The Madhatter Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Greetings everyone This is my in-between project build - the new Tamiya LaFerrari Whilst waiting for my pink LED's to turn up (which arrived yesterday- great timing) I decided to build this brand new kit from Tamiya Most of the build was straight forward , but there are some very complex sections like the door mechanism - which I cracked the sh*ts with and glued them to the frame. Who needs opening doors anyway? All of these issues came as quite a surprise to me given it's a Tamiya kit, but I'm not too phased by it - it's still a great looking machine Anyway, enough words, time for pics. I have fixed up a few issues since taking these pics - and it was because of these pics that I picked them up. Sorry. As you can see below - awful fit issues: I forgot to pick up the hood braces, so a garden stick had to do the job: Another thing I didn't like was the whole using a decal over clear plates as mesh for the rear end. Looks crap. Would rather a PE part, but they weren't available at the shop where I bought it. Never mind. The car was painted using Tamiya TS8 (Italian Red) decanted from a rattle can and airbrushed on. It's supposed to be TS86 but I couldn't find it anywhere surprisingly. I like the color it's in now anyways. Engine was sprayed using Alclad Well, I 'm off to continue with the Space Carrier, but this was a good fill in while I waited for parts I am positive a better modeller will make a hell of better job than I did on this kit. See you soon MH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Cheetah Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Nice looking model, well done. First one of these I've seen built up. Odd to see a recent Tamiya kit with fit issues though, but not surprising considering how fast this kit came on the market. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Madhatter Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 yes - it was slightly disappointing to have those issues, but they are minor ones really. What I did like though was the press to fit front windshield and rear engine cover - really great idea that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Cheetah Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 yes - it was slightly disappointing to have those issues, but they are minor ones really. What I did like though was the press to fit front windshield and rear engine cover - really great idea that. Oh, thats a nice touch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Paint job is superb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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