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Ferrari 250 GTO

Started by Jairus , Jul 04 2018 01:55 PM

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#26 olescratch

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Posted 19 August 2018 - 11:53 PM

A thing of beauty for sure, good job, great paint as usual. I would like to know what did you use for the taillights on this car, nice touch?

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#27 Jairus

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Posted 20 August 2018 - 07:52 AM

Well, that one took a lot of thought John.
The paintbrushes I use are made by ROYAL and the handles are beautifully clear with a tapered length.
I simply sanded the very tip to a point.
Cut the tip off.
Then used a warming soldering iron to flatten a flange at the butt.
Painted Tamiya clear red and amber (which is hard to distinguish because I should have used yellow)
And... I mounted them in reverse order, doh!
Glued from the inside with epoxy which strengthens the rear end from splits.

Took about 6 hours to do just that.

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#28 dc-65x

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Posted 20 August 2018 - 09:59 AM

Took about 6 hours to do just that.

And it shows. Very elegant finishing touch. :good:

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