Errors on the Revell Ferrari California

[das_auto]

Hi!

I recieved my closed top kit today and have been looking for things not completely correct that will need fixing, the only thing so far after searching the web and looking at references, I´ve only come up with that the shape of the manifold is a bit off.

But maybe some of you know of more shape errors, fitting problems or other pitfalls on this kit that can be useful to me and other soon-to-be California builders here on AF.

Know anything? please share your thoughts.

Thanks!

Emil

[scale auto style]

personnally no error are made in kit. this one or an other one. hey!!! it's a HOBBY. take your calliper out of the kit and put it on your closet. after that HAVE FUN bulding the kit. THIS is the most important thing in our hobby HAVING FUN. but .... if you have fun by investigating the job of the major manufacturer it's up to you... I have a suggestion for you... go make a job application to revell. by this way yo will be at the front to resolve any futur error... isn't it a good idea.


I know my thread look like a bit rough and it's not what you want as an answer but I'm more than desesperate to see modelers doing that.

I'm telling high what a lots of modeler think. but I have to tell it. it's the only way I found for things change.

HAPPY modelling

HEY IT'S A HOBBY have fun

[das_auto]

Hello Sebastien, Thank You for replying to my thread!

The reason for starting this thread was not to bash on Revell for doing a bad job on the car or to force people to correct any mistakes or errors made in the basic kit.

I´m NOT saying that you HAVE to research and correct errors, fit problems, body shape issues or anything. If you just want to build the kit as it is that´s perfectly fine.

It´s just that I really, really like the Ferrari California and want to make as good a model of it as possible for me. When companies like Revell and others make our beloved kits, they have to sometimes cut corners and make details and parts a bit different from how they are on the actual 1:1 car for various reasons and through this making the basic kit differ from the car it´s supposed to depict.

Here is where you as the modeler come in. If you want, you can add little details and correct shape errors and add things omitted by the manufacturer because they were too hard to cast or too expensive to make molds of. This I think is not something that is bad, quite the contrary in fact. Making your own little details or adding some aftermarket details can often make the kit-building experience more rewarding than if you were to just build the kit as it comes out of the box.

I don´t think this is nit-picking or being anal. It´s just a question of isolating the areas that need improvement or bettering. And there are areas like that in any kit.

That´s why I started this thread, to let people who have already built the kit help me and others isolate the areas needing more attention from the modeler or identify parts that do not fit as they should when assembled as in the instructions. All this to aid in making as good a model of the beautiful Ferrari California as possible with the maximum amount of enjoyment. Not to force people to do anything, how you build your kit is entirely up to you. Like you said, it´s just a hobby.



Best regards!

Emil

[vrossi85]

I agree with Emil. I personally cant stand errors especially on those kits i love and its definitely rewarding when you got them correct. But of course in some of my cases, there are many times where detailing really pissed me off and i start asking myself why am i asking so much from a model, and on certain times, i really do gave up. Nevertheless, most of the time, I will still correct whatever i could because I know in my own mind, this is going to be a 'more' correct scale model when completed and this is also where i feel rewarding.

Ro

[TireGaint]

What I have found so far for the errors are the front left air vent, and the line of the back seat.

[TireGaint]

What I have found so far for the errors are the front left air vent, and the line of the back seat.

[TireGaint]

What I have found so far for the errors are the front left air vent, and the line of the back seat.

[scale auto style]

hi DAS and RO!!

i write what i think because:

in the past I was my self what we can tell a RIVET counter. why?? because the first time I put a model in a contest some of the other modeller bash my work saying... he don't correct the wing, he don't modify the seat correctly etc..... you know what i was a junior of 9 years old. and this put me back out of any contest . since that time I never put a model in contest. when I do a odel it's for ME. if other are not happy with my work I don't care I'm happy with it. It's not the same thing when iI do a project for scale auto style ( my company ) for this one I will do everything to be the closest as possible to the reality.

may be it's the way the question was ask I missunderstood your question.

anyway keep n mind this is a HOBBY. until you start your company. ( hihih)

yours

[vrossi85]

Originally Posted by scale auto style

hi DAS and RO!!

i write what i think because:

in the past I was my self what we can tell a RIVET counter. why?? because the first time I put a model in a contest some of the other modeller bash my work saying... he don't correct the wing, he don't modify the seat correctly etc..... you know what i was a junior of 9 years old. and this put me back out of any contest . since that time I never put a model in contest. when I do a odel it's for ME. if other are not happy with my work I don't care I'm happy with it. It's not the same thing when iI do a project for scale auto style ( my company ) for this one I will do everything to be the closest as possible to the reality.

may be it's the way the question was ask I missunderstood your question.

anyway keep n mind this is a HOBBY. until you start your company. ( hihih)

yours

I understand your situation too. I have seen others criticizing others work as well due to these reasons and i feel they are just stupid. I support your stand of we should be happy and proud of what we have done and should not care what others feel actually. The only problem here is I will never be satisfied with my work.:P After all, these models are still going to be living inside our home not theirs. Modeling should be a personal thing and its up to us where we want to detail or where we want to leave it as it is.

I think we really go abit out of track, well, for the California, I will need to get it first before i can point any errors.

Ro

[drunken monkey]

Originally Posted by vrossi85

I have seen others criticizing others work as well due to these reasons and i feel they are just stupid.

Pointing out an error in the kit or the build isn't the same as criticising the build.
A critique is subjective.
Pointing out an error is objective.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

The title of this thread made me think it was about serious errors worth mentioning about the kit.

Instead it's asking people to nitpick the kit, to find the kind of errors that most kits have.

Seems a bit misguided; instead of getting possible input & critique about the kit both good & bad, we're arguing about issues that nearly every model has somewhere, merely because of the title. It may also be a factor of the author not communicating in English as a primary language.

Instead of a title that sounds like a statement of fact, it could have been posed as a question. Perhaps "Any issues with the Revell Ferrari California I should look out for?" would have been more appropriate.

I don't think enough people have this kit or built it yet to give it a complete rundown. From what I've seen (I don't have one, probably won't get one) it looks quite accurate, though the tire sidewalls look a bit plain. Revell Ferrari kits generally are good kits (360 Modena/F430 somewhat less so). The Revell Superamerica is a better kit than Fujimi's.

With a modern model of a modern car, one only need open the box and do Google image & Ebay Motors searches to find a myriad of photographic reference to detail the model with.

[das_auto]

Thanks everyone for your thoughtful replies, very much appreciated!

Seems a bit misguided; instead of getting possible input & critique about the kit both good & bad, we're arguing about issues that nearly every model has somewhere, merely because of the title. It may also be a factor of the author not communicating in English as a primary language.

Instead of a title that sounds like a statement of fact, it could have been posed as a question. Perhaps "Any issues with the Revell Ferrari California I should look out for?" would have been more appropriate.

You hit the nail on the head here ZoomZoomMx5. That was exactly what I was looking for, I just forgot the question mark after the topic title.

Unfortunately Sebastien mis-interpreted it like I was bashing people that don´t build their models superdetailed. And the thread got a little carried away.

Sorry for this, I speak swedish as my mother tongue, all I wanted to know was basically if there were any inaccuracies in the kit that anyone knew of and how the fit of parts is.

Sorry for any misconceptions!

(PS. I stole your nicely formulated topic title suggestion ZoomZoom, hope you dont mind)

Best regards!

Emil