Building the Tamiya Ferrari 360 Spider!!!

[pflau]

hi. Ive got a F50 and a 360 spider kit for a long time now and I think I'm gonna start on the 360 spider.. the reason I'm gonna do the spider is that I saw a real 360 spider just this past summer parked on the street. it was absolutely amazing looking.. with that engine showing through from under the rear hatch.

I wanna do a good job so I'll need you all to help me along..

first off.. where can I get a good image hosting service??? my isp only provide 10meg of space and I'll be posting lots of pictures...

phil

[Honoturtle]

You can use: AF Picture Server for free with your account.

So what color is this going to be?

[vwman]

sounds cool , what rims you are going to put?

[pflau]

Originally Posted by Honoturtle

You can use: AF Picture Server for free with your account.

So what color is this going to be?

exactly what I was thinking. I was thinking silver, but Im not sure which silver. I need a silver matallic color with a blue undertone, so Im thinking of using testors' silver blue metallic. but if I do that I'll probably need a primer coat+base silver coat(needed because silver blue metallic is tranlucent)+color coat+tamiya clear lacquer coat and this is gonna be REAL MESSY!!!!!!!!!

[pflau]

Originally Posted by vwman

sounds cool , what rims you are going to put?

think Im gonna go all stock. I dont wanna take too long with this thing..

[pflau]

just wanna let you people know I will be building the 360 spider over the thanksgiving holiday so stay tuned.. I'll be doing the exterior silver blue metallic and interior black.. all stock. I will be posting the blow-by-blow.. so stay tuned!!!!

[pflau]

ok, people, seems that this is not gonna be a one weekend job. but let me get started. what should I post??? I think instead of posting a lot of pics bits and pieces I would rather post stuff in the spirit of technique sharing. so here goes:

here are some of my tools:

I spray everything when I can so I got myself a very cheap compressor. its a Silentaire Scorpion MB 1000. this is a weak compressor and I need to water down my paint quite a bit to get best result. the upside is that because the spray is weak.. there is little over spray.

the airbrush is a Iwata HP-B.. yeah I spent a pretty penny on that airbrush.

my favorite lacquer clean is E-Z lacquer thinner.. this thing smells the least offensive. great for cleaning everything. the scrap piece of door has the color modal master silver blue metallic.. which would be the color of the car.

for glues I use the testors glue pen. no tube glue no way!!! and for something quicker I use tenax plastic welder.. this one of those very quick set glues that can bond ABS plastic in 10sec. but there are many other brands that do the same.

[pflau]

ok.. lets get started.. like I said I mask and spray whenever I can.. so let me offer a couple examples:

this is the engine when that top cylinder on black. I hand painted the cylinder and the paint got onto the body a little bit, so I mask the cylinder and touched up the engine block.



and this is how it turned out:



now this is a little messy.. I painted the chassis semi-gloss black (model master black+flat black) and masked around the A-arm before I spray it with aluminum model master metalizer.



here is the "after" pic, nice and clean huh???



here's the same idea, I painted the side panels flat back and masked them out and painted the frame silver.. which part I decide to paint and mask first depends on which parts are easier to mask out.

btw, NEVER mask over model master metalizer cus while they look beautiful.. they dont stick too well.

[pflau]

now, on to the body!!! the body will be painted silver blue metallic. it takes four paint layers. the bottom layer is tamiya white primer. the second layer is model master silver sprayed with an airbrush. this is needed because the silver blue metallic is semi-translucent. the third layer will be the color, and the final layer will be tamiya clear lacquer.

as usual I got rid of the mold lines before any painting began. this is after the silver undercoat:



stay tuned!!!

[Zcaithaca]

great job... good job masking....seems very helpful

[Veyron]

the third layer will be the color, and the final layer will be tamiya clear lacquer.

Are you planning to spray Tamiya TS clear lacquer from the can, or Tamiya X-13 acrylic from the bottle? If you spray lacquer over Model Master enamels you probably have a problem.

[Midnight Racer]

Great progress.Can't wait to see more.

[pflau]

Originally Posted by Veyron

Are you planning to spray Tamiya TS clear lacquer from the can, or Tamiya X-13 acrylic from the bottle? If you spray lacquer over Model Master enamels you probably have a problem.

probably from the can. it would take too long using the airbrush and the longer you spray, the more likely dusts and dirts would get sprayed onto the surface.

also, I tested praying ts-13 on other model master enamel and I had no problem. of course I will test it again on the color I will us.

[blueboost]

this looks good already. and you've just started!

[86_SR5]

Looks real good, perfect ferrari color, keep up the good work.