Pascal Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Hmm, It seems I forgot to post one of my side-projects. So here we go, work was started april 2019 : Last year I got an email from a collector. He told me that he had a partially build resin kit of the Ferrari 250 Bertone GT. The Ferrari 250 Bertone GT is a "one-off" car that was recently restored : The collector bought this kit second hand. He had no idea who the maker was, but he send me some photos of the partially build kit : He said : "All it needs is to be painted and completed". I accepted what looked like an easy project, but when I put the kit on my workbench it became clear that this would be quite a challenge. I removed the primer and then the resin horror show began : Lots of detail that is missing and panellines that look like trenches : The kit has no brake discs and the wheels were superglued to the resin. Removing the wheels wasn't easy - I actually broke the PE on one of them - they will be replaced by AM wheels : I removed the seats only to discover that the chassis was bend : A dryfit of the windshield showed that this would be a major project : But enough on the negative side of this kit. Allow me to share this work-in-progress as I battle this kit into submission. Will post the updates later this day. Sincerely Pascal RadBaron, mustang1989 and Brett M 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 This is another older update, most of the work shown here had to be undone later : Here we go. If this was a zamac or styrene body, I would use my Dremel. But all the parts are resin, so out came the knives and files. Started carving a groove to hold the windscreen and added a few styrene strips : More strips and more CA + flour : Windscreen dryfit, still a lot of gaps everywhere : The photos above are the result of a couple of weeks (or was it months ?) of work. Basically, I carved, filed, sanded, puttied, carved, filed and sanded a few hours a day, only to get nowhere. I finally put the kit away for a week or two, then started on the backside of the body, but that will be for the next update. All reactions, tips, help and criticism are welcome. Sincereley Pascal mustang1989, Lothar and Brett M 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 I got tired fixing the problems with the windows, so i turned my attention to the backside of the body (sounds a bit raunchy). A prominent feature of the backside are the lights. A close inspection revealed that the holes for the lights aren't round and they're not on the same height : I started with drilling the holes : Then glued a piece of tubing inside the hole. This will be sanded flush, so that the holes are perfectly round : A piece of alu tubing will form the rim for the lights. The alu tubing will be polished or painted with chrome paint : After a couple of hours of sanding (to get the top of the rear of the body straight) this is the result (the bumper is a dryfit) : Sincerely Pascal RadBaron, Brett M, Lothar and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 The interior will be completely changed, this is how it looked when the model arrived : I started with this part, it's warped and the left side is much longer then the right side : Set by step : The red paint and self-adhesive felt was removed, the area behind the seat was rebuild. Here's a dryfit : 1/1 scale reference : Sincerely Pascal mustang1989, Out2gtcha, Brett M and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 Last update from 2019 : Did some work on the side windows, took me days to get the windows to kind of fit. Still a lot of work left to get the fit right : The other side was just as bad, but slowly we're getting some results : The louvres behind the side windows will have to be rebuild, I might try scribing them a bit deeper using a comb as a guide. We'll see. Sincerely Pascal Brett M, Lothar and mustang1989 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 And finally, the update of today : I applied a lot of putty to the F-40's, while the putty is hardening I did some work on this 250 Bertone. The way this model is designed, the windows are never gonna fit properly : you have to glue a PE border to the clear plastic and glue that to the body. No way this is gonna give a good result. So after much head scratching I came up with a solution that might work : I'll use a 2 x 2 mm plastic H-profile that I will glue to the body. This will replace the PE border and give the clear plastic something to fit into (at least that's the theory) : I started by removing the resin A-pilar : And replaced this with a strip of brass : Made a trench in the inside of the body so that it can be fixed securely : Dryfit with the side windows, yes we might be on to something : I'll keep the PE border for the side windows, the H-profile will be used for the windscreen and rear window, dryfit : It will take a lot of work to carve a little ledge in the resin for the H-profile to be glued to. This ledge has to be about 0,5 mm wider then the H-profile because I'm thinking of gluing a 0,5 mm black cable on the outside of the H-profile. We'll see if that works. Did some work on the interior, a couple more parts and this will be done : I made it as strong as possible so I can be pressed into the body, dryfit : Looking pretty good : Sincerely Pascal Fooesboy, mustang1989, chrish and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 My hat's off to you for going above and beyond on this project. It will look fabulous when all done. Pascal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Man....that’s dedication Pascal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 That is some work! Nice so far Pascal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 You're certainly more brave than me. I would have thrown it straight into the trash. Pascal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 Thank you gentlemen, much appreciated LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Wow, you are sinking an enormous amount of time into what looks like a pretty crappy kit. I admire the dedication and I have no doubt this will gorgeous when you are done! BTW: I'm a gearhead and big Ferrari fan. Visited the factory in Maranello, etc. I LOVE this particular car! Pascal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Just ummm.....put 'er together eh? I'm really diggin' all the effort that you are putting into this car. This is going to be awesome!!!! Pascal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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