Help with Ferrari badge please!

stickboy · 16-03-2008

Hello Guys!

Please help if you can!

I have been given the task of repainting the HotWheels Elite 1/18th scale model of the Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso in the dark brown colour of the one owned by Steve McQueen. This model is to be a gift for the gentleman who recently bought the actual car. Unfortunately, I have broken the Ferrari badge on the boot lid.

My question is, where would it be possible to obtain either a new badge, or a new boot lid?

Any help you could give in this matter would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks, Phil

alan2525 · 16-03-2008

Ebay Item Number: 280206757655

Must be nice to own a Ferrari 250GT and have a diecast model of it too! I'd be happy just with the hotwheels version myself!

**Bunkerbarge** · 16-03-2008

Could you give us a bit more detail, preferably pictures of the broken item. There may be repair opportunities, or even using the old to make a new, before looking elsewhere.

stickboy · 27-03-2008

Cheers chaps, here's some photos, the best of a bad lot!

I got nearly all the details parts off, but didn't fancy trying to peel off and re-attach the Ferrari badge on the boot which appears to be a raised chrome decal, about 11mm long.

I decided to get the colour behind the letters by airbrushing a light coat of paint on, then wiping off with a soft cloth, til the colour was dark enough. This worked, so I then masked off the badge and sprayed the rest of the boot. Unfortunately the masking lifted the "i" off the end of the badge, which then broke and disappeared.

I have painted it back in by hand using a fine brush and Humbrol silver Enamel. It isn't bad, but is noticeably different.

Replacing the boot lid would be the best solution, but a nice lady from Mattel called me back after I emailed them to tell me they don't have any spares for this car...

Any ideas?

... other than spending £50 on a new model!

While I'm on, does anyone have any tips on how to gat a high gloss with Tamiya acrylics? Can it be polished? My main hobby is airbrushing crash helmets, but the lacquering is done by someone else in 2 Pack, so I don't normally worry about finish!

**GEEDUBBYA** · 28-03-2008

Howdy stickboy,

Ok, I can suggest a couple of options although i dont build model cars myself.

1. remove the old emblem (hopefully without removing the paint job) and replace it with a waterslide decal. made from something like the emblem I am posting at the bottom. Waterslides are easy to make if you have a printer, the waterslide paper and the sealant. making the emblem smaller is no big deal eaither, I could size one for you if you could tell me the dimensions of the lettering. Then I could make it a .jpeg which you could print out on decal paper and apply.
2. replace the tamiya paints with Alcad II Chrome paint....this requires a gloss black base coat prior to using the chrome paint and can only be applied with an airbrush.
3.create a self adhesive "sticker" using a resized version of the emblem below. Again, I could resize it to what ever size you need and email it to you or post it here for you to "capture" from this site.

I know these options aren't the most desirable, but they are the only ones i could come up with.

If you decide you want the image resized let me know, i will be monitoring this thread.

have a good day,

Greg

EDIT: I had one more thought....If you know someone with one of these models, you could ask them to create a "mold" for you using something like play-doh. They could just make an impression from their cars emblem and send you the play-doh so as that you could cast an emblem of your own.

alan2525 · 28-03-2008

You could always buy another Ferrari model on Ebay and then sell this one there without the badge and just go for a resprayed bootlid, would be nice if you could get a photo of the finished model alongside the real car too. The Steve McQueen connection might even get the price up too!