Gallardo advice

freakmech · #1 07-21-2005, 01:45 PM

hey all, i recently posted progress of my Gallardo but im at a bit of a stand still. the chassis is giving me some problems. the instructions say to paint it Neutral Gray and some parts black. well the black parts i plan to CF but im uncertain about the Gray areas. ive seen one pic of the underside and that was on the assembly line half completed. it doesnt look grey, maybe semi-gloss black or even CF. alot of you have built these so how did you paint the chassis? thanks and any ref. pics would be nice. the ones i found were on Road&Track.

PS. if anybody has some spare PE valve cover scripts i would love to have them as it would simplify the engine build and i dont think the Acustion PE set is worth the money as ive completed a good bit of the kit already.

Thanks again!

CADguy · #2 07-21-2005, 02:23 PM

I painted the entire bottom of mine 100% semigloss black, except for the motor piece, which is aluminum. I display it with the wheels down, so I'm not too worried if its correct

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Heres a link that shows the Gallardo mostly naked, and from every angle you might need.

http://carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/porta...opDefault.aspx

freakmech · #3 07-21-2005, 02:54 PM

thanks alot, i dont know how i missed this. i did a Google search and these didnt come up for me!?! its still hard to see what material those bottom panels are but this is a great starting point.

edit: they did come up in google but misleading as the thumbnail is the picture of all the engine blocks

thanks again

drunken monkey · #4 07-21-2005, 03:43 PM

just details but the real car doesn't have any carbon fibre structural parts; it's mostly (painted) aluminium.

freakmech · #5 07-21-2005, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by drunken monkey

just details but the real car doesn't have any carbon fibre structural parts; it's mostly (painted) aluminium.

thanks thats what i was wondering about. so its painted alum for the most part. the Carbon Fiber was inspired by this car http://www.lambocars.com/archive/gal...galldimexi.htm

RallyRaider · #6 07-21-2005, 10:09 PM

That bottom shot on the first link looks more like a Murcielago to me.

Wow, love the Miura Corse link! Think I'll be adding some Miura Corse bits when I build my Gallardo!

freakmech · #7 07-21-2005, 10:34 PM

Hey Phil! Isnt that Miura Corse awesome! You have gotten me addicted to CF decalling with your Murc build.

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