stevebarry Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Finally got to make a start on this last night. The kit itself is really something - one of the nicest kits to land on my bench for some time. I started simply enough by just assembling the block and transaxle and shooting that with Alclad duralumin. Then I pin washed it with Lifecolor Tensocrom just to darken the shadows. Didn't want to dirty it up because you can bet these have whole armies of people cleaning them 24/7 in the real. Now the fun really starts. The big velocity stacks were base coated with Tamiya acrylic gloss black and shot with Alclad polished aluminium, and the cam covers got a coat of Vallejo Modelair scarlet red before attaching a couple of cam sensor leads to each one. The exhaust manifolds were assembled - fiddly - and sprayed with a base of pale burnt metal and then heat stained over the top. I also wrapped the cats with foil to represent the heat shield wraps on the real thing. The inserts on the tops of the cam covers were CF decalled with some of the spare material on the sheet that comes with the kit. The air cleaner body had to be CF decalled too, which wasn't a quick job. I can't even guess how much microsol went into that. Hose clamps were made from aluminium tape, and I added a couple of coolant lines to the header tank. The braided line is the mylar shield from a miniature low noise cable with a coat of flat acrylic clear. Whilst I was tinkering, I thought I'd add the electrical lines to the MAF sensors too. Now I need to go out and fight the carpet monster. He stole one of the tiny metal Ferrari scripts that go on the cam covers. Just when it was going well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modlbldr Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) That is quite the detail work. It's looking beautiful. BTW- When you catch up to that carpet monster, give him a few kicks for me. He has it coming for things he's stolen from my bench. I can't wait to see the work on the body. Later- Edited March 11, 2010 by Modlbldr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Wow, superb job! More, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizio Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 The engine looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_rad88 Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 wow, surperb! that looks really nice, great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Fantastic work on that engine! Are you sure you want to install it in the kit?? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebarry Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 Thanks chaps, I really appreciate all your comments. What a friendly, laid back place this forum is - very cool. As for installing that motor in the kit, well, the Tamiya Enzo follows the construction of the 1:1 very faithfully, so it's possible to have it all hanging out - they even include a transparent rear diffuser in addition to the regular solid black item so you can see the underside of the motor if you want to go that route. Thing is though, that motor is so nicely done that you want to bring on your A game. Like I've said, it's a very nice kit. Even if Italian supercars aren't your thing (they certainly aren't usually my cup of tea) you should take a look at this kit, it really is quite special. The only real gripe I have is that they don't include anywhere near enough CF decal sheet to do all of the carbon parts of the car, so if you want to build one and feel you need to represent its construction faithfully, you'd better budget for at least a couple of sheets of CF decal and a pint of microsol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebarry Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 Whilst I've been waiting for primer to go off on all the parts of the shell I've been playing with the brakes and suspension for a couple of hours. I wanted to try and make the Enzo's discs look like a carbon - ceramic disc as much as I could, rather than just spray them metallic grey. Longer than I care to remember ago, I did my Uni work placement in a company that makes and overhauls carbon brakes for aircraft, so I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted. To start with, the whole thing was sprayed dark grey, then a soft ring of Tamiya NATO black sprayed around the outer edge. Then I dragged out the secret weapons. I mixed up some MIG pigments gunmetal powder and some old Rose Miniatures bronze powder, brushed that all over the disc and then burnished it out. That looked pretty close to me, so I painted up all the details and added the Ferrari decals to the main calipers. Some braided lines were added as well. Now I had brakes, the whole rear subframe assembly could go together. Starting to feel like this is going somewhere now. The suspension really needs a revamp because the push rod arrangement that is used in the Enzo means that the springs and dampers are really laid out on show. With that in mind, I started chopping the kit's parts up. I used a piece of tube for the damper body so that a brass rod could go through the centre of the whole assembly and help line it up and put some strength in there. The springs were wound from brass wire, I cheated and wound them around a fine wood screw which meant I just couldn't go wrong with the spacing of the coils. The ends of the coils were ground flat with my motor tool and I had a dry run. Once I was happy with everything, it all got painted and assembled. I also added the hydraulic lines to the damper control units. Tomorrow is going to be a big day for spraying red, by the looks of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfreak78 Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Wow what detail I'm lovin it. Great job so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raul_Perez Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 It looks like you're off to a GREAT start!! All of the detail work looks awesome!! I have really got to get back to building some of my Ferrari kits, too!! Later, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Yeah, I am loving this detail work. Nice and simple, stuff I could do Which is good, I have four of these in the stash... gotta love the clearance isle at Hobby Lobby. I have already written down the trick on the brakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 More fantastic work. Really enjoy you showing us everything you are doing here as well as what you are using. Better modeling for everyone. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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