kpnuts Posted December 8, 2020 Posted December 8, 2020 Hi all well this arrived today Admittedly I had to wait a while (I ordered it on 27 oct with my birthday money) Let me tell you it was well worth the wait and for 68 quid incredible value for money. I knew there were some errors on it from watching other builds of it. The quality of the kit has surprised me, it is incredible, For instance look at the quality of the chrome Unfortunately its wrong (not even sure if you can chrome an engine block) no matter 5 mind in bleach and that problem is cured And im not sure why they went to the trouble of pre painting the top of the engine gold as that's wrong too.
JohnnyK Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 That looks to me to be a reboxed Trumpeter GT40. I bought that kit a few years ago for $350. You will have a lot of fun building that model. It's a well engineered model. I don't remember the engine block being chrome plated on the Trumpeter kit?
vamach1 Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) You may want to spring for these 3D parts too. There are some very expensive upgrade kits by KA but he price on this 3D engine accessory kit I found was reasonable . I paid about $150 USD for the Trumpeter kit on sale at a Hobby Shop years ago which was a very good price back then. Edited December 9, 2020 by vamach1
JohnnyK Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 I have no idea why the intake manifold was repainted gold!! I think that a very inexpensive way to upgrade the appearance of this model is by installing braided hoses and aluminum hose fittings. The KA upgrade kit has some very nice PE parts. Note the PE on the sides of the oil cooler radiator. I usually don't post photos of my models on someone else's post, but I thought that my photo would be helpful. The KA aluminum exhaust pipes look way better that the plastic ones that are included with the kit. I know that the KA upgrade kit is expensive, but it makes a really nice kit so much better. I would suggest that you search the Internet for detail photos of the actual race cars. You can get some nice detailing information from those photos.
himynameisgreg1 Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 Just finished this one up recently and while it's a ton of work, it was a lot of fun. Good luck, I'll be following along!
JohnnyK Posted December 9, 2020 Posted December 9, 2020 This was the first large scale model that I built. Great fun!
kpnuts Posted December 13, 2020 Author Posted December 13, 2020 Hi all, in the reviews I've read of this kit it has said to ditch the kit supplied braided hoses as the fray and fall apart when cut, don't, just spray them with your missus hairspray (don't tell her though) It seems a great kit but there is no ford moulds or insignia anywhere on the kit, I assume that's a copyright issue to do with it originally being a trumpeter kit, just a small point but I thought I would mention it. If you wanted you could always get decals for that.
kpnuts Posted December 15, 2020 Author Posted December 15, 2020 There is no distributor supplied in the GT40 kit, glass beads to the rescue I've added the carb to the engine (I really like this kit the fit of everything is really good)
cobraman Posted December 16, 2020 Posted December 16, 2020 Interesting solution to the lack of distributor.
kpnuts Posted December 17, 2020 Author Posted December 17, 2020 Hi all the distributor is made and installed Sprayed the floor pan Tried the engine in it. No idea where the coil is placed on this car so left an extra long ht coil lead.
cobraman Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 Coming along nicely. Going to help when I build mine.
kpnuts Posted December 20, 2020 Author Posted December 20, 2020 Hi all more work on the GT40. The Leds arrived and they really are micro.
Funkychiken Posted January 1, 2021 Posted January 1, 2021 Absolutely fantastic build so far! Thanks for sharing... I've wanted one, but it's too big, I've got nowhere to stash it...
kpnuts Posted January 10, 2021 Author Posted January 10, 2021 Hi all I haven't forgotten this just been waiting for better weather (spraying in the shed has been so cold) im pleased how the gloss has turned out on this.
kpnuts Posted January 11, 2021 Author Posted January 11, 2021 Started lighting up the GT40, just got to figure out how to make the indicators flash and how to add the fibre optics for lighting up the dashboard
vamach1 Posted January 11, 2021 Posted January 11, 2021 Looking very cool. The Otaki 1/12 Mustang Mach1 has bulbs for the headlights and taillights and a battery compartment.
kpnuts Posted January 15, 2021 Author Posted January 15, 2021 More work on this one. More work on this one (the rear clam shell is just rested on there to see how it looks)
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