Progress - Ferrari 512TR from Rosso

[ales]

Started yet another one.

Now my favourite colour for this car is Giallo Modena, so it's only natural that this one will be painted Rosso Corsa Here are some photos for you to see what I'm doing with it.

Side strakes ... my least favourite part in any kit of a car that has them. Various manufacturers suggest different solutions for this area (my favourite - Italeri on their 348). Rosso's solution is OK, but if built oob it would leave a panel line where it doesn't need to be. I tried to correct that by cutting the part that goes behind the door along the door line...



.. and gluing the front part to the body.



I was hoping that this would enable my to fill that unnecessary panel line and at the same time I was hoping to be still able to paint inside that area using my airbrush. The first part of the plan worked just fine, but I'm not particularly confident about the second part after I've airbrushed a couple of coats of primer on it.

The fit of the headlight covers was rather disapointing, especially that of the right hand side one. Had to add a piece of styrene to make it fit the openning.



Here is where I am now. The body has received two coats of primer that is now sanded to remove dust and correct imperfections. Cannot see it in the pictures, but I've also removed the lower rear grille to make painting, polishing and detailing easier.

[eph2]

Nice Start!!

[Samurai75007]

Lookin good, what color for int.?

[ales]

Thanks,

The colour will be Rosso Corsa, i.e. the traditional Ferrari red.

[Samurai75007]

na, the inside color black, tan?

[ales]

Sorry, misread your abbreviation.

I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to paint the interior

[D_LaMz]

great start and is Rosso the same company that made that 1/12 nsx?

[NissanSkylineGTR98]

Nice start, looking forward to seeing more progress.

[willimo]

Originally Posted by D_LaMz

great start and is Rosso the same company that made that 1/12 nsx?

Yes. So I'm going be watching this build like a hawk to see if the F&F from them is good enough to warrant a second attempt at buying that kit (and keeping it).

Nice work so far, this will look great. Your solutions to the kit's issues are inspired.

[Samurai75007]

Originally Posted by ales

Sorry, misread your abbreviation.

I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to paint the interior

I would go with tan, most are out of the 20 I have been looking at over the past year for a track car 17 were tan.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

I built this kit last year, while finished it looks pretty damn good (and I didn't do the side pod modifications), it was a royal pain in the ass to build. The suspension parts were a nightmare, none of them fit. It looks so clean and simple until you start assembling... Knowing that ahead of time can save you some hassle...make sure every mounting hole is opened up as the pins are all a bit too big; and my rear suspension/frame was broken a bit and also a nightmare just trying to keep it together long enough to do final assembly.



I have a Monogram 512 TR that I want to build; it's quite a good kit w/full engine detail and I have a set of Rosso rims for it. The side strakes solution they have is probably the best I've seen of all; better than Rosso and Tamiya-the strakes are solid (and quite thin) but since there aren't any weird parting lines the effect is more realistic.

[91p10nizmo]

Great job. Im sure you will do it justice. Keep it up.

[gionc]

Well, just to show in your preferred color, fujimi kind, built almost 15 years ago I guess, before married for sure. OOB 100%. Not polished, only few pass of alchidyc spray can.

[Ferrari TR]

Sweet!
I'm still trying to sort the details for an F512m conversion.

[ales]

Thanks for the encouragement and motivating pictures, guys!

A quick question: does anyone have a decent picture of the wheelarches (front and rear) with the wheels removed? I've gathered plenty of references, but nothing of those areas from those angles. Thanks in advance.

Tan might be a good choice for the interior, but I'm in no hurry to make a decision. I think black would look quite good too, but I'd rather use black for the interior of my second 512TR.

Thanks again.