Ferrari F40 Fujimi 1/16 Scale

Post by **Tacoman2000** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:20 pm

Proof that all Ferraris don't need to be red...this is a gorgeous blue

This car is sooooo gorgeous I made it my desktop picture at work. I love it. Me thinks that when I buy on of those Fujimi kit from EBAY I might go bold and do something like this!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:25 pm

Oh absolutely, go for it...and do a build thread so we can follow along
Let me work out all the bugs in the kit

and screw it up so you know where the tiger traps are
Really, would be fun to see you make it beautiful blue like that

Post by **Tacoman2000** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:31 pm

Ok Scott. Deal. I will purchase a kit asap from EBAY. I have a couple kits that I need to finish, but will do a thread to share the highs and lows.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:41 pm

I posted these in another forum about the F 40
Son and I visited a buddy with a 328 GTS and we got some pics. Bad news is that I am too fat for my dream car and my feet are too wide for the tiny pedals!!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:42 pm

Tacoman2000 wrote:Ok Scott. Deal. I will purchase a kit asap from EBAY. I have a couple kits that I need to finish, but will do a thread to share the highs and lows.

Cool
I might even have some PE to share with you

Post by **Tacoman2000** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:45 pm

Nice 328, but I was looking at the 2 '69 Camaro's next to it. I owned a 1969 Camaro RS that I did an engine swap and suspension swap. I miss that car everyday.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:56 pm

You have a good eye and would love this guy's place.
He is a Vancouver cop and builds '69 Camaros, mostly. I think he has done a dozen or so.
There are 3 Camaros in that small space as well as the Ferrari, and a Mustang boss, lotus elise in another garage out back
Not a big fancy garage, but he knows what he is doing and outsources stuff as need be

My 13 yr old son is absolutely bonkers about cars, so I may use the cop friend's contacts to get him a cool project car when the time comes

Post by **Tacoman2000** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:14 pm

I MIGHT NEED TO MAKE A VISIT TO BC! I AM LOOKING FOR ANOTHER 69 CAMARO FOR MY OWN PROJECT CAR. MY DAD WAS A COP TOO. IT WOULD GET FUN TO VISIT WITH HIM FOR A BIT.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 3:26 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote:
Tacoman2000 wrote:Ok Scott. Deal. I will purchase a kit asap from EBAY. I have a couple kits that I need to finish, but will do a thread to share the highs and lows.
Cool
I might even have some PE to share with you

My PE came last night

No instruction or even ID diagram and low quality vs others I have seen
At least it was only $20, caveat emptor....

Not much useful and is designed for a Testarossa rather than an F 40
Both of the Ferrari scripts are over etched, letters destroyed and have holes in some areas and not etched away in others....not so useable

Guys, be careful when you buy stuff off E Bay

Post by **Tacoman2000** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:24 pm

Bummer man. Can you salvage any of it?

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:36 pm

Bits an pieces especially interior....but the kit is pretty well moulded so why destroy it for iffy PE
It is definitely for a Testarossa, not a F 40 so the ad was a bit misleading, as were the pics
I thought I would be able to use more of it
It is all good though, my fault only a $20 lesson and I have some scrap PE for scratch building

Post by **Tacoman2000** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 11:57 pm

Way to look on the positive

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 12:38 am

Thanks
I was reading a thread from a car site about guys buying a resin Lambo Miura from a small operation in Italy
It was a bit of a mess and some lost a bucket of money. Many got a lower quality than expected "kit", other seemed reasonably happy and some got nothing for their money and no contact from the seller.
Funny to read that and then find my PE less than what I expected. The E Bay guy was nice and I have bought other stuff from him, but my suspicion level rose a notch or two on items I can't touch before purchase. Now I am worried about the Pocher Testarossa
Caveat Emptor...let the buyer beware

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:47 pm

I added some detail to the front of the engine.... I think these are the cam covers.....please correct me if I am wrong
Two glaring holes visible, cut some aluuminiuummm (sound that out English style) tubing

Silly thing to do for a couple hours, but whatever
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Post by **Tomtom12** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:04 pm

Hi scott, coming along nicely, I think the two large aluminium coloured parts are inter coolers for the turbos.

