Revell Ferrari 458 + 50 Shades of Gray Italian Style

[Kmb0319]

When we got moved into the house this past summer and I was able to get building again, I thought this would be one of the first ones I completed.  I did a lot of research and had my exterior/wheels and engine painting sorted out, just needed to get a plan on my interior.  I painted, cleared and polished the body, and did some of the basic metal and flat black component spray painting, but then I got into other projects and completely forgot about this one.  At one point, I literally forgot it was in my stash, as it was in a separate place from the rest of the kits.  

So, after finishing my two sets of doubles, I pulled this out and decided to throw it together.  The only variation from the kit parts were wheels and brakes.  The Fujimi 19" BBS wheels were not going to work with the Revell brake/wheel mounts, so I found some brakes in the parts box that had an open center that would fit around the wheel shaft, then just superglued the wheel to the mounting pin.  Not perfect, especially since those brakes are too small, but at least there's something in there.  Other than that, it's box stock.  I used Tamiya Gunmetal for the body and Duplicolor Anodized Red on the wheels.  Inside, the base is Testors flat red with a mix of flat black, gray/black, steel and semi gloss black.  Once I got my idea of what I wanted the interior to look like, it was a quick build. This is my third ROG modern supercar, having completed the Ferrari California and Audi R8.  The simplified chassis on these Revell Germany kits is a little boring, but the engines, while hidden, are nicely molded, and the interiors are great.  They make nice models when completed.

With this build, I also completed a theme I had when I started this stash.  There were 3 modern Ferrari kits in the group, and I wanted to have a cohesiveness to the builds.  I'm not a big fan of red cars anyway, but especially when they are "supposed" to be red.  As I researched, while different colors stood out on each car, the color that consistently was in my favorite pics of each model was gray.  So that became my theme... use different versions of gray as the exterior for each.  So, I guess I've got 50 Shades of Gray, just a much cleaner version.

This build.  Interior:

Engine (what you see)

Done

Still have to decide on a license plate:

And the Gang Gray:

[carl63_99]

Looks nice, good color; and it's not red!  Idea for plate, think about it, "RRRR EE"

[bbowser]

All three look great.  Nice to see in something other than red.