1/8th Pocher F40 Ferrari

[Romell R]

Not sure how i missed this one, Nice work Rom. That thing is a monster, where the heck you gonna display it lol.

I have no idea Joe this one will probably sit in a storage box until im ready to show it.... Im glad you found it tho....

Thanks fellas for your sincere compliments

I got started on the rear chassis build last night just wanted to give you some pics of the start of it all

this is a pic of the pile of P.E. that's going on just the rear chassis

Heres the chassis after its been modified

I'll be back with more tonight.......

[mredzadventure]

Breathtaking . That is all I can say

[Mooneyzs]

Rom... this build is off the chain man. Looking good Brother!! You keep killing it man

[Romell R]

Yeah Im moving along a lil faster than I thought I would LOL! .....

here another small update, I got some paint on the rear chassis its complete now more pics tomorrow I hope you enjoy...

I'll post the painted chassis tomorrow , thx for joining me.......

[vintagedragfan]

great Job Rommel! coming together beautifully!

[ZIL 111V]

Stunning indeed from what you started from.

As mention POCHER took the easy way back in the late 80's with their Testarossa/F40/Porsche kits...way simpler to assembled &.,.way less detailed then former legendary Classics car kit series, guess to broden their market share

Amazing work...hope kool Sassy likes it!

[cobraman]

Did I read that you plan to put this masterpiece in storage ? That doesn't seem right. You can send it to me and I will give it a good home. I will even "pop" for the shipping ! : )

[Romell R]

was able to get the intercoolers done tonight , at first I painted them with alclad polished aluminum but it cam out way too shiney so i gae em a coat of Tamiya gloss aluminum I hope you enjoy....

Heres the intercoolers with the P.E. before paint

polished aluminum paint......

final paint.....

Thanks for joining me cya soon

[cobraman]

They look great !

[GoatGuy]

Awesome work Romell. I guess whenever you have to check for detail accuracy you just go out to the garage to look at the real thing, right? Ha. I'm following your build. Great stuff. I see Revell Germany is coming out with the 599 GTO. I've got to get one.

[Romell R]

Hey Dave what scale is that 599 ???

I got some more detail work done on the motor and I set it in the rear chassis I wont explain I'll just let the photos do the talking, I hope you enjoy!

I'll see ya soon.....

Edited September 2, 2012 by Romell R

[vintagedragfan]

looks awesome Rom, very nice work bro!

[comp1839]

looks great romell! some seriously tiny stuff goin' on. gonna be killer when it's done.

[Romell R]

looks great romell! some seriously tiny stuff goin' on. gonna be killer when it's done.

yeah its killing my eyes thats what it's doin !! LOL!

Anyway tha enough babble outta me I hope you enjoy the my small update ..... I was able t sit and work on the rear suspension while I waited on the guys to pick up my Harley and take it to the shop. the brake calipers are only on for mock up as they still need detailing.

here the intake air filters are installed

here the suspension is being installed

And finally the rear stablizer bar

Thanks for joining me.........

[Old Sprinter]

Rommel; that's amazing!! I had no idea that there was a model kit out there with that kind of detail. You're doing fantastic, putting it all together. There's just so much detail!!

[Romell R]

Rommel; that's amazing!! I had no idea that there was a model kit out there with that kind of detail. You're doing fantastic, putting it all together. There's just so much detail!!

Thanks Ken but I dont think there is a kit out there with this much detail , im building this kit with the help of the "Autograph Trans Kit" without this trans kit this model is basically a (very exspensive) diecast toy. Edited September 4, 2012 by Romell R

[GoatGuy]

I believe the 599 GTO will be 1/24. I'll double check.

[GoatGuy]

Here's one result to the search............

[Romell R]

thanks Dave!

[vintagedragfan]

looking awesome Romell, moving right along bro!!

[Romell R]

Thanks fellas.....

With the F40 being my favorite super car of all times I always felt she looked her best not in Ferrari red or yellow but in BLACK, a dark glossy black! So now it time to get some paint on the body so guess what color I'll be spraying this beauty? You guessed correctly , Black.

So i gave her metal body one last sanding and warmed up the ol air brushes and got busy....I hope you enjoy the pics.....

body taken down to bare metal

now add a lil primer

and some black paint .....clear coat will be added later....

notice I cut the vents out on the body.....

I'll have more for ya soon....

[Romell R]

I also wanted to share with ya the progress on the interior. Heres what i have done so far

Heres what I started with.......

here it is with carbon fiber decals and cloth added

you ca see the leather boot added to the emergency brake....

and the detail of the shift knob here.....

Oh yeah i also finished the oil and tranny coolers today..., only the oil cooler is pictured here...

see ya real soon......

Edited September 9, 2012 by Romell R

[eizzle]

That's going to be a beauty in black paint!

[cobraman]

Nice ! I agree, it will look fantastic in black.

[Romell R]

I got somemore work done to the interior , covered the seats with carbon fiber , and red fabric hope you enjoy....

they do look good in the interior pan....

I thought you might enjoy this mock up

see ya with more updates real soon.....

Edited September 10, 2012 by Romell R