*WIP* Tribute To The 60 red Years: Ferrari 360 Modena.

So I put all of my projects aside, and began the ones for the upcomming group builds.

I was gonna go with the 599 but, I was short on cash, so I grabbed a Modena instead.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i167/dc2s14/Ferrari360Modena.jpg

Pretty straightforward build. I think I'll change the wheels yet, Im not too sure though.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i167/dc2s14/Modena6.jpg

Haven't really much done alot of work on the body, but I've gotten ome things done.

First, I took care of the body, and removed any swirls and moulding lines.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i167/dc2s14/Modena5.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i167/dc2s14/Modena4.jpg

Then I took the clear part that houses the suspension, i'm guesing, and added some smoke to darken it a bit.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i167/dc2s14/Modena3.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i167/dc2s14/Modena2.jpg

That's pretty much all I've done. I know it's not much, but Im also waiting on supplies from HLJ and Hiroboy for me to go on with this build. Until then this is all I have.

C&C are welcome!

I'm interested by your idea to "smoke" the clear part - I'm curious to see how that will work when assembled :thumbsup:

Nice.
I'm working on one too. I wish I'd thought to smoke the engine cover.

Very nice to see another great entry to the GB, I suggest not to change the wheels, the 360 wheels are simply works of art IMO! Just my 2 cents~

Been a very wierd month and stuff. Lots of stuff has happened and I didn't have much time to work on my kits but I've got some progress done. . . just a bit though.:shakehead

I Started the assembly of the engine and I must say that this engine is very detailed. Im sad to say that I do not have enough skill to take advantage of that.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i167/dc2s14/ModenaMotor.jpg

The manifold came out very clean. I must say that out of all the paints in my collection, SMS Faux Fabrix comes very in hande for ANY type of job! In this case I used it to paint the manifolds to give it that "rough" feeling.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i167/dc2s14/ModenaManifold.jpg


Too bad I have a very crappy camera, and you can't really see the texture this paint creates.

I also painted the engine "cage" or whatever it's called.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i167/dc2s14/ModenaMotorCage.jpg

The motor and "cage" were painted with a flat black first coat and a Gloss Alluminum second coat.

A little dry fit to see how it all looks together.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i167/dc2s14/ModenaMotorBay.jpg

Im not sure if I mounted everything correctly but I think it looks alright.

After I was satisfied with what I've done with the motor, I put it aside and started to work on the body.

Little problem here . . . I was waiting for this. So I sanded the body prior to adding primer. The primer coats came out alright. Waited a week for it to air out and applied a coat of red. The coat came out ok, so I began to apply more coats. One after another I waited for it to dry and appplied coats each one lighter than the rest. And thus . . .
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i167/dc2s14/ModenaPaintBubble.jpg

A bubble!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: Just for the record, I've never laid down a perfect or near perfect paint job, so this is no surprise for me.

So down to the bench I go and sand the paint down.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i167/dc2s14/ModenaBodySanding.jpg

After this, I went ahead and re primed the body and re painted the body, although this time I'm taking more precaution with the paint. Its been 3 days since I've done this and soo far I've only laid down about 3 to 4 coats of mists. Soo hopefully I'll have a pinted and dry body by the weekend.

One question, do you guy's start to sand, polish, and wax the body after clear or before clear?

Anyways thanx for looking!

Who smashed the roof? The A pillars are totally ruined.

Bro, dont sweat it! I have ruined so many kits I lost count! Just keep on truckin man, you will get it how you want it!

Who smashed the roof? The A pillars are totally ruined.

Yea, I got it like that when it came in the mail. I'm not so good at fixing these things so I'll leave it how it is for right now.