ferrari red?

[acdbx]

how can i make ferrari red for my f40 with spray cans?

thanks!

[lilbudman]

I would think Tamiya's TS-8 "Italian red" would be a close match, I'm not quite sure though.One of the ferrari guys could tell you for sure

Lil'budman

[freakray]

TS-8 is a perfect match.

[lotus_man]

Yup, for a road going F40 go with TS-8 or Ford Rediant Red.

[Vric]

Tamiya Italian Red for old Ferrari
Tamiya Bright Red for newer Ferrari

[DukeMan]

I strongly recommend that you do following: white primer, orange basecoat (for example Tamiya TS-31 or TS-12 will be good) followed by Tamiya TS-8. Maybe a clearcoat but it´s not always necssasary. Ferrari actually uses a orange basecoat for their (red) cars. Good luck!

/Fredrik

[lotus_man]

You could actually write a book on what red is 'right' for a Ferrari. If you go back to th 166MMs you're looking at a very dark maroon red, through a TS-8 color as you get more modern, on to TS-49 Bright Red for stuff from the early 90's. The latest cars are actually a flourecent red rather like the McLaren's were in the 80's, but it's almost impossible to tell in photos. I'm lucky enough to have been up close to pretty much ever car Ferrari have raced over the last 10 years, and they get progressivelly brighter red->orange as they get newer.

Most Ferrari sprayers use a pink primer by the way...

[drunken monkey]

and um, weren't the cars, no matter what make, that ran in the mille miglia that were italian were another specific type of red?

and then i heard something about the ferrari F1 cars being the red that marlboro or vodafone used, depending on the current sponsership of course....

[primera man]

I found that spraying the car in TS-8 and then painting the inside of the car body black gives it a slightly darker red and making it look abit closer to the red you want

[bvia]

Originally Posted by DukeMan

I strongly recommend that you do following: white primer, orange basecoat (for example Tamiya TS-31 or TS-12 will be good) followed by Tamiya TS-8. Maybe a clearcoat but it´s not always necssasary. Ferrari actually uses a orange basecoat for their (red) cars. Good luck!

/Fredrik

Fredirik,
the Scuderia also uses pink...yes I said PINK!..as a basecoat for several of their competition and road going machines! Finisher's makes a pink primer for just that reason. Using it under a TS-49 makes for a very effective "modern Marlboro Ferrari color"...

[MPWR]

There has been an awful lot written/said about Ferrari Red- an perhaps the most importaint thing said, with regards to model building, is:

DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT IT

Unless you're model is going to be displayed placed on top of a real Ferrari, an absolute color match is meaningless. There are several widely availible hobby paints, such as Tamiya 'Italian Red' and Testors 'Guards Red' that are terrificly close matches. Both of these colors would be called 'Ferrari Red', if either manufacturer could afford the licensing to use the name.

As for pink/orange primer? Yes, it is true that Ferrari uses colored primer to give a more 'vibrant' color. If you duplicated this technique, would it make your model look better? Possibly, but I strongly doubt it. If you were to put one model painted this way next to another model painted the same red over a plain white primer, you may see some difference-but I doubt you would ever have someone tell you, "oh, yeah, this one looks more like a Ferrari".

What's going to matter much more is the quality of the paint job itself, instead of a particular shade or hue....

[DukeMan]

Yea you guys are probably right, I´ve heard about the pink primer aswell but I can swear that I saw some Ferrari-dude on TV saying that he used an orange primer. But as MPWR says, it really does´nt matter on a model, specially if it is 1/24, if it is bigger like 1/12 or 1/8 then you might consider using colored primers. Take a look at 360 Spider´s site and you tell me, would you prefer the exact hue or would you prefer a paintjob that perfect?

/Fredrik

[cfcrules]

I find that the best results for a Ferrari red, is to use the Halfords Red Primer, then use Vauxhall Mars Red, followed by their clear coat. But it really doesn't matter that much what colour you use, so long as it is a vibrant red.