1/24 Ferrari 2550 GTO ..... Sir Stirling Moss

[Guest]

Never been into car models much Colin but you have done a fantastic job on this one.

Andy

[Guest]

Thanks Andy, i'm trying ... so the missis says anyway

Soooo ... i thought i'd do a base, and also thought that it might offer a few tips i've come across on here if i did a sort of step-by-step.

made a base out of balsa, laid polystyrene sheet over it and 1200 wet and dry paper over that to form the road then melted the edges of the poly sheet to get a natural edge.

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Made up some poly-filler and let it set in a tub about 1/4 inch thick to get the 1/24th scale. Then break it into stone slabs.

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Assembled the wall in situ NOT glueing the bottom to the base.

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When dry take out and paint, light grey, then darker grey whilst the lights still wet to blend, then a darkish green to give a little moss effect, after dry wet areas with PVA and add some mixed scatter to for moss and lichen growing on the wall.

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Make up the floor of the base with balsa to get a ditch effect, paint to get a colour base and add the gravel, mud and dirt (of your choice) glue the wall in situ so the dirt fills the cracks and looks natural

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Add some grass, a tree and some leaves dropping on the roadside.

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Add the white lines and dirty the road up a little, this is quite easy as all you need to do it tip dirt on and the fine dust will settle in the wet and dry ... just brush off what you dont need so it looks ok.

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le voila

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Hope this is some help to someone.

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[yak face]

Fantastic colin , the wall is just brilliant and the tutorial is going to be very useful , top work mate , cheers tony

[Centurion3RTR]

This is looking great Colin, love the work on the base matey.

Have fun, John

[Guest]

Wow, Colin that wall is spot on. Waant to build one round my back garden

Andy

[papa 695]

Great work on the base Colin will set the car off very nicely

[Guest]

Great looking base!

[Andy2035]

I've some how missed this, sorry Colin, love the GTO and the wheels suit it, I also agree, the Green is so much better looking than boring Red...

Thank you for the dio tutorial also, I promise I will give this one a go some day soon, seeing as I prefer making the car models at the moment it would be great for taking photos with them on it...

A HUGE



*****

From me...

[Guest]

I appreciate the approval guys, and i hope its of some use sometime.

Andy... don't think i'll be able to do a wall in 1:1 scale mate, not with my dodgy joints and wooden bladder

[Guest]

that dio looks the mutts nuts mate..brilliant stuff.

[Guest]

saying this is finished to my capabilities now.

I've completed it in my representation of the car participating in the 1999 Goodwood festival, indicated by the number 7.

Some ideas i tried (some worked some didnt so well).....

Pulled the wheels in a little so there was more clearence to the rear wing

Decals were improvised a little as i didn't want to strive to be too anal or rivet counting.

The colour isn't spot on, but i think i like this slightly darker peagreen myself.

The numbers and panels were attempted to look like they were peel-on/peel-off as in real life, think i managed it apart from the white on the rear which looks a little shabby close up.

All in all i've enjoyed this and might even do another car at some stage.

What ya think???

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[papa 695]

Think it looks great Colin looks like youv'e been doing cars all your life

[Andy2035]

It's looking very lush, a big 5 ***** from me...:no1:

[Guest]

Very nice and good to see it on a scenic base to. Most cars are just plonked on a shelf. This really helps to set it of. Looks great :clap:

[spanner570]

That is one really nice motor, Colin. The wall is spot on too!

Big 5* for sure....

Ron