1985 - Hasegawa Ferrari 328 GTB in 1/24

[Cooper645]

This GB is offering up a number of firsts for me;

 

• First GB
• First Ferrari Model
• First Hasegawa kit
• First kit that has anything to do with the year i was born
• First time flocking anything
• First red model on display

 

So as per the title i will be building the Hasegawa 1:24 Ferrari 328 GTB.  It will likely be built OOB, with maybe a couple extra details if i think i needs them, but for simplicity and any hope of being finished on time, not much extra.  I will be finishing it in the classic red, with a beige interior, which will be geting some flocking.

 

I will of course post up a build log with a few photos, and i will link to the google photos album where more photos will be housed.

 

Link to all photos in Google Album

 

I look foward to any comments / advice along the way and wish the rest of you luck in this GB.

 

Terry

Edited August 14, 2019 by Cooper645
added public gallery link

[whiskey]

That's a lot of firsts lol.

[Rabbit Leader]

Welcome aboard Cooper and apologies for the late acknowledgement. Good to see you’re taking your first dip into GB modelling here. It’s always a lot of fun, but do remember that time can and will get away from you at times. A nice and steady progress rate is helpful and fingers crossed in the end you’ll end up with a completed model that meets your satisfaction. 

 

Cheers and all the best.. Dave 

[Cooper645]

13 hours ago, whiskey said:

That's a lot of firsts lol.

 

Indeed it is, but up and over we go.

 

3 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said:

Welcome aboard Cooper and apologies for the late acknowledgement. Good to see you’re taking your first dip into GB modelling here. It’s always a lot of fun, but do remember that time can and will get away from you at times. A nice and steady progress rate is helpful and fingers crossed in the end you’ll end up with a completed model that meets your satisfaction. 

 

Cheers and all the best.. Dave 

 

I have a couple of weeks off work at the moment so hoping to make a great start whilst I have time on my side.

 

 

 

So to start off with:

 

Cover art

 

 

 

The instructions with the 328 blurb

 

 

 

 

Impressed with the level of packaging

 

 

 

 

Made a start on the engine block which for some reason comes completely unassembled, some trial and error test fitting to check how it went together was required

 

 

 

 

Some filler required front and back to fill back of gaps in front and rear of the car where the pieces fit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

and the front

 

 

 

 

 

 

here are the first lot of parts awaiting primer

 

 

 

and now in full primer glory

 

 

 

 

 

And with the Silver, gold, red and steel applied

 

 

 

 

And here with have the next lot of parts pre primer and some of the exhaust parts in the jar of bleach at the back of the photo being de-chromed

 

 

 

 

The chassis has also now been primed and sprayed in Matt black and the exhaust parts are nestled amongst the other painted parts. All being left to dry and harden

 

 

 

 

The interior of the tub has been primed and had the necessary elements painted black also.  The interior will be flocked as stated in post #1 in a beige with tan leather for the seats.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking and I hope to get back out the shed tonight to prep the next lot of parts for the steering and suspension.

 

Terry

[whiskey]

Someone seriously needs to make a scale rendition of Thomas Magnum to go with this....

[Cooper645]

5 hours ago, whiskey said:

Someone seriously needs to make a scale rendition of Thomas Magnum to go with this....

I’ll see what I can do 😂

[Cooper645]

OK, another morning spent in the shed.  The weather outside is foul anyhow so nothing else I could be doing with my time. 

I never managed to get back out the shed last night so have ended up a bit behind where I intended to be at, but not to worry, still plenty of time.

 

The Engine components ready to go

 

 

 

 

 

All seem to go together with no big issues

 

 

 

 

Suspension parts for the rear removed from sprue - Once again the chromed parts took a little bleach bath.

 

 

 

Suspension, hubs and brakes in place - These were fairly fiddly but I got there in the end

 

 

 

 

 

Some panel wash applied to bring details out

 

 

 

 

Rear view

 

 

 

And finally all the smaller details picked out on top

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by to look.  Next steps will likely be the front steering and suspension setup, followed by the wheels or interior.

