Ferrari 360 Modena (Tamiya)

[James Duff]

So I sat around today staring at shelves full of Automotive Goodness, trying to figure out what I want to build...nothing jumping out more than anything else, I counted up the kits on my Import Shelves and then ran it through a Random Integer Generator and it spit out a build order. Now I doubt I'd go so far as to follow it kit by kit, but I couldn't argue with it's first suggestion.


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Roundy-Rounds...

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Decals, Window Masks, Mesh & (dreaded) Metal Tranfers -- I bought this kit open from a friend and the decals were a dried out cracked mess, so I contacted Tamiya USA over the summer and they sent out a new sheet for free! That's why it's stapled to that piece of paper...

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Clear Runner - Notice is has a section of the rear chassis, so you could leave the rear suspension/engine area as "see-thru".

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Shiny Bits

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Big "A" Runner - Featuring the chassis and most of the interior

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Interior tub right side up

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The Go and Slow Runner

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Body Parts Runner

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Couple more shots of the body

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[deafpanzer]

Great choice you have made! It is exactly what I have in my garage... I wish. Count me in... good luck!

[TRM]

OK Andy!!

James...what beauty!! Count me in!! Lovely sprue shots!! Bring on the building!!!

[James Duff]

Well I was hoping I could just assemble the chassis parts in "Step 1" and spray bomb the entire thing at once, but unfortunately there is a small part - pardon the single coat of wet paint...Also with this part installed it is impossible to paint the Lower A-Arms without slopping paint all over this piece and having to do a dance of trying to not slop X-18 on the XF-16 and vice-versa...so the chassis plate and "clear" aero piece will have to be sprayed separately, but that will give this piece a different color and texture anyway breaking up the monotony of 10 acres of Semi-Gloss black.


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That goes underneath the large "clear" (it will not be clear in the end) aero "skirt" that makes up the rear of the chassis. The small part fits right in the gap where the "tongue" of the clear part faces the defuser and actually makes up the transmission mount for the engine. The clear piece fits so well that it actually snaps into and out of place...nice engineering

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The engine's first step is also assembled - mind the single coat of fresh paint on only half the assembly - but if you notice at the top of the engine there are two engraved "bolts" on what would be the bottom if it were tipped over correctly, the piece in the first picture cradles the bolts in such a way as to look as if the assembly is actually bolted together...snazzy engineering again.

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Lots more XF-16 to be slung about the engine, and gotta wait for something resembling a break in the weather to spray the chassis as it's far to smooth to be brush painted and come out looking decent. But there's plenty more engine work to do, and then onto the interior assemblies...

[Mence]

Ok, you got me, I'm in.

I have lost count of the number of times I have picked this one up and put it down again, watching you will mean I will repeat the process yet again but probably end up buying one instead.

James, quick question, are the window masks pre scored so you simply peel them away or do you need to cut them out? Lately Tamiya have issued a few kits (mostly two wheelers) where you must cut the masks out yourself, a right pain in the.....

Fingers crossed for you when you get to the foil decal stage.

Following with great interest...

[Keith Christie]

Nice start, count me in too James, Im a sucker for a Ferrari,

Watch this space

Best Regards

Keith.

[James Duff]

Well I've noticed from pursuing other WiP threads around here it's my duty to welcome you all aboard...apparently in addition to building this model I have to pilot the Love Boat too.

So with that in mind set your courses for adventure, but y'all are on your own with the new romance part...

[wbill76]

Don't worry about the romance part, Andy will propose marriage at any moment now.

Nice random choice James, fate intended for it to be built!

[James Duff]

Alright just some minor painting progress this evening.

This is what the basic scheme of the door will look like. There is of course touch-up to do, the Titanium Silver is only one coat, and the lower speaker isn't going to be that color. When I was looking at the reference photos I downloaded for this build I realized that the interior on the 1:1 I chose wasn't black, but actually a really dark blue. So once I get another coat of the silver on there, I'm going to over paint the black with Royal Blue...it should probably shade out quite nicely

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Couple of engine progress shots. The transmission end is done now with detail painting, and end-cap installed.

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This photo doesn't show it as well as it does in person, but the little "box" on the side of the transmission is also Titanium Silver, a shading that you can see in person, but sort of washes out with the flash.

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Right now I have the other 6 engine parts that make up the the "Step 2 - Engine Assembly" in their first coats of paint. The engine cover/serpentine belt is a particularly complex piece as there are 5 color call outs for it. Then there are probably another half-dozen again that get installed in later stages of assembly to worry about when the time comes, or when I get bored waiting for the paint to dry...Looks to be either Saturday and/or Sunday will be warm enough days to get the chassis plates on both this and the Spider painted *fingers crossed*.

[Mence]

Nice update James, engine looking good so far.

[Deleted]

Great start on this one James.

[James Duff]

Nov 27, 2013 9:04:47 GMT -5 exserco said:

James,

Not to break you down, this is only some positive criticism to get you to a higher level of building that result in a better model at the end.
Why not first glue most of the parts together (where possible), place some putty between different parts( where necessary) and after that start painting?
That way, you are able to hide some part-joints, that aren't there in the real world.
On this pic, the right side, where the valve covers have to come, the block could be 1 piece instead of the 2 plastic parts now.

Well the block itself hasn't been painted, and the joints right there have been puttied over since the photo was taken to remove the obvious seam. In an admission of laziness I like to assemble things in order to see where repairs need to be made and where they can be skipped. There are identical seams on the rear portion of the block as well, but those are covered by the front engine cover, so puttying them is..well a waste of putty. Same thing with the block seam itself, the oil pan covers the most obvious bottom seam, and the tranny seam can not be seen in the assembled model.

[Mence]

Fair points from both of you there, must admit I'm one of the worst for spending waaay too much time detailing and painting elements of a model that will never be seen!

I'm getting better at disregarding things that shouldn't take up modelling time but I have a long way to go before I'm cured.

Look forward to the next update...

[James Duff]

Finally got a spot in the weather where it was above freezing and not precipitating at the same time and got the chassis plate and main defuser panel for this painted today so I can resume building it. I wasn't paying enough attention to the forecast so I didn't have the body work completed to paint that too. Shame on me for that, who knows when we'll go back above freezing, looking at 10 more days of Mid-20's (F).