Peterpools

Rob I followed both your Ford GT MK.II and Ducati builds and was amazed at your skills working your way through both kits. The finish on each was simply amazing. If I can come half as close to your amazing builds, I'll be one happy camper. Keep 'em comin Peter

Jeroen Nice choice for sure and will be looking forward to your start. Needless to say, I'll be following your progress from start to finish Keep 'em comin Peter.

Rob Got ya and looking forward to your start. I'm still waiting for my Gravity paint order to arrive so I can start the painting process. Auto modeling is so different then military modeling at least at this stage on how things seem to be done and in what order. I'm planning on learning as I go. Keep 'em comin Peter

John Got ya Peter

Thanks Rob Seems like a good project to get my racing juices flowing with. Just love those Gulf Racing Colors and I went with Gravity (Spain) Gulf color set but the set didn't include the dark blue. Yup, one of the Tamiya colors does have a metallic sheen but I want to see what they look like shot on some plastic to be sure. I actually bought three different Tamiya dark blue lacquers and will test each to see which looks best. Have you started you ship build yet - it's going to be be epic and I'm eagerly looking forward to following every update. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks John, going to give it a try when I can Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl to the rescue ... way to go. Cees, some mighty intricate work and so glad Carl was able to find the wing panels you needed. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Carl I have to agree and should have thought of it that way as well. Still, it just seems to me that rushing things only wound up shooting themselves in the foot and when the Border Lanc arrives, we would be comparing apples to oranges, with one kit costing double the other. Maybe slowing down a bit and not settling for silly errors even at the beginning would have been the best course and saved money and criticism in the long run. For the money, HK kits are a good value, they just need to raise their bar just a bit. Keep 'em comin Peter

Jeroen One spectacular build and the aileron relic from this specific plane, looks perfect as well. Cees, way to go.! Any ideas as to what's next? You did mention it but nothing specific. Keep 'em comin Peter

John The gloss yellow look so good. I'll have to give your te4chnique of gloss over flat a try. Keep 'em comin Peter

Hi Carl I'll make sure to let my brother know you said hello, when I talk with him tonight. Believe it or not, I never saw the movie but it's on my list of movies to catch up on. More then anything else, I remember growing up in the that era and racing in the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's is what peaks my interest and keeps the memories flowing. I never realized Thunder Valley made resin kits, as I thought their expertise was in spectacular AM. The kit looks mighty good and being from Thunder Valley has to be top shelf and very accurate. I know how frustrating it is to being not be able to buy paints and supplies as we seemed to go through this here in the states as well. It was quite a few years after what seemed as if everyone could buy Tamiya Lacquers except us. Even now, certain Tamiya products as an example aren't sold in the US - just never understood why. Have you tried Scale Finishes for the colors you need, as they might ship to Canada. http://www.scalefinishes.com/welcome.html The kit's instructions call out the paints in AK colors and that might be a way to also go. I'm hoping this to be a fun build and not having to work around the construction crew. Keep 'em comi Peter

Ford GT40 Gulf Wyer 1966 Le Mans Second Place Car Driven by: Miles and Hulme Meng 1/24 It’s been a good while since I’ve done any building with the on-going house renovation plus some issues with my medical condition, so I thought I would try to grab some bench time, unwind and build something so very different for me: a 1/24th scale race car. I haven’t attempted a car build of any type for decades and now seemed the perfect time plus help get the old juices flowing again. The project: the 1/24 Meng Ford GT40 Gulf Wyer 1966 Le Mans Team, where the Team won first, second and third places. I decided to build the second place car driven by Miles and Hulme in their distinct Blue and Orange Gulf colors. I’ll go as far as I can but I’m sure the on-going renovation construction will halt the build as there will be way too much dust in the air to do any painting beyond priming. The kit: Molding is sharp, almost no flash and a decent amount of nicely molded parts. Part fit is OK and I’ve only used small amounts of Mr Surfacer 500 where needed based on what I think will be seen when the GT40 is finished The instructions could be clearer on part location and orientation as most part are not keyed and it’s easy to make a mistake figuring out how the part should fit. Meng color call outs are for: AK and Acryion paints, neither of which I use, so some homework was needed. Some of the colors didn’t seem correct and especially to a guy who knows so very little but learning. Thank goodness for my brother who is a walking encyclopedia and so far has received more than a fair number of telephone calls and emails on a daily basis. Exterior paints are going to be from Gravity (Spain) lacquer paints as well as Tamiya Lacquers. The one color that had me hung up is the dark blue, which seems to be all over the place as I search for information. The closest match was either Tamiya LP-41 Mica Blue and LP-45 Racing Blue – I’ll need to do a bit of testing as to which one is the closest. One HUGE difference between military modeling and auto racing modeling is the cars are very specific per Owner/Team, modified and tweaked from race to race, so how the car appeared at one race might not be correct for a different race or even to another Team car for that same race. Nope, I’m not going to be anywhere that accurate as my goal is to just finish, no AM at all and go for the best finish I’m capable of; not even planning on wiring up the engine for my first time out of the gate. So here we go. I ordered my paints and am carefully following the instructions, cleaning up all the parts, lots of test fitting and deciding what parts will be added prior to priming and what parts after painting each major assembly. My initial impression is the fit is good and nicely detailed. I’ve pretty much decided right now, the front portion of the body will be closed and the rear portion left movable so the GT40 engine and suspension can be displayed or left closed up depending how she looks after crossing the line. Right now, most of the parts are just being test fitted and taped in place, with the business end looking rather busy. The cockpit is nicely detailed but much will not be seen once of the main body shell is in place. So I'm off to the races. Thanks for checking in: Few parts are actually glued in place. Most are either just press fit or taped to see how they fit. Not bad at all.

Rog OMG .. no question, I've never seen a haul/order to this degree ... and of course, nothing could be better. Keep 'em comin Peter

martin Some mighty nice classic kits - I remember them so well - enjoy. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rog Now that's one fantastic haul and could be part of the reason there is a world wide shortage. Enjoy and looking forward to a few build threads. Keep 'em comin Peter

MIke Some very nice work. Keep 'em comin Peter

Jeroen Nice work nailing down the remaining details. Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Nice work on correcting more short comings on the HK kit. Of the three areas you needed to correct, the tail planes mounting pins raised their heads as zero QC and no one apparently did a careful test build at all. I still just keep wondering why so many small mistakes made their way into the kit, which add up to a lot of work and time. To make matters worse in my book, it's not an inexpensive kit at $329 Sprue Bros). Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Some mighty nice research and glad you were able to help out Cees. Keep 'em comin Peter

Kriss Some mighty nice rivet work. Are you using one of the Rosie the Riveters? I have quite a few and find them to be indispensable. Keep 'em comin Peter

John Nice decisions on both the flat and gloss yellows. Your creativity with paint and an air brush is exceptional. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Gaz Fingers crossed you're going to be feeling a lot better in a day or so and it seems the weather all over the planet is nuts these past few years. draining out 24 inches of water from the pool - yikes now that's heavy duty rain. Figure look so good and sad to hear of the new issues. It seems there is always something. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Kriss - they do look good Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Nice work on the gear and I'm just amazed at how many 'goofs' HB has so thoughtfully added to the kit for the builder to find and correct. Good choice on testing the install the gear/nacelle install assembly and which will let you install later on - so much easier. Sometimes I wonder if manufactures spend extra time trying to figure out the hardest way to assemble their kits and add parts. Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Completely agree … best way to keep the juices flowing for sure. Thanks for the info and research on the retraction locks … makes perfect sense. Keep ‘em comin Peter