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Ferrari F40 LM Super-Mod
TLDR: super-detailed fully-modular Creator-scale build of epic early-90s Ferrari race-car version of street car version of a race car.
The F40 LM is the race car version of what was already mostly a race car. Nineteen competition-ready F40's were built by Chinetti Michelotto for Ferrari; lighter, lower, more powerful and full of racing-specific tweaks.
This project builds an LM inside the outlines of the TLG 10248 model. The kit's brilliant overall shaping and clever build solutions provide a framework for revised proportions and deeper detailing. Nearly every step of the build is altered and most assemblies have been heavily redesigned.
The LM-spec bodywork has an extended front splitter, fixed headlights, a top-vented front hood, taller rear wing and open mesh rear bodywork. The lengthened doors and repositioned fuel-tank pods were informed by Brickmonkey's modified build. The gray interior firewall was removed entirely, allowing the seats to be extended back along with the stretched doors.
The wheel inserts are fully scratch-built pieces, a rabbithole I went down when I discovered my Cricut could easily handle thin Styrene sheet.
This project was a first for me at this scale (well, since I was a kid anyway) and a blast to do. It went way, way deeper than I had intended; motivation and inspiration for what was possible came from the large-scale masterworks of Luca Rusconi, Carl Greatrix, Norton74, and Robert Alexander (also Biczzz’s Alfa, Gerald Cacas, Sir Manperson, and Alexander Paschoaletto). Aspiring to work up to that level has definitely boosted my confidence at this scale. Hope you enjoy checking it out.
Original base model: 1157 pcs.
As built, appx: 1270 pcs.
New parts delta (changed or added): 490 pcs (39%)
As a point of reference, I followed the spec of a particular F40 LM which underwent a comprehensive resto-mod; much larger intercoolers, dual wastegates and many other updates went into the build. It's all well documented here: www.build-threads.com/tag/Ferrari-F40-LM-Restoration/
Ferrari F40 LM Super-Mod
TLDR: super-detailed fully-modular Creator-scale build of epic early-90s Ferrari race-car version of street car version of a race car.
The F40 LM is the race car version of what was already mostly a race car. Nineteen competition-ready F40's were built by Chinetti Michelotto for Ferrari; lighter, lower, more powerful and full of racing-specific tweaks.
This project builds an LM inside the outlines of the TLG 10248 model. The kit's brilliant overall shaping and clever build solutions provide a framework for revised proportions and deeper detailing. Nearly every step of the build is altered and most assemblies have been heavily redesigned.
The LM-spec bodywork has an extended front splitter, fixed headlights, a top-vented front hood, taller rear wing and open mesh rear bodywork. The lengthened doors and repositioned fuel-tank pods were informed by Brickmonkey's modified build. The gray interior firewall was removed entirely, allowing the seats to be extended back along with the stretched doors.
The wheel inserts are fully scratch-built pieces, a rabbithole I went down when I discovered my Cricut could easily handle thin Styrene sheet.
This project was a first for me at this scale (well, since I was a kid anyway) and a blast to do. It went way, way deeper than I had intended; motivation and inspiration for what was possible came from the large-scale masterworks of Luca Rusconi, Carl Greatrix, Norton74, and Robert Alexander (also Biczzz’s Alfa, Gerald Cacas, Sir Manperson, and Alexander Paschoaletto). Aspiring to work up to that level has definitely boosted my confidence at this scale. Hope you enjoy checking it out.
Original base model: 1157 pcs.
As built, appx: 1270 pcs.
New parts delta (changed or added): 490 pcs (39%)
As a point of reference, I followed the spec of a particular F40 LM which underwent a comprehensive resto-mod; much larger intercoolers, dual wastegates and many other updates went into the build. It's all well documented here: www.build-threads.com/tag/Ferrari-F40-LM-Restoration/