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04/01/2014 7:08 am
CMC Ferrari 312P Berlinetta (PICS)
I've posted a full review of the CMC's Berlinetta on the review section so I'll keep this short. Take the Spyder's superb chassis, cockpit, and engine detail and add a perfectly proportioned model of the much sleeker Berlinetta body and about 1000 more parts (CMC's count, not mine) and you have what you see here There are more functioning features than I can count and they're all in scale and work well. Shut lines aren't invisible but they're small and the paint and detail work is flawless. Engine detail is incredible; fortunately CMC makes it available as a separate piece since much of it is hard to see. My only negative comment is the springs used for the ducts to the new airbox; you can see through them as the stretch when the deck is lifted. But I don't have a better idea, either! Speaking of airbox, it took an email to CMC to find out that the separately packaged black plastic roof-shaped piece is just that-- the roof of the airbox. It's removeable so you can see that the 12 carb intakes are still there! There are more changes back there, too-- see the review. If you liked the Spyder, you'll love the Berlinetta.
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04/01/2014 7:12 am
The springs for ducts is so cheesy and un-CMC like. Tons of 1:18 models...
... have replicated ducts with little problem. That design oversight is more in keeping with a cheap bargain cost model, not a premium grade of the ilk of CMC. It really is appalling and out of character for CMC to have such a glaring shortcoming.
04/01/2014 8:08 am
Very Nice model...
04/01/2014 8:48 am
But doesn't that let more air in for cooling...?...lol
04/01/2014 9:34 am
Ha! That's a positive spin that would make any politician proud! 🙂
04/01/2014 10:36 am
It's a problem of molecule size
The problem is that these ducts (springs) are compressed when the deck lid is closed and stretched to about twice their length when the lid is raised. If there were some 1/18 scale rubber molecules CMC could probably have done them just like Ferrari did. But with 1:1 molecules in a 1/18 model I don't think you could do it with rubber and keep them attached, or keep them from breaking. Like I said, I don;t have a better idea. Any chemical engineers out there-- I'm an Aero and this is WAY out of my expertise.
Wayne
04/01/2014 1:33 pm
Chemical Engineers .....
I enjoy nice cold mix drink refreshments
Does that qualify me ??
Sorry ... I had to pull the stupid card here
Just trying to be funny
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04/01/2014 3:30 pm
Thank-you Marlowe...I guess I should pursue a new career..?!
04/01/2014 3:34 pm
In my book...and there aren't very many pages...that's a great qualification!
05/01/2014 6:08 am
Just one note on this..........
CMC uses the same springs for the cooling ducts to the brakes (at least on the spyder) Those do not have to 'move' but also show gaps at the bends.
These kinds of vent ducts have been successfully done by other manufacturers (GMP, AUTOart and Kyosho to name three)using different types of 'accordion fold' material.
I fear in this case this is just CMC using a high quality material when one is not really applicable to the task.
05/01/2014 8:01 am
Exoto and GMP doesn't seem to have a problem with creating ducting that looks realistic.
05/01/2014 2:15 pm
Yeah, but they don't have to stretch to double the length and bend, too
05/01/2014 2:31 pm
Hmmm, I suppose that's true. Perhaps it's a tougher problem to solve than I understand.
06/01/2014 6:33 am
I have some 'rubber' ducting.............
from a 1:12 scale Tamiya model that could do all you are asking.
One of my modeling buddies was kind enough to send it to me several years ago when I was looking for flex tubing to use on a Cobra project.
I wish I was home so I could take a photo of it. It has accordion folds like a flexible straw but it is thin and resilient enough that it contracts back into shape after you stretch it.
06/01/2014 9:33 am
(PIC) Has anybody bothered to look at the engine ducting of the real cars?
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None of the pictures that I could find show any ducting!
If it's such an issue, why don't you contact CMC and ask them why they opted for their choice for the ducting. I'm sure they will respond with an explanation.
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