Zoom Zoom Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 We enjoyed our annual LeMans palooza immensely This is my entry; I took a discounted (missing p/e fret) $18 Fujimi 330 P4 from Hobbytown and made it the 412P NART entry. The kit was molded in a very dense white, making painting a breeze. I did the decal art and printed it on a color laser printer. Started at 9:00AM yesterday (painted it outdoors w/Tamiya TS Pure White applied over primer, only needed buffing w/Tamiya compound), finished it up (mostly) by 1:00AM today, adding a few details like winglets and tire decals this morning before the race ended. Thankfully this kit was simple enough for a 24 hour build with few build issues. Mirrors are from my parts box, winglets were scratched from .015" styrene.
george 53 Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 HOLY SHAMOLY!!!! I can't finish one THAT nice inna YEAR!!! Great job on a really neet car,one of my favorite Ferraris!
MonoPed Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 SWEET!! I'd have a hard time building a Ferrari that nice in a year, much less a DAY!!
Jon Cole Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 Bob, GREAT job! Really makes me want to build mine! Is this a "researched" paint scheme? Or did you use artistic license with the decals? 24 hours! Wow!
Zoom Zoom Posted June 15, 2009 Author Posted June 15, 2009 Bob, GREAT job! Really makes me want to build mine! Is this a "researched" paint scheme? Or did you use artistic license with the decals? 24 hours! Wow! Thanks! I did as much online research as possible; I found out about this car when I was shown a picture of the "White Whale" Ferrari that Fisher is making. Below that vintage racing photo was a picture of this car at LeMans, and I had already asked friends if they remembered any P4's that ran with a white livery. Turns out Model Factory Hiro did this car, there have been decals done for it in the past. The vast majority of pictures for this car are all of models, and they all have slightly different details. I know my model isn't 100% accurate, but neither is anyone else's model without a lot of work. The graphic scheme was easy to lay out and print, I was happy that the blue stripes came out nice from the laser printer in a color that seems right for the car; my NART logos for the sides came out w/a terrible yellow but I layered them over yellow decals that I cut from the donor kit decals and the color was perfect (laser decals are translucent, fine if you are building a white model). Most models show the car w/light blue stripes on the tires. I haven't figured out how best to do them, if at all. The decals I had for it were too dark. They might have been gold. I could do the stripes w/a white gel pen, but I didn't have my circle template w/me at the palooza. We'll see...I might do them, and I might do a panel line wash to the model as well now that I've had 24 hours to recover
beefheart22 Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 Whadda ya mean you did that in a day????? That is a sweet build.
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