Ferrari 250GT Pininfarina Coupe

[nniemi]

First, sorry for really long first post. This covers progress during the last year or so...

I started modifying a Revell California Spyder kit to a Pininfarina Coupe. Rear lights look like they are good enough for this "conversion" and basic wheelarch shape is the same

First thing was to add 20 scale cm (about eight inches) to the wheelbase, and lenghten the rear to match the lenght of the real thing.













The white plastic strips on the sides were used to help making character lines. The body was also cut lenghtwise to add somewidth. I made the basic shape to the rear end with plastic, and then used putty to get the shape right.











Headlight recesses were made from plastic sheet and round plastic tube:



AMT '66 HT Mustang gave its roof for this project, the basic shape and angles were closest match that i could find.



This is what it looked like after modifying and some putty:





And here are yesterdays pictures. Basic shape is done, as are panel lines. Some tidying up to be done and then i'll continue with brightwork...















-Niko

[thadude]

Woah thats awsome!
Realy realy realy realy realy great scratch work right there!
Are you going to resin cast the body maybe? Some poeple might be intrested in it

Anyways,keep it up and im sure itl be great!

[jano11]

I'm speechless!
Excellent, exceptional, wonderfull, incredible .... (feel free to add l the superlatives available).

I would be interested too by a resin cast body of this beauty, if you ever decide to do it!

PS: Rockinako will be extremely happy to see this!

[Veyron]

Great effort so far!

[Kurzheck]

Wow, the first few photos looked a little scary but you have pulled it all together quite effectively. Nice work! Good eye choosing the Mustang roof section. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this.

[gionc]

Fantastic! I'm touched!

Guys that's awesome: what producers don't offers us since they stay under marketing mens we do by ourself.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Impressive work, looks fantastic so far

[agamo]

Wow, impresive!!

I'm impressed on how you preserved all the natural lines of the car, even with that huge amount of scratchbuilding, it looks amazing!

Congratulations!, I'll follow this one for sure!

[rockinanko]

PS: Rockinako will be extremely happy to see this!

OH YES!!!opcorn:

YESSS...this is what modeling's all about! think & build(differently) out of the box!!!

Good attempt bro, accurate & logic calculated modifications! OH MY GOD!
it looks good!

Hah! well at least i find builds as 'mad' as mine!!! hehe...

with so many spare ferrari bodies lying around here, oh no...what's next up the chopping board for me!?!?




CHEERS!

marc
SGP

[nniemi]

First of all, thanks for the feedback. I've been a victim of this BS, so i could not access AF from home

Originally Posted by Kurzheck

Wow, the first few photos looked a little scary but you have pulled it all together quite effectively.

Yes, i thought that i might scare some of you from reading the rest of it

I'm hoping that someone here in Finland might be able to help me in casting this in resin when its done. Main reason is that PF Coupe would serve as a great base in Series II Pininfarina Cabrio and would even be quite good base for GTE.

Updates will be quite slow, because at the moment i think it will take a lot of work to get all panel lines even etc.

-Niko

[klutz_100]

WTG Niko!!

Absolutely superb project beautifully executed. Keep up the great work

[rockinanko]

I'm hoping that someone here in Finland might be able to help me in casting this in resin when its done. Main reason is that PF Coupe would serve as a great base in Series II Pininfarina Cabrio and would even be quite good base for GTE.

Not so fast niko...
pardon me to say this, is this your first time doing such a big mod?

i'm in the same heading as you too...doing some WOW mods, 5 rare ferraris now...but all half done. why!?

i thought of casting a new body for selling too.
but when i got into the most taxing part of how to integrate the existing (or build new) chassis, engine, interior, trunk or doors etc...you will find that by having a new resin body is just half of the story.

unless you're willing to cast ALL the self scratchbuilt parts along the way too, to create a full resin kit. then you're in business.

i suggest you try to complete this PF build first, along with a detailed documentation...and judge yourself if the amount of work & difficulties faced are viable for casting.

all the best!

marc
SGP

[godfather23]

Superb effort. Do you have a photo of the real car to see, where this one is going (I know I could google it, but this fine thread deserves the comparison). Keep it up, it´s fantastic to watch.

Robert

[nniemi]

Originally Posted by rockinanko

Not so fast niko...
pardon me to say this, is this your first time doing such a big mod?

i'm in the same heading as you too...doing some WOW mods, 5 rare ferraris now...but all half done. why!?

Not actually the first, but first that will be finished, if there are no big unexpected problems.

Originally Posted by rockinanko

i thought of casting a new body for selling too.
but when i got into the most taxing part of how to integrate the existing (or build new) chassis, engine, interior, trunk or doors etc...you will find that by having a new resin body is just half of the story.

As i said, the main reason for getting this cast WOULD be to get couple of good base bodies for other conversions for me, not for making money. For the ours invested in this, it will never be good business.

Originally Posted by rockinanko

i suggest you try to complete this PF build first, along with a detailed documentation...and judge yourself if the amount of work & difficulties faced are viable for casting.

all the best!

marc
SGP

Thats exactly my plan.

This is what it should look like when i'm done, photo from Ferraris-online.com:



Rest of the pics:
http://www.ferraris-online.com/pages...50PF-1637#P004

-Niko

[nniemi]

I started doing the bumbers. Both are modified Revell California Spyder items.For the front i had to use two bumbers to get the bumberettes also. Headlights are from Italeri SWB and rear lights from Revell/Italeri California spyder.











A quick test shoot with Fujimi Daytona wheels and tires, not so bad i think.



-Niko