ferrari 250 gto realising a dream

[silverfoxcc]

Outstanding

It is the hidden details that makes it, i doesn't matter the average punter cant see it, YOU know it is there

I am fabricating an expansion link bracket for my loco, most of which will be hidden under the running board ( 15 parts it total) as opposed to a gunmetal casting and piece of shaped 1/8 plate

It goes together like 3-D jigsaw and then silver soldered

[henryk001]

mike74 said:

Amazing.

I had no idea such intricately and minutely detailed model kits existed.

Although I would have thought the consumer demand for them would be so low that the tooling and production costs wouldn't be commercially viable?

Must be viable as model factory hiro in Japan has a large following worldwide, although i would say the cost wouldnt appeal to the masses, however if you breakdown the cost over time to build, ive done approximatly 200 hours so far and am around 2/3rds of the way to completing. the expense can be justified and patience with determination and some skill reaps benefits to create something just a bit more special than mass produced ready built models.Hope you enjoy some more of the build photos.

[henryk001]

silverfoxcc said:

Outstanding

It is the hidden details that makes it, i doesn't matter the average punter cant see it, YOU know it is there

I am fabricating an expansion link bracket for my loco, most of which will be hidden under the running board ( 15 parts it total) as opposed to a gunmetal casting and piece of shaped 1/8 plate

It goes together like 3-D jigsaw and then silver soldered

Thanks for the encouragement,when ive finished im going to place it with a ipad type picture frame so there will be a slideshow showing the detailed part of this build. it sounds as you are into high detail modelling yourself, i know a customer and who is also a friend who builds true bluprinted trains to incredible levels of detail , has his own mini foundry, lathe /mill (multi axis) fitted with Heidenhain digital readout. His workmanship is superb.

[henryk001]

Going on now with the seats and lapbelts, robbed the ribbon from my wifes stock and printed the sabelt decals off.
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Heres the underside as i overturned it to fit the exhausts .
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Time for a bit of patina also fitted the exhaust tips which came in 3 parts per tube.
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Turned over ready to go on assembling the more chassis parts , roll gage. etc. Thanks for looking, more to come. cheers time for a beer.

[RDMcG]

Not sure if helpful, but here are some close up shots of a GTO I took a few yers ago. I have all sorts of shots of other ones too, but a long time ago.....

[silverfoxcc]

Henri

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[silverfoxcc]

Henry

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[silverfoxcc]

Henry

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[henryk001]

[quote=RDMcG]Not sure if helpful, but here are some close up shots of a GTO I took a few yers ago. I have all sorts of shots of other ones too, but a long time ago.....

Thankyou for the fine quality pictures, I was pleased to see the lap belts looking very similar to the ones i have made. Whoever looks after this car knows what he,s doing after seeing the brown colour inside the exhaust tubes.A nice brown colour showing its running perfectly. I hope its not rust Ha! Ha!..
Ive decided to finish mine off in Red and have the interior bare as a racing car should be, but im not going to put any historical references on the bodywork as im really only interested in the cars looks to admire once finished.I can always put racing decals on at a later stage if need be. Cheers

[AshVX220]

What percentage of this is plastic/metal? Or is it all plastic?
It's astonishing.

[jtremlett]

henryk001 said:

...Ive decided to finish mine off in Red...

According to the picture of the chassis number plate you posted earlier, you are modelling this car http://www.barchetta.cc/english/All.Ferraris/Detai... so it should really be silver grey with a blue stripe!

[henryk001]

AshVX220 said:

What percentage of this is plastic/metal? Or is it all plastic?
It's astonishing.

This particular model only has a plastic body, both door panels, main chassis rail, bulkhead, seats, windows rear parcel shelf in plastic/resin.
The bonnet and boot are in white metal. The rest is white metal, turned alluminium, nickel silver wire etc + other materials ive used, Cheers

Edited by henryk001 on Thursday 23 August 16:07

[henryk001]

jtremlett said:

Hi! As mentioned. I am not tracing or making this build to historical detail. Im just building the car as if i owned it and put my own mark on it. Im more into the shape and detail of a car ive admired from childhood.If for example someone requested i build one for a particular period/ race event i would obviously oblige.
If you google these cars you will see that the few lucky owners have over time modified these cars for either colour,asthetics or comfort.
The chassis plate decal you speak of used is one of only three choices to use, i just picked it. Ps thankyou for the link, may come in handy in the future

