MonoPed Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 Got a pair of Pegasus sleeves with Michelin Pilot type tires today (Thanx Matt!!), and went to work. I narrowed the Tamiya wheel, then chucked it into a drill and milled the wheel down with a file. Still have a little fine tuning of the Tamiya wheel's edge to do, but the larger wheel and tire fits the car quite well. Update: Finished up the wheel mods on the GT. Touched up all the nicks and scratches with Tamiya TS-30 silver, did a final bit of finishing on the wheel edges and glued them in the sleeves with Zap CA. The O.D. of the new wheels and tires are identical to the kit's wheels and tires, so there was no need to raise or lower the suspension to get the stance. Now it's off to the strip tank for the body and chrome parts... Brian
Steve H. Posted December 12, 2006 Posted December 12, 2006 A definite improvement, those wheels fit very nicely!
Matt T. Posted December 12, 2006 Posted December 12, 2006 Oh Yeah!! They look so much better on there than in my parts drawer. I think that's a huge improvement. Glad I could help.
MrObsessive Posted December 12, 2006 Posted December 12, 2006 YES!! That definitely fills those wheelwells up the way it should! 8) I've always thought that wheel choice and stance can make or break a model................it's one of the first things I notice when I see a model on display at a show for instance. :wink:
MonoPed Posted December 12, 2006 Author Posted December 12, 2006 YES!! That definitely fills those wheelwells up the way it should! 8) I've always thought that wheel choice and stance can make or break a model................it's one of the first things I notice when I see a model on display at a show for instance. :wink: You got that right, the wheels and tires in the GT kit are, well, never going to be used on anything. Ever.
MonoPed Posted December 19, 2006 Author Posted December 19, 2006 Startin' to get the modeller's mojo back, so I went to work on the Ford GT's chassis. Nothing special, no mods other than the wheels and brakes. Since it was moulded in black, I left it alone and sprayed all the silver parts with various silver paints. Also added new exhaust tips made from polished amluminum tube. The engine is wrong ( kit has SOHC heads, the 1:1 has DOHC heads), but since the deck doesn't open, no point in reinventing the wheel. Also have the body primed, and just about ready for paint. Who knows, I might actually finish it before year's end...lol!!
Jairus Posted December 19, 2006 Posted December 19, 2006 Looks kind of cool without the body on too.... Wonder if a model could be built by leaving the body off and just showing off the structure and simply fiberglass panels mixed with aluminum structure for styling? Hmmmmmm
Daniel Peterson Posted December 20, 2006 Posted December 20, 2006 Yup, I think the wheels work! I'm looking forward to the closing phases of this build-up. Looks really sweet!
S10man Posted December 20, 2006 Posted December 20, 2006 Beautiful work Brian. The wheels are perfect! The rolling chassis does look really good.....a shame to hide most of it with the body.
MonoPed Posted December 20, 2006 Author Posted December 20, 2006 Well, The GT has suffered a small setback, but better now than later. I stripped the factory finish off, and got it in Duplicolor white primer. Well, it seemed like the primer didn't want to fully harden. Even after three days, it would immediatey clog the sand paper, even with dish soap in the water. never had Duplicolor primers act this way. Soooo, it now resides back in the strip tank with a fresh batch of CSC, and will soon (hopefully) be in Tamiya white primer...
S10man Posted December 21, 2006 Posted December 21, 2006 Well, it seemed like the primer didn't want to fully harden. Even after three days, it would immediatey clog the sand paper, even with dish soap in the water. never had Duplicolor primers act this way. ... What a bummer Brian. I've used a lot of Duplicolor white and never had that problem. Hopefully it was just one bad can. Good luck with the re-finishing.
MonoPed Posted December 21, 2006 Author Posted December 21, 2006 What a bummer Brian. I've used a lot of Duplicolor white and never had that problem. Hopefully it was just one bad can. Good luck with the re-finishing. That's what I was thinking, gotta be a bad can. On the plus side, it's out of the strip tank, so it should be in Tamiya primer soon, maybe tomorrow.
MonoPed Posted December 24, 2006 Author Posted December 24, 2006 Well, It's out of the strip tank. I've never seen Duplicolor paint or primer come off as easy as this did, so there was definitely something up with that primer. Three thin coats of Tamiya primer, a little spot putty, and a bit of wetsanding, and it is ready for color. I wanted to paint today, but the weather here in FL tossed a wrench into those plans. I need to get paint on it this week if it's gonna be done this year...
MonoPed Posted December 26, 2006 Author Posted December 26, 2006 Well, that was fun...not. Mixed the paint and started spraying the GT when I noticed some lumps hitting the surface. Looked in the jar, and the paint had started clumping, thus ending the shortest paint session of recent memory. I'm beginning the think this project is cursed. At any rate, it won't be done anytime soon...
Steve H. Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 man, That sucks. This project was coming along nicely, too! Can you strain the paint and continue on? (of course, after cleaning the paint boogers off the model :shock: )
MonoPed Posted December 27, 2006 Author Posted December 27, 2006 No, There weren't any clumps when it went into the airbrush jar. After dumping the paint into a larger container, there were even more of these clumps. To be honest, I don't even want to look at this project right now. I'm just glad the gremlins bit this one instead of the Ferrari...
Daniel Peterson Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 Apparently "the farce" is strong with this one... Take a couple days away, and hit it fresh again. Don't let it beat you!!
JAFFA Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 Im sorry for ya man! That sucks! maybe this is not a good time to ask, but where can i get my hands on seats like theese?? once again SORRY!
MonoPed Posted December 27, 2006 Author Posted December 27, 2006 maybe this is not a good time to ask, but where can i get my handson seats like theese?? Pick up a Ford GT kit. The seats are kinda cool, and would look at home in a tuner car...
MonoPed Posted December 30, 2006 Author Posted December 30, 2006 It's in color...woohoo!! Sprayed some Tamiya TS-51 Racing Blue this afternoon, and am a little surprised. It's a bit more "burple" than I thought it would be, and has a little more flake than I thought it would, but it's a pretty close match to Ford SVT Sonic Blue. I need to fog a little more color in the radiator ducts, then it's on to decals and clear. Be nice to get this one done and get back to the Ferrari... btw: the pics make it look a bit lighter than it really is.
MrObsessive Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 You did it!! Looks great Brian! My Sonic Blue '05 Mustang that I did does have a slight hint of red in it in certain light. So that color is a great match! 8) Don't give up now!!
Andy Wyatt Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 Looking good! Glad to see ya back at it...now you gotta get it finished. Can't wait to see it done!
Matt T. Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 Attaboy! Way to stick with it. It's gonna look great!
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