Ford GT Liquid Blue by Revell

Technics · June 1

This kit came in a bundle and ended up being completely free once I sold off the associated cars which were not of interest!

The kit looks excellently detailed and being a modern release I’m hoping it’s perfect to assemble even if it’s not a Tamiya.. I have read mixed reviews of it however... It can´t be worse then the Lotus Esprit anyway!

The box art livery is ok but I thought about doing a more modern and exciting ( to me ) feeling.

- single color Ford Liquid Blue with matte clear or pearl stripes

Dual centered stripes that are stuble on a car is something very seldom I would consider so it could be the way forward. They land on some horribly difficult air inlet areas so I’m not certain.

Technics · June 1

I started fusing the main body parts together. There’s a few seam lines to address and tricky surfaces to clean once you join the main body parts. It didn’t help that I was a bit sloppy with the CA so there’s more clean up then there should have been. Also scribing clean the part lines.

I bet the Tamiya kit is perfect but it is not the LM version which is ultimately more exciting to me.

I plowed through a bunch of steps in the manual fusing parts into assemblies for ease of painting and detailing. It’s no where near as good as a kit as the Land Rover III. German vs American Revell?

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Technics · June 1

Working my way through primer and sanding, some dry fitting for motivation. Looks fantastic as a package.

Maybe it’s just me but I can’t stand Revell Germany boxes. Completely unintuitive and unusable during the build process for me. Small side slot opening, parts sloshing around. I disguised a useable box as the ford project instead 😂🤠

Some more improvement parts arrived, just because it’s fun. Upgrades are something I never really understood until recently but it is really fun I’ve learned during the lotus build… and some of the upgrades can bring drastic improvements. If it feels exciting and propels the build forward I’m all for it now! Diffuser, fuel caps, air hose, wheel. I got it just for the diffuser but the rest won’t hurt if I manage to get them into the model nicely.

Technics · June 1

Clipped off the front air cardinals and trued up the front not to have soft undercut features revell made.

I cut away and fused in the aftermarket diffuser.

Mated the chassis to body for mock-up, a first - window trims came pre painted. But bizarrely slightly transparent / worn out decal feeling.. think it’ll work though.

Love how it looks!!

Wheels will need a slight offset during final assembly. I will begin to drill and cut away necessary cavities I find based from photos I don’t know what I was thinking shooting paint before studying references more 😃.

Technics · June 1

Primed rear section of chassis in black.

Cut out front air intakes

Drilled out some front holes on the body based of references

Drilled out center section of fuel inlet for some depth

Technics · June 1

Here’s the colour I will be going with.

absmiami · June 1

This is really gonna turn out great - and the Decalcas parts set is nice - i’ve been getting a bunch of their stuff - Revell of Germany has always done 24th scale - which is nice - and their boxes have always sucked - for years …

Technics · June 2

I find the colour so very attractive, somehow understated in its matte finish I feel like keeping it.

The body prepping wasn’t perfect but i hope the overall build quality / gloss will keep your attention. I’m content!

3 layers of paint straight from the bottle. “water” based paint this version, still has a door but not harsh.

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Rattlecan Dan · June 7

Such nice work is great to see. Very inspiring. Enviable as well.

SpeedAndViolence · June 16

Absolutely will be watching this... Been interested in getting both this and the Tamiya kit, but I too prefer the LM version. Looking forward to seeing more!

Technics · June 25

@SpeedAndViolence

Thank you! Yeah I’m a sucker for race cars with and without livery!

I continued with a bit of fun. Hood intake inlets wrapped in carbon fiber decal and photo etch mimicking im guessing a intercooler / radiator.

Might kick back the silver a bit more if it feels too bright compared to the rest. Or paint it darker gunmetal of sorts.

Ironically it’s actually painted with metal paint the original raw photoetch showed an undesirable hairline surface crack when I did a panel wash to bring out some detail after the metal paint. Nearly identical the paint vs the photo etch.

Body shows hints of shape that isn’t 100% what the real car is like but i think as a clean build it will look exciting due to the dramatic.

The carbon isn’t perfect will likely leave raw or might matte clear it.

Technics · June 25

Can’t get much better out of the can without polishing. We’ll see if I go down that route. I’m usually “over it” by the time that stage comes. Having never properly polished out a finish.. I just fear sanded through edges. However I did buy a new micro polisher and some automotive compounds so maybe I will give it a go with the new toys after some test runs on scrap pieces.

I feel the colour is phenomenal. Very pleased.

Freshly vaccumed, newly layed overspray paper, I mist the room with water from a bottle in an attempt to land anything airborne.

My process was one light coat. Two wet coats with wet sanding 3000 grit between all, approximately 30 minutes between each. I’m spraying quite close to the model itself, constant moving with intent.

I got two drips which may or may not be noticeable. It’ll have some track soot so it might get solved without much work.