60th - 360 CS

[jmwallac]

Rear sidewall seems a little thick but the front looks good. Hard to tell just sitting there. Post a pic with the wheels mocked up in the wheel wells.

[Enzoenvy1]

Originally Posted by jmwallac

Rear sidewall seems a little thick but the front looks good. Hard to tell just sitting there. Post a pic with the wheels mocked up in the wheel wells.

I need to do that and will today. What I was showing was the Tamiya on the right and the Fujimi on the left. All 4 tires from each manufacturer are the same size. I guess I made it look like fronts and rears. It was one or the other type thing.

[stryfe101]

Well I'll comment on the tires...since I ran into the same issue with my CS, I think the new ones are far better! In every pic i've got of a 360 CS the tires are very low profile, just like the ones you are going use, so i'd say go with em! Thats the main reason I'm not using the CS rims that came with the msm kit on my build, they just looked too small, although I wasn't able to get a set of the sas rims either....so I've improvised. Great work so far..esp on the seats....this might inspire me to get on my build and try to make some headway on the bumper fitment since mine was nicely warped and was a bit of a pain to get it to stay glued. Good luck!

Gray

[Enzoenvy1]

Originally Posted by stryfe101

....so I've improvised.

I would be interested to see what you did.

Before I got a hold of the SAS rims I actually carefully cut the spokes out of 1 MSM rim, and then the spokes out of a set of Kranze's (thus the spare tires, lol) and was going to elongate the spokes to fit the new rim width. I got all the way to remounting the spokes and then ordered the SAS. I might still finish that idea one day.

[stryfe101]

Originally Posted by Enzoenvy1

I would be interested to see what you did.

Before I got a hold of the SAS rims I actually carefully cut the spokes out of 1 MSM rim, and then the spokes out of a set of Kranze's (thus the spare tires, lol) and was going to elongate the spokes to fit the new rim width. I got all the way to remounting the spokes and then ordered the SAS. I might still finish that idea one day.

I didn't do anything special, i'm just putting a set of custom wheels on my CS...you commented on them in my thread..lol. I ended up using the msm wheels on my 356 Daytona build.

Gray

[Enzoenvy1]

Originally Posted by stryfe101

I didn't do anything special, i'm just putting a set of custom wheels on my CS...you commented on them in my thread..lol. I ended up using the msm wheels on my 356 Daytona build.

Gray

Duh, I am stupid. I forgot that was yours and I even was looking at it earlier today, lol. I still love those wheels. How is that build coming?

[jmwallac]

Originally Posted by Enzoenvy1

I need to do that and will today. What I was showing was the Tamiya on the right and the Fujimi on the left. All 4 tires from each manufacturer are the same size. I guess I made it look like fronts and rears. It was one or the other type thing.

Oh, sorry. I thought it was front rear. Based on the pictures I've seen, I'd say go with the tires on the left (the ones with the shorter sidewall).

[stryfe101]

Originally Posted by Enzoenvy1

Duh, I am stupid. I forgot that was yours and I even was looking at it earlier today, lol. I still love those wheels. How is that build coming?

hmmm what you see in the thread is whats done..I suffer from extreme modelers ADD. I lost steam on it when -
1. I finally got the bumper and side skirts mounted and now needing a bit of body work.
2. the cool texture paint effect on the airbox went awry and had to be stripped(and removing the adhesive on the tamiya pe emblems).
3. trying to decide if I want to go mod the msm interior parts to more accurate parts.
4. being on an extreme budget at times, I refuse to pay 30 bucks for a sheet of PE just for 2 CS specific logos when I can spend the money on other supplies that i'll get more use out of....like some evercote putty for the body work...lol.

Plus I went full steam ahead on the 356 Daytona and the Fujimi 911 I just finished. The Daytona is close to being ready for paint, and to top it all off I'm moving into my new house(my first one!) in a month so none of my kits will get much work till thats over, then i'm focusing on the Mythos I have which will be a simple build to just get something done hopefully by the deadline. Anyway your CS build might get me to work on mine some more...just gotta find the time. Good luck with yours though...I know with how well you did on the 430 this one will look great.

