LP560-4: Headlights 2

After constructing the right head light from scratch, a bit of experience was collected from that which really shortened the time spent for the left one(comparing with 2 days shortened to 3 hours):

Some more details needed to be thought out and executed before they were finalised. Just put fit them to the body and see how they looked like:

I hope that the headlights could be finished before the next update

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: Bumper & Intake 5

There werer still some minor modification on the sides of the bumper. The openings were done and some efforts was needed to shape them up:

Hope these vents can be done in a couple of days when layers of putty are dried completely.



The diffuser had not be completely designed but may finish the independent interior and engine first...

LP560-4: Rear Bumper 2

Since the kit based on was a Fujimi Gallardo "Deluxe Version", came with some PE upgrade parts such as the brake disc, license plate and front/rear grille. But the new Gallardo would be much different from the old at the rear, so try to look up see if there is any after-market LP560 parts such as the rear grille, only the Acu Stion PE which doesn't really help:

Anyway, I go for building from plain hexagonal meshes. In an LHS, picked up the Hasegawa ones, seems the scale (large size) is pretty close to the one needed. Give it a try, why not?!

A template on the mesh had been made and thinking of how the grille to be installed on the tail...
Refer back to a extra high definition picture taken closely at and thru the grille, some supports were at the back to mount that mesh on. So decided to build something like that. If it's too obvious, these would be trimmed:

Finally the rear end of the body was trimmed. Diffuser would be a tough task and need some planning before hand...

LP560-4: Rear Bumper 1

Some works had been started on the rear bumper of the body.

- the 2 vertical connection of the grille were removed

- the tail lights were widened

- original tail light vertical parts were removed

- the license plate area removed

It's debatable whether the license plate area to be removed. I'd struggled for a while but finally decided to cut it out. The reason was the the whole panel of the exhaust and the part can be done via a single back panel of styrene board, the measurement can be easier and much aligned, I hope :)

Of course, the basic work needed to be done on the body such as the deepening of panel lines, removing mold lines and flattening of parts with shrinkage when molding. Work goes on...