1965 Ferrari 206P Dino - Forgotten Prototipo

[360spider]

Ferrari 206P Dino Salone di Parigi, 1965
ABC Brianza, 1/24th

Kit Review here:
http://italianhorses.net/Reviews/ABC...DinoParigi.htm

Yes, its has been a long time fellas. Due to various reasons, I have not been building for a good 9-10 years now. Its time to put an end to this.

At this point, I'm just giving it a go, and I don't even know if my hand would let me finish this, but I got the itch and I will see what comes out of this.

Will be building this box-stock+, minimal changes planned, but we'll see how it goes. I wanted to have this car built before I got injured, and all these years of building it in my head, really want to put this on the shelf now.

Couple of real-deal photos to wet the appetite:







There is absolutely zero meaningful detail in the kit itself, so I will try to add some eye-candy if possible. Since the kit is super-plain, I decided to put my best effort into finishing the body right, even though proportions are not exactly 100%. No desire to fix the flaws at this point.

Despite my initial impression about the kit being quality (or maybe my perception of quality have changed over time, likely the later), there was a lot of flaws/bubbles/you name it on the main body piece.



I have re-shaped the engine air intake a but, put on little PE mesh, re-scribed the panel lines. Honestly, it sucks to scribe when you don't feel a darn thing. Not the best job, but I'm done making excuses





Filled all bubbles and imperfections on the bottom, made sure opening fro the engine bay vent fits the vent:



Rear vent was emulated with this PE mesh, would have been a prime candidate to open up if I were to build this full detail, but as such, I had no desire to remove a bunch of resin just to make it see-through - will wash with flat black once painted.



And finally some primer - still lots of little flaws to fix, but its a start.

[Fooesboy]

Sure has been a long time since we got to enjoy one of your WIP's, more please!

[Niro750]

Great start

[360spider]

Thanks guys, I’ve got more done, just need write it up.
Taking pictures and putting wip threads together sure takes time. But that’s part of the fun.

[360spider]

Next I was messing with the wheels - they are ok as they come in the kit (sorta), but the holes in them are somewhat wrong shape, and the tires are god awful truck tires so typical of Italian-made artisan kits from that period.

Tire problem was solved rather quickly, as I has a set of tires from Ferrari 275 GTB/4 kit in my spares box, they looked much better, with correct shape and proper thread.





But wheels turned out to be much tougher problem. Originally I decided I'm just going to copy the wheels that came with Fujimi Dino 206S Competizione kit, so I made few resin copies of these tires. But as some of you know, they are too big even for that kit, so in the end, while the shape was right, the size was not, so I scrapped that idea.

[360spider]

I feel like this build should be sponsored by the Jurassic Park or something.

Well, the Dino got painted. Used a really old bottle of Zero Paints Rosso Corsa over gray primer, the paint was still surprisingly fresh, and I'm pleased with the color.

Cleared with Dupont 2K, polished with 3M compounds. Not the best paint job I've done, let's be honest, I have not painted in 10 years and I can't feel the damn thing when I'm painting.









Painted the underside as well, didn't mask, cause you can't see it once built - yes I'm lazy, but baby steps here.



Made a few bits for the wheels. Decided to go with the kit rims, made washers from, well, washers, and copied Fujimi knock-offs cause they were infinitely better than PE ones from the kit. The little round bits are tops for the knock-offs.



Headlights are given as a PE part with some engraving and a drop of clear epoxy on top - so very 90's I almost shed a tear. Well, sentimental as it may be, I didn't like the look, so I found this Modeler's set in my spares and decided to use these lenses for the headlights. Made bezel surrounds from the thin solder wire.

Tail lights are same sad story here, so I made pieces from clear plastic and painted them, but not sure if I'm using this or some other solution for the tails just yet. I guess I'm not 100% sold on this. Rearview mirror is also from the spares box to replace kit PE 2D rendition.







Finally I finished the glazing - what a freaking pain to glue PE frames to clear plastic, and then bend them to shape. Reminded me my I used to like Tamiya kits. Overall, I'm happy with the way it turned out, but PE itself is not 100% conforms to the body, so there will be some fiddling while putting this on the body.



That's where I sit at the moment.

[firun]

Looks fantastic as usual!

[lovegt40]

So nice to see u back on track Alex ! I really love to follow your build ups.

The model here has some shape issues (i've seen the inner side of the C pyllar..) and mostly is the wheels that must be correct.

Keep on. I missed your builds.

[da_ashman]

Great to see you building again!!! May it continue for a long time!!

[freakray]

Stunning work Alex, doesn't look like you've missed a beat!

[360spider]

Thanks guys, it sure is both hard and exciting to get back. I forgot so many things! Its slowly coming back though. Working on the interior!

[Robi J]

Hey Alex, nice to see you back...!

Seems the forced stop didn't affect your skill and style. Yes, re-start is tricky and exciting and, me too (I just re-started), I forgot many things and I'm in a sort of trial stage

Thanks for sharing very nice photos and explicative description.

Robi

[BVC500]

Great to see you building again, Alex! Looks like you aren't rusty despite the intervening 10 years!

[Philip King]

Alex, a pleasure to see you building again. I know we are all critical of our builds but i am struggling to find anything wrong with this. Your paint job is excellent.

More please

Philip

[quadzero]

You didn't miss a beat, this is beautiful.