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| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 07/29/2014 : 09:01:05
Jean-Paul has just begun a new series for Miniwerks and will share his comments and build process...
Our new project is the Ferrari 330 GTO Chassis 4561 SA, kit Esprit 43 by Mike Craig. This car was originally built for French industrialist Michel Paul Cavallier, with a longer wheelbase and a less spartan interior than the racing GTOs, Mr Cavallier did use it as his daily road car. Other differences from standard GTOs are an enormous bulge in the bonnet and a different treatment of the front part, lights and a wider radiator air intake. All these features are of course perfectly reproduced by Mike with his usual maestria.
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| 15 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 08/21/2014 : 12:16:56
And the finished model! Notice the new technique Jean-Paul has used on the exhaust tips, the realism is spectacular. This is a limited series of 5 pieces, two serial numbers remain available for reservation.
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| JAG |
Posted - 08/19/2014 : 14:19:05
Superb! |
| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 08/19/2014 : 08:26:35
Rear wheels mounted, the model is near completion.
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| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 08/19/2014 : 08:25:21
Front wheels in place, as well as the decals. As usual each decal is carefully cut to eliminate the varnish surround. This also helps to get the numbers of the door offset, one being higher than the other.
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| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 08/19/2014 : 08:21:20
And the final result.
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| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 08/19/2014 : 08:20:43
Photo-etched parts of the front lights, the side ones have still to be glued.
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| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 08/19/2014 : 08:19:20
Vac –formed parts for the front lights ready to be glued. The first part of the side window is in place, waiting for the second one to figure the sliding effect.
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| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 08/19/2014 : 08:02:02
All the parts for the front lights. Main lights do consist of one part with resin and a second one with the adjustment screws.
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| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 08/19/2014 : 08:01:13
Photo etched part of the door, front and rear windows held in place with tape while the epoxy glue is hardening.
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| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 08/19/2014 : 08:00:03
Seats and transmission tunnels with the photo-etched gear lever grids and ashtrays.
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| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 08/06/2014 : 13:04:09
The painted wheels are almost ready, just waiting the tyres to be fitted.
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| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 08/06/2014 : 13:03:20
Dashboards completed.
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| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 08/06/2014 : 13:00:10
When the masking papers are removed, a slight coat of matt varnish is applied to give a less shiny look and also to protect the always fragile gold paint. It is followed by some weathering and the front part is painted mid-gray to figure the carpet. Once the oil ducts are glued, the main interior part is finished.
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| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 08/06/2014 : 12:57:57
Golden coat of paint and the result when the masking paper is removed.
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| Ferrarinut |
Posted - 08/06/2014 : 12:53:49
The interior is made of 3 main colors, so after having painted the all part in blue, we have to mask what will stay blue. At this stage the reinforcing bars are glued too.
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