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Unlike my Caddy, I only used one
fantastic Tamiya kit. Guess I'm getting better at model building in my
tender age of 70.
Take a look at this assembled and
painted engine. Like my Caddy, the Ferrari had one fine looking motor.
All of the parts had crisp detail with a minimum amount of flashing. No
matter how I displayed the model, you can see the top of the engine through the
rear window. If you raised the aft section of the body like I planned on
doing, then the engine looks real impressive. The bottom of the engine
showed lots of detail. I knew in advance that my model will be displayed
in the same kind of case that my Caddy is in, so it was necessary to do a
quality modeling job on the bottom of the engine and frame work.
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With such a big front and
rear window, I knew I had to glue them in very carefully, as I did not want to
get any glue on the clear parts. Presto, my brain said: "Rodney, use
Future Floor Wax." As everyone knows, Future is an excellent glue!
After the model was painted on the in/out side I positioned in the two windows,
and began applying the
"future" and after several applications, all minor gaps were filled
in.
Today, over two years later, the
future has not cracked or crazed. It beats trying to fill in the gaps with
any type of model glue, especially "white glue!" The clear
plastic injected molded windows needed no clear coat, so during the building
process, the clear parts were kept in a zip lock bag, and handled with white
"nylon" gloves on final assembly. I've used the nylon gloves for
over a decade, as they do not leave any "lint" on your parts like
"cotton" gloves do!
The instructions said that the
Ferrari F-40 was painted in "red" only. I used my automotive red
lacquer paint for the car. "SnJ" aluminum was used for the
overall color on the engine. Several Tamiya Acrylics colors were used on
the engine and on the inside of the car.
As I look back on this car, I
should have had the side windows open! It could have been done by just
cutting off part of the bottom of the side windows. I could have given it
a custom "Rodney's Color" paint job.
I have some other car models in
my closet and maybe I will put one together, as they are much easier to build
than airplanes.
Happy Car Modeling
Rodney Williams
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