Ferrari California 1:24 Revell, Hobby Design

[karambolis8]

Hello.

This is my first topic, and my first 1/24 car scale model.

Kit is well knonw Revell Ferrari California Open Top. I'm going to use some photoetched parts from Hobby Design. Currently I have body painted with base colour and severall layers of Gunze GX100 clear. Base paint is blue metallic from VW palette. This is some sentiment from my first real car. I had VW Passat in this colour some time ago On pictures You can see wheels in gloss black primer. For some time I was thinking about leavig them in this colour, but finally decided to paint them white alumimium from Alclad.






Here are target interior colours:

Little set of aftermarkets.


Final wheels colour



Fitting of grill. A llitle bit to low. I hope this will disapear when glueig together with kit part.


I calippers will be yellow


I've done some polishing. I've made from sponge something like polishing disc to my Proxxon drill and tried to achieve some high shine with red, blue and white Tamiya compounds. Next time I won't use red one, because in some places I've rubbed to plastic.






I've dry fitted Hobby Design photoetched brake discs. It doesn't look bad for me. I'll put on callipers last layer of yellow gloss and burnish brake discs with sandpaper. I had put some chrome on nuts, but not sure if this is visible at all.



Some regress-progress. I'm preparing now body to paining. Some places needed filling and sanding.



I've polished brake disks with rough sanding stick and mini-drill. Before polishing on the left, and after on the right. I think it gives more realistic look.


Cheers
Adam

[das_auto]

Great job Adam!

[nascar49]

I like the shade of blue you are using

[karambolis8]

Hello. I've question to polish specs. I'm now at stage of removing GX100 orange skin. I'm using Mr Laplos #6000. Next step will be #8000 and polishing compounds. However I've made one mistake. On one sharp edge I've rubbed to plastic. I think I'll touch this up with brusch and paint this area with GX100 again. Question is if I can paint new layer of GX100 over old one, matted now with #6000, or need first polish it? I'm afraid that when I don't polish, I will get scratches in deeper laquer layer.

[Kjenjak]

I haven't used Gunze paint before. Tamiya spray paint (TS13) can be applied at any stage, raw, sanded or polished. You are right, if you polish now, teh new layer will be smoother.

And btw, please check the placing of your brakes. The calipers should face towards the center of the car, not to the front/rear end.

[karambolis8]

Thanks for answer Calipers, brakes and wheels are only dry fitted at this moment. That how model looks like now. One can spot little paint damage on door.

[karambolis8]

Hello.

I've made some progress finally. Here is model painted with GX-100, so far before sanding orange peel and polishing.




Cheers,
Adam

[BVC500]

Nice! I like that blue a lot.

[AndikaCantuk]

Nice! I like that blue a lot.

[karambolis8]

After 2h of hand polishing with blue and white Tamiya compounds

[fafnir]

Wow!that is beautiful!

[karambolis8]

A few more pictures made with new Canon

[karambolis8]

Hi guys. Has anyone tried soldering Hobby Design photoetches? I'm trying using usual stuff that works with copper and brass but with no luck.

[karambolis8]

Hello.

I was absent for a while. In meantime I've painted engine bay and window seals on doors. Also glued photoetched grill.

[BVC500]

Looks good!