Revell GT40 # 98

[MALCOLM H CAMBRIDGE]

Has any one made this model? If so, could you please give me some advice
regarding the colour of the car's nose.

I've got pictures of the car with a red & white nose, a red & black nose and
also a white nose. The pictures are all supposedly from the '66 Daytona
Continental 24hr race. Now I know 24 hours is a long time to be racing but I
doubt very much that the car required repainting during its pit-stops.

I guess some of the pictures were taken during practice and qualifying so
can anyone tell me which colour combination was used during the actual race.

There is also an error in the instructions, as they say to include the air-
scoups positioned behind the rear window. The box art shows these scoups to
be absent which is correct. The scoups were added at the following race, at
Sebring and remained for Spa and Le Mans.

Thanks in advance.
Malcolm.

[Anthony W. Wallace]

>There is also an error in the instructions, as they say to include the air-
>scoups positioned behind the rear window. The box art shows these scoups to
>be absent which is correct. The scoups were added at the following race, at
>Sebring and remained for Spa and Le Mans.

You are correct in that the scoops were added later. The Revell GT40 is a
version of the GT40 II. I can't help with the color scheme, but if you are
interested in building a more complete kit, I would definitely reccommend the
one from tiger valley miniatures. Very complete kit, and very nicely done.

Tony

[Don_S...@transarc.com]

>Has any one made this model? If so, could you please give me some advice
>regarding the colour of the car's nose.

>I've got pictures of the car with a red & white nose, a red & black nose and
>also a white nose. The pictures are all supposedly from the '66 Daytona
>Continental 24hr race. Now I know 24 hours is a long time to be racing but I
>doubt very much that the car required repainting during its pit-stops.

I think you may be seeing pictures of more than 1 car - there were several
entered in this race with similar paint schemes. See my other post -
the Mar 93 FSM shows this car as white, with a dark blue hood, white and
red nose panels, red door stripes, dark blue side stripes, and gold wheels.

Don

[Don_S...@transarc.com]

^^^^^
me thinks you mean Thunder Valley

Note that the Thunder Valley kit includes a resin body and engine for
a Mk Ia - small block v8, slightly modified body work from the original
Mk I - intended to model the '69 LeMans winning Gulf/Weyer car.

The car originally refered to was (I think) a vanilla Mk II. When
the snorkle brake scoops were added, this became a Mk IIa. The following
year, fitted with a hotter 427 and without the snorkle scoops, the
designation was Mk IIb.

Sorry to say, my only reference on this particular car is all black and
white. I do have the March '93 FSM that includes an article with color
pictures on building this kit/car. It suggests the following mods are in
order:

- remove the snorkle scoops
- remove the drivers head roof bulge
- move the fuel filler to the opposite side
- modify the radiator air outlet splitter - on this car it should
not be a simple vertical fin, but should flare as it blends into
the horizontal surface (if you have many GT40 pictures, you probably
know what I'm trying to explain).

- mentions that the decals include orange markings that should be
flourscent red, and black stripes that should be dark blue. The majority
of the hood seems to be painted dark blue. The headlight buckets
are flat black. Paint the wheels gold. The author also added some
simulated silver "duck" tape to the nose, on the white panel.

Don

[** BOB SIGMAN ***]

You have probably seen most of these corrections before, but here
is my list:
No hood pins/wires. There was a twist "vane". Straight when
locked. Turn 90 degrees to unlock.
Different solid pie shaped splitter in radiator outlet.
No bubble. This is for Gurney cars.
No snorkels.
No etched metal wind strakes on hood.
Visible splitters inside of the air intakes behind the windows.
At least in practice, 98 had a big hole in the top of the right
front fender. 96 had 2 small holes at the tire edges. (I think they had
problems with tire rub on the banking.) At this point the red nose tape
was not on the cars. The front is black, but it has a distict blue tint.
If you want to do #2 from Sebring, it is not dark blue but a
medium metallic blue (a Mustang color). Also it should be noted that
Ken Miles car from LeMans was light blue with flourescent orange fender
flashes.
In the why wasn't I there department, several years ago Big
Lots, a close out store, had cases of Revell GT40s for $3.95.
Bob Sigman

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[Rich Gortatowsky]

Don_S...@transarc.com wrote:
: >Has any one made this model? If so, could you please give me some advice

: Don

THis all invokes a SAD tale...

I bought one of those curbside Fujimi jobs once...

My intent was to do it up nice w/ my own racing colors and graphics and add some
frills... TO curbside kits I always try and better em' up a bit... Be it
lighting em' runnin' hoses round even though no motor exist.. Like under the
car... Illusion is wonderful.

Anyhow... This is ALL before I invented the <$20 paint booth. I was priming
it on ye' ole' window ledge... Trying to get it done before a rainstorm arrived/
This HUGE gust of wind comes like tidal wave and ZOOOM of it flies out the
window... I ran out bout 25 seconds before the cloudburst... Found a few items
but all the smaller stuff was like GONE... I got drenched... Definetly
a modelling day to remember... We all have em'... WHy not spew some?

I had a Toyota like TAKA-Q or somethin' prototype and to make a short story
long... While removing the paint for the 452 time I lost a critical scoorp
down the drain and postumously decided to rip half the plumbing in the
house aprt... I got drenched... Found nothing...

Or@!!! Finally... The time I was drilling some thick sheet styrene out
to jury rig an oil cooler not noticing thatthe rest of the almost completed
assemblies were RIGHT next to my drilling zone... Styrene caught on the too
large drill bit whipped around (dremel? :( ) smacking most of the model
and sending it to a visious 4 foot sprawl to the ungiving floor...

These all become thrawls.... Practice targets... FOr new technique.

/Raging Plastic Maniacs Online\
Are
Well we are!

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