60 red years tribute - 612 Scaglietti Sessanta

[flyonthewall]

First of all, appologies if this progress report is a little disjointed. I tend to get carried away with a build so much so that I forget to take pics at crucial stages.

Anyway, I didnt want to miss out on contributing to this particular group build like I have done with previous ones, especially with all the interest its generated. I struggled to decide upon several projects I had in mind for this but it seemed fitting to try and replicate one of Ferrari's own 60th anniversary cars, either the FXX Evoluzione or the Scaglietti Sessanta. The latter was more appealing because of the modeling challenges involved so here we go...

For those not familiar, the Sessanta (that's italian for 60! ) is the special edition produced in limited numbers for Ferrari's aniversary. Basically it has a revised interior, different rims, two tone paint and a glass roof. A few pics can be found here - http://www.scuderiaferrari.pl/modele...we/612/60anni/

Some basic vac forming was required for the roof. Very basic infact coz no vacuum was involved. I heated a sheet of 10thou clear sheet within a frame I constructed some time ago for a vac-form machine I was building (another incomplete project). The softened sheet was pulled down over a resin copy of the roof. This was not the first attempt however. Previously, I was confident that the heat of the sheet would not be sufficient enough to warp or melt the model - wrong! This is the 2nd Revell 612 body






The roof was marked out and cut with circular saw in a motor tool. BTW, I highly recommend buying a motor tool with a seperate transformer with adjustable speed. Its a recent purchase of mine and I dont know how I managed without it! It provides so much more control. Although not pictured in detail, once the opening was cut, the remaing plastic was milled away to a depth of 20thou or so for the new glass roof to sit flush.




Onto the interior. The original seat trim and detail on the door cards were cut and milled out with a motor tool. The new quilted trim was created with expoxy putty rolled out onto plastic card. By pressing the various openings, that had now been cut into the interior, onto the putty, I was able to cut out sections to fit snugly. By doing it this way I overcame the major headache if it were to be done in situ, particularly when it came to engrave the quilting detail which was done by pressing thin brass wire into the putty whilst semi cured.







The center console differs greatly from the original too so more surgery required - its tool time again!... With tub interiors on models, I feel its extremely difficult to modify them by hacking them apart into sections as ultimately its a nightmare to reassemble again without encountering major fitment issues. Best to try to keep it in one piece if possible despite the awkwardness of filing and sanding in tight places.

I used a Dremel drill stand as a basic milling machine to remove all unwanted plastic on the center console creating a perfectly flat area to add to new detail. The section between the rear seats was also milled away but this was done by hand with the motor tool.












This is where I'm upto at the moment. You can see the new center console is made up of a sandwich of plastic card with expoxy putty forming the contours around the rear AC vent.



A view through the glass roof.

[blubaja]

Looking stunning so far! Great job with the glass roof section!

[deltableh]

Wow, I am SO following this. Incredible, man, absolutely incredible.

[Joe Blyth]

Very interesting-I'll definitely be watching this one!

[Enzoenvy1]

Should have done the Evoluzione, lol. J/K. I was perusing the web a week or two ago when I saw both the Evoluzione and this Scag. Both are very nice IMO. Great work with the roof. I never though about doing it that way. Will follow.

[mrawl]

Ooooohhh, this is looking juicy!! opcorn:

[MidMazar]

Wuuuuhuuuu, great to see ya back, now once done resin that puppy up!

[rockinanko]

great idea on the roof surgery!
i must say i'm still confused on how to 'heat' or 'warp' or bent the clear sheet into something i want for my 365P speciale roof...

i hope there's a much easier way to do this...so someone please post some simpler ideas if you have one...

thankx in advance...

marc
SGP

[DasWiesel]

Fantastic work so far! Can´t wait to see more.

[BVC500]

IMPRESSIVE! What are you going to do about the wheels?

[tonioseven]

Dang, Chris is building again! Good times are sure to follow!!

[white_R34]

WOW Awsome work now I see how to do the seat's the right way use Epoxy Putty. I knew there was a reason I bot that stuff, to do a version of the 612 I realy needed to know how to mack that pattern work right. (Thanks so much) "Master Chris" Your the man.
Oh Chris sin's your doing that type of interior are you going to do the two tone version. That's one of the one's That I want to do.

[Jamme]

Really nice work so far and great attention to detail.
I'm a fan!


Jamme

[gionc]

Great subject choice Chris, and fantastic start. I loved it in black, with smoked roof. Any idea about color?

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Can't wait to see this one finished!

For those who ask about paint color, this particular car comes in a two tone of black and dark red metallic or dark gray metallic. Headlight bezels are silver.

More:

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/s...etti-sessanta/

I want to see how you tackle the unique wheels. Nice work so far