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Finally got the two-tone paint on with the front bonnet, half Royal Blue and half Flat Black mix. But then I checked Worlds Registry off Cobras and Ford GT40s and discovered this car is actually J-3 and at the Daytona testing in December 1966 it had a black bonnet. So, both Spark Models and I got the color wrong. Maybe I can Photoshop it.

Well at least it is all one color now in primer gray. Now on to two colors, white and dark blue.

1966

Great choice of a super Lola. Watched them race at Mid Ohio course with my Kodak Instamatic. . Will be watching closely.

Slowly making progress with the pond and scrapping. Still lots to go before I can prime and paint.

I was not happy with the paint, so I taped off the front bonnet and tried to fix some spots that need sanding.  Then I tried to paint the white parts of the body and that's where I Imade a big mistake. The white was not covering the places I was trying to fix either with air brush or can and ended up filling up the panel lines with the heavy coats of paint. Should have used primer before the white. So back into the purple pond again.

Oh yes! Very well done conversion. I had not seen this Lancia model before, is it fairly new?

Really nice photos of a really nice model. Wish BBurago would continue this series.

Thanks for the pictures Rex. Still undecided about what I am going to do with this model.

As I was going to get dog food it dawned on me that I had picked up an IMC GTP J Car during my absence from this build. When I got home I checked it out and low and behold the kit has a different shape from the Strombecker. The main difference is in the shape of sides of the tail. I now believe the Strombecker is J2, and the IMC is J1, the Ken Miles car.

I has been 4 years, and I have been debating whether or not to try and complete this J Car test chassis. The body is pretty rough as it was sectioned and I did not have a correct MK 7 chassis for it. But with the GT40 collection almost done I decided to go ahead and finish it flaws and all. I have struggled with paint on the bonnet and did not have any color photos to decide between flat black or dark blue. There is a 1/43 Spark model and they chose to paint it dark blue. So now what do I do? Only post B/W photos

Ford GT40 Spyder Family Front Mustang I Concept Car – 1962- Set styling clues and development team for GT40 - Automodello diecast Left to Right Tamiya Slot Car – similar to spyder GT111 GT111 1965 #194 – F.A.V Targa Florio Mini Exotic resin body on Fujimi/Revell chassis GT109 1965 #15- Ford France Le Mans – narrowed Monogram slot car body GT X-1 1965 #71 - Mclaren light weight aluminum GT40 chassis for CanAm racing – Mini Exotics resin transkit GT109 1966 #1 - Shelby American conversion of X-1 to GT40 MKII and winner of Sebring - Mini Exotics transkit on Fujimi/Revell chassis

Very impressive build. I was not familiar with this livery but you nailed it.

Here you go Dave:

Ford GT40 Spyder GT111 - The strange tale. In 1965 GT111 was an F.A.V entry in the Targa Florio in Scilly. The drivers were Bob Bondurant and Sir John Whitmore. The competition was mostly from Ferrari for the overall win. During the race a wheel knock off nut came off. Fortunately, a spectator was gracious enough to find it and give it back. But then GT111 hit a road marker and damaged the car beyond repair and had to retire. The car was returned to F.A.V . and stripped of useable parts and left to rust outdoors. Finally, a decision was made to cut the chassis in half and ship it off to the scrap dealer. Mysteriously, the two halves of the chassis never made it to the scrap pile and was hidden in storage for decades. Eventually the remains were found and verified by Ronnie Spain and sent to Gelscoe for restoration plus the construction of a clone. The kit for this model is a 1/24 scale Mini Exotics resin body and a Tamiya//Revell GT40 chassis and interior. The paint is Tamiya TS60 Pearl Green. Life got in the way and it took several years to finish the build. What is next? The Evolution of the Ford GT 40 in Scale.