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Thank you. I don’t even recall how I end up having this color. But I figured this model was perfect platform to try it on. That I do remember.

Thank you Scott

The interior was all cleaned up, received few minor plastic strip additions, the seats were sanded down and properly assembled and everything was primed. And then everything was painted red.

I can't really judge how much interest this generates, but I am going to continue to unravel Ferrari's family tree. So the Ferrari 575M (which stands for Modificata) is an evolution of it's predecessor the 550 Maranello. The 550 is a very special and important model in Ferrari's line up. Back in the '60s the 365 GTB4 Daytona (which actually has never been the official name of the car) was King of the hill. It was Ferrari's flagship model and believe it or not, faster and better in pretty much every way than Lamborghini's ground braking Miura. However that last car changed the face of the proverbial supercar for ever. As the rear engined wedge shape became the standard image that popped up in everyone's head when supercar was mentioned. Ferrari followed suit to please the money people. So the following flagships became the various 365/512s, followed by three generations of Testarossas. The 550 Maranello was the return of the classic Ferrari with its V12 motor in the front of the car, making for a great new Grand Touring flagship. It's design by Pininfarina also evoked the shape of classic Ferraris of the past, incorporating many details from the Daytona and the 250 GTO. To make things even more special for me, I was living in Chicago at the time and was at Continental Motorsport when the first one was delivered tot he dealership. it was all red with the classic black on tan leather interior and it was so beautiful that it hurt. To this day Ferrari's flagship models have kept the 550's formula - front engined V12 Grand Tourers with classic Ferrari shapes of the past. Several model makers make a 1:18 diecast model of it. Bburago, Maisto, Hot Wheels..... But the best of them all is the now defunct UT models. These can still be found for a reasonable prices and worth every penny. FERRARI 550 MARANELLO - UT Models

Thank you Trevor.

I had to take a little break from my Pagani build for two reasons. First of all it did not stop raining for few days and so I don't lose my mind. So I could not stay idle and had to work on something else and I looked in my case with finished models, where they share space with some rojects in various stages of finish, awaiting their turn. Most are Hot Rods, but since I'm in the exotic mood, this little Porsche caught my eye It has been 95% finished for the longest time, but it needed its mirrors, door handles - one of which I knew I broke in half, it's windshield wipers, exhaust tips and license plate. That last item is a necessety, because it looks mighty awful without it. The problem is that this model was almost finished over three years ago, before my move from Colorado and I had no idea where all those parts were. So, I spent the better half of two days going through boxes and looking in weird places to see what I find. Miraculously I found the micro pieces of the broken door handle and the good one, both painted in matching yellow, together with the mirrors and wipers. The craziest ting was that I found the decal sheet in some completely irrelevant box, which made a huge difference for the dash and added the windshield banner. The interior mirror came from the parts box. The e-brake and the shifter were found too in their plain white plastic. The license plate came from the parts box also and the exhaust tips which are probably forever lost, I cut from aluminum tubing. To sum it up: It's a Fujimi Koenig Specials Porsche 911 Turbo Paint is PPG original Lamborghini tri-coat, called Giallo Horus. The seats came from a Fujimi Koenig Specials Testarossa Spider, which got accidentally destroyed for the most part, so it donated some of its organs. The belts are artist's tape, which was painted gloss black. I would normally not do gloss on belts, but I needed contrast with the flat black. When the interior is enclosed it looks perfect. The license plate and it's decal is I believe from Revell's Audi R8. So, except for the seats, it's basically a box stock build. I hope you like it.

Thank you David. Altho, if you ask my wife, prolific is not a word she would use to describe me. ?

Thanks Atin. It drove me a little nuts too, so I am taking a little brake from it or I'll lose my mind.

Thank you Bill Thanks Rusty

nice to see that my Huayra build apparently made all these exotics come out in the light. Your two 599s look absolutely great in their matching red outfits. The Sa Aperta is basically a convertible GTO. That name by the way caused quite the stir when the car came out, as a lot of people disagreed with it and thought the car did not deserve it. Anyway...I am surprised how well that testors paint held up over the years. The interior of the Aperta turned out really nice too. I am in desperate need of those seats by the way, for an upcoming project. I have had a couple of 599 Ferraris from Revell, but butchered them and have never build one. I just recently picked up a 599GTO, which is still sealed. I was thinking about finding an Aperta model and doing basically what you did - build them side by side, except I would make them different colors. I know what you're saying bout building the two models side by side at the same time. It can get confusing and sometimes overwhelming, but I think it has more benefits than shortcomings. Either way, you got two great models of two truly amazing cars. Keep the exotics coming!

