harti20 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Hi all After the Leon CVSTOS has been finished and the Morgan 4/4 was put back to the stash it was time to start something new. So I took Tamiya's Ford GT from the stash. I will also use the PE set by HobbyDesign and the carbon decals from Studio 27. First a few air inlets / outlets have been sanded thinner (on the left in the first picture, on the right in the second one) For the diffusor I plan to use the fins from the PE set for the first time. To know where to place them after I have removed the cast-on ones, I drilled a small hole on each of the ends. The clear parts have been painted using the paint masks provided in the kit Last but not least the body has been assembled as far as it won't cause any problems to paint and clearcoat. On two, three spots there are still some minor imperfections which have to be sanded down. The black hazes on the inside of the body are from the Tamiya panel liner which I used to darken the panel lines. These hazes will be sanded as well before continuing to painting the body in its final color. That's it for today. I hope to have piqued your interest and am looking forward to your plaudits, criticism, questions and suggestions. 🙂 Urs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLHCAHZ Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Looking forward to more of this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Your Ford GT is looking great so far. Never had a Tamiya kit but I've heard they are top notch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyK Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 14 hours ago, Zippi said: Your Ford GT is looking great so far. Never had a Tamiya kit but I've heard they are top notch. IMHO, Tamiya car kits are the best. Great fit, detailing and engineering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italianhorses Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Looks like a good start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r60man Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 The panel darkening is very clever. I may have to steal that trick. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harti20 Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 Hi all Thank you all for your kind comments. On 10/19/2021 at 1:37 PM, Zippi said: Never had a Tamiya kit but I've heard they are top notch. They are really top. In general if you run into problems during the build then it's mostly caused by the builder and not by the kit (at least that is my experience). This week I mainly tried to fill a seam on the front which shouldn't be there. So there was a lot of filling, sanding, filling, sanding, priming, filling, sanding and starting over... Finally I managed to get it almost cleaned. It isn't completely gone, but it's much better than at the beginning (and with a little luck it won't stand out to people who don't know it has ever been there After that it was finally time to apply the first few coats of paint. Then I removed the cast-on fins from the diffusor, cleaned the whole area and added some primer. The grooves depict the exact positions of the removed fins and will add some strength to the connection to the PE parts. And finally I managed to apply the first few decals from the Studio 27 Carbon decal set. That's all for today. I wish all of you a good start into the next week Urs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy grumpy Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 I have this kit in my stash, i will follow your build before I commit. The assembly being different , I will rely on your WIP to try to avoid any pitfalls although Tamiya kits are really well designed. You're off to a good start. Looking great so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkychiken Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Looks le a great kit, fantastic start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harti20 Posted October 31, 2021 Author Share Posted October 31, 2021 Hi all On 10/27/2021 at 11:32 PM, Funkychiken said: Looks le a great kit, fantastic start! Thank you. Till now it really is a great kit with no issues at all (at least no issues which were caused by the kit ). This week I spent my time mostly on applying the carbon decals to their different locations. The diffusor will have to be retouched a little, as I had to re-open the recesses I previously cut for the fins. The dashboard has got two coats of Zero Paints Matt Clearcoat to dull it a little. The edges will mostly be hidden by other parts that will be attached to this part and the "scribbling" will be hidden by the tachometer decal later. Alongside the body parts have been finished painting. Although I always primered and painted the parts together, I got some quite visible differences in the hue of the different parts which I had to correct. But now everything looks fine, so the body is ready for the stripes to be applied and after that some clear coat to seal everything in. That's it already for today. I wish all of you a good start to the upcoming week Urs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordorion1974 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 I've got that kit started as well, and I must say that yours is looking awesome! I'll definitely keep an eye on this thread. I had planned on painting mine yellow as well, so I'll ask the obvious question: what yellow did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harti20 Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 18 minutes ago, lordorion1974 said: I've got that kit started as well, and I must say that yours is looking awesome! I'll definitely keep an eye on this thread. I had planned on painting mine yellow as well, so I'll ask the obvious question: what yellow did you use? Thank you The yellow is a Zero Paints Custom mixed color (FEBG Triple Yellow) which provides a real good coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harti20 Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 Hi all Not much happened here since my last update. But to show some progress, I'll present at least a mini update I managed to apply some more of the carbon decals and some more parts received at least one first coat of primer. If everything works out the way I wish, the nex update should be much more extensive. I'm starting with the parts painted, namely the parts for the front suspension And the carbon decals mentioned above. Here the door cards received their carbon. With my binocular loupe they looked reasonably well, but now in the macro photography I see that some spots will need some more softer applied... That's all for today. I wish all of you a good start to the upcoming week Urs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harti20 Posted December 6, 2021 Author Share Posted December 6, 2021 Hi all Welcome to a more extensive update than the last one First fo all the door cards had to be redone. As the carbon decals you can see in my previous post looked to glossy to me, I decided to cover them