Ferrari F2007 Chinese GP (Thinned!!) GB Project

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Ferrari F2007 Chinese GP (Thinned!!) GB Project

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Okie its halfway through the F1 season. I cant help to express my sadness n disappointment for Ferrari. But anyway, im proud for them as they never gave up to improve despite this difficult time. Therefore in order to remember the good old days, not really old actually, i going to start my F2007 WIP. How this qualifies for the GB? Straightforward, Im doing a Kimi's car with no.6 and also Chinese GP is the 16th race of the 2007 season! :)

I have got my MFH version but decide to keep it for collection instead. Therefore i got myself into the Revell kit. I can only say one thing about this kit. It is bloody THICK! I believe those who have work on this before will know what i mean. I have decided to give it a thorough THINNING! Besides that there are many areas that i need to add and modify to the Chinese GP since the kit is the presentation version. Although the instructions did mention gave different setup configuration parts but they too are not really up to accuracy standards. Well, enough grumbling, let me explain some of the things i have done along the way.

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Look at this lines, they are WRONG, it should be lowered and stretches all the way till the exhaust area, need to fill them up
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At the late seasons GP there are extra vents near the exhaust, therefore they are drilled and inserted with brass plates. Still not accurate in my opinion but thats a tedious one, im not gg to redo them
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Thinned side fin by sanding
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Thinned another erected fin, added and modified front cameras to almost accurate size.
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Close up of cameras
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Covered some side vents to replicate Chinese GP version
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Lines carved
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Now going to modify the rear fin of the body cowling with some putty added
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Removed the original part, replaced with aluminum sheets
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Modified by using brass sheets and some sanding to thin down certain area, not quite done yet
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This part is ridiculosly thick, used aluminum sheet to replicate
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Thats all for now, stay tuned for more.
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very cool, will be keeping a close on this one, fantastic start
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Nice start.
What kind of putty do you use?
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builder77 wrote:Nice start.
What kind of putty do you use?
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I used the Tamiya quick type putty. thanks for all the encouragements!
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Very nice!!

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Sorry to keep you guys waiting. Now for some updates but not much. Busy and lazy..

Primer applied and sanded off some imperfect putty work.
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Added a small fin at the side here, its not given in the kit.
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Front nose was drilled with a opening
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The front wing is thinned, corrected and added with details
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Body painted with silver
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Body is sprayed with my own mixed red color
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As a comparison between one with lighting and the other without.
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Thanks for looking
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great color and excellent job on the modifications
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Thanks for the update, I agree, looks great!! Your mods are first-rate, making nice work of the Revell kit is not always easy :wink:.
So, what is your special mix color?
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CBartholomew4677 wrote:Thanks for the update, I agree, looks great!! Your mods are first-rate, making nice work of the Revell kit is not always easy :wink:.
So, what is your special mix color?
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Thanks for the comments! Well i mix clear red and orange.
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An very small update. Decaled the body with sponsors and cleared with Zero 2K clear. The colour is an acceptable match to several reference photos but stilll slightly on the red side when compared to other photos. I guess i will add more orange to my paint mixture the next time. The two pictures i have is taken at different lighting to show the difference and accuracy of the colour.

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