Enzo Ferrari

[ModelcarJR]

I'm not big on Foreign or Exotic cars but I got this bagged kit thrown in on a larger purchase of kits so I might as well build it. Its missing the screen material and decals. I have some screen material that I bought years ago so I can use that. I may buy decals for it. But first, lets see if I can get it together. I painted the body and related parts with Tamiya Italian Red and two coats of clear. I rubbed it out and then had to touch-up parts of the body.  I will add additional clear coats but its been pretty humid lately due to rain and its fixin' to rain again tonight. I the meantime, I am going to sort out the individually wrapped parts, clean up the sprue attachments and sort them in color piles. Thanks for looking! ?

[slusher]

I have always been curious about that kit…

[ModelcarJR]

Thanks, Carl! You won't have to be curious anymore, except for the fact that I don't have any decals I'll try to get this one together the best I can.

Finished the engine, engine bay, front and rear suspensions and the interior. I finished all the painting over the weekend which was a good thing as it has been raining for the past two days. I still want to get another coat of clear on the body but will have to wait until the weather improves. But we really need the rain.  Each piece of this build has been a real PITA.  Every glue joint has pins to be cleaned and holes to be widened. The headers coming off the engine are a real pain to get together. Since I didn't have any decals I found a couple of gauges that would fit in the dash and then just painted the left side with some silver and black and called good. You can't really see them anyway. Pretty low key interior but I did manage to paint the seat belts molded on the seats. The air induction was painted with gunmetal and the aluminum engine and suspension parts were blackwashed. The Ferrari lettering on the valve covers was foiled and the horse on the top of the air induction is chrome pen. 

Not much to finish, just wheels and tires, windows and assembly. Maybe I'll get a chance tomorrow to clear the body again. Thanks for looking! ?

[slusher]

Great looking engine and interior, John!  You do really great work on everything even if it’s a pain.

[mrmike]

Looking good, John!  I have this kit as well and I also wrote a McNally story for it.  Let's see what you can do with the rest of this kit.

[ModelcarJR]

Thanks, Carl and Mike! I appreciate your comments!

I got another two coats of clear on it and rubbed it out again. Starting to look OK but I want to add some more paint to the sides where I rubbed out a couple of edges.  Still a few spots that are hard to get to with all the cut-outs. Then I can move on to the black window trim. Here are a couple of photos. Thanks for looking! ?

[slusher]

Beautiful paint, John!

[ModelcarJR]

Thanks, Carl! 

I re-painted the sides earlier today and then cleared the entire body and related parts.  I've spent the afternoon rubbing it out for the third time. Now it looks satisfactory to me and I can now finish the black trim and move on to final assembly. Nothing is glued on yet. Thanks for looking! ?

[slusher]

John, how do you do the  black trim around the windows?  I am curious about everyone’s techniques…

[ModelcarJR]

Here's how I do the black trim on windows, Carl.  I use the King Size Sharpie method that was a feature of an article in the old Scale Auto mag.  The large Sharpie allows a generous ink flow to allow coverage without multiple strokes which might cause matting as would painting with acrylic paint. Any bleed-throughs or rough edges are cleaned up with a wet toothpick and cotton swabs. 

I've installed about half the screen material and its coming along pretty well. Here are a few photos. 

[mrmike]

Looking good, John!  I like that method of blacking out the window trim.  Nice and neat!  I have this kit and a McNally story to go with it.  I'll build it sooner or later...

[ModelcarJR]

Thanks, MrMike! I appreciate your comment!

This one is done - without decals for now. The engine/chassis construction was a chore, the wire mesh screens were tedious, but the body went together well and fit on the chassis pretty well. Deck lid goes up and down easily and looks OK in the closed position but the photo it doesn't look as good. I noticed that one of the tailpipe extensions is on backwards but I have since fixed that. Overall, it turned out better than I would have thought when I started. Thanks for looking! ?

[Mopar - D]

Nice build John

[mustang1989]

I saw you mentioned that you're not a big fan of exotics which is probably why I've never seen a car like this from you BUT.......you sure managed to whip this one into some good shape JR. Gorgeous car ....even without the decals.

[slusher]

Beautiful Ferrari John, I always liked Ferrari kits but struggled on the last one I built. If I build another one I may go Tamiya for quality…

[David G.]

Nice work on this!

Paint, interior and engine detail all look great.

David G.

[ModelcarJR]

Thanks, Dan, Joe, Carl and David!  I appreciate your comments! 

[bytownshaker]

Great job on your Ferrari.