Tamiya Ferrari F40 Monte Shell

[Chillyb1]

I just finished this one. This is Tamiya's Ferrari F40 in Monte Shell livery. This is the recently reissued kit with Cartograf decals and includes the Tamiya photoetch set. Paint is Tamiya pure white (TS-26), bright red (TS-49), and chrome yellow (TS-47). I didn't use the decals for the red part because I knew I'd mess them up. There are some carbon fiber accents in the headlight surrounds and carbon kevlar on some spots inside. I added some logos from E.Jan and a photoetched wiper, some grille material, photoetched harness bits, and maybe some other stuff. I'm not enough of a modeler to correct the problem with the engine cover/chassis warpage.

By no means a masterpiece, it did come out looking all right. A satisfying build overall.

More photos, if you are interested, can be seen here:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v230/ChillyB1/Tamiya%20Ferrari%20F40/

[crispy]

Curt, that's really nice. I love the color differences in the engine bay. Really, looks better than you say.

Chris

[jedimastergary]

Great model looks nice great details on

this one

[Bill Eh?]

The finish on the wheels caught my eye. That's the best looking rendition of a magnesium finish that I've seen. Was it a custom blend of paints?

[Chillyb1]

Thanks for the comments. I was able to referjigulate (that's a technical term, by the way) some stuff in the engine bay in order to get the engine cover to sit more correctly. Still not perfect, but it is as close as I'm going to get. Took a couple more photos that show some details better.

You can see the gap between the engine cover and rear of the chassis is much less pronounced now.

Bill, the finish on the wheels is Model Master magnesium metalizer with a very light dry brushing of aluminum, or maybe it was gun metal. They do look pretty good. Thanks for noticing!

[Bill Eh?]

Thanks Curtis. I find that quite often magnesium wheels are called out to be painted semi-gloss black. Your wheels look fantastic. This colouring would be very appropriate for many wheels on Tamiya F1 kits.

[Billy Kingsley]

I like that a lot...the F40 is actually my all time favorite Ferrari!

[Dann Tier]

Very nice!!!!!  I have one that I need to build. I was told that there was no way I could build a kit Box Stock. this one will be!

[slusher]

Beautiful model and great detail..

[afx]

Nice Curtis, love racing Ferraris.

[Chillyb1]

I'm pleased to see this thread revived after so many years. It is a really cool version of the F40 and I'm still very happy with the result it got with this build. Some of my pictures look really good, too! 

[Bumblebi]

Nice build, I love the livery!

Five and a half years on, would you be able to fix the misalignment between the engine cover and chassis?

[Dominik]

beautiful F40! nice to see the racing version. thanks for sharing that beauty.

[NYNS Franky]

Awesome work, I think it looks great!

[bbowser]

I'm glad to see it again, still looks good.

[Jeremy Jon]

Super clean build Curtis, nicely done!!