mrm Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 (edited) So I picked up this old beat up Ferrari from Hotwheels and decided to make it do justice to the real car. The first thing I addressed was the interior. It was molded in some sort of ugly grey and everything was awfully glued together. It took quite a bit of muscle to pray it all apart. Interior was washed, painted and then flocked. Details were added and wrapped in BMF. Seats were some sort of gooey rubber in ugly two tone grey. I decided to also turn them into Daytona style seats. So 72 strips of styrene were measured, cut and their edges were rounded. Then they got arranged on top of the seat centers. Then I drilled 92 holes into the strips. Now I will have to clean them up a little and make beautiful molds from them, so I can reproduce them in resin. The main reason for this is that this rubber material is impossible to paint properly. Edited July 11, 2014 by mrm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaguar man 21 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I'm liking the detail this will look awsome when it's done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjracing Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Wow! Awesome start! I'll keep an eye on this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted July 11, 2014 Author Share Posted July 11, 2014 Thank you guys. Not going crazy with this one. Just making it look like a nice looking display model. This is what the engine molding looked like And this is after just some paint and ignition wires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted July 11, 2014 Author Share Posted July 11, 2014 I am currently waiting for the silicone to set on the seats moldings. Meanwhile I sourced some nice Challenge wheels from another model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaguar man 21 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I like those wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Great start and very nice wheels.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Great start and very nice wheels.. I agree, those are very very nice and good luck with the seats and the rest. Sometimes the 'toys' can be fun jazzing up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 Thank you guys. The body was stripped, primed and painted PPG Giallo Modena, with two part clear. Right after the clear was wet sanded. Then everything got polished to a wet shine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am73grand Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 NICE!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 Thank you. And here are the seats cast in resin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynoMight Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 (edited) Wow that cast came out good! Was that before or after you cleaned them up? Edited July 14, 2014 by DynoMight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 Before clean up. You can see some nimor flash on the seat on the left. I just touched up a couple of holes with my drill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanr Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janositamas Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH, it looks fantastic, it shows it is really worth to go for the extra mile :-) At the end you could rename your topic to 'showpiece' instead of 'replica' :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Do you have a 'before' pic, Michael? Great job on the seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share Posted July 16, 2014 Other than the "before" pictures I am showing, no. I never took a picture of the model before I disassebled it. It is metal, but the front and rear bumpers were all plastic with horrible mold lines under a crappy paint job. I replaced them with metal ones from another model, corrected all the rough spots on the body and repainted it. I wrote "from a toy to a replica" as I am doing this as a replica of a friend's car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 The seats got painted with some yellow inserts to match the exterior. They look way better in person, but still need some touching up here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron5150 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Looking nice great turn around for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Nice work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 (edited) Thanks guys. Here are the door panels as they came on the model. Everything in the interior was in that ugly gray plastic. also the steering wheel cluster was a little modified. The paddles were thinned and slightly reshaped. The headliner got a little destroyed, because it was riveted to the roof, so I had to rebuilt it in the middle. Here is what the dash looked like just after been painted black The dash after receiving its carbon fiber trim. The interior all done. Edited July 22, 2014 by mrm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopperkart Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Silk purse out of a sow's ear? Amazing transformation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynoMight Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Wow amazing work. Never would've thought that simply painting the dash black made it look so much better. And bravo on those seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Very impressive work Michael.. Amazing work so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Great stuff for sure, decal work in that small area is one of my downfalls; so kudos to you. Good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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