Ferrari 330 GTC + 575 M Superamerica Resto-rod

[dino246gt]

I love what you're doing and this will be a stunning model.

Too bad the resin is so terrible!

I wanted one but asked for photos of the actual product, then declined due to quality, or lack of it!

I am excited to see how your's ends up, as I already love it!

Ciao!

 

[mrm]

What I have found to work best for mw with body issues like these is a two part polyurethane automotive primer. One heavy coat would fill all these pinholes and rough spots. If you spray it at night, the very next morning you can sand it without issues and all the pinholes will be gone. As a bonus, it will seal any of the plastic parts you may be using and they will be able to take the hottest of paints without issue, while the primer itself would be safe on any plastic. And one last thing... Please don't paint this amazing model pink. There is a million gorgeous colors that would suit a Ferrari, whether retro or not, but pink is not one of them. ?

[89AKurt]

17 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

Wow, that body is rough. You sure have your work cut out for you on this one Kurt. But…no one more qualified than you to bring it around I’m sure.?

I know right?  Nobody is more crazy to stitch a full chassis under this either. ?

[89AKurt]

9 hours ago, mrm said:

What I have found to work best for mw with body issues like these is a two part polyurethane automotive primer. One heavy coat would fill all these pinholes and rough spots. If you spray it at night, the very next morning you can sand it without issues and all the pinholes will be gone. As a bonus, it will seal any of the plastic parts you may be using and they will be able to take the hottest of paints without issue, while the primer itself would be safe on any plastic. And one last thing... Please don't paint this amazing model pink. There is a million gorgeous colors that would suit a Ferrari, whether retro or not, but pink is not one of them. ?

I've seen others mention such a primer.  Does it come in cans, or in a spray can where you puncture the hardener before using?  If there were details such as grills or mesh, wouldn't those get filled too?
Like I said earlier, someone had this color, and it looked good to me.  At least it's not Pepto Bismo pink.  It's also part of the utter sacrilege that I'm doing.

Wet-sanded the Tamiya primer first thing today.

Then sprayed a second coat.  Then put in the pickup cab.

Sprayed the brake calipers.  Note to self, mask the white plastic area so the black paint does not make it more difficult to get an even shade!!!! ?

How I do carbon brake disks, paint flat black, then a soft pencil lead "drawn" on sideways (not point down).

Engine assembly.  Something I did not plan on, the fuel injection part is glued to the plenum (pin pointing to), which I will make out of aluminum rod, needed to make an aluminum plate locator thingie.

This kit is woven together.  I made it more difficult with the modifications, such as having to get the shock, half shaft, hub, and A-arm glued together at once.  Otherwise, Revell did a good job engineering this kit.  The mufflers were fun too, since I cut the pipe during the narrowing of the chassis.  Going to keep the aero belly pans removable.  Brush painted the oil filters, and the silver fins on the top of the engine.

I have used wine bottle foil before, some brands are better than others, there are all plastic covers that suck, and I haven't looked for real lead caps, I should hunt for that.  This one worked nicely, using Cedar sticks.  I cut the piece large, then after getting close to shape, trimmed with scissors, worked a little more, trim until I got it.

After they were glued on, removed the tub and gooped glue and baking soda underneath.  Unsure how I'm going to finish this area, another thing to think about when going to sleep.

A favorite detail I love to do, exhaust tips. ?  Like some other things on this particular build, wasn't sure how I was going to do it, until it was assembled.  Solder used for the pipe, cleaned up with steel wool, won't paint, and it bent easily.  Stainless steel tubing tips, cut and finished with the Dremel cut-off disk.  Cut notches in the body.  Also had to grind out the inside of the body more (it's been like carving a Jack-o-lantern).

Something that I'm glad I did, was use screws to hold the interior in the body.  I had the body on the paint stand, in the pickup cab, the body got spread out a bit, so having positive mounting points is the key with such a project.  I would like to wet-sand the body tonight, but I better let it cure a few more hours.

 

[dino246gt]

Man that is looking cool and those exhaust tips are perfect! You should make some tiny ANSA decals for them!

[89AKurt]

17 minutes ago, dino246gt said:

Man that is looking cool and those exhaust tips are perfect! You should make some tiny ANSA decals for them!

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Thanks!  Your image didn't show up, but I searched and found what you're talking about.  I had done the red stripe detail on this 275 GTS NART, but the sticker undid itself, so I removed it.

[89AKurt]

Big day, body got painted!  But first, needed to make the hood hinge and prop rod.  The hinge is 100 year old pocket watch fusee chain, scribed a groove in the hood to glue it into.  Filed a groove in the steel lip, made a block with a hole, so when I do the final install I just need to glue the chain in there.  The "latch" is a rare-earth magnet glued at the lip, steel plate recessed into the hood.  The prop rod is inserted into an aluminum plate, wire insulation is used to hold the wire in place, yet move freely.  Another aluminum plate part is glued to the hood, with a hole for the wire to go in.

Then I could paint the body!  This Finger Paints nail 'polish' seems to be high quality, the pearl is extremely fine, and it laid down well with about 50% thinner.

