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09-12-2002, 05:29 PM
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Tamiya Ferrari 360 Modena GTB
Putting my money where my mouth is in regards to posting Ferraris. I took some better shots of my Modena coupe. This kit gave me fits! My first Tamiya model w/serious engineering problems.:cry:
I fell in love w/the Modena not upon seeing pictures. Pictures didn't do it justice. It was on the street when they were fresh off the boat when I passed one-the Ferrari dealer used to be 5 minutes from my house, so I saw the new stuff all the time on the road. I nearly fell off my motorcycle-it was gorgeous! Much wider and meaner looking in person.  The clear parts were basically too large. The side windows were a b**** to install, and while I was scraping/fitting the side glass snapped. I just about snapped myself. Ended up cutting the side window glass out, replacing the missing trim onto the body itself. Rear glass was another fitting nightmare, but it will go w/some work. Headlight covers...same deal.  Paint was another nightmare. I used Black Gold lacquers, primed w/Variprime which is supposed to block the nasties of lacquer. It didn't. Mold lines reappeared like magic when I clearcoated the model. Several times. Ugh. Then I crushed the A pillars by accident. This car's had more re-shoots "at the factory" than a typical GM product. Finally I persevered and the finish is muy fabuloso.  Finally I was able to assemble this beast, and the rest was perfect. Beautiful assembly and detail, amazing how well the engine/chassis just go together with the typical "shake the box and out it comes built" quality of Tamiya. I could shoot the mold engineer who got the scale of the clear parts so wrong (they fixed that w/the Spider).  Below you can see the interior easier w/o the side glass, that turned out to be a good modification.  
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09-12-2002, 05:39 PM
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I dont think anyone else has mentioned these problems???
Great work once more.
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09-12-2002, 05:47 PM
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Me thinks you got one of the early "buggy" versions of the kits that they probably fixed later on...price of being early, I guess
Anyway, after seeing that I am 
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09-12-2002, 05:51 PM
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I'll post my Spider soon. It's gorgeous but the dark blue color doesn't photograph well at all.
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09-12-2002, 06:02 PM
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I've alwasy wondered what a GTS 360 would look like, he needs to post those pics pronto.
I had some of the same problems as my 360 with the rear glass. Looks good!
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09-12-2002, 08:15 PM
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Now I'm mad...
Because I told myself that I was on a buying freeze! You just made me order one from HLJ!!! I'm gonna tell my wife it's your fault when she sees the UPS man!!! Seriously, that's a beautiful job on a beautiful model! Keep me inspired!
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09-12-2002, 08:40 PM
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 Thanks for the comments, it's been a week of wallet-hurting here as well...makes me feel better when I post pics of stuff that's finished and paid for!
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09-13-2002, 05:51 AM
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Very nice job on the kit.
I've been putting off getting this kit due to the cost but it's only a matter of time before i give in !!. Thanks for the helpful info about the kit
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