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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.

That fourdor is sweet. I love the old school feel of it.

Perhaps everyone prefers more modern Ferraris. So keeping the Superamerica theme, here is one from the beginning of the century. 2005 FERRARI 575 SUPERAMERICA - Mattel Elite

I'll follow up with some more Lambos. LAMBORGHINI MIURA SV - Kyosho

I see these in my Kroger store all the time. They are cool little toys and I believe they have pull back mechanisms in them. I was pondering last time I saw them, about the great variety and the very reasonable quality and detail they offer. My local Lowe's store also carries them.

Here are the subtle differences between the models. The comparison

Thank you Ron. This is just a warm up. Stay tuned, there is a lot more coming.

And here is one more of the same Superamerica, but build slightly different per it's owner's request. Kuddos to mattel for releasing the models with their subtle differences. 1957 FERRARI 410 Superamerica [1955-'59) - Mattel Elite