Another GT40, Completed /\ Lots of pics

Tikiman

11-22-2004, 09:19 AM

CADguy

11-22-2004, 09:36 AM

That looks great! :bigthumb:
It looks very tough in black. :)

slk320

11-22-2004, 09:57 AM

I am yet to see a bad build up of this machine. I like the color matched wheels and the stance, but the paint could be a bit shinier. Appears a little dull on the doors, or may be its just the light.

Tikiman

11-22-2004, 10:09 AM

The pictures were taken at dusk, which is now at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon here in Sweden. But yes you are right. I am not very good at getting a good clear coat on. I've tried and i've tried but cannot get a good shine. Do i need to use more lacquer or get my hands on some compound or both?

slk320

11-22-2004, 10:14 AM

probably both. my recipe (and I am by far not as good as most people here) is primer/sand, mist coat, mist coat, color coat, color coat/send, wet coat, wet coat, clear, clear, clear, polish with prgoressive grits, model treatment wax.

hope that works for you.

Tikiman

11-22-2004, 12:04 PM

Thanks. That certainly sounds more thorough than my method.

Eric Cole

11-22-2004, 01:28 PM

Great job on the GT40!! The GT40 One of my favorite cars of all time.

Tikiman

11-22-2004, 02:07 PM

Yeah one of my all time favourites too. I wish Tamiya or Hasegawa would make one. Fujimi don't exactly make the best quality models.

RallyRaider

11-22-2004, 02:24 PM

Feint Motion

11-22-2004, 02:34 PM

Thats a super clean gt40, any engine shots?

Spitfire7

11-22-2004, 02:38 PM

Looks very good to me.

Tikiman

11-22-2004, 03:35 PM

Great work on the GT40 Tikiman. That first head on pic in particular looks like a period shot of the real thing.

A shame you didn't do it as the full blown racer it is, but then again, Fujimi didn't include all the decals you need to show it in it's (24) hour(s) of glory anyway.

Yeah it was getting quite late in the evening and the pictures came out a bit grainy. So i see what you mean. I did get all the decals but didn't fancy doing it with the numbers and they were attached to the top stripes. I am planning on doing another, so maybe i can do a full racer next time. It is too good a car to only have one. :naughty:

Thanks for looking. :grinyes:

Tikiman

11-22-2004, 03:37 PM

Thats a super clean gt40, any engine shots?

Any engine shots ? Hmm. Well if Fujimi had been kind enough to include an engine there would be. There is just the bits you see sticking out of the back that are included unfortunately. Sorry.

chaos

11-22-2004, 08:06 PM

Great work on the GT40 Tikiman. That first head on pic in particular looks like a period shot of the real thing.

Thought the same thing! Awesome work!

DJ RaYgU

11-22-2004, 08:09 PM

Wait...so you mean that car is a model and not real (first four pics car looks soooo real)?? awesome work man :sunglasse

SpoonMan Dos

11-22-2004, 08:19 PM

Looks very good! Just like something from Gran Turismo 3.

Murray Kish

11-22-2004, 08:39 PM

Love it! :grinyes:

Nice work

Murray

Tikiman

11-23-2004, 03:50 AM

Tanks for all the nice comments. I didn't realize GT40s were so popular. Everyone should have one.

proosen

11-23-2004, 11:24 AM

Good work on one of the high tides in automotive history. The car itself is amazing and the story of it's birth is even more fantastic. Think I'll have to get me a new one. Some years ago there was a transkit for this one and Fujimi's Ferrari P4 with complete engine detail, it was rather expensive...about 1000 SKr excluding shipping from Japan. Has anybody tried this one out?
If you would like to do a quick shine on the car you can always just sand it with fine grit wet and dry and then polish it with almost any compound, I've tried Sonax Polish and Rubbing but I think you'll be fine with the polish as the rubbing is a little bit harsh on the thin layers of paint we use on our models. Try on scrap piece first and you'll be amazed with the results you can get in no time at all. As you can see below it gives quite a nice shine, I sanded with LMG's 3600 grit cloth and polished with the Sonax products. The best part is that it's not very expensive and you can get it almost anywhere.

Niclas
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/American%20Muscle/Ford/Starliner%201960/Mirrorimage04_resize.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/American%20Muscle/Ford/Starliner%201960/Mirrorimage03_resize.jpg

tonioseven

11-23-2004, 02:52 PM

Beautiful!!!:)

Tikiman

11-23-2004, 04:38 PM

Wow Niclas that is amazing. I shall have to pick some of that up. This might sound crazy, but would a Dremel with a polishing bit on it do a good job? Or would it just wear away the paint?

proosen

11-23-2004, 11:14 PM

Wow Niclas that is amazing. I shall have to pick some of that up. This might sound crazy, but would a Dremel with a polishing bit on it do a good job? Or would it just wear away the paint?

I think your likely to destroy the paint job with a dremel, it's to fast and can easily ruin everything. It takes only light rubbing to get this shine out of the paint. If I remember it's some 15-20 minutes work on the roof from start to finish. If it's more of a haze in the paint and none or little orange peel you'll be fine with just the polish and no sanding to bring out the shine. Be careful on acrylics though as almost anything will soften it, on thoroughly dried enamel and laquer I had no problems with automotive materials.

Good luck!
Niclas

JTRACING

11-23-2004, 11:45 PM

Sweet build!!, I love the gt-40! but I can never find any kits of it around here

Tikiman

11-24-2004, 06:49 PM

I got mine from HLJ.com

Zturbo

11-25-2004, 07:45 AM

I thought it was a real car until the couple last picture(pic from top).great job man.

mike united

11-25-2004, 03:13 PM

:eek: Great build Matt, you HAVE been busy !!!

Mike :smokin:

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Another GT40, Completed /\ Lots of pics