Ferrari 312 F1 67

[2whl]

Since started builds are allowed, I'll throw this in. Not much has been done yet, in fact I suffered a set-back, so I'm almost at square one.  Any comments and/or suggestions are welcome.




To start out, I got various pieces out and started to prep them by drilling the locator holes and cleaning up any seams and ridges.  For some reason, MFH decided to do the body in white metal.  This is going to be a heavy model when done.



The engine block and transmission are in resin.



Engine bay pieces mocked-up and pinned together.






The white metal parts were CA'ed to the respective blocks in preparation for paint




Front suspension mock-up






Rear suspension mock-up

[robhart]

That is going to be awesome! One of my favorite Ferraris.

[2whl]

Thanks Rob. Mine too, I've also got it in 1/20th.

This is where I got to with the engine when I had my set-back




The fuel line I used as a substitute for the MFH stuff was too stiff.  When I CA'd the throttle plates onto the intake runners, I managed to get a fuel line stuck between the two.  Of course, I didn't notice it until it was too late.  So I decided to invert the engine in a shallow puddle of acetone to debond the offending pieces.  To keep the acetone from evaporating, I used a jar on it's side and closed the lid to let it sit overnite.  When I came back to it the next morning, the entire engine had been debonded and was back to pieces. 


But there is a good side to this mistake.  I had been having trouble getting all of the exhaust pipes lined up correctly with the engine assembled.  But now that it is in pieces, I was able to slowly build up each sub-assembly. I CA'd one pipe onto the head, then bent/shaped the next pipe to it and the collector.  So the four exhaust sub-assemblies are done.






My next blunder was on one of the sets of exhaust pipes.  While trying to get two of the pipes bent into position, they broke.  I did manage to get all of the parts into position and CA'd.  Next I will use some JB Weld to fill in the gaps.  Then sand and paint.   

[garydavis]

This is really looking good 2whl. Good job on the headers. Like you said...a little JB weld and it's fixed.

[Rob Spires]

I can’t wait to see this one come together!

[jj66]

Good start. Looking forward for more updates.

[2whl]

While I was JB Welding the Lotus parts, I filled in the cracks in the exhaust headers.

[tatocorvette]

Beautiful work so far! JB Weld is great for many things!

[garydavis]

OH YEA...now that's using the right stuff for the job. Thanks for the up-date pics 2whl..... Looking forward to more that's for sure..

[2whl]

Thanks for checking in guys. I've got some more for you. I sanded down the JB-Weld and primed the pipes with Tamiya fine white primer. Since the tail pipe tips are slightly larger than the w-m pipes, I am using Tamiya liquid surface primer to build the gap area. After a couple of layers, it's time for some sanding to level the seam.

[robhart]

Tamiya primer is magic stuff.

[cc]

2whl. I’m always amazed at how much skill is displayed on building MFH kits. So many skill set‘s needed to do them justice.  I’ll be watching you as you build.  JB weld has so many use’s. Good job on the exhaust repair. 

CC 😎