GT40 MkII #5 LeMans

1966 3rd Place Winner
This will be the gold Holman-Moody car with the pink flash. Body is resin; the locating groove for the splitter in the hood vent needs to be filled for this version, (the kit builds one of two versions), and the lower rocker panels also needed some filler. Otherwise it is a relatively nice and thin casting.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/GT40%20MkII/DSC00076.jpg

The interior is resin with a white metal dash. The seats look a little uneven, but they supply decals that hopefully will address that.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/GT40%20MkII/DSC00078.jpg

The tires are resin, the outer rims are machined aluminum, and the centers are cast white metal.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/GT40%20MkII/DSC00079.jpg

how long does it take you to typically finish one of those?

Depending on a few factors, typically one to two weeks. Time for the paint to dry is a big factor.

Which brand is that kit?

It's a Marsh Models.

After the body was cleaned up and lightly primed, I shot a tan base coat then built up the gold in very light coats using Tamiya paints.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/GT40%20MkII/DSC00096.jpg
The first couple of passes were done from the can, but the more than half of the paint was applied by airbrush, the finish and metallic came out finer that way.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/GT40%20MkII/DSC00097.jpg
Once the base coats were built up I could see I would not be happy with the flake and texture. I color sanded the body with 1000 grit wet. (It smelled like sanding aluminum metal, must be a lot of actual metal in TS-21.)
A few more rounds of airbrushing the gold and color sanding filled in the texture and very light coats proved to be the key to achieving a uniform and smooth finish.

Nice start. I'll be watching to see how you go.

I have 2 of the same kit, plan to build this car and the #57 of Hawkins/Bucknum.

Here I have started applying the decals. You can see the gold looks smoother and less grainy now. The roundel for the rear that goes over the rear edge of the scoop was not made to fit over the scoop. So I hand painted the white and the fine black pinstripe outline by hand. (Too bad my “registration” is better than the kit’s decals, that issue didn’t jump out as much to me before…)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/GT40%20MkII/DSC00099.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/GT40%20MkII/DSC00100.jpg

The interior did benefit from the seat decals. If I do another one of these I’ll fill in the molded seat dimples. At least through the windows and inside the body it looks good. The kit even provides a fiddly little vac-u-form piece for the intake as well as two white metal parts and one PE.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/GT40%20MkII/DSC00101.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/GT40%20MkII/DSC00102.jpg

Looking good, Marsh models make some great kits.

You're moving scary fast that I can barely keep up! Nice work, again!

Not exactly the best rendered wheels, but then it is an older kit. Did what I could with them…
Kit was missing the tire decals, but the Ferrari 330 had an extra set, but a tad small in diameter for these tires, so I cut the pinstripe and hand painted the gaps back in after they were applied.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/GT40%20MkII/DSC00104.jpg

The decals are on and the clear has been applied, time to let it dry for a while…
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/GT40%20MkII/DSC00113.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/GT40%20MkII/DSC00112.jpg

Mark, looks like your efforts are paying off.

It is getting close to being finished...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/GT40%20MkII/DSC00126.jpg

Nice!