At the front of the car is an oil chiller. It was of course also chrome. I striped it, filled seams, painted, weathered, and added a PE grill. But it's almost completely hidden by the complete front end assembly. Oh well. I know it;s there.
Dash and steering wheel assembly slide perfectly into the body. I didn't even glue it.
The kit came with this black plastic flexible hose that simply can not bend into the shape it needs to be with out collapsing and kinking up. It's way too flimsy. Rather than find of make something to replace it, I stuffed a packing peanut into the hoses. These peanuts are the water soluable type made from rice. They collapse into shape just right while still providing bulk filler for the hose to prevent it kinking. This trick work perfectly!
Notice that I had previously painted the hoses before I realized how much they had to bend. My paint job and weathering was ruined trying to fit the hoses and had to be redone.
By the way, these huge hoses are there to direction incoming air from the front of the car directly onto the front disc brakes. The brakes on the GT40, as depicted in the Ford vs Ferrari movie, had a tendency to heat up to the point of bursting into flames.
The middle body section now permanently fitted... This took a little stress, getting it all down were it's supposed to be. There was a collision with some PE in the wheel wells. I had to crudely cut off some bits that had already been fixed in place. I doesn't show however so it's fine.. The whole thing is held together with screws.
Notice the bump out in the top over the driver's side. I guess the driver of this car was tall. They simply cut a hole in the roof and added that bubble so his helmet didn't hit the top. Even with that, the car came in at 40 inches tall.
Looking good. But man there is a long way to go. There is really a lot to the model.
I am happy with the way the interior came out. That's good because of the way the doors on the GT40 open including half the roof, almost like a gull wing. The dash is more visible than it would be on most car models.
See all the posts on this project here.
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