with some flat clear. Because of that the Dark Interior Grey around the decals was dulled down too. So I masked the sealed decals and repainted the surrounding areas. When removing the masking tape, half of the decal on one door card got ripped off. So I decided to strip the parts and start over with some self made carbon decals. In the first picture you can see the look right after repainting and re-decalling. In the second picture the PE parts are attached too and the door cards are ready to be assembled. The first of the seats has been completed as well The side skirts and the underbody received their respective carbon decals and are now ready to be clear coated The brake discs are completed and have been attached to the suspension According to the season the body has been wrapped up to paint the A pillars Unfortunately the paint went down quite rough, so I had to sand it. In doing so, I sanded through to the yellow paint on some spots. So I'll have to re-wrap the body to re-paint the A pillars. That's all for today. See you next time Urs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harti20 Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 Hi all The door cards are now completed and are waiting for the other interior parts to be finished The diffusor received it's PE parts. I'm not completley happy with it, but considering it was the first time I replaced the cast on parts by the PE parts I think it's quite ok. The engine hood got its carbon decals And the stripes have been applied to the body. I just noticed that one stripe on the roof got loose, so I'll have to lay it down again. Actually I had planned to clearcoat everything yesterday. Everything was prepared and ready, but when I wanted to mix the 2K clear I noticed that I didn't have enough at home. So this step had to be postponed. That's all for today. I wish you all a good start to the upcoming week. Urs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harti20 Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 Hi all Unfortunately the decal didn't stick to the roof even after clearcoating. As the clear coat itself didn't turn out as smooth as I wanted it to be (to be honest, it went on terribly rough), I decided to strip the body and start all over. In the next attempt, I will definitely paint the black stripes. So currently the body is in its white plastic color again and awaits primer stage. As i don't think a white body would be that interesting, I won't post any pictures this time and hope that the next update will be more enjoyable again Urs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhedir6 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 12 minutes ago, harti20 said: Hi all Unfortunately the decal didn't stick to the roof even after clearcoating. As the clear coat itself didn't turn out as smooth as I wanted it to be (to be honest, it went on terribly rough), I decided to strip the body and start all over. In the next attempt, I will definitely paint the black stripes. So currently the body is in its white plastic color again and awaits primer stage. As i don't think a white body would be that interesting, I won't post any pictures this time and hope that the next update will be more enjoyable again Urs That sucks about the decal not sticking. I had a similar issue and was able to save it by using some Tamiya acrylic clear to "glue" the decal down then I was able to reshoot some 2K over the top. Maybe give that a try, if it doesn't work, you were planning on striping it anyways. Otherwise, it looks amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harti20 Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Jhedir6 said: That sucks about the decal not sticking. I had a similar issue and was able to save it by using some Tamiya acrylic clear to "glue" the decal down then I was able to reshoot some 2K over the top. Maybe give that a try, if it doesn't work, you were planning on striping it anyways. Otherwise, it looks amazing. Thank you. I already tried that but it didn't work out really well. And after that I noticed that all other stripe decals had the same problem as well. So it got stripped already yesterday evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Aside from the decal mishap, what a fabulous build so far! I look forward to seeing more. David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERT100 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Sorry about the repaint, as well. But at least this way you will have the fun of masking and painting the stripes to look forward to.😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harti20 Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 Hi all Long time nothing happened as I didn't have the time and somehow lost the interest in continuing. The fact that the second attempt of painting the body didn't turn out that well and I had to strip the paint for a second time wasn't very helpful neither. But now the dashboard could be completed. Too bad not much of it will be seen once the model is finished. Then the body was painted for a third (and hopefully last) time. The paint on the spoiler had to be stripped again as the black stripes were quite off compared to the stripes on the body 😞 But with the outcome of the body I'm more than happy So much for my first update this year. Urs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Your perseverance is paying off. The paint looks great. Nice job on the stripes. It’s going to be sharp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I have this kit in the stash and I am hoping to build it sometime this year. I think I will follow along and watch this build and look for tips and tricks to building this fine kit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Nicely done. There is a guy who is a regular at the local cars and coffee. His wife sometimes comes driving a GT like this - yellow with two black stripes, except that the stripes are the body work's carbon showing through. It even has all carbon wheels. Her interior is all black tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harti20 Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Hi all Thank you for your kind replies. For this afternoon I'm planning to clear coat the body. But before I have some progress to share with you First of all the lost Ford logo decal could be replaced by a painted PE part from the detail-up set. I think it might look even better than with the decal applied on top of the PE part (and of course better than just the decal itself) Then there was some progress on the interior tub. Today I will also add the dashboard and the door panels. After that the interior will be completed and ready for installment. And last but not least the headlights are completed. They are a little kit inside the kit. Each headlight consists of 8 parts and 2 additional parts from the PE detail-up set. That's it for today. I hope to have some more (shiny) progress next weekend Urs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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