Ferrari 458. Revell 1/24th Scale.
Well, I said I would build a wheely thing and here she is.
Done in Yellow, to make a change.
Any errors are mine, and I have seen them.
I did a WIP , so you can look there for hidden parts.
Well One kit down, 4 to go before starting anything new.
Nice work, Simon...I like it.
Thanks Craig, she a good 6 footer, looks good from that distance.
Really vivid paint job! See it coming (as here) a looong way off! She's a beauty!
Thanks for that Bernard. Well it is loud in colour so that the deaf can see here coming LOL.
Nice finish, Simon. Been watching and expected nothing less. Well done!
Cheers Bryan, she is a bit loud as such, but with a Ferrari 2007 F 1 car in the stash, I wanted to do something other than Red.
Way Cool Simon! And just the color I am going to choose on mine. (If i win the lotto) ? I have enjoyed your work in progress on this. Thank you for posting the procedure.
California Steve
Thanks Steve, I enjoyed the build, quite easy, with a good fit.
As for the colour, well , good old Tamiya X 8.
Nice Ferrari! Some amazing detail there mate inside the cabin and engine, it was a good work in progress to watch as well!
I don't think many cars suit loud colours, not unless they are outrageously exotic. I think the 458 gets away with being in that category though! I would love to test drive one!
Only 4 in the stash? I think that needs topped up! I've got 8 in the stash and 2 on the bench but I don't seem to be getting anywhere fast with them unfortunately!
Ta Richard, there is not a lot of detail to be seen once she was together, but it is knowing it is in there.
Only 4 in the stash, they are the ones we are working on, we (the good lady Rose and I) have got about 60 kits so I don`t think I need to worry for a while.
60... fair enough!
Excellent result after all that hard work, Simon, are you still going to give this to your son? If so, I hope he looks after it!
Cheers George, I think he will look after it, we go to see him next weekend. I have a Porsche 956 lined up for the next build?
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:O ... Very nice work, way better than some DIE CAST renditions.
Thank you DE4EVER , it was the first car in many a year that I have built, and sprayed.
I think that being a simple enough build helped, no rear wings or things to add after the paint job.
Seeing some of your builds, with all those decals I am glad that it only had a few.
Yeeessss ! You did it ! Excellent work, Simon. It was not an easy build, but you managed every problem and the result is great !
The Yellow was the right decision, much more unique.
Danke Bernd, she was more time consuming with waitng for paint to dry properly than any thing else.
I glad you liked the colour.
Hey Simon,
I have been following your build, it looks great, I love the finish you got with the yellow, it looks real good, well done.
Cheers Marc, it made a break from building wingy things, but I need to improve my gloss painting technique though. Too much spraying matt colours
LOL.
Superb job Simon. It looks the business in yellow.
Thanks Gregor mate.
It is nice to finish her, and get going on the others builds in progress. The colour was chosen to be different from what other wheely things I have in the stash.
The problem with getting on late is that all the good praise has already been heaped on a well done build, so I'll just say ditto the above. Looks great Simon as usual.
Thank you Jack, it is being on this and another forum that has given me the confidence to try new techniques and learnby them too.
I was going to say this build was a learning experience but it turned out too well for that. I followed your WIP & can appreciate your work with the different colors to compliment the kit's details.
Well built Simon.
Cheers Al, from a car miester like you I take it as a high compliment sir.
I have something nice in the stash for when I feel the big one should be started.
Great results with the build!
Ta Greg, she was a great learning tool as such, with chance to experiment a bit with out ruin it.
Beautifully done and great subject choice, that's great...
I am "all thumbs" so will say "10 thumbs up!"
Thank you Ralph, it was an enjoyable break from planes, and I will be building another car in the near future.
This is really nice. Good work, Simon.
Cheers Terry, it should of been built a bit quicker I know but that`s life.
Looks great, Simon.
Cheers mate, I have had some good modelers to follow .
Nice clean build, Ferrari always has a "ring" to it's name, your build is a commensurate with the brand's prestige.
Thanks Mike, a lovely set of lines to her.
It is a shame that the details are not easily seen, but at least I know it is.