Post by **Tomtom12** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:10 pm

Oh my mistake just reread your post and I see the part you mean on the end of the engine block.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:25 pm

Thanks for your input!
That is perfectly fine as now you name another unknown structure for me
When I was a kid, the instructions for model kits actually told you what all the parts were, not just a number to glue in
So you actually learned engine anatomy at the time of building
I don't see that in modern kits

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 6:36 pm

No I don't, please expand my knowledge
Seriously

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:23 am

A little more progress of the engine....focus is on the wiring to the heads

I used black Golden art acrylic paint to blob a few layers onto the red wire end
Let it dry 5 minutes and then stuff in the hole...to make it look like a black rubber plug

Used some PE bands bent in a U to act as a wire retaining clip

Not done with the exhaust and headers, need a bit better heat effect as my blue tint with gold went greenish. Exhaust tips to be chromed

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:25 am

This is with the air boxes on...opposite sides so they sit without glue

It is a cool engine!
I am sitting here making all kinds of revving sounds as I build....like a little kid

Post by **Tomtom12** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:27 am

Looking good scot, mine went abit green on the exhaust staining, I saw a guid on you tube and guy used artist oil for his blue thinned with turbentine, I think that's where I went wrong I used tamiya clear blue.

David

Post by **Hillbilly** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 1:52 pm

That engine is really coming together nicely! Very nice job on those plug wires,that is one part of detailing an engine that can be easy to mess up as it can be hard to get the plug wires to lay in a natural fashion,but you pulled it off perfectly!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:16 pm

Thanks Steve, it took some time and a few choice words to get those darn wires to line up.
They have copper inside the plastic which helps tons and I made sure the lengths for the inside two were the same and matched the outside two as well...that keeps the loops symmetrical.
The double clip thing with the PE just kind of came to me last night

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:17 pm

Tomtom12 wrote:Looking good scot, mine went abit green on the exhaust staining, I saw a guid on you tube and guy used artist oil for his blue thinned with turbentine, I think that's where I went wrong I used tamiya clear blue.

David

I did the same thing exactly and I watched the same video too
I am always prepared to screw some thing up
Thanks for looking in on me

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:24 pm

A nice looking Engine for an even better looking car! Vrrmm, Vrrrmm, Vrrrmmmmmmm!!!!

Post by **Homerlovesbeer** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:30 pm

I'm really enjoying this. Thanks!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:35 am

Thanks for looking in guys...I know I babble on and post tons of silly pics, but it helps me build and is fun to look at after the project is done.

Martin, here is the car revving. I can make both the low rumble and the loud rev
......both with lots of spit

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 2:02 am

Off for a holiday for two weeks, so this project is on hold

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 7:04 am

Day one is finished, how will I take no modelling 2 weeks!!

Oh well I will just play in the water and sleep on the beach instead

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:34 pm

Oh crud, I renamed and reorganized my photobucket album and lost a bunch of pics
I will reassemble everything next week when I am not on vacation and can use my iMac...too hard to do on a little iPad

I persevered and got the photos repaired as best I could
Sorry for any broken links
Don't change the name of your photobucket albums!!!!!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 7:07 am

And on a better note, I caved in and bought the Pocher version of the F40 engine
while on vacation this week.

It will be sweet to display and there is a lot of aftermarket stuff for it
BUT the best kit is from Germany E Bay that I cannot get stuff from. It is an Autograf F40 Engine kit no longer in production. If anyone has info on one, I am very interested. The North American kit is ok, but not as good as the Autograf

Post by **Tomtom12** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 1:24 pm

Nice looking engine, just seen A F40 on the way home from work today

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 6:34 pm

Tomtom12 wrote:Nice looking engine, just seen A F40 on the way home from work today

Stationary or driving along??
Would love to study a real one....better yet, would love to HAVE a real one

Post by **Tomtom12** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 7:09 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote:
Tomtom12 wrote:Nice looking engine, just seen A F40 on the way home from work today
Stationary or driving along??
Would love to study a real one....better yet, would love to HAVE a real one

