FORD GT40 MKII 1/12TH TRUMPETER

[robemcdonald]

Nice save.

[generationx]

This is simply outstanding.

[henryk001]

Thanks Threespires, Rob, Generationx. Means a lot to me.
More probs for you all to have a chuckle at. I’ve had the proverbial tweezer ping catastrophe.Doing one of the two drivers side window hinges I was going to fit to has disappeared into the minuteasphere. It’s anywhere from the dining room, possibly in the kitchen or maybe in the living room. Could be on one of my Red setters. Could be in my hair what’s left of it. God knows. Imagine a grown man on his knees with a extendable magnet, led torch searching for gold with my dogs licking my face wondering if I’m alright. Then light bulb moment. Do the hoovering then shove the magnet in the container. My wife wondering “is he I’ll?”. should I call the doctor. No luck there. Have to make another one. These are the times when you have to say to yourself stop, get a Gin and have another crack at the build tomorrow. Hope my mishap has brought a smile or a laugh and brightens anyone’s evening. Cheers

[henryk001]

After doing the bank holiday duties for my wife and watching the F1 qualifying.Made up the 2 lost hindges that fired off into the nanosphere a couplre of days ago.Cut out another window for the drivers side using the origonal window as a pattern, taped it to the window then heated it up with the hair drier to form it. Came out ok. Cut out the small window with a surgical scalpel and fitted in the hindges and fasteners. So now both small windows open and close. God My eyes hurt.Offered the doors to the body but not screwed on yet. Looks ok. Doing the dash next which is going to be even harder i think. I have to build the clocks up using ther PE detail parts even have to fit the clock needles,the air vents are several parts, fuse carrier and switches etc but still enjoying the build.Mclaren logo and Dzuz fasteners for the door panels decals ready.
Some photos.
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Closed window
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Open window
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Cheers for now

[robemcdonald]

henryk001 said:

Thanks Threespires, Rob, Generationx. Means a lot to me.
More probs for you all to have a chuckle at. I’ve had the proverbial tweezer ping catastrophe.Doing one of the two drivers side window hinges I was going to fit to has disappeared into the minuteasphere. It’s anywhere from the dining room, possibly in the kitchen or maybe in the living room. Could be on one of my Red setters. Could be in my hair what’s left of it. God knows. Imagine a grown man on his knees with a extendable magnet, led torch searching for gold with my dogs licking my face wondering if I’m alright. Then light bulb moment. Do the hoovering then shove the magnet in the container. My wife wondering “is he I’ll?”. should I call the doctor. No luck there. Have to make another one. These are the times when you have to say to yourself stop, get a Gin and have another crack at the build tomorrow. Hope my mishap has brought a smile or a laugh and brightens anyone’s evening. Cheers

I feel your pain.

A lot of modellers wear a sort of apron that it physically connected to the work bench. I you drop a part it always falls into the apron and is easy to find.

It’s a great idea, but the thought of my wife’s inevitable hysterical laughter the first time she sees me using it has put me off.

[henryk001]

robemcdonald said:

I feel your pain.

A lot of modellers wear a sort of apron that it physically connected to the work bench. I you drop a part it always falls into the apron and is easy to find.

It’s a great idea, but the thought of my wife’s inevitable hysterical laughter the first time she sees me using it has put me off.

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Unfortunately a apron i agree wouldnt be cool but also unusable unless it was covered in neodymium magnets

[henryk001]

Finished off the doors this evening.Doesnt look like ive done much but it took some time to get right.
Printed, sealed and cut the decals out for the Mclaren badges and Dzuz fasteners for the door panels.

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Onwards to the dash. Cheers

[CanAm]

Henryk, your workmanship and attention to detail continues to amaze me.

Re the NZ fern, I think the top of the left side of the "N" should overlap the fern like my scruffy attempt below



I'm not sure about the seatbelts; was your picture of the original taken from the restoration website?
A period photo I have shows a plain black harness as below:-

[silverfoxcc]

Henry

Imagine the pain doing a LIve steam loco in 5in gauge. I spent a whole day milling,drilling,filing and turning a singular part, ( a lot of the time it is batchwork) Went back the next day and ,well...... the fairies had been in. The workshop is only 9x6 feet so not a lot of space for things to get lost. Spent 4hrs cleaning and searching but it had vapourised

Next day was spent doing a replacement..Finished at late o'clock and following say No 1 son and inheritor of said machinery Aladdins cave, came in seeing me looking at No 2 fitment and asked, why have you made another,?picking up the missing one from under the lathe bed. I think it was the first time he had seen me cry!!

[henryk001]

CanAm said:

Henryk, your workmanship and attention to detail continues to amaze me.