 

not sure whether or not I will be able to achieve the extra bit of work, but here's a clue as to what it is:

 

 

 

 

[Rabbit Leader]

Great photos and progress Cooper. This is looking so good and I just love it how you car modellers make engine fiddly bits look so convincing.. 

 

Cheers.. Dave 

[Cooper645]

Another decent amount of time allocated to the shed today means I have progress to update you with.

 

Suspension Parts

 

 

 

 

The eagle eyed amongst the crowd may notice the recent postal delivery in the background, George will be the subject to represent Thomas Magnum, the attire is quite close and there may be a little fettling necessary for the moustache and hair, but otherwise pretty much bob on.

 

 

 

Chaos

It was about this time I decided I could no longer work effectively in the chaos (creative space) and a tidy up was called for.

 

 

Thankfully the above image is now a clear workspace allowing me to get on with the build.

 

 

Close ups of suspension and brakes

 

Close ups are seriously harsh on the subject. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thankfully the assembly as a whole is a lot more convincing

 

 

 

 

 

 Fitted

 

 

 

 

Improvement required

 

The kit is fine but I had to add some extra bracing as the front suspension and steering is only glued in along the bottom edge which I don't feel is substantial enough.

Pic below depicts the sprue brace fitted between the two.  This will be completely unseen when built

 

 

 

 

The wheels with primer and a coat of paint

Still a fair way to go before they're acceptable to fit.

 

 

 

 

 

Next lot of part removed from sprue

 

The next batch of parts should see the rolling chassis and engine completed, and the interior well underway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As always, thanks for taking the time to look, feel free to comment, like and laugh as you see fit.

 

Terry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 16, 2019 by Cooper645
word change

[Rabbit Leader]

Great update Terry and I do love the Magnum inclusion to this 1985 build. I’m sure I can loan you some dark chest hair should you really want to obtain that truly accurate look! I’m also really surprised they still sell these types of figure kits in this sanitised world we live in.

 

 Cheers.. Dave 

[Cooper645]

You can get anything online 😂

[Jinxman]

Very nice progress,  and can't wait to see George transformed into Thomas..

[Rabbit Leader]

2 hours ago, Cooper645 said:

You can get anything online 😂

Let’s not delve any further shall we!

 

[Cooper645]

Ok, it's been a while, as ever life has a tendency to get in the way, but fear not, I found some time to get in the shed.

 

The interior had a coat of colour applied and some of the centre console details picked out.

 

 

 

Door cards  -  These also had the same detail as the interior base

 

 

 

Seats - I toyed with the idea of cutting the headrests off and adding some wire to detail the seats a bit more.  Problem was, I toyed with the idea after painting them, so they have remained OOB

 

 

 

 

Lower Dash - Due to the era, a fairly basic dashboard that has no real details to have to pick out, a nice change from some newer style dashes

 

 

 

Wheels - The wheels were protected and received a wash, and simply need decals and rubber to finish them off

 

 

 

Some of the engine bay pieces detailed

 

 

 

 

Due to the design the front corner needed some work after trying to fit the wheels to the hub - A hole was required with a piece of rod due to the weak plastic design, this was only a problem on the one corner

 

 

 

Interior Flocking

 

 

 

Dash - interestingly the clear parts fit at the rear of the dash, with the decals applied behind the clear.  The concept works incredibly well I think

 

 

 

Interior coming together

 

 

 

 

 

 Rolling chassis achieved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Body work

 

The body work also received a 2500 grit under the tap, followed by another coat of primer and another rub down ready for painting.  The remaining pieces were also removed from the sprue and prepped for paint and painted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rear antenna had a piece of sprue stretched to display it in the upright position and the engine lid has had the support struts fitted ready to display it open. 

I'm quite pleased with the effect of the flocking and its definitely something I will continue with adding to future models.  All that remains now is the body colour to harden off and get a rub down before lacquer and final assembly.  

 

During the time it's going to take, I will also have Thomas Magnum to get on with and keep me busy.  I will keep this thread updated with the continued progress but hope to be ready to photograph ready for the completed section soon.

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Terry

 

 

[Jinxman]

Nice flocking, nice panel - awaiting Magnum, PI, with bated breath....😎

[nimrod54]

Really nice work Terry, I like the deep piled carpets. Looking at the size of the hammer in the background, you must be expecting some serious fit issues.

