Shawn M Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 nice! glad to see you back at this one Pascal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Thx Shawn ! Been fighting for 2 days with the carbon decals from Tuner Model Manufactory. These decals are terrible. They're very hard, wont stick to plastic (unpainted, painted, varnished, ...) and are immune to Microscale Set & Sol. I've fixed them in place with Parket Plus (Sols). The pictures clearly show the gloss of the P+, this will be toned down with a satin or matt clearcoat. This picture shows a large, uneven strip running almost the entire length of the cockpit. With the naked eye this strip looks just like the strip on the real car :Looks terrible, but will be better after the weathering :The dashboard has also been wrapped in carbon fibre, some edges still need to be cut :Used my Dremel to make the 4 tiny fuses and the connector that will be fixed to the left side of the dashboard : Sincerely Pascal mustang1989, Gazzas, patricksparks and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 sorry to hear the decals fought you, they look good to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Excellent craftsmanship! Unreal what your doing to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Fascinating work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 Thx guys ! Update : I had covered the dashboard with these decals : But the real car has a different type of carbon, so I scraped them off and replaced them with these : Spent a couple of hours fiddling with some tiny parts, like these : Those are very tiny open rivets, outer diameter : 0,8mm, inner : 0,6mm, length : 2,2mm. Three are visible in this photo, together with some other small parts : These will become the 2 handles that are attached to the center console : Dryfit of the first handle, it contains 5 tiny parts : Sincerely Pascal mustang1989, Starfighter and Jim Barry 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 Work continues on the second handle. Here's a dryfit with the tube that runs to the back of the cockpit : I made the little ball (1,2 mm diameter) from a piece of alu sewing needle, total length of the handle is 7mm. Dryfit with the triangular base : The macro pictures show that the copper tubes (0,6 mm diameter) are not aligned, this has been changed after the picture was taken :The handle is adjustable :Sincerely Pascal mustang1989, Hubert Boillot, Starfighter and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 After fiddling with the tiny parts, I'm glad to work on something a lot bigger. Hotwheels made the side windows like this :Doesn't look to bad, but they've made the diagonal tube and the window as 1 piece. This wont allow me to paint the tube red, unless I do it the Hotwheels way and paint part of the window ?!On the real car the side windows look like this :(Pictures for reference only)Hard to see in the pictures, but the bottom of the window is fitted to the inside of the body, and the top of the window is fitted to a strip that's attached to the underside of the tube. This gave me quite a few headaches, but I found a way ...Start with the Hotwheels part :Introduce it to my Dremel :Use the milling machine to mill a channel in a plastic tube :Glue a plastic strip inside the channel (the holes for the rivets will be drilled later) :And do a dryfit :Still plenty of work to get the shape and details of the tube and frame right, but I'm very happy that it turned out OK.Arrivederci ragazzi.Pascal Hubert Boillot, NukerDan and Starfighter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Great work Pascal! Made a model out of the BBR 1/43 kit many years ago, and got to see the 333 race at Watkins Glen back in the day. Awesome car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Pascal Amazing work, simply interstellar for sure. Your abilities to create the smallest of detail parts is modeling extraordinaire. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 OUtstanding work as usual Pascal! LOve seeing this Ferrari come to life as a more accurate model! keep it up! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigern007 Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Very ,very nice! ! like to do this type of thing myself. But,never get to your fine standardsl cheers Ernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 Update. No matter how much detail you add to a model, the thing that will always draw everyone's attention is the body. Spend a lot of hour getting the fit between the engine lid and the body as tight as possible. The tiny gaps that are still there will be filled by the primer, paint and clear coats : I didn't like the way Hotwheels fixed the big plastic airscoop to the body. It was sealed to the body using heat, but it was fixed about 1,5 mm to far aft. I did quite a few modifications to the plastic airscoop (it's black plastic) and glued it in place. Then followed a couple of rounds of putty and sanding. It needs a bit more sanding to smooth out the gaps : Removal of more unwanted zamac. Before : And after : Small update, but the result of endless dryfitting and modifying. Sincerely Pascal mustang1989, LSP_K2, LSP_Kevin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Man it is ALL in the details with this build. I really enjoy looking at builds like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 Thx mate ! Update : The 333SP has a diagonal bar that sits in front of the big airscoop : Hotwheels made this bar run thru the airscoop in stead of in front of it. First task was to plug the hole : Then remove enough plastic to make room for the bar : I drilled a hole on the left side, made the strange contraption that holds the bar on the right side : Looks rough, needs some filler and sanding : Dryfit with the new bar : This (the clear part) is all that remains of the original Hotwheels side-window, I used my mill to make a ledge that will hold the new side-window : Sincerely Pascal Shawn M, LSP_K2, ShelbyGT500 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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