Harlan

 

Fixed

Fixed the laserdisc player after all these years... It needed a belt replaced. The right size belt was a bit hard to find, and a little hard to get in there. But it did the job!

SCQ 3.6 square cut.

Blue Sky

 

Trumpeter Ford GT40 1/12 Scale, Part 9

Engine and suspension built up... There's a lot of moving parts, and there could be more nut and bolt details, but it looks pretty good.

Again, everything in metallic color has been striped of chrome and painted. I can't imagine the look if all that was plastic kit chrome.

On black frame parts I used Tamiya NATO Black, which I have come to really like for a good in-scale black look. It has a slightly greenish tone to it. Mixing those parts with a regular flat black adds a great deal of realism.

I actually used I think 4 different black paints, and at least three silvers. Simply mixing and matching different brands and gloss/semi/flat paints makes a model much less monotone. Monotone is to be avoided.

Here's the model on its wheel finally.

These metal boxes at the rear are made form thin sheet metal, replacing the (of course) chromed plastic parts from the kit. These boxes are the car's "trunk"; utility storage space as required by Le Mans race rules.

The corroborator is just sitting there. The instruction don't call for attaching it until much later. Because of that some upcoming photos don't show it in place.

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Liberty

 

Trumpeter Ford GT40 1/12 Scale, Part 8

The kit's disc brakes were also chromed, so that all got striped off.

For these I put them in the lathe and cut off the chrome as well as made them thinner.

An optional PE disc detail completes the part.

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Trumpeter Ford GT40 1/12 Scale, Part 7

The kit came with these rub-on logos for the tires. I have never seen these before, and maybe I'm missing something, but they were a complete joke.

Good quality decals are available from third parties, fortunately, saving the day.

However I found out the hard way that these markings should be put on after mounting the tires on the wheels. Lesson learned.

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Harlan

 

Trumpeter Ford GT40 1/12 Scale, Part 6

The engine sits behind the driver, like this.

This is the corroborator and the guard that it sits in. These are, like so much of this kit, chromed.

Not a good look on top of the engine...

The chrome gets striped off, and the parts painted better colors. It is truly amazing how much of the plastic in this kit is chromed. It's way too much.

Also note the fuel line, which is included out of the box, even though the ignition wires and spark plugs are not. On the Agora Models Cobra, it's the reverse. That kit includes ignition wires but lacks the fuel (and for that matter oil) lines.

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Carrot

 

Hooks