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Offline kpnuts

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1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« on: October 05, 2021, 02:54:40 AM »
Hi all got this back out of the shed, can you guess what I'm going to do with it.





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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2021, 02:15:31 PM »
clean it up a bit hopefully....................... 8)
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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2021, 02:36:02 AM »
A barn find project
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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2021, 04:42:34 PM »
Barn-find rebuild! ;)
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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2021, 03:53:36 AM »
Hi all well it cleaned up fairly well, just got to strip the paint next.





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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2021, 03:30:56 AM »
I have it stripped (now just have to strip the paint off.




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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2021, 01:59:33 AM »
I found something better to power the GT40 than some marker pens and some plumbing spares.










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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2021, 02:23:13 AM »
Now I'm really intrigued! :icon_surprised:
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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2021, 03:06:57 AM »
 :smiley:
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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2021, 04:59:37 AM »
Oh yeah! The rarely-seen interstellar GT40  :smiley:
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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2021, 04:24:27 PM »
A rebuilt GT40 in the 22nd Century, where ICE engines are illegal & fossil fuels are nearly impossible to obtain? ;)
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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2021, 02:02:11 AM »
Thanks guys I have another donor kit for weaponizing her.

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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2021, 01:58:46 AM »
Here's a quick mock up ( I'm thinking of using some led's and have it hovering)








Can't decide on colour gold, blue or pink.

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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2021, 08:48:23 AM »
Pink is for Cadillacs. ;)

Black is the traditional Ford colour ("Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." Henry Ford, 1863-1947), or blue. 8)


 ........  or beige. :o
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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2021, 09:11:08 AM »
Pink is for Cadillacs. ;)

Black is the traditional Ford colour ("Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." Henry Ford, 1863-1947), or blue. 8)


 ........  or beige. :o

Or the '64 Mustang's iconic Rangoon Red?
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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2022, 03:35:25 AM »
Hi all, so what happened here.

Both parts were painted at the same time, with the same primer and the same top coat, I decided to give them a second coat and this happened 



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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #16 on: June 08, 2022, 12:13:42 PM »
Bugger! :o

Sorry, can't help you, mate. Same crap happens to me, too. :icon_crap:

I'm guessing somewhere along the line some moisture/oil/release-agent has gotten onto it or seeped through the underlying paint, or, maybe, the paint on the rear panel hadn't quite cured/dried as well. ???
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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #17 on: June 09, 2022, 05:36:24 AM »
Curses !  I've had the same problem between automotive putty & automotive paint - you'd think they would be compatible.  Had to put a coat of Humbrol or Testors model paint between the two layers.

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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #18 on: June 14, 2022, 03:13:57 AM »
More work on the gt40000







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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #19 on: June 14, 2022, 12:20:23 PM »
Cool, a flying car! :D

Those are anti-grav units, right? ???

 ;)
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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #20 on: July 10, 2022, 01:54:55 AM »
More work on this.







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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #21 on: July 12, 2022, 03:50:37 AM »
More work on the GT 40000






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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #22 on: July 16, 2022, 10:41:55 PM »
More progress






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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #23 on: July 16, 2022, 11:45:36 PM »
Hmmm, methinks Dr Emmett Brown may have upgraded from the DeLorean. ;)
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Re: 1/12 Ford GT40 (remodelled)
« Reply #24 on: July 24, 2022, 03:07:14 AM »
Added some lighting effects.