Pretty cool stuff. For some crazy reason, what I got out of going through your fotki album of this show is, that I really want to build something purple now.

Looks like a good plan. I was just going to say that in your particular case, I don't see a single good reason to put yourself through the trouble of fitting the '29 frame to the fenders and body. The original 32 3 window frame will require less modification to look good than the '29 frame. It uses pretty much identical rear end and suspension, it's K member would be more period correct to your build than the tubular one from the '29 and the front cross member would allow to fine tune the front ride hight way better than the '29 one. Not to mention the iconic reveal in the frame rails.

Perhaps you can use a Tamiya weathering kit and just rub some "dust " on them, just enough to take the shine off.

The dash got its knobs drilled and then it was cleaned up from mold lines and sanded smooth. Then the gauge faces, which I had no way removing without destroying were masked off with liquid mask. Next I needed knobs and the three instrument faces on the center console. For the instrument faces I used some from the Revell '30 Coupe. I had some photo etched bezels that would fit them just fine. For the knobs, simple pins would work perfect, once having their heads painted black. The steering column and steering wheel were appropriately paint detailed. And after the dash was painted in rosso leather, I have everything I need to assemble it. The glove box button and pull were made from piece of photoetch sprue and a lock cylinder and the radio piece I have no idea where it came from. But either way, now I have a very convincing all red dash for my interior. Thanks for looking and comments and critique are always welcome.

The usual......My wife! ?

And we are going to head backwards.... The car the 575 Superamerica was based on. FERRARI 575M - Mattel Elite

If you were a kid/teenager in the '80s/'90s, you had a poster of this car on wall! LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH - Kyosho

This is kinda retro thread. All the pictures are from some time ago, but I just recently recovered them, after I thought they were forever lost. So, I bought a diecast model of a car I wanted for my 1/18 collection. Besides wanting this particular Ferrari, I also wanted to try out this new to me manufacturer, which bridges the gap between diecast metal cars and the sealed resin manufacturers. It is a company that makes sealed models with no active elements, just like the resin models from BBR and MR, but from diecast metal and offers them at a very very reasonable price. The company is KK Scale. The model is decent, especially considering its price. But I was not happy with it, mainly because of the so-so paint quality, basic plasticky interior, lackluster details and the atrocious wheels. I just could not display it next to my other Ferraris from the era looking like that. So it got completely disassembled, which proved to be easier than expected in some areas and pretty much impossible in others. Seats were poorly put together, with not so great paint, mold lines galore and lacking detail. The door cards are pure genius, in a way. They are actually one part with the windows. The entire part is molded clear and then paint is added to the door panels. Barely I may add. And they are painted from the "out side". which makes all the interior detail transparent with some tan visible behind it. The dash has some generic decals for detail, which don't make much sense. At this point I started researching the real cars. The Superamericas were no ordinary cars even by Ferraris standards. They were very exclusive, very limited and basically build to the spec of their owners, which were Kings, Shahs, biggest industrialist and overall jet-setters. Therefore a lot of the body features of these cars greatly differ. There were only 25 Ferrari 400 Superamericas made, which were divided into two series, of which only 14 were Series II cars, like the one this model represents. Out of them some had different headlights, noses and hoods. So I had to find one of those examples that matched the characteristics of this model to copy, since I wanted a rather simple project. And then I ran across serial number 5115SA, which grabbed me not only with it's unusual color combo, but also it's owner. One Nelson Rockefeller of NYC. I thought it would be cool to have a Rockefeller Ferrari in my collection, to keep company to my other celebrity prancing horses.

Welcome Paddy. Perhaps you should look into building Rat Rods. No shiny paint and not that many windows, which can always be substituted with scale chicken wire. ?

Welcome, Ken. Building models is just like riding a bike, you'll get right back into it.

Welcome!

Welcome to the madhouse! ?

I love all the details you are adding and the authenticity you are striving for. On that note, those ignition wires look way too perfect and symmetrically positioned. If that could be even considered a "downside". The engine looks just amazing so far.

Here is the same Ferrari 575 Superamerica in blue. Quite striking in this color, which Mattel got pretty darn close to Ferrari's Tour De France Blue.

You're quite welcome. Lots more to come.