Ford P68 Alan Mann Racing Nurburgring 1968

[Rich Chernosky]

A while back there was a post on this car and the Profil 24 kit was mentioned. As a dedicated Ford GT collector this was a "gotta have" .  The kit has been long discontinued. But luckily, one dropped into my clutches and I just couldn't wait to finish it.  Color on this is Tamiya LP50  Bright red. I had originally painted it Humbrol #19 red to match a 1/32 model I had of this car. But it turned out too dark and after waiting a month for the Humbrol to cure I sanded it down and carefully sprayed it with the Tamiya. Carefully, because the Tamiya would wrinkle the Humbrol if sprayed in too heavy a coat.  So several light coats brought it up on color.  Below is the model with more details in the picture captions. 

Heres how it all starts.  Resin has to be washed carefully to clean mold release, then lots of trimming ,sanding and priming. 

And here is the finished product about a month later. Body was real sharp and required the usual prep but not so much sanding.

Rear veiw and more detail. The stop and direction lights were included in the kit and required only attaching to the body.

Decals in the kit were scary at first as they were the only copy. But they turned out to be some of the best decals I have applied. Responded to solvent well and laid down nice and smooth. They didn't miss too much either.

I really like this shot of the car. I t shows off the real beauty of the design. At the end of 1967 the FIA reduced the engine capacity on all prototypes to 5 litres. This effectively eliminated the big block Fords.  Ford asked Alan Mann to design and build a car around the successful Ford DFV engine used in F-1.  The car was sleek and fast but a series of unfortunate events prevented it from winning. Comments welcome. 

This is my current Ford P68 collection. in the back is the 1/24 from this post. Front right is an  Airfix 1/32 that I posted some time ago. The 1/64 is a resin cast I aquired  off Ebay that was meant for HO slot racing. I used a slot type chassis and hand painted it. It will take a racing chassis but I think it is too beautiful to race. 

[1959scudetto]

Very nice replica, Rich - this is one of my absolute favorite racers because of its sheer beauty.

You did this kit justice and the profil 24 kit has the correct proportions. Well done !

[Jim B]

Cool looking Ford.  Never heard of it.  Well done.

[stavanzer]

Great Build, of a rare Ford!

The pic with all 3 cars is great.

 

Good Show.

[Dragline]

Stunning car brother. A little known yet gorgeous car. Your work is impeccable

[bondo bill]

cool build

[ChrisR]

Very nice.

[Gramps46]

Super nice build.

[ea0863]

Rich, I swear I thought I was looking at reference photos of the 1:1 car, and only realized halfway down the post you were showing your model! So much skill, and such an interesting car!

[Rich Chernosky]

23 hours ago, 1959scudetto said:

Very nice replica, Rich - this is one of my absolute favorite racers because of its sheer beauty.

You did this kit justice and the profil 24 kit has the correct proportions. Well done !

Thank you  very much Helmut.  It was a fun project. 

 

21 hours ago, Jim B said:

Cool looking Ford.  Never heard of it.  Well done.

Thank youi Jim

 

20 hours ago, stavanzer said:

Great Build, of a rare Ford!

The pic with all 3 cars is great.

 

Good Show.

Thank you Alan. I have many cars that are the same in different scales. Makes a cool display. 

 

20 hours ago, Dragline said:

Stunning car brother. A little known yet gorgeous car. Your work is impeccable

Thank you for the high praise Bob

 

11 hours ago, bondo bill said:

cool build

Thanks

 

6 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Very nice.

Thanks

 

2 hours ago, Gramps46 said:

Super nice build.

Thank you Gary. I feel very fortunate to have been able to aquire this and add to my Ford GT collection. 

 

1 hour ago, ea0863 said:

Rich, I swear I thought I was looking at reference photos of the 1:1 car, and only realized halfway down the post you were showing your model! So much skill, and such an interesting car!

Thank you Emre. Couldn't ask for any higher praise than that.