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1. Body
2. Engine
3. Lowering
4. Chassis
5. Painting
6. Interior
7. Polishing
8. Clear Parts
9. Finishing

 

Ejector Pin:  A metal mold has many pins to push the plastic parts out of the mold.

 

BareMetal foil is a very thin self adhesive aluminum foil to simulate the look of chrome.

 

*Solvaset is a decal setting solution, which softens decal to make it conform to a complicated surface.

 

Revell Germany 1/24 Enzo Ferrari

4. Chassis

The chassis is also very well done.  The front section features the ducts from the bumper, and the front suspension assembly is also well represented.

 

The bulkhead has several ejector pin(*) marks, and one of them was so noticeable, so I  smoothed with sand paper.

In order to represent the texture of the heat shield, I lightly applied styrene glue with a brush and pressed a mesh sheet on it.  Later, the bulkhead was covered with BareMetal(*) foil.

Let me describe the spray painting in detail.  This is the first pass of the spray can.  As you can see, mist of spray is applied, and white plastic is still visible.

This is the second pass of the spray.  It's getting darker, but still not enough to hide the color of the plastic.

This is the third pass.  The out side is almost opaque.  There is no sign of paint run.  I usually count these three or four; passes as one paint layer, and I apply at least two layers, taking 3 - 5 min. brake in-between.

A finished front section is shown.

Although the front will not be visible, Revell Germany left these details for the modelers, who are going to open the front cowl.

I usually leave the copy right mark, if it's going to be hidden.
Usually, I don't use dry brush technique on car models.  However, the electric fan is visible from the outside, I thought it'd add a good effect.
While some parts still need to be painted, the rear assembly is almost finished.  It's very stuffed without adding any detail parts.
The intake chamber was treated with a carbon fiber decal, too.  Solvaset successfully softened the decal.

The rest are detailed with Testor paint and Bare Metal Foil.

The wheel assembly is shown.  The inner and outer wheels are sandwiching the brake rotor, then the rotor is glued to each upright.
Enzo's tire is Bridgestone Pontenza Scuderia, and the size and tread pattern is very accurate.  According to Bridgestone website, the wider shoulder faces the outside.
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