FORD GT40 MKII 1/12TH TRUMPETER

[henryk001]

Finished my Ford windscreen washer bag which sits on the passenger side footwell next to the battery today. Made out of Epoxy instead of PVA, cut out the basic shape to the decal,drilled 0.8mm and fitted the pipe. Looks ok to me.

Onto finishing the dashboard switches etc. Then i can to the "too do,s"
Mount the coolant pipes i made some time ago.
Connect the coil feed wire.
Mount the bulkhead shelf.
Fit the washer bag.
Then onto starting on the upper body/chassis
Cheers.

[silverfoxcc]

OK Henry

where did you get that 2ft diameter 5p?

[henryk001]

silverfoxcc said:

OK Henry

where did you get that 2ft diameter 5p?

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Ha ha ha. Nice one.

[mrkipling]

Great stuff. Really superb detail

[henryk001]

Thankyou.
Well my project is in a few different parts now, feeling that i might be getting as bit lost. So after doing the dash,thought to semi assemble what ive done so far to see if ive missed anything and most importantly if it all fits.
So heres my "vision on" gallery (if anyone can remember the tv programme and the music that was played in the background). Shows my age eh.The last photo is eye candy to my eyes, i can see the dash panel jewellery through the side window quite clearly.
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Taken back down to its parts and onto the upper body chassis.
Cheers

[henryk001]

Well after watching some Le mans today got into doing some more of the Gt 40.
Some photos from the week and on.
Fitted the Ford windscreen washer bag.
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Now onto the upper chassis/ body.Cleaned, filed all edges, rubbed down then cleaned again before painting .
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Screwed supports on to allow spraying in all directions due to a lot of small/thin areas to paint.
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Etch primer
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Masked up the chassis area that had to be blue and painted the rest black.
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Looks ok
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Test fit the doors to see if there was too much paint. All good on 1st attempt a success :Phew.
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Masked of the black this time and painted in the blue inside and out.
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Fitted the dash assembly.
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A little bit of finishing off to do, now onto fitting parts. About half way through this build. I think its coming along ok.
Hope this is of some interest to anyone looking, perhaps even helps anyone who may want to build this no longer available kit.
Cheers now back to watching Le Mans .

[NDA]

Looking great!

[henryk001]

NDA said:

Looking great!

Thanks NDA. Enjoying the challenge, cant get over how much chrome ive removed about 90% so far.

[henryk001]

Onto the oil tank.
Way too much chrome on this, to shiny and really too clean on edges and overall finish, so very toy like. Ive removed the chrome,then primed and painted silver leaf,then laqured and finished off by making the edges up with weld lines by running a thin line of tamiya thin glue (mostly acetone based) to soften the laquer along the edges.Then using a nail cuticle finishing tool dabbed along the edges to produce a weld like look.Finished off with silver rubbing compound. looks ok. Did a bit of Photo etched straps, panels and rings.
Some photos.

With Chrome
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After dechroming.
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Hindges and straps
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Some more PE on the chassis
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Onto steering,brake ducts and duct panels and more PE stuff
Cheers

[henryk001]

Heres my version of "man jewellery".
11 parts including the steering column and gear. The metal parts were from KA,s detail set.Really nice turned and polished bosses.
Historically the wheel i believe is wrong, it should be all black with a rubber bung in the centre, but i really like the extra detail.
The aluminium steering column supplied with the kit was way to long so im having to cut this down approx 4mm.

Anyway some pics.
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A BLOB OF MICROKLEAR TO SEAL THE DECAL.
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Cheers

[robemcdonald]

Awesome work!

[NDA]

It looks, er, real!

Brilliant work - what a fabulous thing.

[henryk001]

Thanks Rob, NDA.At the moment i have the same if not just a bit more attitude in this build as the Ferrari 250 GTO i did, as the chances of owning the real thing i think to put it very mildly "a bit out of my reach".In fact im doing more to this GT40 due to the lack of detail in this kit, a bit of prompting from CanAM and trying to get it near to the same level of detail as the Ferrari.

Heres a shocker.
The rubber front brake ducting was so hard you couldnt bend it without kinking. If i fitted this it would break the steering.Ironically i had some very soft rubber bellows i saved from some scrap length guages that couldnt be repaired, which came from a automotive manufacturer. What a save and they flex easily. Looks great.
Some photos.
RUBBISH DUCTING
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NOT USED SIDE DUCTING PANELS FROM KIT
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MADE FROM KA DETAIL SET
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Here you can see how flexible my bellows are. Good save from my scrap box. Priceless
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Onwards.
Time for beers. Cheers

[henryk001]

Hi! Onto the front coolant pipes . Same as usual, remove chrome filed off the nobbly bits and scribed in weld lines.
Made up some jubilee clips and rubber heat shrink for hoses.
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Finished off with Motolow chrome slightly duller than chrome.
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Ive never taken so much chrome off, but worth the extra effort to get the parts back to looking like alluminium.
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Just need to add some weld lines onto the radiator and cowl, same method as the oil tank.
Cheers.

[henryk001]

Been a little while, busy plus a break.
Back to it now.
Looking at the spare wheel i bought doesnt sit right so the cowl needs to be modified to suit the wheel.
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Removed some material from the cowl to allow the wheel to sit near to the same angle as the chassis and hopefully will clear the bonnet.
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Much better now. Onto the Oil tank lines from my own stock and jubilee clips to tie them to the coolant pipes. A proper patience testing exercise.
Heres some pics of the area worked on and see the jubilee clips and screw heads
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Just some ties to go onto the brake ducts and get on and finish the radiator.
Cheers for now.

[henryk001]

The radiator and cowl was chromed and very clean again so i dechoromed the parts, ruffed the surfaces for a bit of realism and added bolt heads, ran weld lines along edges that would have been welded, painted and finished off with silver rub to add a bit of lustre, also added the PE details and a bleed pipe added on the top of the radiator, ran the pipe down and along one of the coolant pipes and fitted to the chassis.
Heres some photos.
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So now its onto fitting the doors and then attaching the top half to the bottom of the car to go forward.
Thankyou for looking. Cheers

[robemcdonald]

Looking great Henry. Your attention to detail is astonishing.

[henryk001]

robemcdonald said:

Looking great Henry. Your attention to detail is astonishing.

Thanks very much Rob

[henryk001]

Oooops. Almost forgot these.
Ties for the brake ducts.
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Screen filed to fit.
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Now onto the jewellery.KA detail kit ,Windscreen wiper, 9 parts bent fitted,glued and painted semi gloss black, took ages to do but nice detail.
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Some semi assembling showed a couple of issues. Bonnet and hatch sticking up due to the oil tank straps and radiator cowl fouling. Easy enough to fix before i finally secure the doors and assemble to the lower chassis.
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Friday beers .Cheers

Edited by henryk001 on Friday 12th July 21:03

Edited by henryk001 on Friday 12th July 21:05

[NDA]

It's the equivalent of a beautiful watch - impossible details that will rarely be seen.

A fantastic thing.