LP560-4: Headlights 1

I think one of the reasons for so many unfinished LP560 is the head and tail lights.

Comparing the Gallardo's and the LP560's and, of course the Fujimi's, I'm sure a lot of modellers were put in a cross road: whether 1, use the Fujimi ones (poorly scuplted even for the Gallardo, not to mention for LP560); 2, scratch built them or 3, let go the project and convince myself that I've built an LP560...

I took the 2nd approach: scratch built! Practicing my plastic board was one of the techniques that I would like to enhance in this project, so why not give it a try.

Referring to the actual headlight, it was a pretty complicated one:

Cut up some plastic boards and tubes to test out the actual sizing of the headlights. They were so damn small that I've mocked up 3 to 4 samples before one that I thought was close:

Enhanced the shape a bit more and tried to do a fitment test on the body:

the original headlight from Fujimi was so "impressive" when the pictures were put side by side...

Going to construct the other side with similar methods and see how it should be finally fitted.

Stay tuned.

LP560-4: Interior 1

Started the interior work. A few modification of the interior would be done:

1, reshape of hand brake

2, open up the "holes" on the dash and panels

3, make the seats a bit more slim, racing and realistic

4, take the nera colour tone and setup

The original seats were a bit dull and "thick" on the side and "thin" on the central parts,some changes to be done on them:

Steering wheel was reshape to mimic the real one:

As mentioned there was one missing air-con outlet PE part, so only 4 were drilled.

Lots of work to be going on...

LP560-4: Chassis

Started working on the chassis including the drive train and the chassis:

As usual, only a bit of dry brushing for weathering purpose.

LP560-4: some supplies arrived

Ordered some of the detailing parts for the build:

Lamborghini metal transfer from Hobby Design:

PE set for Gallardo also from Hobby Design:

First time using PE disc brake set especiallythe parts are so damn small. Extra attention has to be paid. Started going with the disc brake:

A few notes about Hobby Design's PE set:

1, Missing parts. Gallardo should have 5 air-conditioning outlets, but the PE set has only 4

2, Instruction is poor. They are providing 2 sizes of the brake disc. Honestly, you can't tell the difference by bare eyes,but when you completed and fix it on the wheel, you then feel it:

To conclude, HD committed some unforgiveable wrongs. I would prefer CrazyModeler's PE sets.

LP560-4: Engine and the Bay 1

Fujimi really did a lousy work on the engine and the engine bay, only 3 to 4 parts totally for the engine (of course it is already much better than the curbside ones...)

The LP560-4 engine bay is basically a redesign of the V12 engine, placements and shapes of the components are quite different from the predecessor...

The Gallardo's:

The new LP560-4:

Since the placement and arrangment of the engine bay components are quite different between the 2, so some rebuild should be unavoidable:

Based on the old one, cut it into 2 and reshape the cylinder covers:

Then I had to finish the engine compartment cover ...

LP560-4: Diffuser

I found the diffuser at the chassis from Fujimi is a bit small and thin, decided to thicken and reshape it a bit.

All the diffuser lines are removed. a new face was recreated:

When the new diffsuer was taking shape, it was fitted to the body to check for the exact shape to be sanded:

Seemed ok. After a series of sanding and puttying work, the diffuser finally looked like a stronger diffuser... using the foam board to simulate the actual diffuser shape. After sanding, they should be looking good...

Stay tuned...

LP560-4: Bumper & Intake 6

Some minor sanding work has been done on the intake and the bumper:

Also some minor changes to the tail light on the body:

Hope to get some more done in the coming days...

LP560-4 Project Resumed!!

It has been 3 months after my last update to my modelling blog. What a shame!

Anyway, life has been getting back to normal and some time can now be squeezed for my primary hobby... hope to have some updates.

stay tuned...