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Ford GT40 Mk.II - Le Mans 1966 - Meng 1/24


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For this kit I used Gravity Colors for the first time
This is the result after applying a coat of Gravity Colors Light Surface Primer

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Fitting test after I painted the body with the Gravity Ford Hawaiian Blue

 

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6 hours ago, Vesa Jussila said:

Looks good kit and full engine is good improvement compared to Fujimi kit. Nice to see this progress.  

The Fujimi kit was never intended to show the engine like this.

 

Looking very nice Rodolfo, can't wait to see it finished

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On 7/31/2021 at 1:57 PM, Six97s said:

Interested to see how this builds up.  I think I'd still give the nod to the Fujimi one - the shape of the front end and headlamps looks a bit better to my eye.

The rear glass shape is a bit off as well

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Do you think I should do some weathering?

 

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1 hour ago, Rod The Fixer said:

Do you think I should do some weathering?

 

Working on the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" I'd tend to say no. But ultimately it's your model so you should do it how you want it to look.

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On 09/10/2021 at 20:23, Spiny said:

Working on the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" I'd tend to say no. But ultimately it's your model so you should do it how you want it to look.

 

+1. 

 

It looks superb as it is, and personally I can never bring myself to weather my cars, preferring them in pre race or just been cleaned condition.

 

Maybe just weather the engine a bit?

 

Keith

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I would go with "no" to the weathering only because the finish is so nice as it is, and race cars are harder to weather than rally cars - where you can almost just chuck mud on them. The subtleties of Le mans weathering is something else.

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10 hours ago, Yasp0 said:

Very nice build @Rod The Fixer! I just bought this kit so looking up some other builds. How did you masked the red parts on the front? Used the decals to cut out a mask?

 

Hi Yasp, yes I masked the red parts with the Tamiya flexible masking tape using the decals as guide.

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On 8/28/2021 at 8:59 AM, Rod The Fixer said:

Engine Phase 1

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Would you remember how you did the paint for the engine?
the manual say n9 + n8. . Does this mean mix 1 part to 1 part 

thanks 

rick 

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