Trumpeter Ford GT40 1/12 Scale, Part 20, Completed!

Done!

The end result looks pretty good overall. There were some issues with this kit, and a few things I did badly, but the best bits distract enough.

This "US Sports Car" kit certainly appears to be, as far as I can tell from what I see online, identical to the Trumpeter branded GT40 in 1/12th scale. This just doesn't say Ford anywhere on it. And it is significantly less expensive if you can find it.

The extra detail kit I found cost an arm and a leg, but makes a huge difference in the result.

I am particularly happy with the interior.

This kit built out of the box would be weird. First of all, there are way, way, WAY too many chrome parts. They chromed everything that should be even remotely metal, plus many other other parts that are not at all silver, I suppose just because those parts landed on a chromed sprue.

Another strange thing was the conspicuous lack of detail in many specific areas. The engine in particularly bad in this regard. I added quite a lot of PE and fabricated extras. The model didn't even have a distributor, much less wires. Pretty strange for 1/12th scale...

Random parts of the model came pre-painted, such as the gold wheels. I went ahead and used them that way.

Most of the model is quite well detailed. Some of it was quite challenging, and looks great.

There's a lot of detail under the front as well as the back. I did leave the front section of the body removable, and it still stays in place well with a nice fit.

The decals were very good I thought, even over curves and contours (using various decal solutions of course).

See all the posts on this project here.

Check out the entire album of photos for this project here:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/mPG6HjxnZXht24L37