Driving along through the centre of Bath I was on the way home from work.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:57 am

Started dry fitting the Pocher 1/8 F 40 engine tonight

It goes together like a jigsaw puzzle so no cement. I can do a dry run and can take it apart and paint and detail after. The larger transmission bits had 'fallen off' their sprues, so I couldn't help but put them together....ignore those cutters please

Post by **peppie** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:30 am

Great work on the engine

Looks very realistic.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 4:25 pm

I am making different exhaust tips for the 1/16 Fujimi F40 with five pipes

Shish-kabob skewers into the aluminum tubes act as a mandrel mounted into the dremel. Then dental diamond tool to thin the inner lip and flare with more wood wedged into tube.
Finally dental polishers to shine the metal up. Hope that makes sense...it is a poor man's lathe basically.

I am thinking of heating the metal to get a colour patina, but will test it on a sample bit so I don't destroy them...NOPE Don't heat the aluminium, it melts the thinned lip and wreaks everything!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:47 pm

The car that fits the Pocher engine came today...yikes she is a big girl

Post by **Tacoman2000** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:53 pm

That is gorgeous Scott. What are the dimensions on that B-E-A-U-T-Y?

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 1:48 am

Tacoman2000 wrote:That is gorgeous Scott. What are the dimensions on that B-E-A-U-T-Y?

It is a flipping monster 10" wide by 22" long by 5"high
Almost 2 feet long!!!
I am glad I get to see a complete one now so I can plan out cabinetry for displaying them
I will have 4 Pocher cars in my stash total

I patched up a missing headlight, taped the rear window on and spray waxed the body
Gonna take her to work to get it out of the way off my model desk
It is awesome

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 9:00 pm

My progress on this build has stalled for a bit
Doing the Egg Sig and then the Star Wars one so not much time
Will post up when I get back to it

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:48 pm

Hey guys,
Got some F40 time in after the egg complete and before Star Wars starts
So made the five chrome tips and tested out their fit with a mock up into the rear end

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:49 pm

Eating this terrible gum my kids didn't like for the metal wrapper which will make a perfect heat wrap for inside the splitter..there are brutal ejection pin marks in the textured area of the splitter, so have to cover it

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:34 pm

Doing a little paint testing
Using red cutlery to mimick the Fujimi's plastic, have primed Tamiya white and Tamiya grey
Want to see how the coverage is and play with black layering

But first off a test of the AkTrue Metal aluminum to be used on the underpan in the belly
This is the third of three brush coats of TM aluminum not polished, just finishing drying.
Pretty good coverage and easy to paint, just make sure layers are dry before applying another

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:49 pm

A tighter shot of the knives....some brush lines showing

In the video for the True Metal, the AK guy let the paint dry for 30 min....I will do at least that and go run some errands

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 11:29 pm

First layer of TS-40 Tamiya Metallic Black

Post by **Homerlovesbeer** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 11:54 pm

That looks really good. What do u think of the AK metal paints?

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 3:16 am

Homerlovesbeer wrote:That looks really good. What do u think of the AK metal paints?

Well sir, let me show you
The results of my little experiment with this stuff in my hands using my methods were kind of a big......meh. Ok, but not great. I had a good prime on the plastic and let three coats sit for over three hours dry time with a half hour between coats and it still had rub off when you touch it.

Don't even think of machine polish it or it is toast.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 3:23 am

A little closer up pics shows I have worn through the paint with both the wheel polisher and just starting to by hand.

The sharp corners and edges are especially delicate easy to go through to the primer
There is more paint coming off onto the red cotton polish rag than I thought would happen
I got a finger print on both knife tips and it won't polish out you wil just go to primer.

So over all, I like the stuff, but it is not the second coming
It paints easily, handles well, low smell and good aluminum color. Plus lots in the tube so a little goes a long way. My best shine is off a white prime layer with LIGHT and careful polish, especially at sharp contours.
Honestly my Tamiya XF-16 with a clear coat looks almost as good

Post by **Homerlovesbeer** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:18 am

Have you tried the Gunze Mr Metal Color Aluminium?