Ferrari SF71H conversion from Ferrari SF70H.
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 1:45 pm
Hi guys this is a little conversion build I've been working on on and off since September last year.
If I'm honest its been 2 steps forward and 1 back through out this time mainly due to the complexity of the car shape between the 2017 and 2018 spec cars. As you will see with the help of much smarter people than myself the build has been made alot easier.
So to start off this is my starting point for the conversion.
The decals i had printed for me by kmp.
The extra mission winnow decals i asked a good friend at grandprix decals to size down a set of 1/18 to 1/20 for me.
The 1st lot of parts that smirkoff from here had produced. Sets 2 and 3 will be shown at a later date.
The parts are incredible esspecially when you consider that smirkoff isn't part of a big company like s27 or top studio he is just a 1 man band with the help of shapeways.
Naturally with 3d printing alot of the parts need cleaning up and a little adjustment but as a starting point they are amazing.
Right now on to the building. And this is where alot of the 2 forward 1 back started. First off I had started this build up in the way I did the SF70H kit months back but quickly realised that it wasn't the best way to get the parts added on in a good enough way. So a new kit was bought out and the original will be made up into a fantasy build maybe in a schumacher livery or senna style McLaren.
Parts of the new kit layed out.
Made up the lower box section of the monocoque before cutting the required area to fit the new sidepods.
Alot of test fitting of parts.
And from the front you can just see how spot on smirkoffs parts are.
And after a few hours of fiddling this is where i got to. The Airbox has had a little filler added due to there being a slight gap between that and the engine cover but other than that it all just fell into place.
Many thanks for looking.
Check smirkoffs shapeways store out some amazing stuff on there.
Also hit up andrea from kmp kool models production on Facebook and check some of the amazing work he does with transkits and decals.
Shaun
If I'm honest its been 2 steps forward and 1 back through out this time mainly due to the complexity of the car shape between the 2017 and 2018 spec cars. As you will see with the help of much smarter people than myself the build has been made alot easier.
So to start off this is my starting point for the conversion.
The decals i had printed for me by kmp.
The extra mission winnow decals i asked a good friend at grandprix decals to size down a set of 1/18 to 1/20 for me.
The 1st lot of parts that smirkoff from here had produced. Sets 2 and 3 will be shown at a later date.
The parts are incredible esspecially when you consider that smirkoff isn't part of a big company like s27 or top studio he is just a 1 man band with the help of shapeways.
Naturally with 3d printing alot of the parts need cleaning up and a little adjustment but as a starting point they are amazing.
Right now on to the building. And this is where alot of the 2 forward 1 back started. First off I had started this build up in the way I did the SF70H kit months back but quickly realised that it wasn't the best way to get the parts added on in a good enough way. So a new kit was bought out and the original will be made up into a fantasy build maybe in a schumacher livery or senna style McLaren.
Parts of the new kit layed out.
Made up the lower box section of the monocoque before cutting the required area to fit the new sidepods.
Alot of test fitting of parts.
And from the front you can just see how spot on smirkoffs parts are.
And after a few hours of fiddling this is where i got to. The Airbox has had a little filler added due to there being a slight gap between that and the engine cover but other than that it all just fell into place.
Many thanks for looking.
Check smirkoffs shapeways store out some amazing stuff on there.
Also hit up andrea from kmp kool models production on Facebook and check some of the amazing work he does with transkits and decals.
Shaun