Ferrari 360 Modena

[iceracer1]

At the SPC forum we started a 360 Modena/Spider groupbuild.

I entered it with a 360 Modena:

















I already got some nice quality 3D logos from E-Jan.



The wheels will be 20'' BBS LM by Aoshima









The color i'll probably use is Slate Grey from Porsche.





And my inspiration model:



Kris.

[andybmw7272]

Those wheels look great and will look great on that car.

Q: are they a true 2 piece with a metal sleeve and resin center?
Q: are they staggered with wider rears?

I cant wait to see your talents on the 360!
Andy

[iceracer1]

Originally Posted by andybmw7272

Those wheels look great and will look great on that car.

Q: are they a true 2 piece with a metal sleeve and resin center?
Q: are they staggered with wider rears?

I cant wait to see your talents on the 360!
Andy

No they are not metal and resin, but just all plastic. But yes they are 2 piec And yes the rearwheels have a wider lip, but the tyres are still the same.

Kris.

[andybmw7272]

I see, thank you for the insight.

I cant wait to see your car progress, the pic for the inspiration looks awesome.

Cant wait to see more updates!
Andy

[rsxse240]

You will love building this kit. I should warn you, however, to make sure the glass fits before you paint it. You may have to install the glass, then mask it off and do the painting as the glass is fairly difficult to put in. other than that, the kit goes together as any typical late model Tamiya kits.

[Habu12]

Sweeeeet!

[endac]

Looks like a good start. Nice choice of wheels and a cool looking colour too

[MAXIMA2278]

Like the combo you have going on, Will be watching this one...

[rx7king]

I love the inspiration for this build and would love to follow the progress. Two questions however: 1) what is SPC? Scalesportscars.com? just a guess but idk 2) are those rims hard to find?

Cant wait to watch this build and all the other 360 group builds that im sure will pop up, good stuff

[iceracer1]

Originally Posted by rx7king

I love the inspiration for this build and would love to follow the progress. Two questions however: 1) what is SPC? Scalesportscars.com? just a guess but idk 2) are those rims hard to find?

Cant wait to watch this build and all the other 360 group builds that im sure will pop up, good stuff

SPC is another modelling forum: http://forum.spc.org.uk/phpBB3/index.php

Those rims are not that hard to find I think. These are just released, but they are always sold out very quick. I think Hiroboy or HobbySearch still sells them.

Kris.

[MidMazar]

Hey RX7King, hiroboy is the one who created the spc forum.

Kris, I have to say that i have been playing around with those rims for a while. By putting them under many cars to see how it will look, and have to say almost every model kit looks great with a set of those aoshima bbs lms. Good luck with the kit, should look good when done.

[iceracer1]

Well guys.... I finally could post my first update

First I sanded the body after rescribing the panellines.



And put the floorpanel together



And the engine. I painted it with different metallic shades, and after drying I added a layer of smoke and semigloss clear on it. The exhaust are original chrome with some heatstaining with tamiya clear paints.
The Ferrari logo's are PE.













I'm still not sure about the bodycolor. The more I look at the flat grey reference pic, the more I dislike it Sometime it looks mean, the other time boring... We'll see what color I'm gonna paint it.

Kris.

[iceracer1]

Before my vacation I did some paintwork. First I sanded the body and made the panellines a bit deeper using a panelscriber.

After that I sprayed some Zero grey primer on it.





The flat grey idea is flown away because I wanted a nice red color. This Mica Red from Lexus will suit the car i think.



First I had to paint a red basecoat:





Then I could paint the mica red on it. The badges are from E-jan and from the PE set.











Now it was time for some clearcoat. I used Zero 2K. I had some trouble while spraying, but the overall look is good for me.













The wheels were painted gloss black as a basecoat cause I didn't know what to do with them. Finally I decided to paint the lips in Polished Alu and the spokes with Titanium using Aclad paint. The wheelnuts are chrome painted and the Ferrari badges are HD 3D with a drup of clear on them.









Meanwhile I polished the body and already added some small parts like the frontlights. Now I can focus on the interior.

Kris.

[joe92]

Smart

[jotaemedos]

Very good job of paint!