Avro 720 Mirage (aka Ford GT), Polar Lights, 1/25ish

Made from the Polar Lights pre-painted snap kit, which is rather nicely detailed, if you take a bit of time to paint the parts. The rear end has lost its bumper and silencer box, just as the real Ford GT does when it's tuned up into this 746BHP monster. Paint is Tamiya Orange from a rattle can, polished with Novus. Detailed measurements at the Drunken Monkey's behest reveal that it's more like 1/24.5 than 1/25, but that suits me just fine...

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http://cmatthewbacon.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Models-Gallery-18/i-w6wpbsh/0/XL/people-shaped-front-right-XL.jpg

Thanks to Mat Irvine for sourcing the kit for me at a swap-meet in the USA and bringing it back to SMW this year -- it's a very hard beast to get hold of this side of the pond, whether in Polar Lights, Johnny lightning or regular AMT boxes!

bestest,
M.

Looks great! Thanks for the inspiration to get mine started

Having caught up with the real thing again in London this week, I decided the panel lines are really quite visible, especially around the rear deck/engine cover -- 5mm shut lines they are not! (I think it's because both the rear deck and the door lines have rubber seals in... they aren't just panel gaps)

So I highlighted (low lighted?) them with a mixture of dark brown and black washes and fine pen-lines. I'm much happier with the result...

http://cmatthewbacon.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Models-Gallery-18/i-Zx5vfHt/0/XL/lined-fronter-left-XL.jpg
http://cmatthewbacon.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Models-Gallery-18/i-8TbG22J/0/XL/lined-left-profile-XL.jpg
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http://cmatthewbacon.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Models-Gallery-18/i-4RcQWGw/0/XL/lined-highest-going-away-left-XL.jpg
http://cmatthewbacon.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Models-Gallery-18/i-wFcTnX4/0/XL/lined-low-left-XL.jpg

bestest,
M.

Looked good without the panel lines, Looks even better with!

Beautiful result!