Tamiya Ferrari Mythos - After nearly 20 years, I guess I should finish it?

[Jonathan]

I picked this up when they first came out around 1990 or so.  I actually started the kit in late 2002 or early 2003; but then life happened and the partly assembled kit was put back in the box.  I recently dug it out and decided to finish it.   Here's what I've done so far:

 

This is the kit as I dug it out of the stash.  Originally, I'd planned to paint it silver (who wants a red one-off Ferrari, anyway?!?).   Prior to putting the kit away, I had finished the engine, and I'd primed, painted, striped, primed, painted ... (as per my usual method of painting, it seems) the body.

 

For the late 2022, early 2023 restart of the kit, I decided to go with Tamiya Light Gun Metal for the body color.

And various Tamiya black paints for the underbody

More to come (I hope!) ....

Edited January 8, 2023 by Jonathan

[Ace-Garageguy]

Good color for it, really brings out the curves and lines. 

[Mattilacken]

Nice! have seen these in the hobby shop a couple of times and like the idea of building one, and they are usaly dirt cheep in comparisson to a F40,F50 or Enzo. I have also been looking at them to just steal the tires since i am a sucker for wide tires

[Mr. Metallic]

Being a big Testarossa fan as a kid in the 80's with a poster on my wall I was intrigued by this car and I built the Monogram version when it was new. Not my best build, as there were some fit issues, but I also painted it silver like you planned to. Then I was introduced to Tamiya kits and found one of these on clearance. Still have it in my stash as one of those "someday" builds. 

Yours is looking very good. Great color choice. Plans for the interior color? Tan?

[slusher]

Great start Jonathan!

[jaymcminn]

Good start on this one. I built this kit back when it came out and have been thinking about revisiting it for a while. I'll probably go with red, but I'm leaning toward Mica Red. I think the shape needs a metallic or pearl to accentuate those lines.

[Jonathan]

On 1/9/2023 at 9:06 AM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Good color for it, really brings out the curves and lines. 

Thank you - I agree, I like the color.  I mean, I get why Ferrari would paint the original one red and all.

12 hours ago, Mattilacken said:

Nice! have seen these in the hobby shop a couple of times and like the idea of building one, and they are usaly dirt cheep in comparisson to a F40,F50 or Enzo. I have also been looking at them to just steal the tires since i am a sucker for wide tires

You definitely need to pick one up and give it a try.

4 hours ago, Mr. Metallic said:

Being a big Testarossa fan as a kid in the 80's with a poster on my wall I was intrigued by this car and I built the Monogram version when it was new. Not my best build, as there were some fit issues, but I also painted it silver like you planned to. Then I was introduced to Tamiya kits and found one of these on clearance. Still have it in my stash as one of those "someday" builds. 

Yours is looking very good. Great color choice. Plans for the interior color? Tan?

Thank you.  I'm thinking shades of gray and black for the interior, at least right now.  I do like the idea of a contrasting interior, though.

3 hours ago, jaymcminn said:

Good start on this one. I built this kit back when it came out and have been thinking about revisiting it for a while. I'll probably go with red, but I'm leaning toward Mica Red. I think the shape needs a metallic or pearl to accentuate those lines.

Tamiya's Mica Red is a great color. 

[Jonathan]

Got a little bit of work done on the Mythos.

Seatbelts added.   

And a test fit of the engine.  I haven't touched the engine since I started the initial build of the kit back in '02 or '03.  I thought about doing some touchups, but decided to leave everything that I'd started back then "as is" and just concentrate on finishing the build.

 

[Mattilacken]

Nice! I like the idea to leave what had already been done as is and push on ?

[Jonathan]

Oops.

So .... I thought I'd touch up the dash and use more of a flat black than the dark gray.  Mind you, I've completed everything else and all that remained was final assembly.

Removed the masking tape - and removed the paint.  Oopsy.   I think this is related to whatever primer I used initially (I don't recall).   So, looks like a strip and repaint is in order for the body.    Oh, so close ....

[Mattilacken]

Ouch.. hapens all of us time to time. 

[Jonathan]

Hopefully, back on track.

After a couple of days in the "Purple Pond", I was left with this.  We had a few cool days here, and I think being cool outside (and in the garage) kept the cleaner from doing its stuff.  But not to fear ...

91% isopropyl alcohol, and elbow grease, I had better results (And yes, practice safety - wear gloves, don't breath the isopropyl alcohol vapors, etc., etc.!)

I still had to do some light sanding and scrape out the panel lines again.

First coat of primer, flowed by a light sand.  I need to do one final coat of primer and then I think I can paint again.  But it's raining like crazy today.

 

[dino246gt]

It's going to look great in light gunmetal!

I agree on the who wants a Ferrari in red, seriously!

I have one, black!! (not a Mythos)  LOL

 

[Funkychiken]

Was looking good too! It'll  come back to you!

[Jonathan]

So I had this self-imposed deadline of January 1st.  hahahaha

I got some paint on the car again, and a first coat of clear.   Progress!

 

Quick mock up ...

 

I got a second coat of clear on it late yesterday.  Now to polish - hopefully without any new disaster.

 

[Dann Tier]

Nice save!!  I t looks great, and the color suits it better than the red. I have this kit as well, but i gotta change out the wheels, and figure out a different styled wind screen.

[Jonathan]

Final mockup before committing the body and chassis together with glue.

I'm afraid to polish any more ...

 

 

 

[Jonathan]

At last ...

[Jonathan]

Under Glass here (somehow picked up the pictures of Nigel's yellow Mythos in the preview - a nice build, I think!):  

 

Edited March 15, 2023 by Jonathan