1/12 GT40 Sebring - Miles / Ruby

[Chinacar]

Some in progress and finished pictures of the Ken Miles - Llyod Ruby car. Modified right front fender made it higher for more wheel travel, deleted the Guerney bump on the top of the doors (the bump was invented later) and deleted the rear intake scoops. I made my own decals with Adobe Illustrator and printed them out on self adhesive vinyl. Other than that the Magnifier kit was built box stock. 

[Zen]

WOW!, impressive.........

[Jim B]

Great looking GT40.  Really well done.

[vamach1]

Fantastic conversion and build.  I have seen some resin conversion kit and decals for the Daytona version.

Edited February 12, 2024 by vamach1

[Yeah Nah]

Superb job Alex! Your 'metalwork' is outstanding.

[Chinacar]

2 hours ago, vamach1 said:

Fantastic conversion and build.  I have some resin conversion kit and decals for the Daytona version.

Thanks for your nice comments. Who makes the Daytona conversion?

 

[Chinacar]

13 minutes ago, Yeah Nah said:

Superb job Alex! Your 'metalwork' is outstanding.

Thanks for your comment! I learned quite a bit about the shortcomings (door fit, plumbing) and positives (good proportion, accuracy of the body) of this kit. I'm well into the Denny Hulme Le Mans winner version, hopefully it will look much better.  

[vamach1]

3 hours ago, Chinacar said:

Thanks for your nice comments. Who makes the Daytona conversion?

 

I forgot an important word.  I have seen the conversion parts on Ebay.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/293770488065?hash=item446615e901:g:r7kAAOSwD75ffUP-&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwGAFfLNVCpnvjch39vyKm9UMQYHnxOir7DKWwYfDjv937QWuUgwdNieAvvd7e5vdwrGMUHIGOqd3KdlggqGbHUBbD67cUWbS0vh1VYzccZCf8xMOdcoBjDBZgu5n7CTnNYL1em%2B41xOKJTBvejNgmPCjfsFBZPDfxttu2599XY0EyQ9195INGzqMzp3Uan9X2gRe%2F2WmvsmoH%2FK8j%2BO%2Fj079cEfJf748t3k4tdhKNiVHW77Gw226Dr%2FaTuGQ1VzirA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-TCgLizYw

[Chinacar]

Thanks for the follow up! Seems like a handy thing to have, it saves a lot of time modifying kit parts. I still may build a Daytona version of the car but probably a different livery. I'm progressively getting better with each version. I'll have to post the pictures of my Denny Hulme winning black version as soon as I get it photographed. 

[Chinacar]

Thanks Jim, thanks Zen...

[Bainford]

Good looking GT-40. Nice work. I really liked this livery.

[Phildaupho]

Fantastic GT40 built from what must be a very good kit.

[Chinacar]

1 hour ago, Phildaupho said:

Fantastic GT40 built from what must be a very good kit.

The kit is not bad. It needs a bit of work in fit because so many things open, but detail is ok and there is a lot of reference to super detail. My next version will have more detail and more of the problems corrected than in this one. I have already bought a third kit as they are available for about $50, which is a great bargain for a kit like this.

[Chinacar]

On 2/14/2024 at 2:32 AM, drodg said:

Great job.   

 

On 2/14/2024 at 4:53 AM, Bainford said:

Nice B. Looks good in blue. I built one of these a couple years back, and quite liked the kit. I had to lower mine as well.

 

On 2/14/2024 at 4:57 AM, Jim B said:

Great looking MG.

 

On 2/14/2024 at 7:05 AM, karbuildr said:

Very nice build. I've been wondering about the Tamiya enamels. Nice color and on the body and interior.

 

On 2/16/2024 at 5:31 AM, slusher said:

Grear looking MG!

 

On 2/16/2024 at 5:50 AM, NOBLNG said:

That looks like a nice little kit. You did a nice job on it Alex!?

 

9 hours ago, ewetwo said:

Stunning build. 

 

9 hours ago, ncbuckeye67 said:

That is an amazing build. I love the blue!

 

6 hours ago, ea0863 said:

Great job on the build Alex, and thank you for the pros/cons of the kit.

Thank you!

[Rattlecan Dan]

Nice job! Looks great.

[Chinacar]

Thanks Dan!

 

[ea0863]

Absolute stunner Alex! 

[Sledsel]

Very very nice!!!! Impressive detailing on it!

[Allan31]

Very pretty, vinyl stickers?

[Chinacar]

Yeah, 3M self adhesive clear decal film. I figured most of the surfaces were simple surfaces, so it was simple to apply them. I used Adobe Illustrator to design the numbers (they weren't a standard font) and printed them out on a normal color printer at work. It was also an advantage the car was white. For the black hood I just masked and painted a white gumball.

[slusher]

Outstanding!

[ChrisR]

Awesome build!

[Chinacar]

On 3/27/2024 at 12:23 PM, slusher said:

Outstanding!

 

16 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Awesome build!

Thank you gentlemen

[Mark IV]

That is the Miles "Daytona" MK II, Sebring winner was the X1 chassis, a red roadster. 

[Chinacar]

You're right, my mistake. Thanks for that.