Ferrari 612 Scaglietti

[MkIIboi]

looks great so far nice work

[Vladamor]

Hey D_LaMz, what brand make that Scaglietti? Someone around here build a GT conversion of that car, but he didn't post the pics of the car...

Hey awesome work BTW. But... No Supras anymore?? Ha ha

See You All, and happy 2006

[Myx_85]

Lookin' good, and the gunmetal, is the best for this model, i think!

[Baxik]

Looks nice, but blurry photos...

Have you any problems with hood? I have a big gap in the same kit

[digitalbanzai]

I like I like, these kits usually produce good results from what I have seen.

[D_LaMz]

Originally Posted by Baxik

Looks nice, but blurry photos...

Have you any problems with hood? I have a big gap in the same kit

yeah, it won't close fully

[Baxik]

Originally Posted by D_LaMz

yeah, it won't close fully

damned Revell...!!


I spend about two days for this hood, but problems doesn't solved...

[D_LaMz]

Did some of the interior last night.
Airbrushed some flat black over canned german gray. Is airbrushed flat black supposed to be like charcoal?

[Merkava]

Hey, looking good! Yeah, true flat black from an airbrush can sometimes look like charcoal. You might be spraying with too much pressure or too little paint. Try applying the paint with less pressure and more flow, and it should even out.

[D_LaMz]

yay for springbreak and that party lastnight!

(damn you revell for your poorly made seats that I didn't feel like fixing)






airbrushed some aluminium on chrome stripped wheels

[D_LaMz]

Well I think I fixed the problem with the seats now.

I'm now thinking about painting the body in Tamiya's acrylic. I will probably mix gunmetal with chrome silver or aluminium to get a sort of light gunmetal. Then spray some Future for a clear coat.

Heres pics of just gunmetal on a spare rx7 bumper with Future brushed on, most likely when I spray the Future it will come out better.(needs lots of coats to get shiney)







Any other suggestions for me about painting the body in acrylic?

[MPWR]

Originally Posted by D_LaMz

Any other suggestions for me about painting the body in acrylic?

Yeah, skip the Future!

I used it for a couple of years for clearcoating bodies, but I found that when applied thick enough to polish out, it almost always cracked, crazed, or hazed somewhere. It's simply not designed to be applied thickly.

Tamiya Clear acrylic, on the other hand is terrific stuff for overcoating bodies. Yeah, it's alot more expensive than Future (for one body it may cost you, like $3!)- but it's more than worth it. Use it with Tamiya acrylic thinner, as it goes on much smoother.

Also, one of the really great things about using Tamiya acrylics is the ability to color mix. Cobra Colors has a nice list with pics of colors Ferrari's are currently availible in (look in the online store). None should be very hard to mix up. Gun metal would look great- but there are others the Scag would look sharp in, too.

[drunken monkey]

firstly, tamiya already has a light gun metal in TS cans; it's what I used on my boomerang and was easy as pie to lay down smoothly.
secondly, i fixed my bonnet closure by sanding down the top of the "pins" that the bonnet pivots on. seems to have done the trick.
i'll get pics up when i get home tonight.

[D_LaMz]

Well damn, I will have to go the hobby shop either way for the tamiya clear or canned light gunmetal. The problem is that its pretty far and I'm lazy to go there. So I will test to see if the future will haze, crack, etc when I polish with scratch x in light to medium coats.

[klutz_100]

Well, actually MPWR said what I was going to say...why the future as clear??!?! but I won't bother now

As for the acrylics, I don't see why not...

Look forward to seeing the results