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Wow southpier, MANY thanks. Uber cool of you to post that.

Ah, waking up an old thread. I think its a good idea to log thoughts, process etc... Especially build process so you can reflect more accurately and perfect your next build more scientifically. I've a few of those Field Notes note books that I plan on using during my builds.

Hi Jaguar man 21, I too am eyeing this kit for purchse, did you manage to complete it? Hows the engine detail? Snafus etc...? Could be a good kit to do some mods to.

Thanks T, I wasn't sure as a few have been brought up on this thread. A few questions if you don't mind; How do you prevent it from clogging? Did you find the cups swelling or needing to be replaced after a while?

Hi Tesla, which air brush have you been using? Nice name BTW.

Just found one at Walmert, store pickup so free shipping, ~75$.

Hi, Has any one used this particular brand before; http://www.air-craft.net/acatalog/Airbrush-Spray-Booth.html I see em on eBay all the time for ~$60 bucks.

Ah, great point. Seems as though we are slowly developing a tool set and work flow, I love it!

Ah, excellent points. Plus I think model kits look to be more for the older then kids these days as video games and Face Book are there main interests, seeminlgy anyways.

Well, as a child Tamiya was my go to for foreign and Revell was my go to for dometic. Now, well I just wished Revell had more LeMans and F1 kits, but they market to a certain audience so it is what it is. They should have an amazing Ford GT40 and GT kits but thats just me speaking patriotically even though I know the GT40 was British designed and built through Mk3. However the MkIV which I feel is the best GT40 was USA built, too bad those scale model kits are boo-koo dinero! Why doesn't Revell do those? At any rate I am digressing from this topic big time, my apology.

Wow, what a nice kit and full detail too. Speaking of this car, I had an opportunity to track it, a Scuderia and Audi R8 in whats called Exotic Racing. You pay a few hundies and lap 5 or 6 with an instructor at the passgner side. Nothing like some one yelling go go go as you approach a corner at 80MPH! OMG what a hoot. These are are amazing! Curious about model runs though. So much to my surprise, Revell had a Porsche 956, 962 and Audi R10 which are discontinued, why so? These seem very cool models so is it a licensing thing in terms of Revell paying various OEMs to scale kit there cars?

Actually I was comparing to the older Fujimi GT40 Mk1 kit in terms of cost and detail. So you have this very same GT1 Matech and some pieces were that poorly shaped? Couldn't you use some putty, a file, exacto etc and make things work? Man, I made my old vdub run with sime duct tape and JB Weld.

Actually we do it all the time in web design and media/entertainment circles. You get the PDF of the Tamiya color chart which is on there web site, open in Photoshop and then see which color is made up of RGB or CMYK. The real trick is measuring the amounts of paint needed. I figure a real sensative food or posatge scale that measures fractions of an ounce. We've a pretty sensative digital scale used to measure for baking and weighing our chihuahua as we don't like her looking like a little chubby sausage

I just had an epiphany, using Photoshop will get me a close approximation of what I need to achieve varied colors based on either RGB or CMYK. Any one care to comment? Think about it, the savings you can achieve by simply buying either 3 or 4 basic colors and perhaps customizing a color that you prefrer versus a color called for in a kit.

Well, the night is young so mebbe I'll buy it and post a few reviews like your standard fair unboxing review and then progress builds. UPDATE; I did a quick search and some one beat me to it, makes me wanna buy it; http://www.rpmmodelclub.com/RPMArticle-FordGT.html

Oh sorry Chillyb1, I was meaning to ask if any one has had this particular kit. Hey Pete J, it's plastic, here is Stradas descritpion of the kit; "1/24 scale plastic kit.A hi-detailed injection-molded plastic kit of the 2010 Ford GT GT1 LM car. Molded in white plastic with clear parts and black rubber tires. Includes photo-etched metal parts, metal springs, and more. Detailed interior, engine, and suspension. Extensive decals by Cartograf. Instructions are in English and French."

Oh cool, I just ordered the Fujimi kit, excited! Thanks for all the replies.

Hi, I used to mix my own colors when painting etc... I'm sorta thinking to apply this method in painting model kits. I've both done and seen color wheels on parts of one color to parts of another color in acheiving the desired outcome. Is there such a thing for Testors or Tamiya paints? Something like 2 parts this, 1 part that equals .... bayam. I suppose one could simply use exsisting color scheme being RGB or CMYK but I think each paint manufacturure will have there own paint nuances. But curious if any one has applied this.

Hi, While I was going down the road of getting an older Fujumi Gt40 Mk1 kit with some addons from HRM for the engine, Studio 27 for a PE up detail kit and Rennisance for some deeper wheels (woulda made for sweeeeeet model), I came across a new manufacturer that I've never heard of before; Simil R. Thye've a new Ford GT kit (2010 car); http://www.similr.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=114&lang=en#5250-ford_GT_GT1_MATECH_004_22 Cost comaprison of my Fujimi version versus this one, makes this one about ~$25 dollars cheaper. Plus its a new kit so one would assume better fit and finish etc...

Actually I just found a Italeri 512S which has an engine with good detail in it. How is Italeri generally regarded?

Hi and many thanks MCM. Sound slike I'm better off finding a 1/24 scale v12 and making it work. However since I havn't gotten the 512 in the mail yet, I should refrain until actually analyzing with kit in hand. Many thanks for the insite, much apprecited.

Hi all, First, its a pleasure to be here as I get intimate with one of my passions in youth, scale model kits! I was wondering about engine kits for the Fujimi 512S kit. I recently bought a beautiful Fujimi Ferrari 330 P4 and an optional HRM Engine/Suspension kit for it (model number HRM-305). It seems that both cars had a V12 with a similar layout so I was wondering that if with some work, I could fit the same HRM kit into the 512S? Thanks in advance for any replies.