Tamiya 1/24 Ferrari F40 Competizione

[papa 695]

Just seen this one Bob, and may I say some great work, looking very nice indeed.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Ian.

Finished off the last of the body painting over the weekend, it was just the front splitter, headlight internals and windscreen rubber, and I also flatted and polished the paintwork.



Also painted the rest of the chassis and installed the engine and running gear.



Onto the interior next, it's fairly sparse being a race car, but I think I'm going to try and pimp it out with a little carbon fibre.

[scottie3158]

Bob,
Looking sweet my man.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers dude. It's nice doing an uncomplicated OOB build for a change.

[Mr Bowcat]

Morning all. :smiling3:

Been working on the interior for the last few days. I bought a sheet of carbon fibre decal (Studio 27 I think) I while back, but so far have only used it on flat surfaces. I decided it was time to try it on some more complex shapes and this interior was the perfect candidate.







It's 1/12 pattern so over scale, but a least it should show up through the windows. I'm fairly happy with how it came out, it's far from perfect but for a first attempt I'm pleased.

With those parts done I got the tub installed in the chassis and added all the other bits, along with some more engine components.

[scottie3158]

Bob that carbon fibre looks the nuts mate well worth it.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Paul

[adt70hk]

It does indeed look very good!!

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers.

[Mark1]

Looking very nice, need some of that carbon for a bike I've got.

[minitnkr]

A real beauty.

[Mickc1440]

Wow Bob that looks superb. The carbon fibre is a total success

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers guys.

Mark, I got mine from Spot Models but I beleivbe John sells the Tamiya CF decal sheets.

[Mr Bowcat]

Hi guys,

I had to walk away from this build for a couple of weeks, the fitment (or lack thereof) of the glass was driving me around the bend. The windscreen in particular just would not fit so I ended up having to cut off the locating tabs, re-profile it somewhat then hold it in place while I glued it.

Fitting the engine cover to the rest of the body was similarly frustrating, requiring a small piece of clear plastic which forms the window between cabin and engine bay to be glued to the ceiling inside over the "hinges". Again it didn't fit right and required it to be be held while spot glued.

Finally, the body doesn't fit right either. :loudly-crying:

I've done the best with it that I can, pics here if interested. https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threa...tizione.39754/

[Tim Marlow]

Pity about the fit issues, that is a really crisp build Bob.