mrm Posted April 6, 2015 Author Posted April 6, 2015 Day and a half dealing with decals and still not even half way there. There are quite obviously some things that need to be addressed and touched up, that can be seen on the pictures. There is also a lot more to be done and a lot more carbon to be added. Hope you like the pictures.
cars1206 Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 WOW sorry to hear about your hand! Its been awhile since I've checked this post. I've found an excellent reference source. Check out www.eurospares.co.uk. It has a lot of exploded views, similar to a shop manual of the LaFerrari along with many others. I still haven't been able to figure out were the ignition wires and the tiny ones on the front on the valve covers route to tough. Godspeed on the healing of your hand!
mrm Posted June 11, 2015 Author Posted June 11, 2015 Here is some progress on this model A lot of templates were made for various parts in carbon fiber. These are just some for part of the floor. The real car uses a variety of composite materials in all sorts of different fibers, finishes and weaves. This model will have about ten different carbon fiber finishes throughout. The dash assembly itself has three different types of carbon fiber. The seats were painted and then detailed with accent color (which killed me) and with 4 point seatbelts made from medical tape painted with n old black sharpie and then with a blue sharpie on top of it. This made the belts very dark blue, which batches the very dark blue of the accents. These belts are actually an option on the real car. And in the interior….. …with the dash
mrm Posted June 11, 2015 Author Posted June 11, 2015 Some mockups. There were more than 250 templates for different kinds of carbon fiber made for this model.
Twokidsnosleep Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Looking great!!! Holy snap, carbon fiber Batman. Amazing work This hobby is hard enough to do well, let alone with a buggered up hand. Great job fighting through it and hope you heal up well Cheers, Scott Edited June 12, 2015 by Twokidsnosleep
SCI-FI Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Congratulations on a gorgeous model in progress, and glad to see how far your hand has healed.
Bennyg Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Very nice work. Hopefully the hand gets back to full ability. Cheers Ben
mrm Posted June 16, 2015 Author Posted June 16, 2015 Thank you all guys. My hand is as healed as it will ever be I guess. I have a nasty scar and other than that it feels fine. The model is finished and it won its class at the heartland Nationals this past weekend. I was told that it is the first time a foreign car wins the factory stock class. Pictures coming soon in the "Under Glass".
Kit Basher Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 WOW! I'm glad you posted a WIP of this, it would be hard to appreciate all the work that went into it otherwise. Beautiful job!
jpc1968 Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 Wow. Makes me want to put my Le Ferrari away and never build it.
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