Edited by henryk001 on Thursday 23 August 16:11

[henryk001]

Well its been a while, been really busy. Thought to put a few more photos on for anyone interested.Coming near to completing before going onto the bodywork. Im getting in a quandry as to wether or not to fit the body or finish the car with the bodywork raised above it . Hmm???. Anyway Rollcage, inner wings, roll bar, water bottle, horns, battery,heater control valves,heaterpipes and front shocks next.Test fitting , filing, trimming and painting.The windscreen water bottle was painted by using blue acrylic first then semi transparant gloss white over to mimic water.
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So the car is complete except for some tidying up and going on to the bodywork, which once again will be a challenge as the smallest mark will show up like a sore thumb. A lot of deburring filing ,filling in places i see needs to be done, sanding yes loads of it down to 1000 grit , priming, painting of parts and then more sanding down to 12000 grit before a polish. I know i will need a couple of attempts if im lucky to get the body to a standard im happy with. Loads of photo etched parts. leather and clear to fit as well. I Will add more as i go along . Thankyou to all who have seen my work and especially those who have commented on this thread encouraging me to show my spare time toils off. Cheers

Edited by henryk001 on Wednesday 19th September 01:44

[LeighW]

Just an astonishing attention to detail, fantastic skills too, brilliant stuff.

[henryk001]

LeighW said:

Just an astonishing attention to detail, fantastic skills too, brilliant stuff.

Thankyou very much leigh.Its going to be a couple of weeks now that im on the bodywork before i put some pictures on.Great comments from everyone so far is spurring me on. Cheers.

[The_Jackal]

People say it is expensive but isnt that about what you'd pay for a magazine build in total?

[henryk001]

The_Jackal said:

People say it is expensive but isnt that about what you'd pay for a magazine build in total?

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Yes i think you mean the 1/8th scale models advertised on TV occasionally, but they are already parts finished and need only to be assembled,mostly with screws which is great if thats all you want to do as a hobby.Im sure extra detail could be added but ive never done one? I prefer to do a raw kit assembly and have found the model factory hiro kits to be quite the challenge as the instructions arnt clear and you need to look forward on and read a couple of sections to go back to make sure you can get through the steps without making a drastic mistake.Considering the hours invested, approx 300 ive put in with the car kit, engine kit and extra materials used has cost over £1000.00. its been great value for money and have so far thoroughly enjoyed my spare time on it, hopefully to have a finished model to admire,one of the cars ive always dreamed of. Cheers

[silverfoxcc]

Henry

your post of 01.12 yesterday.

Mad thought time

Supposing the bodywork 'drops' over the chassis with no wiggling.

how about getting some very fine thread rods, ( one at each corner) and suspend the body from them , fine wire possibly. slodered to nuts


THEN get the rods geared up like a four pole jacking system with a slow revving electric motor( gearing down if needed) and impress visitors by pressing a button and watching the body rise up to reveal all the good work inside.

Enclose in glass casess o no sitcky fingers..... and how about it having a mirror at 45 degrees underneath to show that as well

Easier to draw than describe!

Job jobbed

[henryk001]

silverfoxcc said:

Henry

your post of 01.12 yesterday.

Mad thought time

Supposing the bodywork 'drops' over the chassis with no wiggling.

how about getting some very fine thread rods, ( one at each corner) and suspend the body from them , fine wire possibly. slodered to nuts


THEN get the rods geared up like a four pole jacking system with a slow revving electric motor( gearing down if needed) and impress visitors by pressing a button and watching the body rise up to reveal all the good work inside.

Enclose in glass casess o no sitcky fingers..... and how about it having a mirror at 45 degrees underneath to show that as well

Easier to draw than describe!

Job jobbed

Hi There. A very good idea, but im afraid not plausable for this model. I would need to flip up the petrol cap and then need to rig up a 2 axis system, programmable to raise the rear up 1st then move over from back to front about 10mm freeing the front away from the radiator, then i could rise up vertically. The mirror you spoke of is a very good idea though .Im concidering having 2 cases made so one sits above or next to the other.With this in mind the plan is to detail the bodywork inside as well as out, so im going to paint the inside black and aluminium as required as if the body had been removed from a real car.Thankyou for the idea