WIP - Ferrari 156 "Sharknose" - Update 04/01/08

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WIP - Ferrari 156 "Sharknose" - Update 04/01/08

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Hi guys, this is my first WIP on F1M, so please, be gentle...;-)

The model I will assemble is the MFH Ferrari 156 "Sharknose", with the 65° V6 engine, as raced in the 1961 Belgium GP by the driver Olivier Gendebien. I'm choosing this version becouse this was one of the few ocasions were a Ferrari GP car raced not in red.

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This is the starting point, the Hiro kit. It's a full white metal model, with tons of PE and machined aluminum parts, gorgeous wired wheels, and clear parts as windscreen made from vacumformed plastic.

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Quality and fitting of the parts seems reasonable at first, but it still is a multimedia, low production kit, so intense test fitting and attention is a must for every part.

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I’m starting with the engine. My plan is to take advantage of the metal parts, using the bare metal look as much as I can. The downside with this is that you can’t use putty or primer to repair the problems with the parts, and can’t sand too much either as you don’t want to loose the fine details. This picture shows the cam covers after cleaning, washing with gun metal enamel, and the “Ferrari” PE glued.

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The engine 65° V6 block, assembled from 4 metal parts. Fitting is spot on.

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Cam covers them glued to the block.

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The carburetors were assembled.

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And finally fitted to the engine, together with water pump, distributors, and other accessories.

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For the gear box, I decided to get a better finish and some paint, so the parts were cleaned, filled on some spots, sanded, and finally primed.

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The PE brake discs together with the calipers. To give it a more convincing look, the pads markings over the disks were sanded with the help of a rotary tool.

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And here is the gearbox, painted with metalizer paint, and with brake discs and external clutch system assembled.

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I started doing the sparkplug cables, but got bored after one side was done, so I will do the other side later.

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Another shot of the 99% completed engine.

This is it for now.

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Daniel
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RE: WIP - Ferrari 156 "Sharknose" - Update 03/12/0

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Lovely work my friend. I have this one in the stash.

BTW not to be picky but I think you'll find that is the 65 degree V engine.

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RE: WIP - Ferrari 156 "Sharknose" - Update 03/12/0

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Ops...65° indeed...hehehe...just edited the text..;-)
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RE: WIP - Ferrari 156 "Sharknose" - Update 03/12/0

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Are you familiar with this site?

http://www.sharknose.net/

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RE: WIP - Ferrari 156 "Sharknose" - Update 03/12/0

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woah - this looks like being a beauty, sanding the brake discs is a nice touch!

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This is a GREAT kit and I just bought it on last weekend :D
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Great site Paul, but it's a shame all those nice reference pictures are so small. They're actually doing a replica of this version of the car, and I really want to know what engine they will fit in it.

Thanks for the nice coments guys, but if I could go back in time, I would finish the engine parts better and properly paint them, instead of using the metal. The kit parts have too many cast problems in my opinion, and could look a lot better with a proper putty and primer preparation.

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I just found the first part of the 156 replica news, and they got original engine and gearbox for the car. That's fantastic.

Thanks again for the link Paul.
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Hi guys, here is a new update.

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These are the metal parts of the car bodywork, including the two lateral fuel cells. The metal is not bad at all, but have a lot of porosity and other litle issues to be solved with putty, before priming and painting. Besides that, the fitting was very bad at first, but after a few adjustments by hand, they are now fitting very nicely.

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Here are the parts ready to be painted after long hours of sanding, and several coats of primer.

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The fuel tank belts from PE parts were glued after all the finishing problems with the metal were solved. Now a new coat of primer will be aplied to get it ready to actual painting.

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First step was to paint the car white, for a color base to the yellow coats.

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Them 4 coats of chrome yellow automotive "duco" paint. The decals were also aplyed, and they will now dry for a few days for the clear coat and polishing.

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Those are the kit parts to assemble the 4 wired wheels. Each one is assembled from 4 aluminum turned parts and 6 PEs with the wires...at first I was really scared to make a mess out of it...

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...but just to find out that they are so well engineered that even a 10 year old could make them. The final result is outstanding.

Thanks for reading guys, and sorry about the limited english.

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wow I'm really looking forward to see this finished in yellow

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