Tamiya 1/24 Ferrari F40 Competizione

[Mr Bowcat]

Good morning all.

I bought this kit 2nd hand in January, and on opening the box realised that the roof was squashed and the A pillars bent.






I tried to fix it with heat but it wasn't happening, so I had to order a spare from HobbyCo and was advised a 6 month wait. Luckily it wasn't quite that long and the new shell arrived this week.

I started with prepping the shell and got the primer down, this is an older kit (2005) which is evident compared to more modern Tamiya kits. There are some quite pronounced seams on all the parts I have looked at so far, as well as some mold mismatching. Also the engine cover doesn't fit perfectly which is apparently a known issue with this kit.





With that done I moved on to the engine. I've not gone too mad with this, normally I would fill the seam on the top of the gearbox but it's going to be covered by the exhaust so I've not bothered.





And with that all together I started cleaning up the rest of the parts for the back end ready for primer and paint.





That's all for now.

B

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Morning all.

This weekend I have mostly been painting. Got the white and yellow down on the body and the rear part of the chassis.

With that done I started on the decals. I need to get these down and glossed before further painting of the shell and chassis. I'd decided to use Tamiyas Racing White which has a slight cream tone to it, but realised in retrospect it wasn't going to match the white parts of the decals. As it turns out it's not too bad.

The decals were typical older Tamiya, so quite thick, but went down OK with liberal use of softener and some heat.

Other than that I've painted the rest of the drivetrain parts. Some of these needed 4 seperate colours, I'll post pics once the parts are together.

 

[tigersteve]

That is looking really nice already - will be following along !

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Steve, welcome aboard.

 

[colin m]

looking great Bob. That's a very effective metal finish you have on the gearbox.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Colin.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Bob
Good that Tamiya were able to provide s new body. We would have had an F40 convertible otherwise. Off to a good start, looking good already.
Jim

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Jim.

Finished off the decals last night, all went pretty smoothly. I managed to get a small crack in one of the door placards where it goes into a larger panel line, but the panel line wash should hide it. The 2nd pic shows the misalignment of the engine cover, so I will either have to display the model with the engine showing, or glue it shut.

I also finished painting the engine, drive train & running gear and got everything glued together. No major problems, a bit of misalignment on the exhaust headers. The PE disks are nice.

Hoping to get the panel line wash done tonight and the gloss tomorrow.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Morning all

Got a little bit done this weekend, panel line wash in and gloss coat down. I've got a little bit of a rough finish on the bonnet, but should be able to sand back and polish out.

 

[adt70hk]

Coming on nicely Bob! That really is looking the business.

All the best.

Andrew

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Andrew.

 

[Mark1]

Looking very smart

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Thanks Mark.

 

[scottie3158]

Bob,
That is looking very nice mate, the body and drive train are spot on.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Paul.

 

[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.

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.