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Ferrari 360 Modena |
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Kit: Revell AG
Pros: Great body shape and proportions, small number of parts are well detailed but make for easy assembly. Parts cleanup was minimal, an A+ in my book
Cons: The way the engine is molded makes detail painting a chore, complicated masking was needed to paint the red engine tops. Brakes are simplified and unrealistic.
This kit would be great if you wanted a cheaper alternative to the Tamiya offering. The kit is good, but if you want spectacular, I would reccomend spending the extra $15 or so for the Japanese kit. I actually built this one from a pre-painted garage sale find. Everything was stripped and pryed apart, then refinished. The interior was a total loss, but luckily for me, my spare parts bin had an entire interior setup from the Revell 360 Spyder kit. |
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A shot from the rear shows the taillights which were painted with three different shades of Tamiya clear paints. The licence plate is a So. Carolina made with ACME plate maker and has a photoetch frame from Detail Master. The exhaust tips in the kit were poor, so I replaced mine with chrome plated plastic stock. |
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From above, you can see the engine through the rear glass. Unlike the Tamiya kit, this one has no opening rear hatch. The red tops were a real pain to paint, fortunately liquid masking material came to the rescue! The overall body color is Tamiya TS-38 Gunmetal with several coats of TS-13 clear. I polished it out with two grades of Tamiya polishing compound and Black Magic wax. |
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The kits front end is spot on. I just wish the headlights would have fit in their openings a little better. I added Scuderia shields from the 360 Spyder kit. The brakes were under detailed discs of plastic with a seperate block of plastic that sort of look like callipers. I tried to paint detail them but they still look poor compared to other kits. |
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