Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40

Hi all well this arrived today Admittedly I had to wait a while (I ordered it on 27 oct with my birthday money) Let me tell you it was well worth the wait and for 68 quid incredible value for money.

I knew there were some errors on it from watching other builds of it.

The quality of the kit has surprised me, it is incredible,

For instance look at the quality of the chrome



Unfortunately its wrong (not even sure if you can chrome an engine block) no matter 5 mind in bleach and that problem is cured



And im not sure why they went to the trouble of pre painting the top of the engine gold as that's wrong too.

Hi all, in the reviews I've read of this kit it has said to ditch the kit supplied braided hoses as the fray and fall apart when cut, don't, just spray them with your missus hairspray (don't tell her though)














It seems a great kit but there is no ford moulds or insignia anywhere on the kit, I assume that's a copyright issue to do with it originally being a trumpeter kit, just a small point but I thought I would mention it.

If you wanted you could always get decals for that.

There is no distributor supplied in the GT40 kit, glass beads to the rescue
I've added the carb to the engine (I really like this kit the fit of everything is really good)

Hi all the distributor is made and installed 



Sprayed the floor pan



Tried the engine in it.




No idea where the coil is placed on this car so left an extra long ht coil lead.

Hi all more work on the GT40.

The Leds arrived and they really are micro.

Trial of the body on the car.








I notice there is a nice cutout in the headlight housing for the LEDs and a nice round hole for the front indicators 




Just don't know where the rear indicators go, there only seem to be main lights and brake lights there.

You are really burning up the road with this one! Its looking amazing. The small details are bringing it to life. I can't wait to see more progress on this kit. Keep up the astounding work.

Hi all more work on this 

More work on this one.
More work on this one (the rear clam shell is just rested on there to see how it looks)

Things will slow down on this for a while as I'm waiting for a flasher circuit board for the indicators, some fibre optics for the dashboard and some switches to operate all the lights, all due mid to late February. 

Anyway here is the next update on this awesome kit.

Well the fibre optics arrived ahead of schedule so I tried them out, well pleased with the results got 2 more to add for the indicators but have to wait for the flasher circuit board.

Well I've wasted all weekend trying to get flashing indicators to work (I even bought so called flashing leds, which they didnt) so I've admitted defeat it won't have operating indicators, heres the next installment of the GT40

There is 1 other thing missing from this kit, there is no indicator stalk (which is also the main beam ) luckily its a very simple set up so easy to scratch build also the steering shaft is too long and protrudes too far into the cabin (unfortunately I don't have the equipment to alter that but if you had a mill you could) 

Hi all more work on the GT40 

Hi all more work on this,ive made some of the many fuel lines.

I bought a tray to use as the base for it to sit on. Can you guess the setting im going to put it in.

Started work on the setting for this

How impressive? THAT impressive! So good to see somebody come by to post something new and brush the cobwebs off the website! Good 2021 to you and the gang here!

This is what happens when you know next to nothing about electronics i ordered the wrong switches they only turn the lights off if you keep them pressed, ive ordered some on off toggle switches hope that works.

Got most of the decals on now, on the last leg now.

I should just mention the one draw back with this kit is the steering will never work as the clearance under the wheel arches only gives you about 19 degrees from lock to lock, still a minor detail in my mind (certainly not worth paying 200 more quid for)