Matt Bacon Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 Made from the Polar Lights pre-painted snap kit, which is rather nicely detailed, if you take a bit of time to paint the parts. The rear end has lost its bumper and silencer box, just as the real Ford GT does when it's tuned up into this 746BHP monster. Paint is Tamiya Orange from a rattle can, polished with Novus. Detailed measurements at the Drunken Monkey's behest reveal that it's more like 1/24.5 than 1/25, but that suits me just fine... Thanks to Mat Irvine for sourcing the kit for me at a swap-meet in the USA and bringing it back to SMW this year -- it's a very hard beast to get hold of this side of the pond, whether in Polar Lights, Johnny lightning or regular AMT boxes! bestest, M.
Erik Smith Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 Very cool. Nice model. I like the orange on it. Great photos too.
hjracing Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 Well done build, awesome paint job, I like it!
Matt Bacon Posted January 9, 2014 Author Posted January 9, 2014 Thanks, chaps! Having caught up with the real thing again in London this week, I decided the panel lines are really quite visible, especially around the rear deck/engine cover -- 5mm shut lines they are not! (I think it's because both the rear deck and the door lines have rubber seals in... they aren't just panel gaps) So I highlighted (low lighted?) them with a mixture of dark brown and black washes and fine pen-lines. I'm much happier with the result... bestest, M.
oldscool Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 I have been waiting to see this one finished. Outstanding!
Austin T Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Man that is sweet. If I got to drive this I would probably be screaming "POWWWER" just like how Clarkson does.
Funkychiken Posted August 23, 2022 Posted August 23, 2022 Looks amazing Matt, really wanted one of these too!
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