Revell 1/12 Ford Shelby GT500

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Door panels painted with Humbrol dark sea grey 27 acrylic spray. There were decals supplied for the door-mounted speakers. I found them to be rubbish. So I just painted the details on using Tamiya silver X11 and gunmetal X10 acrylics.

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One door in place. Purely a test-fit at this stage.



With the first of the transparent parts, I want to start work on the dashboard.

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Dial decal added. There's a choice of three decals in the kit. I needed no decal soft for this.

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Centre screen decal added. You have a choice of three - Climate (shown), radio or a Shelby GT500 graphic.



The cobra badge on the steering wheel should've been a chrome part, not a decal. All the ICE decals in place. Same with the battery. Bulkhead painted with the body colour.

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Assembly is 50% complete.



Trouble with the stripe decals on the rear seats. They just wouldn't adhere to the surface, no matter how much decal softener I used. The only solution was to attack it with a rattle can of Humbrol matt varnish acrylic. Success.



More confusing paint notations from Revell. They didn't specify that all of the glove compartment and ventilator surround had to painted aluminium. Thanks to Google images, I rectified that. Brush painted with Tamiya aluminium acrylic.

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A few sub-assemblies to deal with. The air filter and resevoirs. Paints used Revell aquacolour matt sand and matt white and also satin black.



I want to prepare the body shell for painting. First, I used Humbrol Maskol to mask off areas where more parts will be attached.

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Body shell painted with Humbrol acrylic primer spray. I bagged it up after it dried to keep dust and fibres off it. I painted the grilles with Humbrol satin black spray.



How the body and bonnet look after three coats of Tamiya TS51.



A test fit at this stage.

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Air filter assembled and painted. Sun visors with more decals. Front grilles with a chrome cobra badge.



The brakelights. Already moulded in red plastic. No need for clear red paint.

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Brakelights ready to be fixed to their chrome parts.

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Next stage - attaching the front grilles. The areas around the fog lights haven't been painted well. So, I'll touch them up later.



The bodyshell's now firmly in place.

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Masking removed to accommodate the windows and rear wing. I painted part of the back end in gloss black paint. I saw it on Jay Leno's Garage, so it must be good.



Windows in place. Painting could've been easier if Revell had provided masking seals in the same way that Tamiya do. It would make painting the curves easier.

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AshVX220 said:

Looks great, that blue is an excellent colour.

Thanks. It took three cans and four coats to really bring up the glossy finish.

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A look at the front before I fix the headlights in place. More chrome plating to scrape off.



Job done.



Before I attach the bonnet, let's take a look at what'll be underneath it.

Edited by Langweilig on Wednesday 27th June 20:48

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Assembly almost complete. The rear spoiler to cement in place and then the Shelby stripes.



How the model looks against some of my kit hoard.



Here' s the reason for the delay in posting images - the Shelby stripes. It's best if you start applying the decals on the back of the car and work your way forward. Bear in mind, they have to be fixed in place with millimetric precision. So you'll need a rule and a lot of decal fix. I've cemented the chrome Shelby badge in place after adding the stripes. Don't try to fix all the stripes in place in one go. Add them in stages. The amount of precision required will test your patience.

Edited by Langweilig on Monday 3rd September 21:39

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Rear spoiler cemented in place and a few more stripes added.

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It was a nice day. So I added the stripes to the roof.

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More Shelby stripes applied - again with millimetric precision.




Almost a disaster with the SHELBY decal. It split into two pieces and I a had a job unpicking it and piecing it back together.

Edited by Langweilig on Tuesday 26th February 22:38

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Front stripes attached but not without difficulty. I used decal soft to smooth the wrinkles.






Side stipes on and the last two parts ready to be superglued in place.