Pierre Rivard

It was just me getting anxious. Decals came in today and the one sheet covers needs for 5 different cars. Fabulous!

Thanks Trevor. I went a different route and got a few resin sets from the great Mr Bradford through Randy Ditton at Model Builder's Warehouse. Randy has been fantastic in making it happen very fast.

Dan, that's what I call a fast build. I wanted to follow this one because this kit is on my potential list and then...you're almost done! Do you recommend this Revell kit?

Yup, gotta be brave to take on this paint job. Mission accomplished!

Thank you sir. Good to know...I just have to be patient (not easy for me)

Looking good. This red matches well the real car's interior.

Wow William, both the Maserati and the Alfa are simply stunning builds. The Alpha looks like a beast of a car. Wonderful how cars all looked different from each other back then.

Thank you all for the input, JC, thanks for info about Mr Bradford. I got in touch with Randy. Great service, parts will be shipped today. Richard, good for you if you don't have to fill slots. Plenty of work elsewhere on this project. Mark, I confirm, the Revell kit is a repop of the AM kit. Anyone had issues with decals deliveries from V-R-M? Purchased 2 weeks ago, PayPal payment went through, no decals received and no answer to my inquiry...

I remember following your conversion of the AMT Vette. That was epic. I am attempting the shortcut route with the AM kit. It has it's own issues but it's manageable.

I agree. Now I need some tire replacement for this GT40 and wheels & tires for some Cobra projects. I sent an email to Randy at MBW to see if Mr Bradford still makes wheel/tire sets.

Now everything fits nicely. A quick mock up of the interior shows the IP pretty tight to the cowl possibly not leaving enough room for the glass. But that's for another day. I made the decision to dump the kit tires. They are too big, particularly the fronts. I like the wheels and they mate perfectly to the Fujimi GT40 tires. I will use those for this car and eventually find some replacements for the GT40 The picture below shows the new tires on the car.

A bit of a setback as I added the fuel tank and spare tire. The tail of the car sits up like a dragster...again. The spare was easy. I added 0.5 mm spacers to the upper attachments, thus tilting the tire down by about 2 mm. The fuel tank was a harder task. First the visual instructions ask to mate the 2 halves opposite of the way the molded pegs guide the 2 parts together, so which is right. After ungluing and trying both ways... The way the 2 halves naturally mate is the right way but the diff still crashes to the underside of the tank. After efforts to grind some local relief I ended up removing 2mm from the top side of the tank.

White will turn red into pink. I'd try to add some yellow to the red.

Very nice build, and it has survived the test of time. Impressive.

Congratulations Urs for such a beautiful build. I went back to your w.i.p. and find your work impressive to say the least.

Thanks guys, I like the way she sits. She now looks more like a race car. Lots of work on making stuff fit and integrate but I got used to that building dark side Nascar racers out of street car kits. I look forward to the rest of this build.

Mastering the miniature world!

Dremel is the gold standard but the small one was not available here when I finally decided I should get one. I found this inexpensive alternative on Amazon for about $30. Justool Minigrinder. Light, cordless, 5 speed setting (3000 to 15000) and with a bag of accessories. Tried it for the first time yesterday and it i really like it.

And finally the result.

Discovered yet one more interference to fix. Tire contact to roll bar support. Fixed that and Thinned at an angle the back side of the rear disc/hub part to get rear wheels to align properly. For the front side I still need to go lower. The fit from hub/disk to upright is a square into square so I removed some material to allow to slide the interface up. Lots of finessing to get the 4 tires to sit square to the ground.

Today I tackled on finishing the chassis ride height. This is a major issue with this kit and a must fix for me to proceed with the rest of the build. I first took action on Bill's observation that the body's fender lips need thinning. I want to address this first before finessing the wheel positioning. My first time using a mini grinder...cools and a bit scary. Worked out ok, with some finesse sanding to follow. I might want to remove more material eventually, not sure.

Thank you all. Feedback much appreciated!

Definitely Vallejo. Brush painting Tamiya is mission impossible.

Don't know a thing about drag racing but this is an awesome looking build. Simply formidable!

I'm always amazed to see such clean component fabrication. They always look like they were crispy molded that way. Thank you from sharing Professor Reckner!