W.I.P. Ferrari F430GT RISI LM07

This is the studio 27 f430 kit. RISI COMPETIZIONE from LE MANS 2007. body is all painted and rubbed out. i had to putty up alot of the ducts on the hood of the car because the 2007 lm car didnt have some of them in the race. primed white then sprayed tamiya ts-25 pink. the ts-8 italian red. then the clear. chasis wise all ive got done is the interior. sprayed ts-76 mica silver. ignition boxes wired and carbon fiber. back of the seat carbon an the belts on it. dash is ts-6 matte black with some carbon with all the switches painted. same with the steering wheel. theres an etch horse emblem on the wheel, also red wires wrapped around the steering collom. etch pedals. got a air duct blowing some air to the driver. i had a few probs getting the roll cage together, i had to do some tweeking to get it right. its going together pretty good other then that. i hate studio's kick with white metal......

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Looks great! I have REALLY been wanting to see a build up of one of these!

Looks great! I have REALLY been wanting to see a build up of one of these!

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I have been thinking about buying this kit, but I have been told that the wheels are too small and the rims are incorrect...is this true?

Looking nice!!

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I have been thinking about buying this kit, but I have been told that the wheels are too small and the rims are incorrect...is this true?

I was curious of this as well....

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I have been thinking about buying this kit, but I have been told that the wheels are too small and the rims are incorrect...is this true?

Yes they are too small and the spokes are wrong.

We are wrapping strip styrene around the rims to correct the diameter and the lip.

Nice work.
Amazing finish on the body!
Chris

Nice work so far, great detailing.
I bet it looked awesome in Pink

ive got the engine bay almost done now. ive been working on getting the ride heights right along with the tires and wheels being centered right and its causing me to get a lil mad....

Wow, that body will look awsome when decaled! Just out of curiosity, how many coats/layers/times did you polish the clear coat?

there was 3 coats of clear, then i started rubbing it out with 3600 and skipped one grit and went to the next then sipped again.. so on like that. used the tamiya fine and finish compounds and that was the finished product.

*UPDATE*

the engine is done now. ive started on the rest of the body.

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heres a few shots of the wheels. abviously you can see what the problem is that im facing when trying to get it to set right. :screwy:

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heres a few more of the wheels since they were the wrong diameter i had to wrap a strip of sheet plastic around the wheel. i had to rob some slick tires from another tamiya kit.

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stay tuned for more... :cool:

Looking good!:smokin:

I am building the scuderia eccosse verion of this kit....have you by any chance trial fitted any pf the photo etch grilles yet....especially the ones on the bottom of the rear bumper...

I am building the scuderia eccosse verion of this kit....have you by any chance trial fitted any pf the photo etch grilles yet....especially the ones on the bottom of the rear bumper...

yes i have. the ones youre speaking of dont fit :chair:

finally got away from my busy life to make some progress again.

ive got all the window trim on the body painted now. carbon fibered the peice where the mirror goes, b pillar and the vents around the rear window also the front radiator air extractors and the door panels.
kevlar for all 4 wheel well's and ive started applying the decals. i hope to finish the decaling thursday.

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stay tuned.... :D

Wow, looks great! And no scratches from Mika or Jamie on it...yet :D

i am now finished with this car. i will have pics up soon.

finished product can be found here.... http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=5987221#post5987221