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I'm beginning building a Trumpeter GT40. I've started with working on the way that the body panels fit. I've also stripped all of the chrome parts. I am trial building it with white glue to find the problems first. I plan on building it like the black 66 LeMans car it's supposed to be.

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Pay particular attention to the rear clip sides where they meet the side tanks - there will be a gap. Also where the rear clip fastens over the roof pin. You'll need to thin that part of the clip a bit to get it flush. To do all that, you'll need the chassis and interior tubs in place because it changes where these places contact. Just fitting doors and body panels like you're doing is the way to give yourself fits.

Once you get this all perfect, it changes with even the thinnest coats of paint. Keep trial fitting and adjusting throughout.

Don't open the box and paint the body first if you want a serious model.

We'll get into lowering the front when you get there.

Didn't say it would be easy....

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What Cato said. I thought I had mine perfectly dialed in until the final test fitting over the finished floor pan, which revealed a ton of fitment issues that I had to correct before priming and painting the body panels. It's a fun kit, but challenging to say the least. Feel free to PM me with any questions, and good luck!

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Yes, paint each pipe, weather them and join. Don't forget the weld beads at each curved section. The pipes will be darker near the collector ends; lighter where the hottest, at ports and bends.

That anti-roll bar under the headers is totally bogus. I made new trailing arms and a/ r bar from .075" coat hanger wire. Make simple heim joint connectors from styrene.

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