Revell Easy-Click Ford GT40

[70 Sting]

Good Evening,

Tried something a little easier after my previous build. Figured I'd give it a decent paint job and a little brush painting for detail. I stayed with blue for the body (decanted Tamiya TS-19 Metallic Blue) over grey primer and cleared with TS-13. The interior was painted semi-gloss black (Tamiya X-18) with factory option white accents (I did a sub-par job on this). The wheels were painted with AK Metallizer White Aluminum.

What I learned:

1. The parts seem to be a different type of plastic, perhaps a little softer.

2. The panel lines were quite wide and extra care had to be taken with the scriber not to make a jagged mess - fixed a couple of those with putty.

3. White glue does not self level - even thinned with water. The side mirrors are hollow so I thought I could fill them with glue and paint them afterwards. Fail.

4. I prefer TS-13 over X-22 as it dries much quicker and less prone to fingerprints.

Thanks for looking.

Edited February 8, 2022 by 70 Sting

[Ace-Garageguy]

Looks good. I'm need one.  

[Mattilacken]

Nice build! That built up nicley!

[iamsuperdan]

That actually turned out really nice!

Other than ride height, I don't think it needs anything changed at all.

[cobraman]

Looks good !  I may have to spring for one of those.

[bbowser]

Beautiful color, looks really nice!  You may have sold another one to me as well.

[ModelcarJR]

Great paint! Nice work! ??

[Kah puts]

Looking good. 

[charger74]

Very nice 

[70 Sting]

On 2/8/2022 at 4:40 PM, iamsuperdan said:

That actually turned out really nice!

Other than ride height, I don't think it needs anything changed at all.

Probably wouldn’t have been too difficult to lower this one. Really wanted the Tamiya kit but I heard it can be a tricky one to build.

[PappyD340]

Turned out great!

[happy grumpy]

Great looking GT, although a simple kit it turns out quite nice. I have the Tamiya kit and I will have to study more before I commit to building it. And I agree TS 13 is what I use 90% of the time, I also use Alclad gloss coat for some projects, it is a little trickier to apply though. Nice choice of color.

[deuces wild]

The company I work for cast the prototype aluminum intake manifolds for these and I did the machine work on those... I have pictures of those, but I'm not allowed to post them... ?

[70 Sting]

19 hours ago, happy grumpy said:

Great looking GT, although a simple kit it turns out quite nice. I have the Tamiya kit and I will have to study more before I commit to building it. And I agree TS 13 is what I use 90% of the time, I also use Alclad gloss coat for some projects, it is a little trickier to apply though. Nice choice of color.

@happy grumpy Interesting timing… I bought some Alclad bright silver base, candy paint and Aqua clear which I plan to use for the first time on an upcoming model (hope I’m not biting off more than I can chew). Any special considerations for a first time user? Thanks!

[70 Sting]

9 hours ago, deuces wild said:

The company I work for cast the prototype aluminum intake manifolds for these and I did the machine work on those... I have pictures of those, but I'm not allowed to post them... ?

@deuces wild The Revell kit didn’t come with any of that… ?

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[happy grumpy]

The base coat is straight forward. The color coats work best in light coats and 5 to 10 min between coats. The clear is a little bit more tricky at least it was for me. What works  best  for me  is to lay 3 light coats and wait 5 to 10 min in between. For heavier coats I wait overnight between each heavy coat but 2 to 3 hours should be fine. I you coat too early you risk getting orange peel  so I just leave plenty of time to let the underlying coat to cure (probably a little shrinking too ) . It polishes nicely after that but be prepared to have a dust magnet, I don’t know why but  this type pf paint attar acts dust like no other paint that I have used.

Here’s a bug that I recently did in cobalt blue. I hope you won’t mind showing it on your thread. As you can see even after cleaning it just taking the pictures brought some dust on it.

Regards.

Edited February 12, 2022 by happy grumpy

[70 Sting]

@happy grumpy Thanks for the detailed reply. I haven’t been airbrushIng that long and likely would have made a mess with my current process. I’m going to save your tips for when I build the kit.

Your Bug looks great and the set is awesome, too. ?

[TransAmMike]

Very cool Harry. Snap kits now days can be made to look great as yours is.?

[70 Sting]

Thanks @TransAmMike  It was a nice break from sweating the details of a more complicated kit. ?

[TransAmMike]

48 minutes ago, 70 Sting said:

Thanks @TransAmMike  It was a nice break from sweating the details of a more complicated kit. ?

Man, I know what you mean! 

[Oliver77]

I agree on the snap kit. I built the 2017 Le Mans detail kit as a street car, which doesn't make much sense! You really cannot see much inside the car, and I hated to not use the beautiful decal sheet.

 

[70 Sting]

Such a cool looking car - all the original race cars to modern hyper car. ?  
Just watched Ford vs. Ferrari… I wouldn’t mind getting my hands on one of those 1:24 Meng kits… but the price ?

[slusher]

Very sharp!

[vamach1]

I opened up my kit and noticed it was going to almost be impossible to paint as one piece so I took it apart like you did.  Mine is molded in white so not sure what color I may paint it - perhaps red.