FIAT Mefistofele, 1/12, Italeri
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Re: FIAT Mefistofele, 1/12, Italeri
OK..start with the boring parts. Cleaning, parts prepping and some early detailing. Since it's an old kit theres is a lot of everything to do and in the end I guess I've replaced 50% of the kit with 3Dprinted a scratchbuilt parts...
Adding some metal screws for enhanced detail
Replacing some out of scale pieces with thin metal. It's also better to bend and scratch away paint. I want an old used look in the end.
I added some detail and rescribed the springs to add some depth.
The usual annoying parts...I added a metal tube in the center to give some strenght.
More boring cleanup and preassembly
Something I really hate is when parts are split stupid Why are the feet of the cyclinders molded together with the engine. The cylinders are black and the engine silver...Grrr more annoying work to do
I endud up with some strange looking cylinders. I put the under the mill and tried to fix things a bit.
THe one detail probably everybody adds to his Mefistofele...wooden parts made from real wood.
The wooden parts are alter rubbed down with Vaseline to give them a littel sheen and darken the wood.
Added a littel detail to the carbs...Later the upper parts would receive some weldseams made from putty and I also remade the carbs in 3D.
More wood, little bodymods and I will replace all rivets with 3Dprinted parts.
Now that is one boring update BUT stay tuned quality will rise
Adding some metal screws for enhanced detail
Replacing some out of scale pieces with thin metal. It's also better to bend and scratch away paint. I want an old used look in the end.
I added some detail and rescribed the springs to add some depth.
The usual annoying parts...I added a metal tube in the center to give some strenght.
More boring cleanup and preassembly
Something I really hate is when parts are split stupid Why are the feet of the cyclinders molded together with the engine. The cylinders are black and the engine silver...Grrr more annoying work to do
I endud up with some strange looking cylinders. I put the under the mill and tried to fix things a bit.
THe one detail probably everybody adds to his Mefistofele...wooden parts made from real wood.
The wooden parts are alter rubbed down with Vaseline to give them a littel sheen and darken the wood.
Added a littel detail to the carbs...Later the upper parts would receive some weldseams made from putty and I also remade the carbs in 3D.
More wood, little bodymods and I will replace all rivets with 3Dprinted parts.
Now that is one boring update BUT stay tuned quality will rise
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Re: FIAT Mefistofele, 1/12, Italeri
OK now let's get to the body. I wanted to replicate the current look of the car. I looks like dented and rusted and lots of lots of paint. The dents are very small and I really had a hard time figuring out what to do. But the endresult looks quiet good in real. Besides all that I will also add some grime, oil, rust and dust when all is ready....
First I tortured the body with a soldering iron, sanded that back a little and used some thinner to add more damage to the poor kit.
I want to display the model with one side of the hood folded up like the real car but the model can only open the hood in one piece...loos a little strange. So I made the hood foldable. Just some pices of steel tube with an iron rod inside. Was not an easy task !
Some paint...TS8
Now for some detail painting. I won't use the decals because I wanted the painted look and second the are 50% wrong I made my own mask on my Silhouete plotter.
Now for the error in the decals and all the available paint mask. Of course I did the masks wrong in the first try but looking at pictures there was soemthing wrong that I didn't ralized in the first place. On the right side the FIAT logo is OK but on the left side they painted a stretched version of the Logo because the cockpit opening is smaller here and the neede to fill the bigger space by just stretching the letters:)
Here you can also see the 3Dprinted brass parts for the floor
As you can see there is no Mefistofele logo. I seems the car cjamged it'S look over the years. I will build the version without the Mefistofele logo and without the cord wrapped exhaust.
And this was update 2 for tonight...stay tuned
First I tortured the body with a soldering iron, sanded that back a little and used some thinner to add more damage to the poor kit.
I want to display the model with one side of the hood folded up like the real car but the model can only open the hood in one piece...loos a little strange. So I made the hood foldable. Just some pices of steel tube with an iron rod inside. Was not an easy task !
Some paint...TS8
Now for some detail painting. I won't use the decals because I wanted the painted look and second the are 50% wrong I made my own mask on my Silhouete plotter.
Now for the error in the decals and all the available paint mask. Of course I did the masks wrong in the first try but looking at pictures there was soemthing wrong that I didn't ralized in the first place. On the right side the FIAT logo is OK but on the left side they painted a stretched version of the Logo because the cockpit opening is smaller here and the neede to fill the bigger space by just stretching the letters:)
Here you can also see the 3Dprinted brass parts for the floor
As you can see there is no Mefistofele logo. I seems the car cjamged it'S look over the years. I will build the version without the Mefistofele logo and without the cord wrapped exhaust.
