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Ferrarinut

USA
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Posted - 10/23/2012 :  20:59:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It is my pleasure to introduce Fabrice Marechal from Belgium. Fabrice is an exceptionally talented builder of many scales and has been featured in model building publications in France, Argentina and the US. I am fortunate to have an opportunity to represent his work in the future and would like to begin by showing the first "Miniwerks" project here in the forum. Fabrice will share his WIP with his comments. I hope you enjoy it!

Ferrarinut

USA
1489 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2012 :  21:00:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The kit is by Minerva43 (Fred Suber)
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Ferrarinut

USA
1489 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2012 :  21:01:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The bodywork with surfaces during polishing and engraving redone (deeper). This is so that the engraving does not disappear when the coats of primer, paint and varnish are applied.
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Ferrarinut

USA
1489 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2012 :  21:02:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The engine compartment vents are not perforated.
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Ferrarinut

USA
1489 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2012 :  21:03:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The left perforated ventilation. Certainly, a very simple job but already brings a little more to the model.
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Ferrarinut

USA
1489 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2012 :  21:04:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The ventilation of the motor on the right is also perforated, and the passages of the exhaust pipes are drilled.
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Ferrarinut

USA
1489 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2012 :  21:05:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The inner periphery of the four tailpipes is matured for more realism.
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Ferrarinut

USA
1489 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2012 :  21:06:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The exhaust outlets are glued onto the pipe and integrated together with putty two components.
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Ferrarinut

USA
1489 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2012 :  21:06:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The fuel cap is not very well molded, it is refined and engraving redone.
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Ferrarinut

USA
1489 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2012 :  21:07:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The grid Photoetched of the air intake of the engine bonnet is formatted.
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Ferrarinut

USA
1489 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2012 :  21:08:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The main component parts of the kit are ready for a test mounting white.
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Ferrarinut

USA
1489 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2012 :  21:08:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The chassis components are placed without difficulty.
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Ferrarinut

USA
1489 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2012 :  21:09:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The preparation and adjustment have paid. the assembly to white runs smoothly.
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Ferrarinut

USA
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PeterW

USA
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Posted - 10/23/2012 :  21:58:02  Show Profile  Visit PeterW's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Beware...the knock offs on the rear wheels are wrong in this kit...they both face in the same direction. It will be better to fabricate better ones and throw the plastic ones in the trash ;)

Nice work on the exhaust tips...it's as if they belong to another kit when one attempts the first dry fit.
Edited by - PeterW on 10/23/2012 22:00:54
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Ferrarinut

USA
1489 Posts
Posted - 12/10/2012 :  20:23:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
New progress from Fabrice, his photos and comments below...

Finally, the seats do not suit me. So I redid the work. I found wire finer (0.25 nylon and metal). But impossible for me to glue these wire. So I redid the work, with starting wire. But I proceeded differently, to bond the wire. This is the painting that should make a difference ...
Look at the two pictures of my Ferrari 312B 1/12. Here's what I mean by a job that resembles nothing before painting.
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