MadaboutKitcars

Very nice! For the 250 badge, I would try something with a period font like this:
http://www.carbadgeuk.co.uk/ferrari-250-granturismo-car-badge_bespoke-case-study

No offence taken, I appreciate the advice. I understand most peoples view of the 250 is that its a 60s replica, but personally I have never tried to keep it too authentic. I get your point about them clashing though, I may eventually change the mx250 badge, I'm thinking possibly similar to the 308 gts badge, but with mx250 gto instead. http://cartype.com/pics/1654/small/308-gtsi_emblem_ferrari_s.jpg
In the immediate future I'm trying to think of a design for a front badge, which I plan on putting in the middle of the black mesh on the front nose of the car. I'm thinking something simple incorporating T and A for tribute automotive.

They look great to me mark, is there a way of chroming them economically?

They do look very good. Wish I had the skill and kit.

Liking the 308 style too - would be interesting to see.

A front design is very tricky indeed. I have similar issues with my (soon to begin) build.

I have an idea but no skills to implement

Dave

Closest that I could get on plastics or FRP is Cerakote C-7700Q
it is a spray that resembles a satin aluminum finish, but is very durable. They have a heat cured product called Glacier Chrome but needs to go over metal, as the cure is 500 degrees F for one hour.
That one looks like polished stainless.

Well my process for the badges was filler primer, then sand and repeat, before using a silver metallic enamel spray from wilko's http://www.wilko.com/specialist-paint/wilko-metallic-spray-paint-silver-400ml/invt/0413840
Its cheap and cheerful and gives a very good chrome finish, apparently(according to the reviews) far better than the actual chrome spray they sell. After that I then sprayed them with a clear lacquer, which surprising dulled down the finish to more of a dull silver metal look. This was probably due to the silver being enamel and the clear lacquer being cellulose, but a lucky accident for me as I actually prefer the duller finish over the high chrome, at least for the badges.

Not the final silver coat, but this is what the paint looked like after one coat of the wilko silver.


There is another method too, I could go as far as to create molds of the badges in silicone, and then using a epoxy resin mixed with an aluminium oxide dye, create the badges that way. There's also the possibility with this method, to do it in stages where you could have a variety of colours and transparency. for instance red at the front, with black at the back. Something like this http://lodenemblems.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Teslared.png?itok=eNLQlCCJ