Platerpants Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Just got this in the mail today. Its the AMT Johnny Lightning Ford GT. I want to do it as retro as i can. Its gonna be a member of the shelby blue crew although its just an svt. For my birthday (14 days from now) my moms getting me amazon gift cards and im gonna buy the revell 1/25 Ford GT40 thats been on amazon waiting for a year or more. As always this will be a quick build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 painted the engine racing blue ( a boyd rattle can color) progress pictures start saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I will be watching how this one turns out. BTW Happy Birthday early !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 I will be watching how this one turns out. BTW Happy Birthday early !!! thanks i hope it turns out good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 Got some work done in the past 2 days. painted the chassis, engine, firewall, wheels(supposed to be gunmetal silver) and axle. forgot a picture of the supercharger but its all black to give you an idea. For some reason the transmission didn't wanna play nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimebolt Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Good progress so far Jake. Keep it up. Corey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 got the chassis done today for the most part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 Chassis with my 1/25 428 cobra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 interior detailing today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted October 12, 2012 Author Share Posted October 12, 2012 chassis is done body is in bad shape never paint a base of krylon then rustolium then repeat. then throwing the body and trying to scrape paint off. oh and polys doesnt remove krylon but it will pick on rustoleum a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan_m Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 rustoleum is horrible paint! if im using rattle cans i always use krylon, it dries fast, sands an polishes easy and i rarely have a problem with it.....rustoleum takes too long to dry....... you can fix it tho, we have confidence in ya! the interior is lookin nice! cheers bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted October 12, 2012 Author Share Posted October 12, 2012 rustoleum is horrible paint! if im using rattle cans i always use krylon, it dries fast, sands an polishes easy and i rarely have a problem with it.....rustoleum takes too long to dry....... you can fix it tho, we have confidence in ya! the interior is lookin nice! cheers bryan thanks. but now i have like 10 ounches of rustolium which doesnt even like the plastic. any idea how to get rid of it? ive heard purple power. What is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan_m Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 use castrol super clean degreaser..........wal mart like 9 bucks a gallon. it works great, and will strip almost anything, and wont hurt the plastic. cheers bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Platerpants Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) well bad news for me, the rustoleum melted scars into the body. and days of removing the paint left the body weak and handling it cracked the roof. So i said scrap the body. if you have a body and willing to give it to me ive learned my lesson about rustoleum its getting testors. My birthday is the 18th (4 days from now) so think of it as a birthday present. I know thats called begging butthis body is to badly hurt for me to fix it. Edited October 14, 2012 by Platerpants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 well its my birthday and i got 100 dollars in amazon giftcards bought me this kit. Is it any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimebolt Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Too bad on the other body Jake. I don't know about that kit, never seen it before. Let us know. Good progress so far man. Just hang in there, it'll all work out. Corey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 Too bad on the other body Jake. I don't know about that kit, never seen it before. Let us know. Good progress so far man. Just hang in there, it'll all work out. Corey thanks aparently it an old aurora kit but i cant even find instructions or parts pictures of it online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimebolt Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 You should build a rat rod from the bad body, lol! I think it'd be cool. Corey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasR Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 You should build a rat rod from the bad body, lol! I think it'd be cool. Corey RatRod GT would be pretty wicked if you could pull it off. -Thomas 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 RatRod GT would be pretty wicked if you could pull it off. -Thomas 8) hmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 well the body is coated in thick wall primer(problock) and the flat black to show where its lower i sanded most of it flat and will have to carve in the body lines again to save the original body for a ratrod or something. my brother wants the body to destroy it (hes a ford hating mopar nut). so the new body will be sapphire blue and the old body if ever save is gonna be flat black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 well got the old gt40 kit today boy they were alot smaller than the new gt's. and the body got some paint today. i also got exceptped into UTI for the ford fact program today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Yes, the real, original GT40 is a lot smaller than the repop. Also, that particular kit portrays the early, MkI pointy nose, Rather than the later, longer MkI nose that looks more like the repop..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 Yes, the real, original GT40 is a lot smaller than the repop. Also, that particular kit portrays the early, MkI pointy nose, Rather than the later, longer MkI nose that looks more like the repop..... thanks i was wondering where the nose was from from what i heard everyone said the nose was too stubby glad to know it actually existed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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