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David, I have the figure too but no memory of where it came from, I will ask Scott if he remembers. Gary

I am posting this model for Scott Kercher who also took the pictures on film. The model was built using an Accurate Miniatures kit (Revell also released the same kit) and represents Grand Sport 004 as driven by Texans Johnson and Morgan at the 1964 Sebring race. Here is Scott's description of his build: There are something like 42 additions, corrections and deletions according to my build sheet. Biggest visual change to the exterior is the tires from the Fujimi Ford GT kit. Grill is stretched sprue, and the tail has the cb radio mast, the copper strips, the Schwinn rocket lights, and 2 scoops on the back window. A complete restoration of this car is featured on the racingicons.com site; it's rare that us modelers have such a good reference. Inside we have no carpeting, so that was sanded down. 2 sets of seatbelts complete with Rupert decals, revised dash, taped wheel, and an additional crossbar on the roll bar to anchor the shoulder belts. Underneath the battery was relocated to the tail and the pneumatic jack removed. The headers/exhaust is one of the biggest pains on this kit. I glued the headers to the exhaust first, got them both at the same angle, and added the mufflers. Then the heads on the block got drilled out so the headers would slip in, and where they met the chassis were filed down and the chassis was notched. A bit of work, but they fit! Paint is Duplicolor GM Light metallic blue, not rubbed out, just like the restoration!

Looking good. Please keep posting your progress.

What an interesting project and subject. I have been interested in Fageol since seeing photos of the Cunningham Racing Team Super Freighter transporter. A local truck garage here has a Super Freighter in its yard using it as storage I presume. Please keep us posted on your build.

Not a kit but a starting point. Pattos Place in Australia offers a slot car body which you could build up into a model. I intended to do that using a slot body which I slathered Bondo body filler into but it stalled out when Profl24 brought out their resin kit.

Wow, very realistic build.

Excellent build.

The last I heard from my source is that Paul has decided not to offer kits any more but to devote his time to only building masters for others in the industry.

All good looking builds but more pictures of the SR-2 please. We have been waiting patiently since the build thread started.

Your build turned out super nice.

Thanks Richard, I will give it try.

Each of your models are very well done. Surprising to me anyway is I like your Fairlady the best.

I built this model before Monogram released their version of it and used dry transfers on clear decal sheet for the Essex Wire lettering. Over time the decal has yellowed. Perhaps if I had clear coated it that would not have happened and being used over white did not help either.

Great job on the weathering and photos. Hmm...the fence changed??

Super save and the color is a perfect match.

Very impressive!

Looks like a good solution will have to check them out.

Looking good Rick, please keep us posted.

The darn squirrels chewed through the wires of the Christmas lights on the outdoor tree that I decorate every year. Not in just one place but at least 6 places.

Super build with the Indy Car and thanks for sharing.

Very impressive, thanks for sharing.

Very well done all of them. Welcome back to the fold.

This is my original AMT 1963 Split Window survivor. I never thought the wheels were very authentic and the knockoffs as mentioned earlier are pretty bad. I just noticed the exhaust manifolds and alternator are missing, will have to fix that. Fourteen years later I restored a 1:1

Looking good. Please keep us posted on your progress.

Great story and photos.