chris4q Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Well I've allways loved this Ferrari 330 P4 and I wanted to do a street version of the car. If I had the money, this is what I would be driving. I used a Fujimi 1/24 Ferrari 330 P4 kit along with the extra detail kit with etched parts. I also did some scratch building for some of the parts. Over 500 miniature rivets were used to complete this car. I'm also using a Motor Modern multiple adjustable chassis with this car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyBad Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 That looks Fantastic Really great work. I assume that's for Display only? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 This is redundant.....It sure looks great. Too nice to race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad4kits2 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Great topic, great finish,But please where did the driver come from for the added realism,I'm in need of them for my ford GT40 kits..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cole Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 This has to be one of the best P4's I have ever seen built! Stunning! And those rivets! How did you apply them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Wow! this is beautiful. Great Job on this buld. It turned out very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 I don't have enough adjectives that haven't already been used. The rivet work is what gets me. Painstaking work for sure. Wondering if you could give us a rundown on how you did it. Nice clean paint. The car looks fantastic, but I have to agree, too good to race it. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris4q Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 I don't have enough adjectives that haven't already been used. The rivet work is what gets me. Painstaking work for sure. Wondering if you could give us a rundown on how you did it. Nice clean paint. The car looks fantastic, but I have to agree, too good to race it. Chris Thanks Chris and eveybody else for the cool comments - cheers BTW - These cars do get raced and they can stand up to some off's on the track but after a short while they need re polishing. I have 2 cans of clear coat on this car so it's got a lot of protection. They race cars in Germany like this all the time. They are so well done it's hard to see these things fly off the track and they race them hard. Maddness but what the hell, it's racing;-) Here's how I did the rivets... The first thing you have to do is plan way ahead. Check the body molded rivets and make sure you can get a rivet in all the areas. In some cases you'll have to leave some of the rivets out because it maybe too tight to get one in there or it's just not right to the eye. If you make a mistake here just fill the hole in. Sand the body down without taking the body molded rivets out. You need to keep just enough showing so you'll have a guide for drilling holes. I used a pin head to mark the holes and it also helped for a guide for the drill to get started. Drilling the holes is tough. Keeping everything straight is a nightmare and all this drilling takes a long time. And I mean a bloody long time! Once all that is done (drilling) then you sand the body again until smooth and then test fit ALL the holes with the rivets. There are well over 500 holes on this car and all needed to be tested. This takes a massive amount of time just to sort that out. Once you have done this, you set the rivets up on some very thin sheets of cork. You press each rivet into the cork but leaving just enough of the steme so you can get some very fine tweezers under the head. I just used normal tweezers and grind the ends down to they were very fine. All of the rivets need good spacing so when you paint the heads of the rivets they get a complete and clean coat. I use a metal primer first. Then you use the colour you need to match your body paint. I did 2 coats of colour. Once all this is done then varnish the rivets. Let these dry for a couple of days. Once your body is painted and varnished you'll polish the body until smooth with compond. After that, use a good car wax and polish. Now you'll ready for the rivets. The rivets come with long stemes so you'll have to cut EACH ONE down because they are so long it would look silly so cut them close to size you'll need. When I glued (5 min epoxy) the rivets in I used a little glue at the front of the hole and then some glue for the rear when the rivets was in the hole and correct. The fine tweezer you are using is a "most have" in placing the rivets into the holes. Make sure you do more rivets than needed because you will lose some of these rivets trying to get get them into the holes in some cases. I lost about 10 and trust me, you don't want to spend time looking for a very small rivet on the floor. Now all this takes a massive amount of time and I don't mind saying that this is a bitch to do. You have no choice but to take your time here. This is the way I did it and I hope this will help anybody who trys using rivets. Here's link to a cool website who sells rivets - http://www.scalehardware.com/ best Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonoPed Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 (edited) Beautiful!!! Edited March 8, 2010 by MonoPed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Johnston Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Great models. But I also have to say that the photography is just as outstanding. I'd love to see your set up...are the pics taken outside ? They are just about the clearest, most well focused model pics I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick F40 Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Good lord that is just perfection........literally, perfection on a perfect race car, beautiful, love your work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raul_Perez Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 VERY, VERY NICE!! The P4 is one of my all time favorite Ferraris!! Great photography, too!! Thanks for sharing, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 SPECTACULAR!! Love the redlines! 500 rivets?? I thought I was bad with detail............that had to take forever! I know it took quite a long time to put on the 100+ rivets on my D-Type Jag years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 (edited) Absolutely drop dead gorgeous! I have to say my jaw dropped as I looked at the pictures, then dropped some more when I realized it was a slot car!! Well done, and the rivets are fantastic! Oh, and your pictures are stunning! Edited March 14, 2010 by Tony T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarDude.com Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 One of the most beautiful modeling jobs I have ever seen. Kudos to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigmaman Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 That is stunning!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris4q Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 sorry guys. You may have already seen this but I'm trying to fix broken threads. My image hosting company shut down. You may see other oldies coming soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Wow...wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAone Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 im glad your doing this. i missed out on this beauty. lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novadose71 Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 im glad your doing this. i missed out on this beauty. lovely! Me too. I would love to see that going round the track. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOBBS Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Absolutely gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter31a Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 That is a magnificent P4! Well done indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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