unclescott58 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) By the way, Haynes also puts out a Capri Owner's Workshop Manual. Does anybody know, is this done in the same style/format as the Ford GT40 and Ferrari 250 GTO Owner's Workshop Manuals? If it's like the other two, more of a history of Capri rather than a repair or service manual, I may need to add that book to my collection too. There are not a lot of really good history books on the Ford/Mercury Capri out there. Much less 1/25 or 1/24 scale model kits of a Mk I Capri. Scott Edited May 3, 2016 by unclescott58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Junkman Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) I love my first Revell/Fujimi GT40 kit. I'm looking forward to the other Fujimi GT40 and GTO. I'm still debating on hunting down the old Aurora/Revell Ford GT kit. But would like to see more details of the kit. And closer pictures of the kit built straight from box. Also, another fellow blogger here, has offered to sell me an MPC Mk IV at a very reasonable price. I'm looking forward to that too. More details on that later. Scott The Aurora/Monogram kit is fairly well detailed but obviously the product of a (pretty much) 50 year old molding. It really only appropriate for an early season 1965 replica (Daytona, Sebring, Lemans Test, Nurburgring). The nose changed significantly for Lemans and after. Also air scoops under the grill are not even suggested. You'll want to change the wheels for any of those races, the wires gave way to Halibrands after Shelby took over running the cars. Pictures, pictures are your friends. Edited January 26, 2015 by The Junkman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) Aurora kit built maybe 20 years ago. The body panels fit better than the IMC kits but as The junkman said it is a 65 MKI that ran that season after Shelby took the reigns. Edited January 26, 2015 by vamach1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Auroragt40 006.JPGAuroragt40 007.JPGAuroragt40 008.JPGAurora kit built maybe 20 years ago. very nicely done much better than mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 How close is the Aurora Ford GT to what was run in '64? Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 JC can chime in but I think it's pretty close to pictures I have of the Daytona cars. You can research stuff to death and always finds flaws in any kits. I do recall changing the wheels and using Fred Cady decals but otherwise the kit is stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 How close is the Aurora Ford GT to what was run in '64? Scott The IMC/Testors kit is a representation of the '64 Ford GT. The Aurora/Revell kit is a '65 car and shows Shelby's influence. But if you want to be truly accurate you need to pick a specific car at a specific point in time because the car was constantly evolving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Got the Fujimi Mk I in the mail yesterday. Three days from winning it on eBay receiving it. Another very nice looking kit. It should be another easy one to build from looking at it. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 The old kits have their faults but I still like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Some good reference photos here of the 1966 LeMans winning car. Looks pretty nice already, but I guess they're giving it a restoration. http://autoweek.com/article/classic-cars/rk-motors-restore-1966-le-mans-winning-gt40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Cox made a slot car body of the car in the picture in afx's post #107. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Comparison between the Thunder Valley GT40 body and the Fujimi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Thanks for posting JC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 After over a year of thinking about it, with my love of Ford GTs/GT40s, I went ahead and finally purchased the old Aurora Ford GT in its last Revell/Monogram reissue. It's going to interesting to see what this kit is really like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 A little follow up to my recent purchase of the old Aurora, now Revell/Monogram Ford GT. I've started doing some basic sub assemblies. And so far I'm very impressed with what I'm seeing. I've already got the engine assembled. Everything fit well and is looking pretty good. So far I'm not see any major problems coming up with this kit. Considering how old it is. The amount of detail, which is a lot for the mid-60's. And the tooling being originally done by Aurora. I'm very impressed. Unlike the IMC Ford GT kits, this kit looks like it's actually buildable. I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Junkman Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I've got a couple in the stash. AFAIK, the body (with minor mods and a bit of fender widening) is only accurate for a few races in early 1965 (Daytona, Sebring, Nurburgring). The wheels OTOH need to be swapped out for Halibrands, one of the first changes Carol Shelby made when he was given the job by Ford. https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/rw172kw0571 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 (edited) Pulling this one back up for Superpeterbilt/Terry. Here are 5 pages of great info. Edited July 18, 2016 by unclescott58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Ford GT and GT40s kitsin my CollectionCompleted:Fujimi GT40 Mk IRevell/Fujimi GT40 Mk IIMPC GT40 MkIVPolar Lights 2005 GTRevell 2015 GTUnbuilt/being worked on:Revell-Monogram (Aurora) GTIMC Avenger GT-12 (Not really a Ford GT. Based on a kit car from the late 60's. VW powered. Designed after the Ford GT.)So far, I'm very pleased with the 5 kits I've completed. The Fujimi kits were great to build. And they look great finished. The same way with the Polar Lights and Revell snap kits. The MPC kit was pretty good. Not a great kit. Some of the details are not exactly correct based on the real car. But, it's not bad either. I'm please with the results.The work I've done on the old Aurora tooled kit has gone good so far. It looks like it should turn out fairly well. The IMC Avenger GT-12 has not been started. But, I don't foresee any problems. The Avenger does not have all the seperate moving and opening body panels that the other IMC Ford GT and J-cars model kits have. Test fitting parts looks good so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Very interesting read. Loads of info , thanks guys. I have one question though, what do I have here? It seems to me I was told years ago but I just can't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 (edited) Very interesting read. Loads of info , thanks guys.I have one question though, what do I have here?It seems to me I was told years ago but I just can't remember. Its the MPC Mark IV kit. Edited July 20, 2016 by afx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Its the MPC Mark IV kit. ...which has the potential to be quite a nice model, but it needs a fair amount of correcting. It was also the basis for the completely positively 100% incorrect guts under the Hardcastle & Mccormick Coyote kit, issued under both MPC and AMT labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Thanks guys, but it's quite a bit different than the remains of the MPC kit I have. Here's a few quick pics so you can see the differences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 OK, I think I found it ,,IMC/Testors kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 OK, I think I found it ,,IMC/Testors kit. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1981-MPC-Ford-Mark-IV-1-25-Model-Kit-1-0561-Authentic-Le-Mans-Decals-Road-Racer-/381707511255?hash=item58df8a65d7:g:h8AAAOSwYSlXhmS~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1981-MPC-Ford-Mark-IV-1-25-Model-Kit-1-0561-Authentic-Le-Mans-Decals-Road-Racer-/381707511255?hash=item58df8a65d7:g:h8AAAOSwYSlXhmS~That's the kit the white painted remains are from. I'm sure now that the unpainted red car is the IMC/Testors car. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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