Aurora 1/25 Ford GT

[jet]

My first custom and it is a challenge.
Aurora Ford GT with Outlaw Resin Ford 427 big block with Weber carbs.

[Snake45]

Very interesting! I have one of these in the stash to do so I'll be following along to see how you make out with it. Drive on!

[vamach1]

I have built one box stock so seeing what else can be done will be nice.

[espo]

Looks like a great kit. The Resin engine looks outstanding. 

[jet]

This car in real life is only 40" tall which makes this kit in 1/25 scale pretty small and using a large engine and in 1/24 scale, it is not a good match.  The exhaust might have to be changed to a down and out instead of up and over type layout and the engine cylinders are laid down pretty flat so that doesn't help much either.

I picked up some .015 clear styrene for the gauge project for today but that might change to leveling out the resin seats so they match.  One was sanded too thin to work with so Im going to stick them to some fun tac, square them up and then pour some JB weld under them, let them set and sand the edges.  They are too tall so I'm going to cut down the headrest some, put in some seat belt holes and separate the backs from the seat to lower them and then reglue the seat bottoms

Plenty of room for a wiper motor to finish off the wiper PE kit.  There's a resin one but too costly to order so I'm going to gather pics and scratch build.  The first cut on the kit was to widen the shift gate area for PE

The stock rear tires were a joke.  The fronts were fine and the wire wheels weren't bad but I stepped it up with some Fujimi Narrow Wire Wheels 18" and a set of big and littles from the ancient parts box I've kept along.  Arii BF Goodrich tires which might have to be cut for width as much as I hate the thought of it.

I bought a Revell Shelby Cobra S/C kit for some small donor parts like a gas cap and mirror, maybe the wire wheels if the big boys dont work.  I've sanded some detail off of the firewall already that will work nice on the GT.  First time having to sand resin too.  An 8 x 8 aluminum brownie pan and a thick glass picture frame which is all glass with some good 3M paper on it works.  Other ways do not.

 I bought some brass rod ends on a PE sheet to help fab some suspension rods.  Adding a PE oil cooler in back, nice small unit.

I really want to see my trio of 60's cars built.
 

Edited June 4, 2017 by jet
added pics

[Eddie Cremer]

You might already know this, but that resin engine you are using is a representation of the 1964 single overhead cam (Cammer) 427.  Those were never in a Ford GT or a Ford GT40.  The Mk. II's and Mk. IV's used a NASCAR 427.  The Ford GT used a small block 289.

[absmiami]

That’s okay

its a custom ...

 

[absmiami]

And ANY excuse to build an Aurora kit. ...  is a good excuse ...

[Eddie Cremer]

4 hours ago, absmiami said:

And ANY excuse to build an Aurora kit. ...  is a good excuse ...

It wasn't a criticism, in any way.  Just wanted you to know.  I think it would have been kind of intriguing for Ford to put the Cammer in the original GT, just to see what happened.

I've always wanted both an Aurora and an Entex/Bandai 1/16th scale Mercer, but it's never going to happen . . .