Hotwheels Ferrari F430 1/18

[Pascal]

For most people this is a toy. Well it IS a toy, it's a finished product, has opening parts, rolls back and forth, and it kind of looks like a Ferrari F430.

So lets see if we can turn it into a scale model .

Disassembly took more then an hour, mostly because of all the CA glue that Hotwheels used.

First the body parts were polished with a 3M pad to get rid of the mold lines :

The indicator lights were a integral part of the metal body, so I sanded them and drilled a hole. Later one pieces of clear orange sprue will be used to simulate the lights :

It was a hell of a job to get the seats out. These a made of a "rubbery" kind of plastic and will be replace by resin ones :

The engine is just a plastic plate :

With the following picture and a Bburago Ferrari 360 engine as a reference, I started adding detail :

[eagle]

Riveting veiwing

[Pascal]

I got rid off a lot of metal on the inside of the body, mostly treaded tubes that are used to screw the body to the chassis.

The firewall will be replaced by a piece of plasticard, and a scratchbuild "speakerbox" will be added :

The side window frames are moulded with the side windows, leaving a big gap :

But with a little effort :

The first of the 2 speakers was constructed from various materials :

Sincerely

Pascal

[wkennerley]

Wow nice work, I look forward to seeing more progress

[richellis]

Very nice. Alot of people dismiss 'toys' or diecast models but with some work they are cracking models.

I enjoy working on die-casts sometimes. Good work!

[Smiffy]

I like where this is going.

[Pascal]

I made exhaust tubes from soldering wire :

Dyfit :

Needs a little more bending :

Looks nice from the outside :

The original seats are made out of a "rubbery" plastic, so I bought some resin seats :

After a little sanding and a coat of primer :

The seats are bigger than the original ones, some plastic needs to go to fit them in the interior :

Did some work on the roof of the interior :

The engine bay of the real F430 is quite different than the model :

With a little imagination :

I made this :

Little brass strip to hold it in place

Sincerely

Pascal

[Pascal]

Did some work on the engine bay :

Dryfit with the scratchbuild speakers :

Test with Motip metallic blue (54559) :

Covered the interior with selfadhesive velvet / velours. The brake and trottle are PE from Tremonia :

Sincerely

Pascal

[Ian]

Think I see another museum standard model heading this way...

Ian

[Homagerman]

Outstanding. What more can I say.

James

[Pascal]

Had some problems with the blue, so I went for a metallic grey (Motip 54710). First coat :

Second coat and 3 coats of Motip clear varnish :

After polishing, dryfit on the chassis :

The first 2 of 6 PE-grills from Tremonia glued and painted :

Sincerely

Pascal

[Ian]

Wonderful work.

Ian

[Pascal]

Thanks !

The PE brake discs are from Tremonia :

I made the grills for the bonnet from wire mesh :

Reflectors from electrical tape :

New rear window, made from a piece of transparent plastic :

Cut and painted a tie-rap for the filter :

A dryfit with the wheels :

Sincerely

Pascal

[Pascal]

I've got more WIP pictures, but what the h*ll, this project is finished :

[Justinjgy]

Thats very nice I did the same 3 years ago on a 360 Ferrari as my friend just bought one.I painted it in TDF dark blue had to get the paint mixed for it at the time.Will have to do it all again as at the weekend we sold it and he has now got F430 in TDF bugger.

[j22mdr]

Very nice and very realistic

[xffw45343tg]

Lovely model Pascal.

Where did you find the material for the carpet?

Cheers,

Kirk

[richellis]

That is nice!