Ferrari 333SP, Rolex Daytona 24Hrs, 1998

[wetsellery]

A collector asked me to build this car, using a Hotwheels 1/18 model.



The HW model and some PE from Tremonia :





And some parts and decals from Legende Miniatures :





I took about an hour to take the model apart :



I got rid of the paint and used my Dremel to trim off the metal on the sides. Before :



After :



The original car has large air-inlets on both sides :







My Dremel made short work of the zamac :









I cut out a gap for the resin NACA duct :



Sanded the louvres on the left side and added plasticard to change the shape of the headlight housing :





Cut away some zamac, added some plasticard and added another NACA duct :





Sincerely

Pascal

[Leon]

WOW that is some awesome work Pascal .Want to see some more.

[bullardino]

I agree with Leon, this one looks awesome

[wetsellery]

Thanks for the replies 

I took a look at the rims and tires, and decided to use the original HW tires because they fit the rims better :



The tires look a lot better after some sanding :





I found a way to fix the rims to the suspension. First I cut off the brakes and sanded the plastic brake discs to the same diameter of the PE ones :



Three little pieces of tubing for the front rims :







The front rims are to wide :



The diameter is to small for the HW tires :



I glued a pieces of tubing to the rear rims :





A dryfit :

[bbd468]

Wow, this is cool and looks fun! Great upgrades fella.

[Deleted]

Looking good on this one! Keep it going!

[`Boots`]

Thats terrific work...........look forward to more of this bud!

[wetsellery]

Thanks for the replies 

This is how Hotwheels made the cockpit :



The cockpit of the real car looks like this :







The seat has some plastic rods on the sides :



These were cut off, and will be replaced :



With my Dremel (What else ?) I removed the left sidewall :



With a couple of pieces of plasticard, I extended the cockpit bathtub :



Dryfit :



I made a new sidewall :

[Leon]

Pascal,you are doing some amazing scratch work on this ,and it is looking really good.

[wetsellery]

The suspension "arms / bars" (what's the name of those things ?) are overscale :





Made my one from a brass tube and rebuild the gearbox :



All my work is inspected by my cat :









Sincerely

Pascal

[Deleted]

Incredible work.

G

[wetsellery]

This is how HW made the exhaust pipes :



The first 2, made from sprue :



Four more :



This 333SP has no radiators, the inside of the sidepods will be visible. I removed the 4 metal tubes that hold the screws :



And modified the fueltank. Before :



After :





Sincerely

Pascal

[wbill76]

Very nice adaptation work Pascal, exhaust pipes look light years better than what HW gave you.

[wetsellery]

It took a lot of work (and patience) to build the rear suspension from brass tube and copper plate :




Fixed together with a soldering iron :




Dryfit with the wheels :




The construction is hold together by 2 brass tubes inside the gearbox. It will be glued after painting :



There still a lot of sanding work left on the headlight housings, and I have to find a way to make the headlight covers :



Sincerely

Pascal

[wbill76]

Nice job on the suspension unit Pascal, lots of metal work there but it looks great.

[Mence]

Amazing work Pascal, a pleasure to follow.

[wetsellery]

It's been a while. The exhausts have given me a lot of headaches. But after much trial and error I found a method that works for me.

I don't know how many times I build and rebuild the exhaust tubes, but here's some pics of the different versions.

Electric wire :



Solder wire :






Leftover plastic (sprues) from a 1/35 scale tank :





I modified the engine in order to fit the exhaust tubes :





And the finally I found the right method to make the exhaust, a mixture of sprue, solder wire and aluminium wire :







Let's compare it with a reference pic :



YES, were getting there !!

Sincerely

Pascal

[wetsellery]

After a lot of hours of bending, cutting, sanding and dryfitting the left set of three inner pipes is ready :

[Leon]

Awesome work on the exhaust Pascal.Your doing an outstanding job so this.

[deafpanzer]

Looking pretty good!

[wetsellery]

The engine compartment has a big airscoop. I opened up the hole in the front and glued the inner part with CA which was covered with flour :





The HW version looks like this :



The real one looks like this (this is not a picture of the car that won the race, but it has the same type of airscoop) :



I used my dremel to cut a line that will hold the top horizontal frame :




Sincerely

Pascal

[deafpanzer]

Huge improvement there!

[wetsellery]

Step 1 :

[wetsellery]

Step 2 :

[deafpanzer]

Catching up... looking perfect!

[wetsellery]

More work on the big airscoop. I started by glueing the white plastic strip on the bottom of the airscoop (the silver paint is there to spot any gaps and cracks) :



Glued some plastic strip on the top of the engine to fill the gaps :



The airscoop now fits perfectly and without gaps on the engine :



The yellow strip will get roughly the same shape as the grey one :





I've added about 0,75 mm to the grey strip because it was to narrow :



Should look something like this :



Sincerely

Pascal

[deafpanzer]

Awesome... glad you could fix it!

[wetsellery]

Update.

Fuelpipe : first thing was to make the connector between the body and the pipe. I was a question of trial and error to find the right dimension and the postion of the holes :



The pipe was made from a knitting needle, the rings are drilled out pieces of sprue :



Dryfit :



Hotwheels has made the windows and the frame in one piece, these will be replaced :



Step 1 : Make an cutout in the body and and drill a hole for the brass tubes :



Step 2 : Cut the brass tubes to size and insert a piece of copper wire :



Step 3 : Glue pieces of plasticard to give the brass tubes the correct angle :



Step 4 : Dryfit :




This is the HW electronics panel :



It's not wide enough and I don't like the details. After a couple of hours of sanding, drilling and dryfitting, this is the result :



I mad new electronic connectors with pieces from a lighter :



It was cut in three and then was sanded to size and reassembled :



The sidewalls of the cockpit need further modification. I've done some work in the past, but the walls weren't high enough. Now they run all the way to the underside of the body :



These are the first pieces I made for the battery and its housing :



The goal is to acheive this :



Sincerely

Pascal

[deafpanzer]

So many little additions! Looking great!

[wetsellery]

Thanks !

Today I spend about 3 hours making the bracket for the battery. The bracket is scratchbuild and has 7 parts (5 brass, 2 plasticard), it's 5 x 3,5 x 3 mm :







A coat of primer shows that there is a bit more sanding to do :







Sincerely

Pascal