Simil'R Matech Ford GT - Complete

[Eric Cole]

This is the Simil'R Ford GT just finished today. Building this kit was a challenge at times. I'm not going to bash the kit with a bunch of negative comments but I will say there were some fit problems and a lack of molded in detail on the individual parts (even though there are a lot of parts). My doors also didn't fit well and I had to choose opened or closed and I chose closed because that's how I prefer to display my models. The decals in this kit are fantastic!

Painted with Tamiya Deep Metallic Blue and cleared with Tamiya clear then polished. Wheels are painted with TS-30 Silver Leaf. Built for the most part out of the box but not completely. I added the antenna from wire and the body latches from some spare PE sets I had and replaced the kit headlights. The Lemans car is supposed to have yellow tinted headlight covers but I preferred clear. I also changed out the kit windshield wiper because the one that came with the kit thick as a brick...

Thanks for looking.

[cjsbosox]

Impressive 2 my eyes. I've been wanting to see one of these finished. Mach1 yous work is clean, decals and paint look sharp. Wish I could see it in person. Thanks for sharing

[rallymaster]

Eric, this is a beautiful model and a perfect build !
The tires and wheels seems particularly good, did you work on them or are they oob ?

[sam01contact]

Beautiful model! Did you use any out of the box detail?

[viperofoz]

Wow... you have done a beautiful job on this difficult kit Eric..... I'm impressed.

I received mine on Friday and have only had a quick look and test fitted a few body parts so far, but you have confirmed my paint choice since I am restricted to spray cans at the moment.

After seeing another online build, I was thinking of attaching the front fenders to the nose cone, making it a one piece assembley, and allowing me to fill all gaps before painting as this seems to be a real weak point in this kit...... although yours looks fine, what work did you do in this area?

Regards, Dan

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Looks awesome

Not that I expected any less!

Hope to see this one in person.

[OMAR1969]

Nice car , nice model , nice work , congratulations .

[ridefast]

This is one gorgeous build.
I wanted to see one built before I decided if I buy this kit. Now I definitely want to get one too.

[Mikezibit]

HI

looks awesome


Mike

[sportracer02]

Very nice, great execution

[Eric Cole]

Thanks guys.

The wheels and tires are out of the box. The only thing I added was some freehand lettering for set number, etc then sprayed with flat clear to seal the lettering and decal.

Parts and extra detail that didn't come in the box were the antenna, body latches, gold foil heat shield on the airbox and I replaced the PE mesh on the airbox filter because the PE part that came with the kit was way to wide and prevented the engine cover from sitting on the body properly. The kit comes with PE seatbelt hardware but you have to provide the seatbelt material.

[nostalgicrally]

This kit has to be the best-seller of the beginning of year 2012. He is on many designer's assembly plans.

Yours build is exceptionally beautiful

Deeply the release of the transkit decal for Blanpain and Marc VDS (seen in the show of Nuremberg)

Eric

[sebasoakley]

excelent job,really very nice.

[auw12]

Have seen some pics of the kit and I guess it could be a nightmare to build, but not in your case! Brilliant work as always!

[chaos]

Fantastic build!