Ferrari 360 Modena, fully open

[mrawl]

Originally Posted by jano11

Mark, thanks a lot or the info.
You might bet there will be an eruption sooner or later on my work desk!

I'll be sure to send someone to pick up the pieces.
Check these out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gihAT6eXaoc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgHdjeL99JM

[mrawl]

Here's the other work I finished recently. I asked a while back about the amber side markers. The answers I got convinced me that I needed to drill a hole in the body to do the job properly. Here's the story...

A previous attempt. I took some amber sprue and made these minuscule little cones. Far too small to work by hand, the rod you can see has a conical hollow in the end which I used to hold the lights while I sanded down to the correct size. They came out perfectly, but the problem is, when you get down to this amount of plastic the color just fades away to nothing. I could have painted them but that sort of defeats the purpose, plus I have no answer for getting that foil behind them and attaching to the car rigidly.


I also tried a pin head shaped in the Dremel. Looks promising...


It'll mount through a hole and the flange will make for a nice seamless finish against the body.


In place and painted. Ouch! Looks like crap!


I guess you just have to have some transparency in there to get a realistic look. Admittedly, this was a horrible polish and paint job, so ymmv.


So back to the orange plastic, this time it will have more depth to it, as it goes through the hole in the body.


The Dremel makes for a great lathe.


I put a bit more shape into them, the cones look a bit bland imho.




They come with a light switch


The transparency makes them more life-like.


A bit of finger grease here by the look of it!




I wrapped them in foil to try to capture the glow. I suspect this is not the best way to do it, but it'll do.


Makes it a bit darker with a bit of a glow.


Now, the 3rd brake light. The kit decal is just a blob of red, looks very ordinary. I needed to get some texture into the foil, best I could do was this file. I really wanted a very fine cross-hatch pattern but couldn't find anything suitable (we're talking *very* fine here...)


This came up nicely, the color is superbly rich with nice depth and transparency to it.


And the shine is just unbelievable. That's not orange or purple in there, it's reflections and what have you...


This is cool - I can cut shapes out of this material with scissors. For lights, reflectors, etc.


Before:


After:


The light will look very good I think, but what I really wanted was this:


I tried but failed to pull it off - anyone up for the challenge???

[andybmw7272]

Mark, you have problems!
...in a good way!!!

[klutz_100]

nice job!

[jano11]

Excellent ideas! I take notes of everything.

[stryfe101]

Mark,
Awesome update, I keep referring back to your thread for info while building my 360 CS, if only I had the skills to try opening the doors. Thanks for the how-to on the amber side markers I'm going to try that out on mine.

Gray

[Joe Blyth]

Excellent ideas and execution.

[Robi J]

Originally Posted by andybmw7272

Mark, you have problems!
...in a good way!!!

Yessss

[WRC_413X]

Mods should just move this whole thread to the "How-to Depository"

Really great work and ideas!

i may have missed it but what it the red glossy foil stuff you used? did it come with the kit? painted foil?

[jmwallac]

This thread is like an encyclopedia of great modeling ideas. Unfortunately, I have to now close up my 360 and never look at it again. This is a piece of art!

[sjelic]

way to cool Mark, way to cool

[Big Kahuna]

Mark,
Your work is awesome.
The tail lights are fantastic.

[COZMO6476]

I hope you realize how much everyone is drewling over this model. It's an utterly beautiful build!

have you thought of fiber optic cable for lights? i know its a stretch but perhaps you could camoflage the light gathering end somewhere in the body. just a thought. Im sure you'll figure something out. cheers

[rx7king]

simply brilliant!! I wish i could see it in person!

[georges99]

Hi !

You are amazing.

I want to see more. I am curious, do you specialize in Ferrari's, or if your interest is to many brand and type of cars ?

I will follow this build for sure. Just one more thing, what was the paint color and brand that you used for this car ?

George