Re the NZ fern, I think the top of the left side of the "N" should overlap the fern like my scruffy attempt below



I'm not sure about the seatbelts; was your picture of the original taken from the restoration website?
A period photo I have shows a plain black harness as below:-

Thanks CanAm.Will sort the fern out, easy enough.
The belt though is based from one of the videos on RK,s web site, mentioning they soured the correct style of belt from the UK, so Ive made as the picture showed rather than black.It may be a historical error but I’m prepared to accept it as a evocation. Cheers

[henryk001]

silverfoxcc said:

Henry

Imagine the pain doing a LIve steam loco in 5in gauge. I spent a whole day milling,drilling,filing and turning a singular part, ( a lot of the time it is batchwork) Went back the next day and ,well...... the fairies had been in. The workshop is only 9x6 feet so not a lot of space for things to get lost. Spent 4hrs cleaning and searching but it had vapourised

Next day was spent doing a replacement..Finished at late o'clock and following say No 1 son and inheritor of said machinery Aladdins cave, came in seeing me looking at No 2 fitment and asked, why have you made another,?picking up the missing one from under the lathe bed. I think it was the first time he had seen me cry!!

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Ha ha. Nice one. I’m not laughing at you, but with you.So I am not alone then losing things. Whenever this happens to me (quite often). I mutter the excuse of “should have gone to spxcsavers”.Cheers

[henryk001]

Fair bit of faffing around with the dash.
Cutting the dash gauge rings off and preparing the PE parts. The KA models PE parts for the gauges have raised detail, very fine, Gauge needles and spindles to make up. So the idea is to paint all over the guages in black then rub off the higher details.
Very time consuming . Heres a couple of pics.
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Cheers.

[CanAm]

This attention to detail is above and beyond the call of duty!

[sausage76]

Just WOW

Amazing work and really enjoy following your builds. More detail and care goes into this than a lot of full size show cars. Keep up the good work.

[henryk001]

Thankyou CanAm & Sausage for your encouraging comments. Doing my best, maybey trying a little bit too much, but absolutely enjoying getting immersed in this project, also learning along the way making mistakes and rectifying them.

The guages are PE 5 parts in total each guage, bezel,needle,pin and later on fitting the window and outer ring. Taking up a lot of time, could have used the decals but worth tyrying these out.
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COVERED OVER WITH WIFES BLACK ACRYLIC NAIL POLISH
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AFTER RUBBING DOWN WITH 4000 GRIT TO BRING OUT THE HIGHLIGHTED DETAILS
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DRILLED OUT 0.35 AND GLUED PINS ON TO CUT OFF LATER
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READY FOR THE NEEDLES FIXED WITH MICRO CLEAR
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NEEDLES ADDED. CLEAR WINDOWS AND OUTER RINGS TO GO ON LATER WHEN FITTED TO DASH
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I see from the RK website the speedo wasnt used, there is some kind of mechanical switch mounted instead, quite understandable in racing, i didnt have one when i used my jedi racing car in Hillclimbs and sprint events, rev counter and seat of pants driving was all that was required but im going to fit the speedo in.
Next to add colour/texture on the dash before mounting them on
Cheers for now. .

Edited by henryk001 on Sunday 2nd June 15:07

[henryk001]

Just a bit more here.
Did the fuse box and added some wiring,referenced from a photo.
The real thing.
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My kit
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Fitted the PE dash grill painted in satin black then stippled the dash top with a sponge and then again with matt black
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Have found the windscreen washer bag used , fits in the passenger side, which i will make from PVA and cover with a decal later in the build.
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Its Going a bit slow at the mo. Certain commitments taking presidence over this build.
Cheers for now.

[robemcdonald]

Blimey...

Are you actually trying to make it run?

Your patience is amazing.

[CanAm]

Does the detail set include an ignition key? Or will you scratch build one of those too?

[silverfoxcc]

Henry

The trials and tribulations of blindly following plans! ( some of the tech terms may not make sense, if so just ask)

When i decided to build my loco, i said i would complete the tender first ,then finish the engine. ( seen many locos where the engine id fantastic, and the builder was in such a rush to get it on the track that the tender looed like it was built in an evening.

So with the tender finished, i can concentrate on the fiddly stuff , out of interest my in 1/12 as well or to really be a pedant 1.062in to foot

Anyway tender frames done, along with the axleboxes and hornblocks milled from solid, took a lot of pics from a similar full size one in Norfolk as No B17 have been preserved, although there are a couple of groups building full size ones.
Found out another chap was doing a GE loco a D16 whose tender is as near as dammit to mine and he lived locally, so popped across to see him. As soon as i saw his one i thought 'mines wrong' Took some measurements nd found out i had made the axleboxes .125 inches wider, not much but put alongside a correctly dimensioned one it looked gross.
So i thought about it and decided to enlarge to cut outs in the tender, and silver solder inserts to bring the gap correct. Only after it was done, i had got the inserts slightly bowed, and as a result the hornblocks were not square.
All now in the scrap box and have ordered a new set of laser cut frames,with the hornblocks bolt holes pre drilled, and now starting on replacement hornblocks and axleboxes. The good news is that i am fitting the axles with roller bearings.

Still its better than sitting watching Love Island and all the other crap on TV!!! AND i am getting really good with Autocad

[henryk001]

Ha ha. Yes and don’t forget the fluids either. Someone stop me and just tell me to glue it all together.Seriously though I am enjoying this build, maybe too much, but hey beats telly and diy.