And this was update 2 for tonight...stay tuned
Re: FIAT Mefistofele, 1/12, Italeri
Nice work!
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Re: FIAT Mefistofele, 1/12, Italeri
Please excuse my spelling errors. It's late and I'm a bit in a hurry !!
But this update will be nice.
The building of this kit came to a rest because there was so much I wanted to enhance but didn't know how so I simply stopped. THEN came my Anycubic Photon printer and I could make everything I needed so be prepared for a lot of printing !!
Let's start with some easy details like sparkplugs and well other things I don't know what they are but I wanted them to look better...
I even printed the srpings
Remodeled that crude steering thingy !?
Remodeled the shifter and handbrakes...but repainted them later in semimatt black.
Nuts, fittings, bolts, rivets....
New carburetors and linkage.
The complete dashboard was redone. I only used the small round decals on the left. The large one is white in the kit but black in real so I made a new one. Tried a new technique that worked great. Simply printed the dial on paper covered it with a lot of thick superglue and immediately pressed clear plastic over it.
Of course new rims and hubs. First for a better look and second to add more spokes. I changed it from 32 in the kit to 54. Altough the real car has more I wasn't able to find out the exact pattern !?
The ignition was also something I completely remodeled so I could add a lot of detail like spereate plugs etc...
Now that was a better update and next I will show the current state...
But this update will be nice.
The building of this kit came to a rest because there was so much I wanted to enhance but didn't know how so I simply stopped. THEN came my Anycubic Photon printer and I could make everything I needed so be prepared for a lot of printing !!
Let's start with some easy details like sparkplugs and well other things I don't know what they are but I wanted them to look better...
I even printed the srpings
Remodeled that crude steering thingy !?
Remodeled the shifter and handbrakes...but repainted them later in semimatt black.
Nuts, fittings, bolts, rivets....
New carburetors and linkage.
The complete dashboard was redone. I only used the small round decals on the left. The large one is white in the kit but black in real so I made a new one. Tried a new technique that worked great. Simply printed the dial on paper covered it with a lot of thick superglue and immediately pressed clear plastic over it.
Of course new rims and hubs. First for a better look and second to add more spokes. I changed it from 32 in the kit to 54. Altough the real car has more I wasn't able to find out the exact pattern !?
The ignition was also something I completely remodeled so I could add a lot of detail like spereate plugs etc...
Now that was a better update and next I will show the current state...
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Re: FIAT Mefistofele, 1/12, Italeri
OK the last update for tonight and you are finally rid of me
The final shifter add a lot of detail to this section. All 3Dprinted except for some metal screws on the bootom.
The steering and all other linkage, spring etc is scratchbuild
Most of the engine is 3Dprinted with lot's of extra pieces made from wire and metal. Tube for the sparkplugs a turned and milled like that tube on the right. The silver part on top is also 3dprinted and detailed with some screws...
That's it for now. Next I will finish the wheels. Lot's of drilling, bending spokes and trying to stay sane.
Good Night !
The final shifter add a lot of detail to this section. All 3Dprinted except for some metal screws on the bootom.
The steering and all other linkage, spring etc is scratchbuild
Most of the engine is 3Dprinted with lot's of extra pieces made from wire and metal. Tube for the sparkplugs a turned and milled like that tube on the right. The silver part on top is also 3dprinted and detailed with some screws...
That's it for now. Next I will finish the wheels. Lot's of drilling, bending spokes and trying to stay sane.
Good Night !
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Re: FIAT Mefistofele, 1/12, Italeri
Really impressive. That printer is reasonably priced. Hmmmm.
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Re: FIAT Mefistofele, 1/12, Italeri
Adjusting the last pieces to the engine. This will be the throttle linkage..not to correct but the parts that are visible once finished will look ok.
Wheels turned out really nice, especially when compared to the kit parts. Adding the spokes was a little tricky but in the end it all went very well.
Wheels turned out really nice, especially when compared to the kit parts. Adding the spokes was a little tricky but in the end it all went very well.
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Re: FIAT Mefistofele, 1/12, Italeri
Those wheels look really good! I like how you 3d printed the rims and hub, one of those machines may be in my future.
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Re: FIAT Mefistofele, 1/12, Italeri
Wow! very cool
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Re: FIAT Mefistofele, 1/12, Italeri
That is a very beautiful build!
Remarkable how much more detail you are adding, and how effective they are.
Very impressed over here!
Remarkable how much more detail you are adding, and how effective they are.
Very impressed over here!
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