Progress: 1/24 Ferrari F430 Challenge

[Robi J]

I'd like to thanks all of you who sent me encouraging messages. I''ll be back probably very soon with this.

Thanks again: Robi

[tpliquid]

any update?

[Robi J]

No, sorry. I'm currently out for business.

Robi

[Robi J]

Hi Guys, I’ve to be honest: I lost motivation in my F430. Meanwhile I always followed your works here, started a pair of new kits, and now timidly re-started working on this. Still pending the critical point of the engine, I tried to find out something relaxing.
Once again, I cleaned and cured all the panel lines






Then, I moved on the undercarriage. One of the main problem of this F430 is its line, here and there it needs to be slimmed and since the tail looks a little “heavy” I partially sanded the bottom of the rear diffuser




At the same time I slightly reshaped the intake plenum, too squared for the Challenge



That’s all for the moment, sorry for the tiny update. I hope to restarted seriously soon.
Thanks for your comments and attention.

Bye: Robi

[mikemechanic]

No worries on the tiny update Robi, just happy to see you back building, it's your stuff that always inspires me to try something new.

Mike

[YoJiRo]

nice WIP!!!!

i'm waiting the engine progress and the interior...

byee

[360spider]

Good to see you back on this one!

[robrex]

Robi, the paint looks great! especially the panel lines!

[sjelic]

Robi, your thread made me order one, please don't stop

[Robi J]

Mike, YoJ, Alex, Rob: thanks !!

Sasa: Hmmm… I understood I have to finish this

I'm working on seat and seat belts, see you soon.

Bye: Robi

[YoJiRo]

i'm building another 430 and i want to see your interior!!!i love the 430 interior!!haha

byeee!

[Robi J]

Hi, as previously told, I’m taking care about the seat belts and I’m also working on the interiors.
I’m still choosing the proper etched set: some of the current 1/24 available seem to be a bit undersized and I’d like to test the cloth material I recently bought on eBay




Then, since I had from beginning the EP-0012 set from Crazy Modeler for the F430 which carry the dash’s vents (the F430 Challenge set doesn’t), I removed the molded-in vents drilling the pertinent holes and made a test with the positioning of the etched items. For sure it will be easier to cleanly paint





Have a nice weekend: Robi

[grasset2005]

helo,

where do you buy seat belt material, it's very interested

Gérald

[Robi J]

Gerald, I bought the seat belt material here

http://cgi.ebay.ca/SEAT-BELT-MATERIA...QQcmdZViewItem

or you could contact the seller directly: [email protected]

Bye: R

[billypee]

The PE vents look super. The body-work in the previous post is outstanding too.