time to work on the seatbelts after all the required parts were received last week. Putting seatbelts together is pain in the bottom, took a lot of patience. This is my second time and as I was putting them together, I told myself I would never do one again! But then after seeing the result, I think it does make a difference. I also added the Ferrari logo printed from my printer to the seatbelts. It should be on a pad, but oh well, I just directly added to the seatbelts.





I can finally glued the top in place. Will take more photos for the completed gallery. Anyone had this kit having trouble making the doors stayed open? I couldn't figure it out even after reading the manual multiple times. Wanted the door to stay open for the finishing photos. Any tips?

[stratos75]

Looks fantastic!

[Kjenjak]

The doors on mine wouldn't stay open as well, I had to put in small rods to hold them in place.

[E46nm52]

For complete photos, here is the completed thread -> http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul....php?t=1149857

Thanks for checking it out.