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MrObsessive

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A test shot exists. I've seen it with my own eyes :P It'll be at the iHobby Expo next week in Chicago, don't know if it will be on public display or only out for trade days(or if it's super-duper top-secret and I shouldn't have said anything :wacko: ).

They would be wise to show it, unless it's such an early test shot that it's not indicative of the actual production version, or if it's riddled w/inaccuracies that will most assuredly be picked apart mercilessly by armchair critics...like myself :P

I really, really want it to put to rest all doubts after the Bonneville/Nova CV/Monte Carlo fiascos.

If they do it right, and eventually do a Mk. I, I'd like to build it. One of my best friends can't wait to get the kit, and he'll do such a nice job that I can live vicariously through his model B)

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They would be wise to show it, unless it's such an early test shot that it's not indicative of the actual production version, or if it's riddled w/inaccuracies that will most assuredly be picked apart mercilessly by armchair critics...like myself :lol:

It's covered in Sharpie marks, I can tell you that! I won't comment on anything based on test-shots, because I've seen first-hand how much they change til production. According to "unnamed sources" :lol: it will be out on display at iHobby, in the Stevens/Trumpeter booth, of course, right on the main aisle. I wouldn't be totally shocked if Trumpeter showed up with a built-up, they always bring a few surprises!

I really, really want it to put to rest all doubts after the Bonneville/Nova CV/Monte Carlo fiascos.

Me too !

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Well it looks like this thing really is going to happen. These pictures are from iHobby08.

They are only test shots but still it proves there are molds.

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This is going on my list for sure.

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They have the first test shot here

It is rough, the windshield post is broken

No word on final retail price

I will look at more this morning

MrObsessive MCM Ohana

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You're right Jairus, that IS a lot of parts!!

I definitely want one on my "must buy" list! I hope the price isn't a bank breaker though!

Let's hope it's not super fiddly too! That can make or break a kit of this size...........B)

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Sources say it is still a long way off. Good! I hope they massage it until it is right! I hate reworking everything and Trumpeter has had some real misses, but they have shown that they can get it right if they want to. Pete J.

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Peter Lombardo MCM Ohana

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I realize that I may sound like I am in outer space, but I do not understand the logic of this kit. With the economy in the dumper, the cost of a 1/12 scale kit of this detail and quality will be way over $100.00. That severely limits the sales potential. There are so many great 1/24th scale kits of this car, why a big scale one, and besides, 1/12th scale kits take up so much room to display. Sure it will build up into a great looking kit, but to do it right, there will be photo etched aftermarket kits out there that will drive the cost of this kit to around $300.00 (My guess). I think, a well designed kit in 1/24th of the Ford GT40 mk 4, that is not easily available, and very desirable, would have a much wider audience and at a cost of around $50.00 to $60.00 it would be more attainable by the masses, besides, most of us who build race cars need that mk 4 to round out the collection of GT40’s. Ok, go ahead take your shots at my logic…I’m a big boy.

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My Firefox crashed twice on that site. I'm not about to go back.

Same here.............great pics, but you're better off looking at it through IE.

..........And I have the highest speed DSL from Verizon, and I'm running Vista------it still gave my Mozilla browser fits! :angry:

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Peter, who knows? There have been some people speculating that this kit is the GMP GT40 MKII converted to a plastic body and sold in kit form. I'd far prefer a MKI myself, but I'm not crazy about big scale. But...a couple of my friends who love building big scale sports cars are dying to get this kit, so let's hope they buy enough to make it a commercial success.

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Same here.............great pics, but you're better off looking at it through IE.

..........And I have the highest speed DSL from Verizon, and I'm running Vista------it still gave my Mozilla browser fits! :rolleyes:

Okay...maybe I'll wipe off the IE cobwebs and give it a try :angry:

My computer literally locked up after an agonizingly long loading of photos. I could scroll through them as they loaded, but at some point the process literally used up all the power my computer had and no matter what I could not get out of it.

EDIT: Nope, IE didn't like it either. System locks up.

Also, anyone claiming that there was not a GT40 Mk. I:

Oh really?

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Jairus MCM Ohana

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Peter,

No flaming, just information.

When the groundwork and research for the Trumpeter GT40 Mk II was first done, the economy was strong here and even stronger in China.

Trumpeter has done large scale models before in the $100 range including a Soviet T-34 Tank in 1/16th scale. Military modelers are very scale focused, yet it sold well!

The previous model kits of a GT40 (any version) done by IMC are not correct. The most correct Mk II is by Fujimi but that is only a curbside kit. What other kits are you suggesting are out there? Yes, a later version would have been cool, including the Gulf version. BUT, it was the Mk II's that won LeMans in '66! Ford offered to buy Ferrari in 1960 and Enzo rebuffed him. Ford then set out to beat Ferrari at their own game and finally in 1966 they did it, which became a headline heard round the world! Later versions of the GT 40 are interesting but the thrill was gone as Ford slowly pulled out of Sports car racing after '66 because they had done what they'd set out to do.

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I realize that I may sound like I am in outer space, but I do not understand the logic of this kit. With the economy in the dumper, the cost of a 1/12 scale kit of this detail and quality will be way over $100.00. That severely limits the sales potential. There are so many great 1/24th scale kits of this car, why a big scale one, and besides, 1/12th scale kits take up so much room to display. Sure it will build up into a great looking kit, but to do it right, there will be photo etched aftermarket kits out there that will drive the cost of this kit to around $300.00 (My guess). I think, a well designed kit in 1/24th of the Ford GT40 mk 4, that is not easily available, and very desirable, would have a much wider audience and at a cost of around $50.00 to $60.00 it would be more attainable by the masses, besides, most of us who build race cars need that mk 4 to round out the collection of GT40’s. Ok, go ahead take your shots at my logic…I’m a big boy.

Agreed Peter!

I had my mind set on this kit, but we just had a round of layoffs on my job. They tell us the round of layoffs are done for now, but I'm not so sure I'll be there six months from now.

I DO like this car though so I may try to start saving now..............although I would like to have seen a MK IV like you mentioned. Even nicer would have been an accurate 1/24-25 scale Shelby Daytona coupe. In this large scale would have been icing on the cake!

I suspect though that this kit will sell north of $150..............too high of a price in these times. :angry:

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Jairus, I don’t think I was referring to a mk 1, I was referring to the Fujimi mk ll kits ( the newer ones and older ones) and the Revell version of it and even the Thunder Valley resin Gulf GT 40. There are resin engines and rear tub detail available from Racing miniatures ( I have one in a box somewhere at home)(I think that is the name, I am not home, so I can’t check the name) and there is even an earlier Revell kit (I have on the shelf somewhere) with full engine detail. My only point is that 1/12th scale is soooo big and expensive. Besides, most modelers like to build in one scale, as all of the detail items work for all cars (you know, wires, hoses, photo etched stuff and other aftermarket parts). I know guys who would not build a great 1/20th scale Tamiya F1 kit because it is not 1/24th scale just for that reason. Hey look, I hope it is a very successful kit, I want Trumpeter to be successful…the more kit manufacturers there are, the better our chances of getting kits of different cars are……I am begging them, give us some 56, 57, 58 Pontiac, Buicks, Oldsmobile’s and Chryslers….please, I will buy my share of them…all of them…there are so many automobile subjects un modeled out there, that a re-scale of existing models makes little sense to me…but that is just me.

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