Ferrari 275 NART Spider - McQueen's Machine...

[Dirkpitt289]

WOW, outstanding work on the interior. The detail is outstanding.

[JamesPerrin]

Yes the interior does look very neat indeed.

[Beowulf Shaeffer]

that is coming out very nice indeed..............great work on the engine

[mattbacon]

Thank you, chaps!





Finally, some decent pictures, in which the varying textures and finishes are more or less visible!. The wheel has an aftermarket badge, which lifts the whole thing, I think...




This is the chassis completed, with the engine bay more or less OOB. I'm still wondering about how much additional detailing (mostly tubes) to do. I'm hampered by the fact that people only seem to take pictures of the engine bay from the left-hand side! Still, it looks crisp to me as it is...




Finally, a couple of shots of the body as it is now. Some detailing is on, but I'm leaving all the sticky-outy bits until I've got the inside, inside... The tape is holding the bonnet in place while the hinge sets, underneath. The eagle-eyed among you will notice that the blinkin' windscreen frame broke AGAIN while fitting the screen...

bestest,
M.

[mattbacon]

This will probably be the last in-progress update before it's done:




All that's left are the smaller lights, the mirror, and the folded hood behind the seats. I've reworked the hood with Milliput to look a bit more like the one in the picture, so that's setting now. I don't think I'm going to detail the engine bay any more. The bonnet hinge is a bit rubbish, so although it will open, I daren't/can't lift it fully without risking breaking it away completely. The chassis fitted into the body pretty painlessly but without really positive locations, so it could be better! The "rally" rear view mirror is from a Tamiya Jaguar MkII, and it looks close enough to me...

bestest,
M.

[Narayan]

Fantastic Matt. Did you have any issues attaching the body to the chassis? I find with Revell cars this can be a bit of a problem.

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Narayan

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A:B
2011 04:08 2009 19:16
2010 44:12 2008 16:03

Overall 166:44

[JamesPerrin]

Inspired, I'm going to have to get a car kit out of the stash soon I think.

[mattbacon]

Thanks, you two. Here she is finished! (No problems with fitting the body to the chassis - just took a bit of nerve to "spring" the bodywork wide enough to get the chassis in...)






Here are a few from what I call the "people-sized" perspective, which give more realistic proportions:




And finally... these are intended to match the two pictures of the real car in the book "McQueen's Machines" as closely as I can:



And here's the evidence:


bestest,
M.

[Narayan]

I'd say simply amazing but there's nothing simple about it. Stunning work Matt.

Thanks for sharing.

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Narayan

1.21 gigawatts? 1.21 gigawatts? Great Scott!

A:B
2011 04:08 2009 19:16
2010 44:12 2008 16:03

Overall 166:44

[JamesPerrin]

Fantastic work Matt, a great result and not red! I like the people's views especially.

One niggle are the windscreen wipers, which looking at the real car should be aligned with the arms, otherwise they won't clean the screen - that say the near side wiper looks like it might stick out if you did that.

[Dirkpitt289]

Stunning, simply stunning!!!!