Tamiya 360 Modena Spider

[cjsbosox]

Hello AF! I started another Ferrari since my other project hit a snag. While that one is on time-out, I began what was supposed to be the car I planned on starting this winter. I tried to tackle opening the doors, which I have never done, and failed. Wish I had seen the advise given here on opening doors on convertibles before I started. So I found myself waiting on a new body

My plan is to paint the car Tamiya's deep metallic blue. The interior color will start with Citadel's Solar Orange as a foundation that I will teak to look more like baseball glove orange Very little will be done to the body, perhaps a front diffuser since I am trying to make nexts moths show near Chicago. I also have Crazy modeler's PE and a few options on wheels that I will tackle later. So here we go...

I wanted to try replicating suede using embossing powder as I had seen on this site before and like the look of it.

Flormats! Another first for me





Yes I did stick two 15" subwoofers behind the seats of this baby


Here is a quick mock up

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[Ferrari TR]

Looks great. Maybe a bit fuzzy but real bright. The whole interior looks very detailed, just the thing for a 'vert'. What seats are those?

[cjsbosox]

Originally Posted by Ferrari TR

Looks great. Maybe a bit fuzzy but real bright. The whole interior looks very detailed, just the thing for a 'vert'. What seats are those?

Thanks for the replyand compliment Ferrari TR. The seats I got from...chihchieh! Took me a bit to remember. Great price too As far as the fuzz........ thats's how my house is. After 8 years of expensive furnace filters I hav nothing to show for it

[cjsbosox]

Hello AF! Trying to keep up with these builds. Sadly my laptop broke and was able to finally borrow one to keep posting I am keeping it as simple as time allows to only do so much. I put the suspension together to chck the car's stance, and even though I wishe the front was a little lower,I can live with how it looks. I considered a few wheels and went with the Gram Lights as they have a nice aluminum look which I think work well with Tamiyas Deep metallic Blue. I did a lot of heat staining on the exhaust even though it will no be visible. I am also going to add some CF to the engine area. That's all for now. Thanks for looking

[cjsbosox]

A few more pics

[pb4007]

Nice job on your ferrari! When i was looking at the pictures with different wheels, i thought to myself "please use the shiny aluminum wheels" and then i looked at the other update and there they were! Good job man

[cjsbosox]

Originally Posted by pb4007

Nice job on your ferrari! When i was looking at the pictures with different wheels, i thought to myself "please use the shiny aluminum wheels" and then i looked at the other update and there they were! Good job man

HAHA Thanks! I was leaning on painting most of those in an aluminum color anyway. As a matter of fact I favored the Kranze due to them hving CF lips

[MidMazar]

Cool progress, seats came out nice along with the whole interior. Although the seats look a little high once inside.

[cjsbosox]

Originally Posted by MidMazar

Cool progress, seats came out nice along with the whole interior. Although the seats look a little high once inside.

Yes, but they clear the top lol. If I have time I will take them off and fix it

[cjsbosox]

After some issues with paint I decided to strip it and start all over. I was sooo close And with what Ilearned today about laquers, I would rather use urethanes to see what happens before starting my Scuderia. This also opens the possibiliy of somewhat replicating the NGT bumper


More later, it's time to sleep.....

[cjsbosox]

Hello everyone. I have not done much since I had paint issues besides research and a little shopping. I chose to stay with a blue color and came across a few tempting options. So I narrowed it down to this from house of kolor.


Which looks like this:
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-4851269..._2151_21064448

I plan on painting the car soon. I just have to decide if I am going to chane the bumper or not. See you soon....

[cjsbosox]

Hello AF! I decided to paint the car last night and must say that I am thrilled to have gone this route. I started with adhesion promoter and primer on body since i did a little work on the bumper a few days before.



After wet sanding and allowing it to dry I got started on basecoat. 1 mist coat followed by 1 light and 2 wet coats.


The basecoat got 1 mist coat, 3 medium coats and 2 wet coats. I love this stuff. Pearls turn paint from blue to purple depending on angle. Sadly the color does not come thru in pics



After a quick pizza slice I got to the clear. I put on a mist coat followed by 2 wet coats. I cant get over how smooth this stuff goes on!


So shiny and I have not polished it yet


I could not resist so a few hours later I had to put the body on the chasis



I did have a problem. When i painted the car previously with tamiya everything looked fine. Now the mold lines I showing I guess this paint is very unforgiving, so it needs a perfect surface. That said I don't regret painting the car. It was a good learning experience. I will just have to get a new body form tamiya since this IS the color I want for this car.

Comments/advise welcomed. See you soon and thanks for lookin!

[Ferrari TR]

Great shine. What clear did you use?

[pb4007]

That is a really nice shine, keep at it. Also the wheels looks really good with that body on

[Harry7]

Very nice colour and shine! Must ask also what polish did you use?