Well I thought that I would join the dark side...
Build a wheelie thingy.
No not really , the good lady Rose ordered that I build a model for our son, who is car mad..
After a look through the stash, decided that this would be suitable, with not much detail as such, they provide an engine but how much will be seen once in place?
The cabin detail is adequate but again how much will be seen?
The tyres look nicely moulded with little or none seam lines.

The colour just has to be Yellow, I see so many red Ferrari`s when their traditional colour was actually Yellow.

Anyhow, this will be built along side the other projects, so updates may be a bit sporadic.

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Dark side? Where I'm from armor is considered the Dark Side Simon. Hope you enjoy building this because like George said you might find yourself wanting more.
BTW, Revell car Ferrari kits can have some close tolerances so test fit as much as possible before painting.

Cheers all, the dark side beckons!
The Porsche can wait George, I want to get my gloss work up to standard worthy but it is a nice kit (even got the P/E with it as well as decals.).
Thanks for the heads up on the fitting Al, It`s going to be fun, something other than a wingy thingy.
Cookies Bernd, oh good, get the kettle on.
Cannot build a kit without coffee and cookies can we!

WOW ! What a great start Simon, looking very good, the trick with the household bleach and the silvered parts was unknown to me.
Time for more cookies 🙂

Bernd

Keep on eating the cookies Bernd, it was the first time I had used bleach to strip chrome, and it worked quite well, as for the discs Al, when she is buttoned up so to speak, any internal work could be wasted. I am also trying to keep myself focused on this build, double checking before proceeding with the next stage.

Good looking start, Simon. The 458 track car is a beast-the "gentleman" drivers in the Ferrari Challenge tear them to bits in the name of fun. I have a side mirror off the class winning 458 from last years' Rolex 24 at Daytona-found stuck in a tire wall at turn 7-the Bus Stop chicane- that was lost while punting the second place car off to retain first place. Sportsmen...

Bleche-Wite was recommended, to remove chrome, by several of the car modelers in our club. It worked fine for me on a Revell Chopper. It has to be a form of what you used, Simon. But Simon, a car? Really ? I knew that bi-plane would drive you over the edge...lol

Well hello again, it is I, the silly one who decides to build a car this time.

Not a lot has happened, I have been mainly cutting and cleaning bits.

Applied the primer today to what I am calling the lower half.

Then started the silly stuff, spraying Alcad 2 .

Out came the Gloss Black base, then the Air-frame Aluminium, which coated the engine block and timing end.

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Then sprayed the cylinder head covers Polished aluminium, but can you see the difference.

No , nor can I really , so will give another coat to the heads tomorrow.

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The rest of it is so so, the chassis has been given a coat of semi gloss black mixed with just a little bit of silver, to try and replicate the carbon fibre used.

The exhausts are a waiting some Alcad chrome at some stage, may find some other bits to spray as well.

That is all for now, hope to post an update at the weekend.

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