Eric C Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 (edited) This is the Simil'R Ford GT just finished today. Building this kit was a challenge at times. I'm not going to bash the kit with a bunch of negative comments but I will say there were some fit problems and a lack of molded in detail on the individual parts (even though there are a lot of parts). My doors also didn't fit well and I had to choose opened or closed and I chose closed because that's how I prefer to display my models. The decals in this kit are fantastic! Painted with Tamiya Deep Metallic Blue and cleared with Tamiya clear then polished. Wheels are painted with TS-30 Silver Leaf. Built for the most part out of the box but not completely. I added the antenna from wire and the body latches from some spare PE sets I had and replaced the kit headlights. The Lemans car is supposed to have yellow tinted headlight covers but I preferred clear. I also changed out the kit windshield wiper because the one that came with the kit thick as a brick... Thanks for looking. Edited February 12, 2012 by Eric C
martinfan5 Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Very nice , I like it a lot, I was reading about this kit I think on a UK forum.
peter31a Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 That is a beautiful build of that kit! As I recall the Simil'r Rally car kit had simil'r problems. Too bad as they are producing some neat subjects.
Chillyb1 Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Man, oh, man, is that cool or what? I love it. Do all the carbon fiber decals come with kit? You've done an excellent job. And what about the tire markings? Did you do that yourself or are decals involved?
ffreak Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 That is SOOO Awesome Eric !!! I knew you would do an amazing job on this and you didn't disappoint !!! Thx. for sharin the pics !! Now I want one !!!
Reeves Racing Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 What ever the issues with the kit were, it didn't matter.... You did an OUTSTANDING job! Just beautiful. Thanks for posting.
ShawnS Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 OOOHH. That's a fantastic build Eric. Very nicely finished. The engine bay does look like it lacks fine details but It doesn't detract from the finished product though.
airb Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Nice build, a fantastic car to. The decals look just right.
Eric C Posted February 12, 2012 Author Posted February 12, 2012 Man, oh, man, is that cool or what? I love it. Do all the carbon fiber decals come with kit? You've done an excellent job. And what about the tire markings? Did you do that yourself or are decals involved? Thanks guys. Curtis, all the carbon fiber I used came with the kit already printed in the correct shape and fit very well. The lettering on the tires was done freehand with a fine-line paint brush and thinned acrylic paint. This was my first attempt at trying it. Overall I'm happy with how the lettering came out but if I could have made the lettering a little smaller I would have been happier. I guess thats what practice is for...
Len Woodruff Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 Great job Erice. Got any progress pictures! Any progress shots or kit contents?
crispy Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 I've been waiting for someone to show off a completed build. Yours is excellent, even with whatever problems you may have had. It really does look "right". Great job! Chris
Eric C Posted February 14, 2012 Author Posted February 14, 2012 Thanks guys. Ken, I didn't do any progress pics at all really. I thought about doing a WIP but honestly, once I started working on this kit I didn't really enjoy the process of building it like I usually enjoy building models. I quickly became interested in just being done with it and worried more about what the final outcome was going to be.
GeeBee Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 That's one very nice model, I have heard these kits are a bit of a pain to put together, but you pulled it off, superb results .....
Eric C Posted February 15, 2012 Author Posted February 15, 2012 Eric where do you buy this kit? Ken, I bought mine from Strada Sports: http://www.stradasportsstore.com/page163.html
TheCat Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 WOW... Amazing work!! You've done a amazing job on this build.
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