Ferrari 250GT SWB (Gunze/RM&M)

[jano11]

Originally Posted by CrateCruncher

Yep, it's your eyes Jano. You should have those checked. (My pics are so blurry I'm surprised anyone is still viewing this thread!) Seriously, the vents on the SWB were closed off in front and back. Only narrow slits were present in the blanking plates (3 inline slits front, 2 back). So the front being open is less accurate than the back. The roof vent should have a tiny slit also .3 mm wide (about a #80 drill width). If anyone has a good way to make all those tiny slits I'd love to hear it!

Bloody typo, I wanted to type "rear" and type "real" instead.

I knew the real car has 3 little slits in every vent, but I was not sure if they are or not done on your model.
And yeah it would be tricky to make them. The easiest way being to open them up completely and use PE parts fro the inside.

[CrateCruncher]

Originally Posted by 360spider

Great work! How did you hinge the doors? I'd be curious to see since I'm planning on doing a full blown SWB from Hiro kit one day.

Funny you should ask Alex. The door hinges were the most difficult part of the build by far. After two or three tries I gave up and looked to your GTO doors for inspiration. It uses shim brass hinges and separate forward jambs. The tricky part was making the forward jamb fit between the door and dash and still be able to attach under the A-pillar. I used strips of brass bent at 90 degrees for brackets. Maybe a picture or two will help. Pardon the mess, these shots show how the sausage is being made!



The gunze window surround was incredibly fragile and I even considered trying to fabricate a new one out of aluminum wire filed to a rectangular cross-section but figured it was beyond me. Despite the thicker resin body, the Hiro should be a bit easier in two regards: the '60 competition car they chose to model has no vent window to worry about, and once the door is cut away the remaining jamb is already there. I like the way you did the hinge on the Boxer your currently working on. The jamb on the Hiro SWB should have enough meat to do the same design and would be more elegant than what I did here.

[CrateCruncher]

At this point I feel like I'm building two separate models at the same time. I've been scratch building pedals and upholstery this morning and I finally got the rear exhaust on the chassis. Oh, that reminds me I haven't posted a picture of the chassis lately! (That GTO radiator is just visiting.)

[360spider]

Originally Posted by CrateCruncher

Funny you should ask Alex. The door hinges were the most difficult part of the build by far. After two or three tries I gave up and looked to your GTO doors for inspiration. It uses shim brass hinges and separate forward jambs. The tricky part was making the forward jamb fit between the door and dash and still be able to attach under the A-pillar. I used strips of brass bent at 90 degrees for brackets. Maybe a picture or two will help. Pardon the mess, these shots show how the sausage is being made!



The gunze window surround was incredibly fragile and I even considered trying to fabricate a new one out of aluminum wire filed to a rectangular cross-section but figured it was beyond me. Despite the thicker resin body, the Hiro should be a bit easier in two regards: the '60 competition car they chose to model has no vent window to worry about, and once the door is cut away the remaining jamb is already there. I like the way you did the hinge on the Boxer your currently working on. The jamb on the Hiro SWB should have enough meat to do the same design and would be more elegant than what I did here.

Ahh, ok :-) I'm just trying to see every possible way to hinge these doors. I'm learning more and more with every version I see :-)
thanks! Chassis looks terrific btw.

[Ralphymeyer]

Really nice... loving the engine detail and the exhausts..

[godfather23]

I really like that chassis-shot. I´m wondering - Will you connect the exhaust inlet at the engine with the exhausttips at the end of your build??

I´d like to see that done!


Robert

[CrateCruncher]

Originally Posted by godfather23

I really like that chassis-shot. I´m wondering - Will you connect the exhaust inlet at the engine with the exhausttips at the end of your build??

I´d like to see that done!


Robert

My camera seems to like a white background. I think I'll start doing all my shots that way. The exhausts will be connected to the headers as one of the last steps. I have everything drilled and will fabricate them from soft solder. Stay tuned...

[CrateCruncher]

Well it looks like I'm going to make my deadline afterall barring an unexpected disaster (Is there any other kind?). I've still got to come up with a convincing door strike plate for the jamb but feel good with how the doors turned out. Alignment, gaps and even swing angle exceeded all my expectations. They open very easily with just a nudge at the leading edge of the door. Now onto the dash and wooden steering wheel. I have a lot of work to do in order to make the Gunze parts closer to scale.

The door jamb was trimmed out with the cardboard stiffener material that came with the sheet of photoetch and the scuff plate was made from some soft K&S aluminum sheet.

[360spider]

Looks really good - more pictures please!

[CrateCruncher]

Originally Posted by 360spider

Looks really good - more pictures please!

Here are some more pics to help show what I have so far. I'm starting to panic a bit at all the things I have left to complete: door handles, wipers, radiator, dash, front shocks, coils,.........I promise I'll take a boat load of pictures after this weekend when I have more time and can clean the model. Some of the shots are a little dark because of dust and the thing is kinda shiney so my flash washes out the center of the shot.

[CrateCruncher]

[360spider]

Nice! Good luck at the show!

[klutz_100]

Lovely build

Is the steering wheel from RMoM?

[jano11]

Looks great!

Originally Posted by klutz_100

Is the steering wheel from RMoM?

I think the PE is from the kit and he made the wood surounds himself. You will find it in the first pages of this thread.

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by jano11

I think the PE is from the kit and he made the wood surounds himself. You will find it in the first pages of this thread.

Ah sh*t - I'm so dumb!
So it was THIS thread where I saw that! LOL
Thanks Ioan