DeTomaso Pantera Gr.3

[João Canas]

Hello Everyone,

This is my last car build, finished a year ago.

It's the 1/24 Fujimi DeTomaso Pantera GTS kit, backdated to represent a early Gr.3 historic race car (pushbutton doors).

http://theamazoeffect.blogspot.pt/2012/01/1972-de-tomaso-pantera-gr3-prototype-on.html

It's a car I found some photos on the internet and decided to buil a model based on it. Could not however do the decals of licence plates and detailed inscriptions.

All modifications to the kit were scratchbuilt, including dishing the rear wheels, as the kit only provided 4 undished wheels typical or Pantera, Pantera L and early GTS cars.

Regarding the Fujimi kit, it is an overpriced reboxing of and early rather poor curbside model (Heller perhaps?). Apart from the wheels the kit bigger letdown are the clear parts which are overly thick. I thined them down with a dremel, and polished it to restore the transparency. It reduced the optical distortions but didn't cure the problem.

The model was painted with Zero paints and urethane clear coat.

Hope you like this one.

WIP here:

http://www.forum.modelismo-na.net/viewtopic.php?f=167&t=19726

http://forum.modelismo-na.net/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=20817

Edited November 25, 2013 by João Canas

[João Canas]

Some more pictures from the family album with other Fords, and an outsider.

Edited November 25, 2013 by João Canas

[João Canas]

[João Canas]

Last pictures with yet another red outsider.

Edited November 25, 2013 by João Canas

[Ace-Garageguy]

Very nice work and photography. Were the deep Campagnolo wheels in the kit, or did you have to make them up yourself? They look really good.

[João Canas]

Hi Bill, thank you for your kind words!

The wheels were modified by myself. The first WIP link provided above shows the process in detail.

[om617]

Sweet Pantera I noticed in the WIP you put an engine in it. Is the engine cover removable?

[mangodart]

Very nice Pantera, I really like this car, I have one to built from Airfix, without any engines or chrome, maybe that's the same base as yours....

[Chris White]

absolutely beautiful !!

[João Canas]

Thank you guys!

Tommy, the engine cover is fixed. I went through the trouble of building the engine from spare parts and scratched items because the real car has the internal engine lid removed. Without this lid, the air cleaner, the engine head covers and a lot of tubing and wiring can be seen behind the bulkhead behind the seats, so i tried to replicate this, as well as the roll cage and fire-extinguisher at the passenger footwell.

Emmanuel, if the clear parts in your kit are as thick as I show on the WIP photos, then it must be the same mould...

[Jordan 191]

These are great photos and builds!

[Danno]

Nice stable.

[slusher]

Great looking Pantera, Very clean build...

[Davewilly]

Very cool Pantera! well all of them are very nice

[o-man]

Sweet car, pictures, and collection!

[peekay]

Fantastic models, all of them! Some shots look very real.

[Plastheniker]

Joao, another immaculate model of yours - great job!

BTW I can't tell the origin of the Fujimi kit but it is obviously not the Marui kit of the eighties.

[Silver Foxx]

This is a great build , love the stance , it has the right look about it . All your other builds look terrific .

[PappyD340]

EXCEPTIONAL build Joao, looks right at home with the rest of your great looking builds!!

[ChrisR]

Great builts.

[Ira]

Beautiful Work!

Very Realistic...

[David G.]

Nice line-up- very well done!

David G.

[vamach1]

My kinds of Fords. All that is missing in the group is a Cobra.

[aurfalien]

Hi,

Just bringing this thread back.

Wow this guy can build!!!

Such an awesome display.

He loved Mustangs.

PS You can view his PB images if you have the Photobucket embed fix add on for either Firefox or Chrome.  I'm able to look at them as if it were before the Photobucket change.

Edited September 29, 2017 by aurfalien

[Jurva]

 

PS You can view his PB images if you have the Photobucket embed fix add on for either Firefox or Chrome.  I'm able to look at them as if it were before the Photobucket change.

Thanks for the hint.

Love the Pantera. Very clean execution.