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Time to revive this thread. The seatbelts were tested my patience, but I got them done Next the interior was painted in two tone red and black in a manner hiding its inaccuracies and carpeting and some more detail were added. The upper part of the belts were assembled and then attached together with the upper portion of the seats.

Thanks for the support guys. I have to ware a glove when in sunshine for the whole summer and when working with chemicals, but other than that my hand is fully functional. Still have some tension in my index finger due to nerve damage, but other than that it is healing really good.

HI guys. I have not been active on any of the forums for some time because I had a nasty accident. I burned my left hand pretty bad, which put me out of commission for the better part of two months. I hope not gross out anyone with the pictures. They are pretty much the healing process in two week intervals. I am finally fully operational again, altho not 100% healed. Updates coming soon.

Thank you guys for the great comments. The paint is Tamiya Bright red. They developed it for their Ferrari F1 models, when Scuderia Ferrari changed their color to "Marlboro Red". I just decanted it from their spray can and shot it through my airbrush. It is cleared with PPG urethane clear.

OK. I guess I will just repost everything up to now. The engine received the first round of wiring and plumbing After all the pieces for the body panels were glued together, all the seams were filled with Tamiya grey putty, sanded and then everything was sprayed with a coat of 2K primer. Once dry, everything was sanded smooth and then sprayed with Ferrari PPG NART blue. After drying for a day, the body panels were masked to leave the roof and some of the front exposed, pretty much like what the instructions show to leave black. Except I am not leaving it black. I sprayed it Lamborghini Hera blue. On the pictures it looks pretty much the same. But the two blues will look completely different once clear coated. They are both metallics, but the NART has A LOT of silver in it. The Hera is a lot finer and somewhat darker once cleared.

Hey, what happened to the rest of this thread?

I am still waiting on the carbon decals. The wait is driving me crazy.

Looks really good so far. this is the only Roth model I have never even attempted to build.

Next thing to be addressed is the interior. I don't know what were the guys at Fujimi thinking, but the door panels are basically missing their upper half To address the issue, I made templates from paper and then cut the shapes out of styrene. Then attached the new pieces to the interior, so we now have some three dimensional door panels Ferraris always have a door pull on the passenger door. For the purpose I cut a piece of solder and flattened it with the handle of my exacto knife, to give it an oval profile. then the panel was drilled and a little notch was made, where the piece was glued in. Now we have some decent interior, which with some detail painting, decals and photo etch should come alive. Meanwhile, the body is a nice even flat white. It will be curing until tomorrow, when it will receive its pearl white paint.

Actually my plan is to paint them black together with the fenders and then mask them off, so no clear coat builds up there, which can create potential fitment issues later.

Thank you guys. The body was already sprayed with grey primer and sanded. It is about to receive its white base.

This is going to be another LaFerrari build. There have been quite few of them on here, so I am not going to bore you with what comes in the Tamiya box or with the statistics of the real thing. First I am addressing the engine. After all it is the heart of any Ferrari. I start with gluing together any pieces I can before painting. Tamiya has left a lot to be desired. However, they are very good at giving you clues where some detail can be added, which is why I love them Let the drilling begin…… Besides all the holes, some details had to be added from styrene. The oil reservoir needs to be plumbed too Some color and wires added and some electrical hardware made. So far I have drilled over 60 holes.

OK, so the parts I was expecting just showed up yesterday. I got the Hobby design photo etched pieces and the wheels we want to use on the model from eightyOne. The tires that come with the wheels are absolutely useless for this build. They are way too thin and all four of them are the same width. Meanwhile I drilled all the "rivet holes" on the fenders in preparation for paint. They were too shallow and I am affraid that after primer, sanding, base coat, carbon fiber decals and clear coat, they would have disappeared if I left them the way they were. Also I cut out the molded in grilles at the back, which I am going to replace with photo etched ones. This is all the engine from the kit, which is disappointing. The Revell kit is tenfold better, except for the wheels/tires, which are really well done on the Fujimi. I glued the photoetched scripts on the intake plenum, so I could spray everything in red. Thanks for looking and stay tuned.

Not a fan of the interior by a long shot, but love the exterior color. The red finish on the heads looks great, but the black part needs to be shiny as it is carbon fiber on the 1:1. Greatly interested in the finished product. i love the Grigio Medio, but it can make or break a car. Great job so far.

Thanks guys. I had a blast building it.

Nice build. This is one of my all time favorite kits.

Super cool and very cleanly built.

Just a heads-up for everyone. The wheels that come with the kit are nothing like any on the pictures on here. Also the kit (81) comes with horrible tires that are absolutely useless. I already ordered different wheels for the build and I am looking at some Aoshima tires for them. Altho, I believe that what is found on the Tamiya F40/Mythos kits and in any of the Fujimi's Koenig Specials kits, would be the best looking tire combo for this build.

Not color wise. The wheels are going to be black and the entire fender flares are going to be carbon fiber. I guess at the end there may be more black looking parts on the car than white.

I dig it. Where did the drum brakes come from?

Hahaha…I see now. That's a good one.

Amazing work so far. I love watching WIPs like this.

This is really awesome. Some people ask where the hobby is going and that there is no new blood in it. Well, it is up to us to pass it on to the next generation builders. I do same thing with my kids and love it when I see another parent taking the time to build a model with their kid. And I would also like to congratulate the little Batman for a job well done. That's one good looking Batmobile.

Very well done. I just don't understand why did you paint the whole engine hood black?

Great work. I love the wheels you chose.