ferrari 250 gto realising a dream

[henryk001]

Happy New year. Well after all that booze,food and telly repeats, im back in the game.
Just a few photos of where shes at.
Headlight beauty rings finished, sorry bit fuzzy
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Windscreen Catch stops Bonnet vent grills covers and rivets (15 parts)Leather straps, buckles,rivets and window frame surround yet to do .
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The windows frame surrounds im doing in the same method as the headlight rings
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Front screen surround to do next.
Trumpeter GT40 arrived a couple of days ago for the next build project. Looking forward to building it using the super detail kit supplied by KA models.
Cheers for now.

Edited by henryk001 on Saturday 23 February 14:43

[NDA]

Looking good....

[henryk001]

Hi! Been a while, really busy after the xmas holiday, mad to have time off only to go back and spend 3 weeks trying to catch up.
My Failed 1st attempt at making the front screen surround in the same method as the rear one and headlight rings. Im so glad i used the provided frame as a jig instead, as i needed to scrap the 1st one and make another. Never mind.
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I decided to make my own vintage number plate decals in keeping with the era, finished of with my wifes, nail basecoat, dont tell

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Its coming up to a year building this car,i need some snow now to lock me in so i can get on and finish the car.
Cheers for now

[NDA]

How much work is left to do?

[henryk001]

NDA said:

How much work is left to do?

Hi I’ve the front screen surround,rear screen and surround, bonnet clamps and leather straps. Extra air intake,windscreen wipers, number plates and Ferrari logos/badges yet to fit,and finally finishing off the roof interior. then that’s it. On to the next project
Cheers for now.

[Dinoboy]

Great work there, love the dogs

[henryk001]

Dinoboy said:

Great work there, love the dogs

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Thankyou. Yes we do too.We dont see many Irish Red Setters around nowadays. They are both crazy funny but very loving dogs to own or maybey they own us is probably more to the truth.

I almost knocked the car off the sideboard yesterday. Lucky it didnt fall. So i cleared out and rearranged the trophy cabinet, not quite finished yet but looks presentable.Im so busy at the moment i dont think i will get to it for a month to finish it completely

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[CanAm]

henryk001 said:

decided to make my own vintage number plate decals in keeping with the era, finished of with my wifes, nail basecoat, dont tell

I hate to be pedantic and rain on your parade, but those are 1995/6 plates and not allowed on your 62 GTO.
Of course 'Show Plates' are allowed as long as you promise not to take it on the road
An excellent job, BTW.

[henryk001]

CanAm said:

I hate to be pedantic and rain on your parade, but those are 1995/6 plates and not allowed on your 62 GTO.
Of course 'Show Plates' are allowed as long as you promise not to take it on the road
An excellent job, BTW.

Hi yes I know. It’s just a folly. I didn’t want a white or yellow plate on the car. Just letters and numbers in black and silver close to representing my name. Thank you for the positive comment though. Cheers

[NDA]

CanAm said:

I hate to be pedantic and rain on your parade, but those are 1995/6 plates and not allowed on your 62 GTO.

That's ruined the whole project for me now.



Not really - terrific looking car.

[Dinoboy]

It looks fab in the cabinet, real work of art!

[henryk001]

NDA said:

That's ruined the whole project for me now.



Not really - terrific looking car.

Dinoboy said:

It looks fab in the cabinet, real work of art!

Thanks for the great comments, im up to my eyes in work but planning to get on with it ASAP. Looks naked at the moment , needs dressing up.
Cheers for now

[henryk001]

Hi! I had a couple of spare hours today. A comment from NDA in December made me think about the bonnet being up and showing off the engine bay. It has no way of staying open. So i decided to make my own stay from alluminium sheet bent and drilled a couple of washers to hold the stay to the bracket, a spring clip to retain the stay when the bonnet is closed and 0.78mm brass rod bent up to suit then chromed.masked off and stippled black on the underside.

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I think ill do the same for the boot.
Thanks to NDA this will help showing the car off when its finished.Cheers. Not much left now, really busy in work.

Heres some with the bonnet fitted , definately makes it more interesting to view..
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Edited by henryk001 on Sunday 17th February 18:10

[Dinoboy]

Great work.

[henryk001]

Getting close to the end of this build now.Petrol flap,Front screen surround, bonnet straps and locks windscreen wipers, washer nozzels , a small amount of paintwork correction and a final polish.
Some finishing touches done
Front number plate
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Air intake Dzuz fasteners. will have to be flatened down when the glue dries

Radiator flap Dzuz.
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Nearside enamel logo.
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Offside enamel logo.
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Rear number plate and logo.
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Rear screen and home made surround.
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Interior roof panel & sides in aluminium.

Cheers for now.

[dr_gn]

Looks awesome. A lot of modelling as well as assembling with that one, and it’s worked out beautifully. Congratulations!

[NDA]

A labour of love.... congratulations. I've enjoyed watching the progress

[henryk001]

Thanyou very much for the comments. Still getting to the finish line.Just the bonnet straps, front screen surround , wipers and washer nozzles left to do.
I might put the car on a rotary table to show it off on Youtube when ive finished,
Made a leather strap for the spare wheel which isnt in the kit.
Some more photos.
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Spring loaded Bonnet catches made 8 parts in total
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Rear boot stay made up.
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[henryk001]

Decided to go "inner space" a few days ago and tonight.
Leather bonnet straps and a bit of photo etched origami on the windscreen wipers.
Heres some more photos , getting close to finishing.

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Couldnt really make the holes clear enough so used 0.1mm draughtsmans pen insead
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Good enough i think.
Anyway heres the wipers, quite a few parts to be bent up and also wiper blades to fit.

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Thats it for now.Almost done. Cheers

[henryk001]

robemcdonald said:

First things first. Great build, truly inspirational stuff.

Second I have the trumpeter GT40 mk2 and have been build8ng it off and on for a little while.

It’s not in the same league as this kit, but it’s good for the money.

Here’s a picture of the engine (just dry fit for now)

I’m going to get on it in properly in the new year.

I've received the TrumpeterGT40 kit, thought to let you know without contaminating your super painting thread tutorial on your forum. Also waiting for the super detail kit from KA models to arrive and just purchased 3 sets of Meng 1/35 scale plastic nuts and bolts really for detailing tanks but will do what i need to fulfill the missing detail on the engine and gearbox. How are you getting on with your model?. I found this website. http://gt40.rkmotorscharlotte.com/car/ . Relating to a company that rebuilt the actual car. Fab photos as a reference and nicely written up. Hope it helps you with your build. Im going to start in Autumn (might be sooner im sure). Cheers