Gray

[Enzoenvy1]

I can completely understand modeling ADD. That F430 took me way off course. I also understand "Sally" and what you went through. I was gonna kid you about her tattoo - where is it? LOL

[stryfe101]

Originally Posted by Enzoenvy1

I can completely understand modeling ADD. That F430 took me way off course. I also understand "Sally" and what you went through. I was gonna kid you about her tattoo - where is it? LOL

lol.. I actually forgot it! I was so happy just to get her finished it totally skipped my mind when doing final assembly..I'll add it to her at some point, maybe tonight. So far as how different these kits are from your post in my finished thread. They are totally different than say a current tamiya or fujimi(from what everyone says...i've not built a new-gen fujimi yet) build. In a new kit from either you can build it with minimal fuss, you don't really have to test fit stuff, theres little clean up, and when you do want to mock stuff up for modification purposes its fairly easy.

The Em kits aren't horrible in that aspect, just more complicated in the fact that 75% of the parts need to be fitted before hand, and cleaned up, or assembled differently from the instructions. Plus sprue attachment locations on the kit parts can leave some nasty stuff that either cuts off some of the part, or leaves sprue on an area that it can't be cleaned up. The Porsche kits are like this, the 356 Daytona, isn't quite as bad, but its got its areas(most of which is suspension related). They are a different build that when you do finally finish them, whether they look awesome or not so awesome your still proud to be done...lol. I like them, just because they make you think about your subject more than say insert tab A into slot B, then paint with color C. I know there are some areas on Sally that didn't come out that great, but i'm still proud of it, and i've learned alot about the kit, so that when my next build happens some of the "tolerance stack" can be eliminated. hope this helps..and isn't too long winded

Gray

[Enzoenvy1]

So far this has been a great build! I have had some time this week to play and no-one to bother me while doing so. But, she will be here in about 15 minutes. So, I need to get this update finished before hand.

Ok, the bottom of the Enzo seats were too deep and too wide. At first I thought about cutting them down the middle and pulling them together. Then I thought about taken about an 1/8th inch out of the depth, and about a 1/16th in the width:

Here you can see where they were until I did the removal:

And the new:


Next, the remainder of the side bolsters had to be cleaned up:


Here are the stock 360 just for comparison:

After this was complete, there was no proper way to fit the seats. I had to remove the rails for the stock seats and after the Dremmel, the pan looked like crap. So I added styrene to it all ( I emailed 360 Spider for acceptance of this - still waiting, lol):

I also cut out the stock console for the CS's:


Now, I have seen some etch floor mats, and even some made out of real rubber. I have neither of those. So I spent about 3 hours making these:





These will be flat black like rubber to dull out the foot wells. The Cavallinos will be picked in titanium.
Just before I posted this I thought about what else I had done, and the rear trunk lid was modified with card and putty:


My steam is there for this one as I am not doing the body first. That is what I think my problem before was. I will feel more compelled if the body is painted last.

Jon

[stryfe101]

great work on the seats man, now cast em up and sell copies!..lol I'll be using your approach to the decklid on mine so i'll be following what else you do to it.
look forward to seeing more.

Gray

[Ferrari TR]

Where did the 'ponys' on the mats come from?
I like your mats, though I think they're a ton of work for something that will be hard to see at best.

[360spider]

Deja Vu.. :-)
Great work man!

[Enzoenvy1]

Originally Posted by Ferrari TR

Where did the 'ponys' on the mats come from?
I like your mats, though I think they're a ton of work for something that will be hard to see at best.

The Cavs were from th erest of my F430 stuff. I have tons left over!!

Originally Posted by 360spider

Deja Vu.. :-)
Great work man!

I did indeed use your expertise. I sent you a PM asking if you didn't mind. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!!!!

I have to double post, but you will all love the update, I PROMISE!!!