janman Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Beautiful! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 On 10/29/2018 at 6:40 PM, Ben Brown said: Looking good! Ben Ben, So sorry I missed your post. Thanks for sticking in my corner throughout the build. It's much appreciated. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 4 hours ago, CaptainObvious said: Beautiful job on the prep and paint Joel. -co Hey Capt. Always a pleasure to have you stop by. Thanks for the thumbs up. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 4 hours ago, janman said: Beautiful! Janman, Thank you my friend for that most positive and much appreciated post. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) Well, another week and time for my next update on the 330 P4. Since my last update where decaling was finally finished, and the Mr. Hobby/Mr. Color Clear Lacquer applied. I was really happy with how the clearcoat self leveled as I used their proprietary leveling thinner. As expected there is some slight Orange peel, and the shine wasn't as deep as I had wanted. So the final phase of the paint process was about to commence. I very carefully with a lite touch, started to polish out the clearcoat with Tamiya 3,000 sponge wet, and washed off the residue as I went along. When I was finished with the wet sanding the decals looked more like they were painted on, but in all honesty, the IndyCal decals looked darn good before I wet sanded them. Next up was the 3 part Gravity polishing system. When I was finally done, I just stared at the shell. I've never achieved a finish like this before. But there's a lot of dried residue in the recessed panel lines, so I used a wet (with water only) Q-tip, but most of it still remained. So I got out my Iwata M1 AB, and simply air brushed close up those panel lines with plain old water. Cleaned all the recessed lines in two min. flat. the shell dried by the time I had cleaned the AB and put it ,as these days I use a pair of Grex ABs. The Final step was the 1st of two coats of Gravity's synthetic wax. The end result was a shine even deeper then before. The last coat & water rinse will be after the shell is installed on the chassis, but before the glass is glued into place. I do have some raise areas and edges that will need touch up with Red or aluminum paint. Those spots will be dealt with by using an artist's extra fine tip magic marker. Here's a few pictures of where I'm at now. Thanks for stopping by, Joel Edited November 5, 2018 by Joel_W Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Looking good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 8 hours ago, Slartibartfast said: Looking good! Startbarfast, Thanks for your thumbs up. It's always much appreciated. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Joel, You are certainly doing that beautiful car justice! I'm still taking notes for when I build mine. 😁 Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Ben Brown said: Joel, You are certainly doing that beautiful car justice! I'm still taking notes for when I build mine. 😁 Ben Ben, Thanks for the vote of confidence. My only issue with the kit is the engine covering plate which is 100% fictitious, and looks the part. There is a AM engine for it, but it's sold out. I'm getting their engine for the Fujimi Ford GT40 MK1, but they don't make one for the MkII car. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pg265 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Hi, Stunning P4!! What a shape and what a Car! Bravo! Pascal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 6 hours ago, pg265 said: Hi, Stunning P4!! What a shape and what a Car! Bravo! Pascal Pascal, That's for sure. The 330 P4s were one of Ferrari's best and sexiest for sure. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dekon70 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Wow! How did I miss this build? Fantastic looking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 BEAUTIFUL build! I know I'm resurrecting an old thread but I have a question Joel if you happen to notice this (or anyone for that matter) I've been working off and on on this kit and I noticed you said that the engine cover they have to hide the missing engine is fictitious. All of the images I can find of the P4's with the clear glass rear end actually do have an engine cover similar to what's in the kit. I've even found some pics on a 330 fan page from the 67 Lemans and they show the car to have a cover. Am I looking at the wrong car? Does anyone have images with this car without the cover? In my case I'm using an engine from the Fujimi Daytona Spyder kit and opening the rear deck but I'd still like to have it accurate as much as I can. Thanks! Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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