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Looks darn good.
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1965 Ford GT40 Roadster
Gramps46 replied to Gramps46's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
Yes, the vinyl comes in big sheets used by RC Airplane folks and has an adhesive backing. I use a circle template to draw on the paper backing, cut it out, then peal the vinyl off and apply to the model. It is pretty strong and will stretch to compound curves if needed. You can find it with either a gloss or matte finish on Amazon. -
1965 Ford GT40 Roadster
Gramps46 replied to Gramps46's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
Made a little more progress. I am now using vinyl film for the white number circles after disasters with old decal circles and decal paper. -
The restorations are amazing.
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1965 Ford GT40 Roadster
Gramps46 replied to Gramps46's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
Rich, Still using Tamiya TS60. New phone/camera though which changes things. Glad to hear you are settled in. -
1965 Ford GT40 Roadster
Gramps46 replied to Gramps46's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
I don't have a Monogram body to compare other than the one I modified but Jorgen said he removed 4mm for his build. I built mine prior to 1996 before Jorgen published his article but if I had seen it first, I would have used his approach and mated the front half and sills of the Fujimi MK1 with the narrowed rear resin deck. The Jorgen Stendahl build was posted on the GPMA web site but I can't find it now. -
1965 Ford GT40 Roadster
Gramps46 replied to Gramps46's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
After getting stalled for months because the body did not look right on the chassis I went back and reread Jorgen Stendahl's article and he replaced the resin sills as cast with the Fujimi kit sills and it worked. So, the spyder is back on the bench again after yet another paint job. -
Maserati A6GCS Spyder
Gramps46 replied to absmiami's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
Will the Sapiro version have an engine? -
1/20 MFH Ferrari 248F1 Chinese GP
Gramps46 replied to okazaki0511's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
Impressive staging. -
1964 Sebring Porsche 904 GTS - #37
Gramps46 replied to Gramps46's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
Your link to the video was a big help Phil. -
Truly amazing.
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Really nicely done indeed. Thanks for sharing it.
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Very well done indeed.
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Very imaginative and executed. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Comstock Team Ford GT40 MKI P/1037
Gramps46 replied to Phildaupho's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
Very well done. The attention to the details is very impressive and I really appreciate your sharing your build and finished product. -
Fujimi Porsche 917K, an art project
Gramps46 replied to Deathgoblin's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
The rescue of the decals and the build of the Fujimi kit came out very well. Now just a smidgen of defense of the Heller kit. It was the only thing on the market at the time and surely had its problems, especially the fit of the rear bonnet. But we were happy to have it at the time and yes, we did build it.