Fujimi 1/24 Ford GT40 MkII – '66 Le Mans
Hi there,
This was being built in the background whilst I'm struggling with the Lysander.
Something that kind of fell together.
Some errors on my part. I forgot to put the rear view mirror in and made a bit of a mess of the tyre logos.
The door windows cracked on trying to get them off the sprue. They were connected with a long connection and I stressed them a bit.
Primed with Tamiya neutral grey.
Painted with Zero Paints Ford GT40 Powder Blue (Ken Miles), Gravity Paints Tyrrell Blue, Tamiya Semi Gloss Black, Italian Red and Xtreme Metals Aluminium
Finished with Mr Hobby Super Clear III
A fun build that helped lift me out of the doldrums.
Thanks for looking
Cheers,
Alistair
Very nice indeed Alistair great paint work!
Thanks so much.
The Zero Paint was a pleasure to work with. It went down so smoothly.
Cheers,
Alistair
A way to avoid the problem with the windows (or any other delicate part) in the future is to cut them off the sprue at the connection point on the tree, not the part, then trim off the attachment bit. You can put it on the workbench and not stress anything (a simple trick discovered the hard way - now you don't have to).
I love the GT-40 and you did this really nicely.
Thanks Tom,
The parts were connected directly to the sprue on one side with a tree point on the other.
What I should have done was cut the sprue out and then worked on it, but thanks for the tip and hey ho we live and learn.
Cheers,
Alistair
Excellent work, Alistair. Great model of a car with a great story.
Thanks very much.
One of my favorite race cars of all time and it looks great in those (Gulf?) colors! Fine work Ali! 🙂
I remember watching them duel with the Ferraris at Le Mans on Wide World of Sports. At first, I was pulling for the Ferraris but the Fords won me over. Truly an iconic machine! 🙂
Thanks so much.
It's a great story with truly beautiful cars.
Cheers,
Alistair
I love the old Le Mans racers, you have done this one justice Alistair. Love it!
Thanks very much. Too Kind
Brings me back to being a kid playing with dinky toys and cutting out newspaper articles from all the races in Europe. I Always played The GT-40 And my best friend the Ferrari.
Great job Alistair.
Thanks so much.
LOVE IT!
Many Thanks for your kind comment
One of my favorite cars of all time, your model is a fitting representation. Well done despite the difficulties you encountered.
Thanks so much.
All the difficulties were entirely of my own making.
Turned out great, Alastair, this colour scheme really suits the car, even though it was the black car that actually won at Le Mans. If you fancy doing another one check out the new Meng kit, both in 1/24 and 1/12. Definitely liked.
Thanks very much.
I'm thinking the 1/24 Meng might be a future build.
Great job on the GT-40 my favorite race car of all time. Ever since I saw the old IMC kit at a friend's house I have loved the car. I just got the Meng 1/24 kit which looks great and I cannot wait to build it. Probably will get the Ford Gulf Blue and other colors from Model Car World.
Kevin, your mention of the IMC kit really brings back memories. From Feb. of 1966 to April of 1967, my family lived in Geelong, Victoria in Australia. I remember getting the IMC kits of the original Ford GT and the Mk II while there; and also the Ford Mk IV J-car (with a clear body). It seems that one of those kits was an MPC model instead of IMC. I wonder if the two companies were connected some way? Thanks for the memory jog Kevin! )
Hi Gary,
I looked at Scalemates.com and it did show the GT-40 being issued by MPC. Later it was reissued by Testors and I recall seeing them. If you are not familiar with the site you should take a look as it shows the box art of the IMC issues and should bring back some fond memories.
All the Best,
Kevin
Thanks.
I'll be interested to see the results
You're welcome sir. Unfortunately, I have only bits and pieces of all three models now. The passing years did them in... 🙁
Beautiful GT40, Alistair!
This is one of my favorite cars and you created a great replica of it.
Thanks very much.
Nice to see your GT40. I am fortunate to live down the road from Bruce Canepa Motorsports in Scott’s Valley, CA where occasionally one of these pops up on loan for show and tell in their very cool car museum. Check this place out online.
iModeler needs more car model postings like yours.
Thanks very much.
Cars are a bit out of my comfort zone I'm afraid but they are building towards an Ebbro Lotus 49 and Tyrrell 002 and 003. So they will appear in the future.
Cheers,
Alistair
Ebbro kits are quite good. As good as Tamiya. A bit on the expensive side though.
I always liked this car too. Looks great. I still have an original HO Aurora race car of the GT 40.
Thanks so much.
Beautiful build of a beautiful car. I got to drive that car for a bit after it won LeMans. My Dad worked for Gulf Oil who sponsored the Ford team. Following the race, Gulf "toured" the car around the US for advertising purposes. They took out the race engine and put in a street legal 289 cu. in. motor so it could be more easily driven. When it came to New Orleans where we lived, I had my chance to get behind the wheel. That was really fun and a great memory. I still have my Gulf Racing Team windbreaker jacket.
You are so damn lucky Tom and I really envy you! Did you get any pics of you in it?
Sadly, no. I was a kid, just graduated from High School, and didn't really have any concept of posterity back then. At least I was smart enough not to throw away the jacket...
1 attached image. Click to enlarge.
Thanks for your kind words.
I'm a bit on the jealous side though.
Cheers,
Alistair