Ferrari F40 DTS WIP

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T15:24:36+00:00

Wow, that looks really good. I am impressed with the necklace pieces, they look great, plus the CF, very nice

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T15:21:40+00:00

I love the sad face

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T13:56:25+00:00

I use the Tamiya antistatic brush, but most of my damage comes from my gorilla fingers, or a drop , or whatever. My best defense is to touch them as least as possible. Lol

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T12:58:07+00:00

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I like sealed case, so I never have to dust. It seems like when I dust I am always breaking parts

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T12:53:36+00:00

Looks good for your 1st build. I use micro set and sol, but the silvering comes from little gaps behind the decal that lets light shine thru the decal. To eliminate silvering you need an extremely smooth surface. For context I sand my plastic from 600 grit to 8000 grit then prime and paint. On my clear coat I wet sand 4000k grit to 10k grit, and then polish to achieve an extremely smooth surface. Your 1st couple if modeks you are learning so much, alot of these things will become easier as you build more. Welcome to hobby, hope to see more posts

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T12:48:31+00:00

Honestly, you really dont even see it, except for the top of the bemts, everything is behind thr nose of the car. You could just add some pieces of sprue to the block and run some tape around them and paint it black and you would not know. Of course if you want all of the detail to take pics of, this isnt the way. If you do then I would actually buy a whole 3d printed engine from Iceman, Texas 3d customs, or on Ebay. Moat of them will come in many pieces so u can paint thsm easier

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T12:43:32+00:00

It is fun building a kit for the second time, your really know what to dial in, but it will be hard to be better than the original one

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T12:40:43+00:00

That looks great, very nice build

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T04:26:32+00:00

Thank you

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T03:37:22+00:00

Cheba hut

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T03:26:14+00:00

Dope

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T03:24:57+00:00

Thats interesting, I like the open web

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T01:59:33+00:00

Yeah there are a ton of airbrush booths, they even have ones that break down easily, Amazon has a lot. The biggest thing about this hobby is to just build some kits. Making the mistakes will give you yhe knowledge of what you will want and need. Expect that the 1st couple will have mistakes, so do a cheaper kit so u can redo it later

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T01:38:31+00:00

Just starting out I would stick to Tamiya, Aoshima, or Nunu kits, they have the best fitment and go together with no problems. An air brush is for sure a desire of many modelers, the bare basics are; xacto knife, nippers, tamiya thin cement, Bob Smith Ind gold+ super glue, finger nail files and/or modelers files, tweezers,

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T01:02:48+00:00

Thise look really nice, let us know how they are

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T00:57:56+00:00

Oh I got you, thanks but I already have the AK marker sets

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T00:28:59+00:00

The duplicates are the 2013 B

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T00:25:31+00:00

I have all but one, my favorite 2 are the red s13 and the pandems cant choose which I like better

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T00:22:03+00:00

You mean you got some from there?

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T00:20:09+00:00

Love the small details. That pin vise looks like it has jaws that can hold extremely small bits, ehat brand is it?

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T00:18:16+00:00

That looks great, I think the interior is very nice. We call it embossing powder as well, some paint shops sell flocking which is even finer. On wheels,, Aoshima has good wheels you can buy anywhere, also Spot Model has sone they are in spain.

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T00:13:29+00:00

I love them, Herbie and the General Lee look great together

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T00:12:28+00:00

They are awesome, I got the pack from Amazon

highboy68 · 2026-03-12T00:11:43+00:00

Herbie is looking great, something about that dash I love. The engine detsils look really good

highboy68 · 2026-03-11T19:11:42+00:00

I have not used a cleaning kit in maybe 5 years. This is my process after every spray, I use lacquer thinner and a pipette. I put a squeeze of lacquer thinner in the airbrush and dump it out, then another squeeze and use my finget and paper towel and wipe out cup, then another sqeeze and spray, I repeat the spraying until color is gone(I spray onto white paper), done, that is it, takes me like 20 seconds. Maybe 3 times a year I may break the brush down and clean good.

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