WIP: Revell Ferrari Enzo "Giallo Modena"

[SkylineFan]

Started this a while ago, I happened to pull it out of the box last night, and I got the itch!!! I painted it about 6 months ago using Cobra Colors "Giallo Modena" followed by 3 coats of urethane clear and polishing. I stripped the wheels, and painted them with Tamiya Gloss Aluminum and added some valve stems made from craft wire. I completed the window frames with semi gloss black in the first pic. I think the stance in the mockup is a bit low but very aggressive. In the other pic is the rear hatch glass. I decided to follow a very good article of this model car written and built by Hiroaki Fukuda. It is a great write up and he did a nice "mod" on the rear glass that I decided to use. I drilled 4 holes in each corner and added brass rod to mount the glass. The real car is done this way so I thought it would be a nice touch. The side pods on the glass that revell intends on you leaving clear were removed in place for mesh.




Below is the entire floor pan painted, detailed with CF, followed by hand painted rivet detail and a few coats of Future for a nice sheen. I also used a few of Alex's fine pics in his yellow Enzo tutorial on his site for the rivet placement. I am trying to accomplish something with this build. Make it "look" as good as the Tamiya kit at a fraction of the cost.... so far so good?

[Feint Motion]

unreal! The floor pan is just astonishing!

[Big Kahuna]

Looks great so far. I like the rear winshield, and everything else looks really great too. Love the undertray detailing you are doing.

How did you polish the Urethane?
After 5 years of using it, I have not been able to polish it, although I get a great finish off the gun anyway.

Cheers
Nenad

[fwdfreak]

u got skills.com

[bhop73]

Looking good.

[Stickz]

Nice to see somebody doing a Revell Enzo. Looks sweeet!

[blubaja]

Oh my CF-ing god...So far, yes..as good as tamiya! Keep up the great work man!

Frank X.

[Alien]

great work!!
What did you use and how did you cut out the side pods of the window??
Most people are afraid that the window would snap, but if you manage to do it like you it gives so much more detail to the car.

[SkylineFan]

Originally Posted by Big Kahuna

Looks great so far. I like the rear winshield, and everything else looks really great too. Love the undertray detailing you are doing.

How did you polish the Urethane?
After 5 years of using it, I have not been able to polish it, although I get a great finish off the gun anyway.

Cheers
Nenad

To polish urethane, I use 2000 grit sandpaper lots of water to wetsand, and I use 3M "Perfect it III" polishing compound followed by meguiars Scratch X polish.

[SkylineFan]

Originally Posted by Alien

great work!!
What did you use and how did you cut out the side pods of the window??
Most people are afraid that the window would snap, but if you manage to do it like you it gives so much more detail to the car.

To cut out the side pods, I use a dremel cut off wheel to get the bulk of it out followed by needle files and sanding sticks to finish it off.....

Thanks guys

[MidMazar]

great progress, keep us posted, paint looks top notch!!

[g00eY]

nice and shiny!

[JTRACING]

Coooool!!!

[BJ3113]

i love how its coming along

[Wheelin75r]

Looking good already!