Ping & Pong present: Two VERY Red Ferraris

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by CeeElle

this is a great thread! mr. ping and/or mr. pong... who makes that cool painting stand you used to hold the bodies and where can i get one?

I that it's a Tamiya paint stand. I have one just like it - it is even just as dirty as Mr. Ping's

You can buy it easily for around 15$. It's a great tool and very much worth the money. You just need to make sure that you push the two parts WELL together otherwise you will be as pissed as I was when my freshly painted Dino dropped on the floor

[gionc]

Originally Posted by klutz_100

I that it's a Tamiya paint stand. I have one just like it - it is even just as dirty as Mr. Ping's

I would say the same but mine is clean now

[Dave5.0]

cool

[quadzero]

Fantastic work on that engine head, hard to believe its just one piece. The complete engine is a jewel. This is really gonna be neat!

[Gamerxz]

Planning on producing those decals? im sure there are people that would be interested ! could at least earn u back something :P

[Mr. Ping]

Originally Posted by Gamerxz

Planning on producing those decals? im sure there are people that would be interested !

Anyone who is interested can contact me by PM


Small step forward.

The Scaglietti has two panels that cover the underside of the engine and the transmission. In the 1/1 I guess these are to improve aerodynamics and airflow under the car but in 1/24 the effect is to completely cover any detailing you do to them!

The panels themselves have quite a lot of bolts and rivets molded in which could be detail painted or p/e and or turned parts could be used.

The price of aftermarket turned rivets shriveled my chopsticks!
I decided to do some turned metal parts of my own. Don’t get too excited though, in this case “turned” just means that I “turned” on my Dremel motor tool.

Apart form my Dremel, I used my pin vice and a packet of around 50 sewing pins I picked up for $1.





The under plate was drilled to accept the sewing pins





To hold the pin securely and safely during cutting with my Dremel I made a jig out of styrene sheet the approximate thickness of my target length of pin shaft. I drilled a hole in the middle to feed the pin through.





A second disc was placed over the pin head to hold it in place and the sandwich was held together with pliers during cutting – secure and safe.





Next stage was to trim the pin to length using my Dremel with a cutting disc. First I cut it more or less to length (I hope you like the pyrotechnics in the photography)…





… and then ground it down to the desired length.




Useful/important tips at this stage:

The pin heats up very quickly from the friction and this heat in turn softens the plastic disc. Therefore I found it much better to apply the Dremel to the pin in short bursts so as to keep the temperature down and allow any heat to dissipate. also. I replaced the top, “holding” plastic disc with a piece of metal. This acted as a heat sink and greatly reduced the problem (but did not completely eliminate it).



With very little time and effort you should end up with a nice little pile of “turned” real metal rivets for under a dollar.





In the last picture you can see the rivets in place on the under plate. They were fixed in place with a dab of thick CA glue from behind set quickly with dab of Zapper.
(BEWARE of using thin CA, I did first time round and glued my finger to the front of the piece and had to strip and repaint LOL)

[auw12]

brilliant idea Ping!!pay attention to details like that and made great effect that's something i can't achieve.respect!!!

[Mr. Ping]

Haven't been able to model much lately but managed to finished painting the exhaust assembly.

Heat staining with Alclad2 Burnt Metal and Tamiya Clear Blue followed with wash of flat black.

Heat shielding is done with MFH self-adhesive heat shield. Very nice product but quite difficult to work with on complex shapes – it is quite thick and stiff and does not conform easily. However on simple shapes and bulkheads I am sure it will look very nice.

[An Angry Clown]

this is probadly the most interesting build i've ever seen!
welcome to the forum!

the whole Mr. Ping and Mr. Pong is great!
and the project is so professional, its too real to be true

im going to be constantly watching this thread!!!

[quadzero]

The bottom panel sure looks good now. Thx for the idea of making those rivets.

[gionc]

Wow cool job Mr.Ping, great engine so far. Now push lazyPong to do something! LOFL

[An Angry Clown]

Originally Posted by gionc

LOFL

whats that supose to mean?

laughing out floor loud...

[deltableh]

Gorgeous looking engine!

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by An Angry Clown

whats that supose to mean?

laughing out floor loud...

I think you'll find it's a secret code

[auw12]

slow down Ping...slow down...you guys are too fast...- -||