Put in the pickup to cure.  I made sure the sun didn't hit it.

Made the chrome parts, starting with the door mirror.  It's Corain®, chucked into the drill press.   Roughed out using the Dremel, then used a small file and sanding sticks, finished with fine steel wool.  Then I used the Dremel again to almost cut off.

Before cutting off, drilled the hole for the wire.  Flattened the mirror face with a rough sanding stick to get the angle.  The standoff is plastic scrap, drilled all the way through for the wire.  I make door handles this way, mirror image, then saw apart.  Drilled for the wire, which I cut long so they can be held.

Been using the spoon to test, and I mean with a thick coat, to see if there would be any negative reaction, and also can touch and hold to determine if the paint is cured enough.  Sprayed Splash paints 1K clear.

I use this tea ball to wash tiny parts before painting.

Testors semi-gloss black.  I looked at doing tan, brown or dark red, but I noticed the arm rests, dash, center counsel are always black, and I didn't care to do a bunch of masking.  Made a holding jig for the dash at the last minute, screwed through a steel plate into the back of the resin block part, so I shouldn't screw up the paint when detailing it.  Also sprayed the AK Interactive black base.

Took a shower, to give this time to cure.  Sprayed the AK Interactive chrome.   I'm now pissed off, should coulda woulda sprayed primer on the bumpers, would have noticed all the flaws.  For some reason it didn't come out as good as before.  I could strip and start over, but in 2 days I will be driving to SLC.   My resin copy gas cap really sucks too, should probably turn a Corian cap.

Oh well..... ?

[mrm]

Top notch work. Looking really great. The color actually turned out better than what I expected from your initial spoon test. 

This is one crazy model and I love every bit of it. 

[89AKurt]

12 hours ago, mrm said:

Top notch work. Looking really great. The color actually turned out better than what I expected from your initial spoon test. 

This is one crazy model and I love every bit of it. 

Thank you very much!  If I had picked one of the many pink nail polish colors, I would have to agree.

The dash has real plywood, I got this Scale Equipment Ltd. decal some time ago that is almost a perfect match.  But I didn't use as a decal, instead glued on with Testors canopy glue.  Made paper patterns first.

Since my fingers had rubbed off some of the plating on the center hub, and the back wasn't plated, painted the wheels with Alclad polished aluminum.  The tires have become somewhat hard and were a loose fit, glued on with canopy glue.

I thought about using the Porsche 904 left-over parts gas cap.  Made the license plate mount.

Took most of the day to get just the interior done.  The photo-etch toggle switch bezels were enough to drive me nuts, lost one, so I made the last one a little different.  The Ken's carpet had zero adhesive, so I peeled off the backing and glued in with the canopy glue.  Gauges are from a decal sheet I found online.  Made the shifter part, still need to make the tiny shift lever or use the kit part.  Added aluminum tape door trim.  Glued on the Ferrari center caps.  Got the teeny tiny decals on the brake calipers, horse on the plenum, flags on the ash tray.
It was 4:30 when I decided that it was stupid to try and finish tonight, and take tools to GSL and finish in the motel room, so I gave up.  Haven't even started packing yet, and needed to do a load of laundry, and eat, and inventory models for the swap meet.

So this is how far I got.  There should be mesh in the hood intake, but I like how you can see the engine, but it shows I got it off center.

I know it's going to be a PITA to get all that photo-etch on, stupid to rush it.  Getting the windows in will be fun.  Still need to make turn signal lights up front, back-up lights, side lights (there are tiny resin parts, but I don't know), reflectors with 2 photo-etch rings each, the cool grill with an aluminum surround, retractable antenna (there is no photo-etch radio face), B-pillar photo-etch rings, glue the wood rims onto the steering wheel, intake tubes, radiator hoses, seat belts, sun visors, wet-sand and polish the body, find the MONGREL license plate used on another Ferrari resto-rod, put in the fire extinguisher that didn't go in the GSL Model A, more photo-etch and the Crazy Modeler script, strip and improve the bumpers.  Yea, I was going to get all that done in 24 hours, with the 9 hour drive, and registration, right....... ??

[H.A.K]

Thats real nice.

[beeRS]

This build is simply fantastic!

[NOBLNG]

Great scratch building and detailing you’re doing here Kurt.? I have to admit that I cringed a bit when I saw the nail polish on the spoon…but it actually looks really nice on the car!?

[89AKurt]

On 5/10/2023 at 5:27 AM, NOBLNG said:

Great scratch building and detailing you’re doing here Kurt.? I have to admit that I cringed a bit when I saw the nail polish on the spoon…but it actually looks really nice on the car!?

I have changed my mind, but have not worked on this since my last post.  I got some new paint, that is a Ferrari color that I think is more accurate.  First thing to do is strip the paint, I'm afraid of spraying the new paint over this.  I need to rewind and fix some things.  Afraid of doing the windows and photo-etch trim.  Also need to clean up the bench, have acquired a bunch of tools, and salvaged parts need to be put away.  Got a bunch of film containers, those are becoming rare "vintage" things to have. ?  Then maybe I will get in the mood.  Was hoping doing an airplane would bust my slump.