Project K51: 1/8 Pocher Ferrari Testarossa

[Twokidsnosleep]

Got the tub out and stripped, now Ultimate black painted and starts on the leather
Not perfect, but improving
Before:


Progress:






Headrests are awaiting my decision on horsey logo

[Tomcat64]

Nice work getting the tub out without any serious breakages - that's always a challenge.

Loving the extra details you're putting back into this - have you decided on which little horsey to use yet?

[Twokidsnosleep]

Nice work getting the tub out without any serious breakages - that's always a challenge.

Loving the extra details you're putting back into this - have you decided on which little horsey to use yet?

I am just sitting on this post, deciding what to use

[Twokidsnosleep]

So a bit more done while messing around with the boys in the hangout after the live show.
I seem to get a lot done while listening to these crazy blokes for some reason
Red carpet is pigskin leather contact cemented into place

[Twokidsnosleep]

I am hoping I am making this thing look better than it did before I started
All I see are all seams, joints and glue spots

Before:


Now:




maybe after I get the dash and steering wheel detailed I will feel better about this

[Twokidsnosleep]

Finished the leather work inside the tub....I am giving this a B+









There are good things about it, just killing me with the seams and fuzzy edges

[Fridgy]

Finished the leather work inside the tub....I am giving this a B+









There are good things about it, just killing me with the seams and fuzzy edges

Don't be too hard on yourself mate, she looks great

[Twokidsnosleep]

Thanks @Fridgy....the OCD drives me to get better, and drives me crazy

I got the seats all finished, just searching for the logos

[theoneaeon]

looking really good

[Twokidsnosleep]

looking really good

Thank you

[Twokidsnosleep]

Been a while since I have done anything on this beast
Since the laser is up and running, I have been thinking of the Testarossa as I want to make some etched prancing horses on the seat headrests
Interior needs to progress, so I decided to take some brass tube and copper wire and turn out some buttons for the middle console

[KalebB]

Very cool stuff Scott!
I like the detail you're doing for the center console

[Kevthemodeller]

The seat covers, carpets and mats look superb Scott

[Twokidsnosleep]

Cheers you two @KalebB @Kevthemodeller


My wife walked into the Nerd Lab (which she never does) and says “did you put that leather on those seats?”
And then “it looks pretty good”

After I aroused from my faint onto the floor I thanked her

[digger303]

Cheers you two @KalebB @Kevthemodeller


My wife walked into the Nerd Lab (which she never does) and says “did you put that leather on those seats?”
And then “it looks pretty good”

After I aroused from my faint onto the floor I thanked her

They do look pretty good.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Well here we go in January 2021 and I have picked this back up
The interior tub detail work continues as I renovate the switches dials and gauges


As of last night

[BigWall]

Wow! Absolutely Wow! That looks really nice

[Twokidsnosleep]

Wow! Absolutely Wow! That looks really nice

Thanks man, long way to go

[Kevthemodeller]

Good to see you're back on this build Scott

[Twokidsnosleep]

Good to see you're back on this build Scott

Ya indeed
I was poking around my big kits stored at the office and got a bit inspired
Found a couple FB sites as well one devoted to restoring the old kits
Not that I don't have four other stalled builds to finish

[Tomcat64]

Strewth I hadn't realised that you started this one two years ago!

The cabin looks great with some very comfy chairs (insert appropriate meme)

Nice work mate - looking forward to it moving forwards again.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Strewth I hadn't realised that you started this one two years ago!

The cabin looks great with some very comfy chairs (insert appropriate meme)

Nice work mate - looking forward to it moving forwards again.

Canadian comfy chairs:

[Twokidsnosleep]

Got the central console gauges finished.
I made mine with aluminum bezels having slight tilt toward the driver...reminiscent to the cool old Ferrari GTO’s





Then test fit into the body





Examiner evaluates my work

[BigWall]

Very nice. What did you use for the seat fabric?

[Twokidsnosleep]

Very nice. What did you use for the seat fabric?

It is a goat leather designated ‘glove leather’ as it is soft and flexible/ stretchy
Was the thinnest my guys had at their store with the smoothest grain.
I actually cemented the finished side as the look was too shiny and the grain pattern out of scale
So this is the inside ‘flesh’ side we see here. Not as smooth but looks better

[BigWall]

Very nice. What did you use for the seat fabric?

It is a goat leather designated ‘glove leather’ as it is soft and flexible/ stretchy
Was the thinnest my guys had at their store with the smoothest grain.
I actually cemented the finished side as the look was too shiny and the grain pattern out of scale
So this is the inside ‘flesh’ side we see here. Not as smooth but looks better

It came out very nice!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Very nice. What did you use for the seat fabric?

It is a goat leather designated ‘glove leather’ as it is soft and flexible/ stretchy
Was the thinnest my guys had at their store with the smoothest grain.
I actually cemented the finished side as the look was too shiny and the grain pattern out of scale
So this is the inside ‘flesh’ side we see here. Not as smooth but looks better

It came out very nice!

Thanks
Always room for improvement, but not too shabby
Was first time doing more than just a bench seat or some floor mats

[Twokidsnosleep]

How big is a 1/8 automobile kit???



That is a 1/32 Spitfire on the roof it is 11 inches long (28cm)
My mat is 54 cm and the body overlaps that. About 22 inches long

This is how I plan to display them... in the cubby shelves made around these cabinets.


The F40 is there now and I have room on top for three more and one in the center.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Got a drilled aluminum foot pedal set in the mail from eBay
The ‘kit’ and the super detailed blurry photo that comes with it

Note three short brass bolts, no nuts, no washers no longer bolt as in images.
“All brass hardware included” was in the eBay description


I soldered the accelerator pedal together and used my own brass hardware that I made from tube stock and threaded. Luckily I found a longer brass bolt and nut that fit as well...but I should not have had to


Installed



Vs the kit pedals

This is the second time the same seller has disappointed...didn’t include appropriate brass hardware as advertised and told me to go pound sand. F him I made my own hardware, but buying a kit you expect it to be easier. Jerk!

[BOABModels]

Wow! This looks incredible! Those seats look so real.

I have a Revell 1/12 Testarossa in the stash - I will definitely be looking at this thread when I start it, Scott.

[BigWall]

Those look great! Sorry the seller was such a jerk. Sending some replacements would have been a very easy thing to have done.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Wow! This looks incredible! Those seats look so real.

I have a Revell 1/12 Testarossa in the stash - I will definitely be looking at this thread when I start it, Scott.

Cool
That is a nice Tamiya kit

Those look great! Sorry the seller was such a jerk. Sending some replacements would have been a very easy thing to have done.

Yes
The old saying applies:
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice shame on me

[Kevthemodeller]

Those pedals look superb Scott

[Twokidsnosleep]

Those pedals look superb Scott

Cheers mate

[Casper]

Love what your doing with the Ferrari scot, interior looks great nice peddles Lovely kits
casp

[Twokidsnosleep]

Love what your doing with the Ferrari scot, interior looks great nice peddles Lovely kits
casp

Mate