Exotics_Builder Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 They all have pluses and minuses. The old IMC (Testor and Union variants as well) are not bad, but require a good bit of fitment as everything opens. They are 1/25 scale. The LeMans Miniatures is 1/24 and also everything opens. It requires lots of fitment, and is resin. That kit is lower right in attached picture. Less finicky are the Fujimi kits, even with the HRM transkit. And yes, there also is a HRM Daytona Coupe and Cheetah there as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) Most of these were built Box stock 20-25 years ago. IMC MKI MPC MKIV Fujumi MKII Aurora MKI IMC MKII Fujumi MKII IMC MKI IMC MKIV MiniExotics Mirage Edited January 8, 2015 by vamach1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Any idea on how many "street" legal GT-40s of all types were sold in the US back in the day? And how expensive were they? And was quality as bad on the street Mk Is as I've read they were with the Mk IIIs? I assume the race cars were indivually prepared and did not have the quality control issues of Mk IIIs. It's interesting to read Car and Driver's review of the Mk III written back in 1967. They were not impressed. The build quality was not good at all. Especially for a car priced at $18,000. The price they claimed of about 7 new Mustangs at the time!ScottThe Mark I street coupe was about $15,000+ in 1966.....when a nice Caddy was $4500! And the Mark I was finished better than the MK III. Car and Driver was very critical of the finish on the MK III. I know Bill Kolb Jr. who was the "Hi Po" sales guy at the Ford store in NYC who handled the car for for Ford and provided it to C&D for review. Ford had at one point decided to put the GT40 into some version of real "production" and gave FAV a budget to do so. Only days later they pulled the plug on that program and the GTs that were sold for "civilian" use became redundant to the goals of FoMoCo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurfalien Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 gt40s 002.JPGMost of these were built Box stock 20-25 years ago. Wow, is that 3 of each left to right; Mk1, Mk4, Mk2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Let's not forget the 1/43 kits that had more variations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Wow, is that 3 of each left to right; Mk1, Mk4, Mk2? Looks like (2) MK4s, the red and yellow cars and the one in the lower right hand corner is a Mirage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurfalien Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Yep you're right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Got my Revell GT-40 Mk II kit in the mail yesterday. On opening it up, it is obvious that it's the Fujimi kit. Molded in white. Very nice kit. Looks like it will be easy and fun to build. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) Got my Revell GT-40 Mk II kit in the mail yesterday. On opening it up, it is obvious that it's the Fujimi kit. Molded in white. Very nice kit. Looks like it will be easy and fun to build. Scott They're a dream to build. But if I remember correctly the body is a very tight fit over the chassis. Edited January 9, 2015 by afx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurfalien Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Man that pic looks so choice. Dayam... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Can anyone identify this .. I got it in a parts box stash a loooong time ago.... I have no idea who made it or what year/body style its supposed to represent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmracepix Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 That is an IMC MK II. It was also released by Testors in their "Those Famous Fords" series. It is basically the same car are the black one (#2) posted above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 May have already been mentioned but I saw this in a book store yesterday. Lots of great photos and detail. I have the book on the Red Bull F1 which helped building the model. Hosted on Fotki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 That is an IMC MK II. It was also released by Testors in their "Those Famous Fords" series. It is basically the same car are the black one (#2) posted above. It looks like the Black #2 is the Fujumi kit. The pic I posted of nine GT40's clearly shows the size difference between the Fujumi and IMC/Testors kits. Has anyone out there built the IMC or MPC J-car? I have both kits that are in the primer phase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 The Fujimi/Revell kit is a joy to build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurfalien Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Love Woody in the back, classic! BTW, awesome build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 May have already been mentioned but I saw this in a book store yesterday. Lots of great photos and detail. I have the book on the Red Bull F1 which helped building the model. Hosted on Fotki How much info on the Mark IIIs in the above book? And looking at the different GT-40s posted here, especially the Mark IIs, it looks like I did the right thing in buying the Revell/Fujimi kit. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 There is some info on MKIII in Haynes book but probably could find plenty by just googling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) That is an IMC MK II. It was also released by Testors in their "Those Famous Fords" series. It is basically the same car are the black one (#2) posted above. Define, basically. ? I've built one of the Fugimi kits a few years back,, and this car is nothing like it detail wise . This one seems to have much more intricate suspenion stuff as well as opening doors , wire wheels , etc Edited January 11, 2015 by gtx6970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Yes - the IMC/Testors/Union kits were more detailed (engine, opening doors and panels) BUT from an accuracy standpoint they miss the Mark (pun intended) compared to the Fujumi kits. If you modify a Fujumi kit you will have a much more historically accurate model if you care about those things. If you want something close that despite being an almost 50 year old kit that is pretty nice flaws and all, then go that route. http://www.ebay.com/itm/IMC-FORD-GT-MARK-II-W-LEMANS-427-INDY-TYPE-DOHC-OR-OHV-289-ENGINE-INC-1-25TH-/131395486455?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item1e97c802f7 Edited January 12, 2015 by vamach1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Love Woody in the back, classic! BTW, awesome build! Yea - that's the Carroll Shelby figure that came in Monogram's 427 Cobra kit a few years ago. Edited January 12, 2015 by afx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurfalien Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Yea - that's the Carroll Shelby figure that came in Monogram's 427 Cobra kit a few years ago. Man that looks like Woody from Toy Story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Man that looks like Woody from Toy Story. I suspect there's an off-color joke to be made here, but . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) #2 black GT40 Mk2 #1046 LM winner by yards. Here's winner and rest of entries of GT's for factory. More in rest of field. Huge photo, click on it for details. Edited January 13, 2015 by keyser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Okay, I got the Haynes Ford GT40 book in the mail yesterday. Got the Haynes Ferarri 250 GTO book a few days before that. Both are great books. Well worth the price. They are not really "Owner Workshop Manuals" per say. They are wonderful detailed histories on the cars. Great references for building models. Lots of great pictures, and explanations on the difference variances of the cars. I'm very impressed with both books. As I've noted before, I recently added the Revell/Fujimi Ford GT40 Mk II to my collection. As of yesterday I won a Fujimi GT40 Mk I in an eBay auction. And a week or two ago I ordered a Fujimi GTO. The above two books will be of great help in detailing all three models. Interestingly, the Haynes GT40 does not do very good job on covering the Mk IV variation. In fact I think it does a better job of covering the Mark III, than the Mark IV. I also got the impression, the author, Gordon Bruce, really doesn't consider the Mk IV as a true GT40. And it's hard to argue with him. The Mark IV is not really a true GT40. It's a totally different car in most every way from the other GT40s. I love my first Revell/Fujimi GT40 kit. I'm looking forward to the other Fujimi GT40 and GTO. I'm still debating on hunting down the old Aurora/Revell Ford GT kit. But would like to see more details of the kit. And closer pictures of the kit built straight from box. Also, another fellow blogger here, has offered to sell me an MPC Mk IV at a very reasonable price. I'm looking forward to that too. More details on that later. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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