1985 Ferrari 288 GTO

[Iskandana]

Hello again, this one is a 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO from revell.

Thanks for looking

Krishna Iskandana

[Viccario]

You have made a superb job of it generally but I think the ride height needs lowering quite a lot plus the wheels protrude too much from the sides of the car. If you can sort out these 2 minor issues I think it will look so much more convincing!

[jano11]

The paint job is excellent and the model is very cleanly built!
Still I agree with Viccario that the stance can be improved.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Nice work, I agree with the others. My GTO, built about 20 years ago, looked just like yours until a few years back when I busted the front suspension apart and got it to sit properly.

[Iskandana]

Originally Posted by jano11

The paint job is excellent and the model is very cleanly built!
Still I agree with Viccario that the stance can be improved.

thanks , the kit was built oob, and even myself was quite unpleased with the final result of the stance but i havent found a good timing to improve it, but i will get back as soon as i make improvement with the stance.

sorry for my english

Krishna Iskandana

[jano11]

Originally Posted by Iskandana

thanks , the kit was built oob, and even myself was quite unpleased with the final result of the stance but i havent found a good timing to improve it, but i will get back as soon as i make improvement with the stance.

sorry for my english

Krishna Iskandana

You English is fine!
Keep up the good work!

[Hawk312]

Very nice work!

I built that one way back when it was the Testors kit. It is a bit inaccurate out of the box (ride height, goofy tires, etc), but you made it look great!

[Iskandana]

new pics with some stance improvements
thx for looking
Krishna Iskandana

[budy_lukman]

two thumbs up. The last post is much better than the previous one. Good height, nice shine. Good work.

Regards

Budy

[evil_hanzel]

what rims are those?

[wouter1981]

MUUUCH better. Not really fond of the colour of the rims, but the rims themselfs are much better, and the stance is verry good.

[Iskandana]

Originally Posted by evil_hanzel

what rims are those?

thanks for the comments....

the rims are from the late tamiya volvo 850 estate BTCC, thanks ...

[b-art]

Great work on this 288 GTO! Although I am a bit of a purist when it comes to Ferrari I must admit these wheels loo a lot better than the original from Revell!
I am also working on this kit and I must say you have really got me thinking of changing the wheels too.
Can I ask how you changed the ride height?

[Iskandana]

Originally Posted by b-art

Great work on this 288 GTO! Can I ask how you changed the ride height?

Thank you , i cut off the plastic from the chassis in which the old revell rims attached to , then i glued some old discbrakes from the old damaged kits to the chassis in a position a little bit higher than the positon of the plastic i cut previously. I hope that my little explanation is clear to understand, trust me that i want to give complete details of the process but then i realized that i have limited vocabulary glossary.

again.....sorry for my english

krishna iskandana

[jtwisconsin]

So I saw the avatar b-art is using and thought "I don't remember replying to this thread before".

I really like how you improved the stance and position of the wheels, but don't really like them in gold. Still a huge improvement though.