Dave B

This is my take on the Alan Mann Racing F3L/P68. I've built it as the version driven by Frank Gardner that blitzed the field in qualifying for the Spa round of the 1968 World Sportscar Championship. Frank put it on pole 5 seconds faster than the next quickest qualifier. In the race it rained and only lasted 1 lap before the electrics failed. What this car could have achieved with more input from Ford we will never know. Built from a 3D file and heavily modified to reflect the actual car. Finished in auto acrylic plain red and a nice bright gold, clear coated and polished. The decals are a combination of my spares, Patto's and my mate Phil, who also printed the body. Tks for looking Dave B

Looking good Helmut. You've already done more than I had to and you're putting in the small detail I missed out like the adjusting screws on the rear spoiler!! Dave B

That's a great build of something different Rich. Dave B

That's a great conversion, well done. Dave B

Because of the detail that would have been hidden I decided to separate the rear engine cover. Adding a little extra detail will be easier as I have contacted the current custodians of C100-004 and they are going to send me a few pics shortly. Hope I've got the radiators right!! I'll be modifying otherwise. Dave B

That's a beautiful build Michael, tks for posting. Dave B

Helmut, be careful, the David Hobbs car has been restored and may not reflect as raced back in period. Dave B

That's a nice clean build Allison, welcome. Dave B

Looking forward to this Helmut, you can do it and I'm sure it will look great when finished. I have a couple of other articles if you would like me to photograph them and send to you. Haven't got a scanner, sorry. If you want any help just ask Dave B

Ok, made the wheels. Rims are some I cast in resin some time back, centres are from an old Japanese kit but with the back sanded away so you can see through the spokes and tyres are resin printed from the file. As they have turned out reasonable I've decided to open up the engine bay. It won't be hinged, just lift off. My mate has printed the glass moulds for the P68 so until I get them off him I'll work on this. Dave B

Tks Helmut, I always use auto acrylics, the red is just pure red and the gold a mate gave me because I asked for some!! It's a lovely bright gold, he gave me about 250ml, said he didn't want it anymore. Dave B

Getting there. Still waiting on the glass moulds so I can clean them up and vacform. Also have to add exhausts, some minor ancillaries, clean up body, clear coat and polish. Dave B

Looks great Pierre, well worth the extra effort you put in. Dave B

I bought this file at the same time as the P68. It was a much better buy, value for money. The body, chassis, interior and roll cage are really good but the wheels are BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH. While I'm waiting for the decals and glass moulds to finish the P68 I've started cleaning this up and looking for a suitable alternative wheel to fit inside the printed tyre. Lengthened the chassis marginally to correct the fit and done a fair bit of work around the interior/roll cage to make it fit the chassis. I've also found an alternative BBS type wheel that I'm playing with. Now I've got to work out what goes between the interior and the panel that mounts the DFV. It's a fair gap and it actually does exist on the real thing but photos of this area, especially the 4th version that this file represents, are few and far between. It also needs to hide where I lengthened the chassis, senior moment when I did that!! Anyway tks for looking. Dave B

Nice build Damien, tks for sharing. Dave B

Great looking build Damien, looking forward to seeing more from you. Dave B

Yes, I'm only using my phone for WIP builds and I feel the phone distorts the image. I use my digital camera when posting Under Glass. Dave B

That's looking exceptional Pierre, congratulations. Dave B

Getting there, the body is about where I want it. The mock up is sitting a little low but I couldn't resist posting it on wheels. Dave B

Great build, love the orange. Dave B

Basically got the body where I want it, it will be Frank Gardner's car as raced at Spa. Hope to start painting soon. Also waiting for Patto to get back from his break for the decals. Dave B

Hi Helmut, they wouldn't be a bad option but the best, and what I should have done, is to mould a Porsche 917 centre and fit that to an appropriate rim/tyre. I was out of resin and couldn't be bothered buying a pack just to do 4 centres. I just don't do much resin casting these days. Dave B

Wheels are done and just when I think I've finished with the body I find something else to do!! More work around the rear now I have deepened it. Dave B

I've decided to bite the bullet on the body. The rear needs deepening so I'm going to cut along the pencil line and add around .040" of extra depth. I'll play it by ear a bit until it looks right to me. The rear tail light area is definitely too shallow!! Dave B

Ok, have finished the interior and now it at least resembles that of the P68. I'm pretty happy with it considering what I started with. I've included water pipe, gear shift linkage, correct style seats, seat belt and corrected the gauge layout in the dashboard. I've now started on the body in ernest and also started looking at the C100 I bought at the same time and my mate printed for me. Dave B