[Cooper645]

@nimrod54 you can’t consider the job done right without a hammer 🤣

[Rabbit Leader]

That really is a fantastic update Terry. This is coming along both quickly and beautifully. I’m really enjoying following all the builds in this GB as you always learn new modelling techniques from the many different types of kits being assembled. 

 

Cheers.. Dave

[Jinxman]

2 hours ago, nimrod54 said:

Really nice work Terry, I like the deep piled carpets. Looking at the size of the hammer in the background, you must be expecting some serious fit issues.

Being from Birmingham, we call that particular implement a screwdriver....

[Cooper645]

Just a small update, we were on the final hurdle and had a fall so to speak.  The body will now be getting oaked in some dettol and the painting process started over 😒
 

Update: 6 hours in bleach seems to have taken back the lacquer to a point where I think I can simply sand, mask and respray the two problem areas. I will keep you all posted. The rest of the paint jobs looks great.

Edited August 28, 2019 by Cooper645
Update on situation

[Rabbit Leader]

Sad to hear you’ve had a mishap Cooper although it also sounds like your on your way to recovery. Someone once told me that in the this hobby it’s all how you recover that matters - wise words. I fail to build a kit that doesn’t require a recovery session or two, so try to keep a cool head and think the problem through until you but it out. 

 

Cheers.. Dave 

[Cooper645]

I have no problem in making mistakes, it is often the very best way to learn. I learn something new with every model I complete.  This also slows me down as I put off the nicer kits in the stash thinking I still need more models under the belt to make a great job of them. 

[Cooper645]

Ok,

 

So last time I updated it was to say some remedial work was required.  This has now been carried out and a few more steps undertaken.

 

Here are a couple of shots of the issues I had to deal with,

 

Dirty thumb print

 

 

Some paint dust - started to sand it out by this point

 

 

 

 

 

Issues addressed

decided to mask off and spray the black line around the body rather than use the supplied decals.  The main reason for doing this was the decals have a fair amount of excess carrier film around them and I thought I would get a better result from spraying them.

 

The rear quarter windows also got some paint and were installed.  At first glance the size was way off but upon closer inspection the tops fit up inside the body and the bottoms then press in.  They were glued in place with some BSI Gold Super Glue.

 

The window surrounds were brush painted with vellum black straight out of the pot.

 

 

 

 

Rear lights & front end

 

I used the Molotow chrome pen for the front & rear lights and also as a base for the side repeaters. The supplied PE front grille was rather fiddly but managed to get it in place with no major problems.  Still need to add the prancing horse to it, but that will get done on ht final build up.

 

 

 

Engine cover, ancils and winscreen

 

 

 

 

I should be ready for the final build up tomorrow, which will just leave Thomas Magnum on the to do list.  After that I'll have to did out the decent camera and get some photos sorted for the gallery.  Not sure if I'll update this build log with Thomas Magnum, I may just sort him offline and unveil him in the Gallery area.

 

Thanks for looking as always, and as ever I welcome any and all comments.

[Rabbit Leader]

That’s some finish you are obtaining with this build Cooper, hats off to all you auto modellers who can achieve perfect finishes, well done. I must get myself one of those Molotow pens, they look to be a great weapon to have as part of one’s model tool arsenal. Quite a fitting update as well seeing Ferrari have just won their first GP for this year... well done a young Mr. Leclerc’ .

 

 Cheers.. Dave 

[Cooper645]

@Rabbit Leader this is by no means a perfect finish but it is one I am happy with.  The Molotov pen is good, just remember to shake it lots, I have also seen people achieve good results with it through an airbrush. 

 

I have completed the assembly, and in true form, the decal sun visor is coming unstuck.  Obviously this was installed on the inside making access problematic, especially when you consider the body had to be glued to the chassis.  Im sure I can find some ingenious way to get in there and get it stuck back down, but for now, I am happy. 

 

Here is a shot of the mating process

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And now the part everyone has been long awaiting, the final completed build.  As I stated earlier, I will upload a gallery post when Thomas is done, but for now here's a couple of shots.

Please enjoy and I welcome all comments.