GT-40 from Carroll Shelby's Museum

[meechum68]

After seeing this car again, I decided it will be one of my holy grail builds.  1:12 kit and yeah. I took the pics I did to help myself, but to help others who may have this in there stash.

Plus it's just a bad ass car that I really love. 

[Mattilacken]

Great shots of an epic car! It’s always fascinating that they look so big when they actually are so small by today’s standards. A fellow car enthusiast in town built a replica and they are so small! 

[meechum68]

Thank you! This thing is .. amazing. Even with the others there, this one always takes center stage for me.

 

[Stu238]

13 hours ago, meechum68 said:

Really lovely photos. This is also one I have in my stash too at 1/12 scale. Also my favourite version. Always looking for detailed photos. Thank you

[meechum68]

8 hours ago, Stu238 said:

Really lovely photos. This is also one I have in my stash too at 1/12 scale. Also my favourite version. Always looking for detailed photos. Thank you

Your welcome, I just wish I could of gotten under the hood to see the engine details.  

[vamach1]

I can probably dig out some photos of P1015.  The original MKII is in the Boulder Shelby Collection so most you see on the exterior look identical are the ones Hillbank makes for Shelby likes this black MKII.  Nothing wrong with that as the originals are all tucked away in collections or museums.  The MENG and Trumpeter/Magnifer kits are based on the “newer” ones which have more modern updates for reliability and safety.  However having provided one of the Magnifer kits for a group build I made note of several kits inaccuracies and “missing” parts that leads me to believe if the part was hidden from view on the car no one would notice on a 1/12 scale kit if they did not include a distributor.  I guess the plug wires could just hide under the “distributor” cover.

As the Trumpeter kits came out 17 years ago there are numerous build reviews and separate upgrade parts kits cost more than the price of what the Magnifer kits sells for these days.  I posted pictures of the group build and make notes along the way of changes made on the fly especially when it came to the cooling, fuel and oil line routing.  Despite the challenged the kit came out very nice looking (even without adding the decals) which have not made it on the beautiful black paint yet.  I have the MENG kit also but I cannot comment whether it is three times better but it much more expensive and I think it out of production but they are still out there for sale on auction sites.  The market was flooded with the Magnifer kits a few years ago that are about 1/4 the cost of the MENG ones.

[vamach1]

 

[vamach1]

Boulder CO Shelby museum.  A must visit for Shelby racing history with dozens of the original race cars.   These cars have inspired thousands of continuation, tributes, kits or whatever you want to call them.  One thing you may notice right off the bat that P1015 has the wheels painted in black versus gold.

[meechum68]

I have been to Boulder a couple times, and next time I get that way, I will definitely stop there!  

 

[vamach1]

All three were brought to Pebble Beach Concours nine years ago along many MKI’s and MKIV’s.  The #1 and #5 cars are in Boulder.

[vamach1]

The black MKII P1046 Lemans winner (restored)

https://www.shootfordetails.com/the-details-matter/lemansgt40

 

[vamach1]

The Model Car Creations Group build.  Pictures by Robert Barloski.

 

[Stu238]

I'm loving this thread.

Just makes me want to get started but in the middle of a house move that will prove a little tricky. 😒

Thanks, Stu