Princess de Rethy Ferrari 330 GTC Speciale

[Pico]

I've drawn the hood on the body so next is to make a template .

[Anglia105E]

Marvellous work you are doing there, Pico..... and this is quite an unusual Ferrari that you are building. Your skills are clearly at a very high level..... Wow !

David

[Pico]

Hood scribe template worked well.

[Pico]

It's time to start thinking about the grille design which is unique to this car so nothing in plastic exists for it. I have fired up  Sketchup , my CAD design drug of choice and taken a photo of the car from the front, which gives me the oval shape of the grill and position of the vertical and horizontal bars. A photo of the top of the model is loaded in to the software to give me the curve of the front of the car  and then I measure from a photo of the side the angle, which is about 11 degrees. Now I have all 3 views - front, top, and side so I can develop the grille design. Below I am working on it. When finished, I will make a copy, Flip that copy and "weld" it to the right half, then add the cavallino rampante to the center. Then print it in my Anycubic Photon 3d printer.

[Dann Tier]

Looks like its still moving along beautifully!!

[Tonioseven]

This has been a wonderful adventure so far for me!! I would LOVE to have a TENTH of your skills!! Please keep updating us on this fantastic build!!

[Pico]

The Anycubic Photon has produced outstanding results. The grille is very well printed and the 72 spoke Borranis look wonderful. Those spokes are .0017" in diameter.

[TarheelRick]

CRASH!!! That is the sound of my jaw dropping at the fine work you are doing with this build.  Keep showing us more tricks.

[Gramps46]

Way to good Pico.  Keep up the tutorial.

[beeRS]

I love those wheels.

[Richard Bartrop]

That is some amazing craftsmanship.

 

[Pico]

Making the grille fit.

[Pico]

Paint is Gravity Colors' MB Ice Blue. Good match for the de Rethy car, although here it looks too silver due to differences in the light the pics were taken under.

[Spex84]

This is an exceedingly enjoyable thread Thanks for posting all the WIP and development shots!  The 3D modeled and printed parts are inspirational, as is the more traditional hand-sculpting work.

 

[Pico]

Screen shot of the de Rethy grille and wire wheels setup for 3d printing in my Anycubic Photon.

[TarheelRick]

I am thoroughly enjoying watching this piece of art come together.  Your scratch-building skills are simply amazing.

[Pico]

Before and after.

[Super28]

watching....

[Pico]

Progress.

[Funkychiken]

wow, that's amazing work!

[Pico]

Grille looks good.

[Pico]

On the road to final assembly.

[Gramps46]

I am awestruck! 

[Pico]

Finito!

[afx]

Impressive work!