carsnut
04-05-2007, 09:42 PM
Here comes a quick (hopefully) but still highly detailed build of a Ferrari 360 Spider.
I had the absoulte pleasure of getting a chance to sit in one of these and I have to say not only is it a gorgeous car, it is really, really comfortable. Hopefully my kit will do the car enough justice? I wanted to break away from the normal red yellow or black Ferraris normally seen on UCP. That said, I decided to do a non realistic car but something someone could do if they had a roll of cash you could beat a baby seal to death with. So here is the chassis and part of the engine of this car.
The engine block was painted Testors Aluminum, then given a wash with Testors Flat Black acrylic. I have to say, engines, in my opinion, look alot more realistic with a good wash. While its ok on an engine thats never been fired up, it looks weird on even a slightly used engine. I give the engine a slightly more thorough wash to show some use. I plan to make the car look like it had 1000 miles done.
I highlighted the bolts near the driveshaft hole titanium gold. I'm not sure this is the case on real 360's, though anyone could of replaced the normal bolts with titanium ones to save a bit of weight, so it's not necessarcarily inaccurate.
The wishbones on the chassis were painted partially thinned Testors Aluminum. Cast Aluminum is not shiny, especially after enduring 1000 miles of use! The diffuser was also attached after being painted flat black. I decided not to paint the chassis gloss black as the instructions depict, for I found one picture of a real 360 with a gloss black chassis, but all the reference pictures I have show a flat black chassis.
Tamiya's 360 is a superb kit, but they still took a few shortcuts. I was bothered by the oil line, and I felt I had to replace it. So, time for some surgery!:eek: The plastic line will be replaced with Detail Master braided line.
I had the absoulte pleasure of getting a chance to sit in one of these and I have to say not only is it a gorgeous car, it is really, really comfortable. Hopefully my kit will do the car enough justice? I wanted to break away from the normal red yellow or black Ferraris normally seen on UCP. That said, I decided to do a non realistic car but something someone could do if they had a roll of cash you could beat a baby seal to death with. So here is the chassis and part of the engine of this car.
The engine block was painted Testors Aluminum, then given a wash with Testors Flat Black acrylic. I have to say, engines, in my opinion, look alot more realistic with a good wash. While its ok on an engine thats never been fired up, it looks weird on even a slightly used engine. I give the engine a slightly more thorough wash to show some use. I plan to make the car look like it had 1000 miles done.
I highlighted the bolts near the driveshaft hole titanium gold. I'm not sure this is the case on real 360's, though anyone could of replaced the normal bolts with titanium ones to save a bit of weight, so it's not necessarcarily inaccurate.
The wishbones on the chassis were painted partially thinned Testors Aluminum. Cast Aluminum is not shiny, especially after enduring 1000 miles of use! The diffuser was also attached after being painted flat black. I decided not to paint the chassis gloss black as the instructions depict, for I found one picture of a real 360 with a gloss black chassis, but all the reference pictures I have show a flat black chassis.
Tamiya's 360 is a superb kit, but they still took a few shortcuts. I was bothered by the oil line, and I felt I had to replace it. So, time for some surgery!:eek: The plastic line will be replaced with Detail Master braided line.