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  1. Metalmad
    Got home this evening and checked to see how the inner fender panel structures looked after the first coat of paint and noticed a few blotch’s so I sanded them lightly with 1500 sand paper then wiped them down and then shot them all with a few more coats of blue. I also decided to mock up the body with the interior door panels , dash and rear cab panel installed which I’m glad I did because it was not fitting correctly. So what I ended up doing was sanding down the backside of both door panels a bit and I thought I would have to sand down the top of the rear cab panel as well but as I inspected the fit of the panel it just need a little more finessing into the floor panel and then everything fit like a glove.
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    Was able to get a little detail painting done on the radiator and the door pulls that are located on the door panels this evening and I also laid down the first coat of the blue on the inner fender supports as well.
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    Jason ... Yes the engine will be fine in the engine bay .... I will be adding some detail to the engine like the plug wires and possibly some fuel lines but I did notice that the kit does not provide a ignition coil so I will be going to my parts box to find the appropriate coil to add to the engine bay.
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    Worked on the front and rear inner fender structures this evening which I filled in a few area’s from the molds and also removed and replaced the alignment pin on the cab with a piece of brass rod to strengthen it up.
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    Jason...... Its a really nice kit and the parts I have glued together have gone together smoothly........ only thing that bothers me is the way they engineered the engine assembly other than that the kit is awesome.
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    Ray ... Thank You.... I got to thinking today that I may try using the Molotow 1 mm on the seats but of course I will do a test run first on something similar.
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    Thank you Art ! I still need to detail the front of the engine, pulleys, alternator , and drive belt which came as one piece.
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    Was able to get in some bench time in these last couple of evenings which all I basically got done was some painting and detail painting on the engine parts and trans and transaxle.One thing that will be a big challenge will be getting the chrome detail painted in the seats.
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    Over all everything was beautifully done,
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    Ray .... Yes the kit is engineered very well and so far there is hardly any clean up needed from mold lines.
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    Rich thank you for taking the time and to answer my questions on this kit I do appreciate it.
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    Rich I was wondering if you installed the two rear scoops on the rear hatch first before you installed the glass or if you installed the glass first then the scoops ? and if you installed scoops first then glass did you have any issues with the install of the glass ?
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    Thank you Rich on the heads up on drilling out the distributor which I had already drilled out a few days ago and yes I have been looking at your build of the GT40 and you have done a beautiful job on this build.
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    Started this build about a week ago which I do build fairly slow. I will be attempting to build this as accurate as possible but it will have my twist on it and not be exact but close. I will be adding spark plug wires and possibly coolant lines, fuel lines and possibly brake lines. I have already modified the rear hatch by opening up the four air intake scoops which was challenging but well worth the effort. I have started assembly of the engine and trans axle assembly which they still need paint detailing and I also have started painting the wheels but they still will need to be detailed.
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    She looks awesome ! Only thing that is disappointing about these rereleased Mpc kits is the lack of detail of the drive train.
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    Started this build about a week ago which I do build fairly slow. I will be attempting to build this as accurate as possible but will not be exact and I will also attempt to add spark plug wires and maybe a few coolant lines and possibly fuel lines and brake lines. So here are a few progress pics plus I have already opened up the four air intake scoops on the rear hatch which was challenging but well worth the effort. Still need to finish the paint on the intake and valve covers and I also will need to finish the detail paint work on the engine and trans axle assembly. Just noticed that I have posted this in the wrong forum hopefully the moderators will move this to the correct WIP forum.
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    Well Done ! One of these days I would like to attempt to build a F1
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    awesome looking build !
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    Looks awesome ! I have a question since I have started building this kit which is that I noticed that you had installed the two rear scoops on the rear engine hatch which in the instructions it has them being installed after the glass is installed so my question is did you have any issues installing the glass with the scoops already installed ?
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    Thank you for the info on the paint. I received this kit for Christmas & I started going threw the paint colors in the instruction manual and there was no color listed for the wheels that I could see.
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    Looks awesome ! May I ask what color you used on the wheels ?
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    Awesome job on her ! I got this kit for X-Mas and I was wondering what color paint you used on the wheels ?
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    Looking good !
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    Looking good and nice add ons with the drink holder and console for the cb. I bought the reissue of this kit a few years back and hopefully I'll get it on the bench some time in the future which I'm contemplating on scratch building linked suspension for the front and rear.
  25. Metalmad
    Was able to get the main chassie painted semi gloss black and I was also able to get the seats , dash and floor pan painted red then I sprayed a coat of semi gloss to tone the gloss red down a bit. Next I will add the carpeting to the floor plan and I might add carpeting to the rear seat delete panel as well. I should have some pictures up in the next day or so.
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