e30lover Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Hi all! Here’s my finished 512TR build - it’s Fujimi’s old kit from early 90s which I bought from Ebay. As for the build concept, most Ferraris in the era including 512TR were sold with red, yellow and black but I personally don’t like red, especially red on Ferrari. So I wanted to paint it with Blue Sera(period Ferrari colour from 70~90s) . As with most of older colours, you don't really see visible metallic flakes - so simulate that I painted silver as base colour and laid mix of cobalt blue, pure blue, clear blue, clear green and tiny bit of black on top. I also wanted to jazz up the wheel so I bought Scale Production’s Autostrada Modena (Japanese copy of F40 Speedline wheels) wheels. This time I wanted to give slightly more attention to my surface as it's always hard to get even surface finish on flat, angular body - I couldn't quite get the desired result I was looking for (for me it's always roof and bonnet that's really difficult to get mirror like reflection) but overall the paint turned out alright. Here’s the full build detail: The kit got the panel line wrong (panel lines in front of popup headlamps were missing) so I used panel line scribe tape to create a new panel. Overall panel lines aren’t that deep so I scribed all of them Prepped the body with 600g > gunze surfacer > 1500g and airbrushed silver as base coat Airbrushed the blue mix on top until I got the shade I wanted Laid 3 layers of Mr color’s super clear III (wet sanded each layer with 2000 grit) and let the paint fully cure for 1 month. Wet sanded with 3000g sponge and polished with Tamiya three stage compounds Masked & painted all the plastic/rubber trims then gave a light panel wash with Tamiya panel liner As for the interior, I glued embossing powder for the carpet part and airbrushed mixture of red and tiny bit of black, and finished with flat clear Painted engine and exhaust with various shade of silver, copper and black and used red enamel for the valve cover - engine parts are made up with only 5 parts but they look wholesome after assembling. I was initially disappointed to see snap-tite parts and dead decals that turned into mush as soon as I put them into water(I ended up using decals from my other Ferrari kits), but as I started building I was pretty impressed with the quality. Overall it’s a great, simple kit that can actually built without glue(It was first time seeing snap parts that actually work as intended!). 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70 Sting Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 I don’t think it can be built and painted any better than this! Congratulations sir. P.S. have I seen this build on Instagram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Perfect build of this Ferrari - glass smooth paint job and professional photography! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSchumacher Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Beautifully done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebavarian Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Fantastic paintwork on a beautiful Ferrari. This is a perfect surface, I think I never will reach this perfection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger U Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 A beautiful build, so clean. Excellent paintwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymcminn Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 That is lovely. Bold color choice that works really well on this car. Great photography as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grodudulle77 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Outstanding work !!! I really like the color 👍👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e30lover Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 On 10/1/2022 at 11:24 AM, 70 Sting said: I don’t think it can be built and painted any better than this! Congratulations sir. P.S. have I seen this build on Instagram? I could've used one step finer sandpaper before moving onto the polishing steps! Yes I'm on Instragram On 10/1/2022 at 11:55 AM, 1959scudetto said: Perfect build of this Ferrari - glass smooth paint job and professional photography! Thank you! On 10/1/2022 at 12:10 PM, SpikeSchumacher said: Beautifully done! Thanks! On 10/1/2022 at 12:17 PM, thebavarian said: Fantastic paintwork on a beautiful Ferrari. This is a perfect surface, I think I never will reach this perfection. Thanks! It's really just more prepwork! On 10/1/2022 at 12:28 PM, Roger U said: A beautiful build, so clean. Excellent paintwork. Thanks a lot! On 10/1/2022 at 12:50 PM, jaymcminn said: That is lovely. Bold color choice that works really well on this car. Great photography as well. Thank you! Ferrari has so many beatiful non-red colours to pick from. On 10/1/2022 at 1:45 PM, grodudulle77 said: Outstanding work !!! I really like the color 👍👍👍 Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Very nice! Awesome color choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Beautiful work, the color and finish are outstanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy grumpy Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Beautiful paint and photography. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Beautiful Ferrari! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeRS Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 This is just stunning, and so much better for the unusual colour combination. I never thought that simple Fujimi kit could be made to look so good. Great photography too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy124 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 (edited) Great work from you as usual, Chang! I have some comments though. First off, to my knowledge your color is much too bright for Blu Sera. Blu Sera (Italian for "evening blue") is a darker color with clearly visible metallic flakes. See here for reference: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1986-ferrari-testarossa-6/ . Your color would rather be a Blu Chiaro, if I'm not mistaken. It's very beautiful too, but different! The reason why I know about some of the "blu's" by now is that I did the same Fujimi kit some months ago in Blu Sera from Gravity Colors. 😉 Secondly, I wonder about the size of the F40 rims you used. They look great, detail-wise, but HUGE. From the images I'd guess they must be 19 inches wide? Edited October 4, 2022 by Tommy124 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Outstanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT68 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Another flawless paint job. Great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Street Rod Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Fantastic build inside and out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl63_99 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 As a fan of Ferraris in non-traditional colors I'd say you picked a great look there. That paint job looks nice. Really nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e30lover Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 On 10/2/2022 at 9:17 PM, Dragonhawk1066 said: Very nice! Awesome color choice! Thank you! On 10/3/2022 at 11:55 AM, spencer1984 said: Beautiful work, the color and finish are outstanding! Thanks a lot! On 10/3/2022 at 12:47 PM, happy grumpy said: Beautiful paint and photography. 👍 Thanks! On 10/3/2022 at 10:13 PM, slusher said: Beautiful Ferrari! I love all the popup-era Ferraris! On 10/4/2022 at 12:25 AM, beeRS said: This is just stunning, and so much better for the unusual colour combination. I never thought that simple Fujimi kit could be made to look so good. Great photography too. I was surprised to see how they looked when I popped the box. Very un-fujimi like! On 10/4/2022 at 4:27 AM, ChrisR said: Awesome! Thanks! On 10/4/2022 at 6:15 AM, Tommy124 said: Great work from you as usual, Chang! I have some comments though. First off, to my knowledge your color is much too bright for Blu Sera. Blu Sera (Italian for "evening blue") is a darker color with clearly visible metallic flakes. See here for reference: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1986-ferrari-testarossa-6/ . Your color would rather be a Blu Chiaro, if I'm not mistaken. It's very beautiful too, but different! The reason why I know about some of the "blu's" by now is that I did the same Fujimi kit some months ago in Blu Sera from Gravity Colors. 😉 Secondly, I wonder about the size of the F40 rims you used. They look great, detail-wise, but HUGE. From the images I'd guess they must be 19 inches wide? You are 100% right! I realized all the research photos I was looking at as reference, were actually Blu Chiaro not Blu Sera. One of classic car listings site put the Blu Sera instead so I think I went with that instead. It did confuse hell out of me as I was making because I was seeing bunch of different colours! The real F40 Speedlines were 17" and weren't as wide as the rims I used. They're 18" (Autostrada actually made them from 16" to 18") : https://www.scaleproduction.de/product_info.php?info=p2523_18--autostrada-modena.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Well, I don't know what you're talking about with the paint job being just "alright." I think it looks fantastic. Excellent colour choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 What a beautiful build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATHU Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Fantastic model, the paint job is flawless!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 O man that came out so great!! And so nice pictures! And I love the amount of pictures!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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