Ferrari Daytona Shooting Brake [FINISHED]

Modeling Subjects Autos
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It can’t be an FF since it’s two wheel drive…
Or would it be a 365 GTB/4 Kammback? (It’s actually based on a rebodied Corvette.)

I started with a sealed kit of the Miami Vice roadster; the deck lid and right side door were scarred from one of the tires. 90% of the deck damage was fixed by cutting off the deck. Guess it was destined for this idea… The rest was filled and sanded out.

About ½ inch of the leading edge of the soft top was used to mate to the windshield frame. The Gremlin roof was cut down height-wise and lengthened. The sides of the roof were reshaped and refined with strip styrene and filler.

I changed the shape of the rear window and added trim.
Instead of using the glass as the hatch I removed the hinges and scribed in new panel lines Like a Vega Kammback.

Many wagon conversions suffer from poor tailgate/hatch design. To try and negate that issue, and to keep the theme of the original car, I integrated the Daytona trunk line on the back panel.


Getting close to adding the B pillar…

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Sorry dude, but, it reminds me of a Gremlin! [6]

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When I built the Gremlin kit a few years ago I wasn’t impressed with the soft and uneven molding of the body detail behind the quarter windows. I sharpened it up on this one with a couple strips of styrene.

And a simple B pillar.

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Now! That is something ya don’t see every day!

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Cool, nice proportions!

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Thanks guys!

To make the rear windows I used the Gremlin tinted pieces. I trimmed the back one down and cut the side windows out of the windshield.

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Scale-Master, I like what you are doing with this build. I sometimes think about a similar build, I just don’t know if I have the skill to pull it off. I feel that a first generation Mustang station wagon is an attractive car. The Mach-E just doesn’t come close. I’m looking forward to seeing your finished build. I know it will be something to see.

BTW: I am taking notes.

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Great start on this one SM!!

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Thanks Guys!

That Mustang is a good example of what I was describing as poor tailgate/hatch design.

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I cut the rear off the Daytona interior and the front off the Gremlin’s and mated them together. A decent amount of putty was needed to smooth the transition on the inside, but the AMC part fit into the Chevy frame like it was designed to do so.

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A Grerrari, now that is something you don’t see everyday. Keep up the good work!

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I went with a Navy Blue undercoat for the Metallic Blue final coat. When I decide what shade I want to use…

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I wanted a dark metallic blue, but this may be too dark…
I’ll think on it a bit.

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I added texture to the blue paint to “carpet” the blended area of the two interior pieces.

The dash was hand detail painted and the gauges are decals from the Scale-Master '78 Pace Car sheet I drew for the Revell-Monogram kit.

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The wheels and tires also benefitted from the same Corvette decal sheet.
I used the crossed flag logos for the center caps too.

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The front half of the interior is box-stock except for the addition of the console and steering wheel decals from the same Pace Car sheet.

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I went with a full coat of Deep Metallic Blue to brighten the near black Dark Mica Blue.

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In the UK it was called the Ferrari Breadvan when it was first released.

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Actually shooting brake is an old horse and buggy days term.

The 1962 Breadvan you reference was a one only racecar and not really a shooting brake, but a very cool machine. Typically they are are street cars.

Many makes and models have shooting break variants, although it is a predominately European configuration/name that came into fashion about 100 years ago.

This one is made up and actually a Corvette. I guess it could equally be a SportsWagon or Kammback.

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The engine and chassis are straight out of the kit; very simplistic, not too detailed. Since this one is more about the exterior I left it all as is and added the underhood decals from the '78 sheet.