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Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« on: December 08, 2020, 09:22:11 pm »



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.
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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2020, 08:37:33 pm »

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.
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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2020, 09:58:53 pm »

Love that engine.


Dacron sea fishing line makes good replacement model hoses - it's braided and sort of hollow so fine wire or solder can be fed up inside to hold it in shape.  Small diameter heatshrink on each end as ferrules and a paint spray to suit.
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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2020, 08:38:00 pm »

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)




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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2020, 10:32:09 am »

Nice build!


I made a GT40 kit back in 1969 - wish I could remember who made the kit - but it went together well and was on display on my parents house for many years.


.........not sure what happened to it .


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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2020, 08:46:53 pm »

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.
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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2020, 07:05:08 pm »

Hi all more work on the GT40.
The Leds arrived and they really are micro.







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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2020, 08:11:14 pm »

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.
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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2020, 08:16:32 pm »

Is it not the race version so no indicators needed ?
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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2020, 08:53:41 pm »

In America they usually flash a red tail light instead of having separate amber indicators -thats my memory of driving over there.  I presume it's still the same but it's been a while!
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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2020, 08:33:00 pm »


More work on this great model.



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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2020, 06:57:49 pm »

Hi all more work on this



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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2020, 11:54:09 am »

Last time I was there was 2005, some had amber indicators, most the flashing red tail light, i think the ambers were on predominantly imports
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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2021, 03:57:08 pm »

I remember the cooling air blowing through those eyelets in the seats.

We had one in the bodyshop not long after the famous Lemans race that the GT40 was so successful in, and we changed the colour from pale blue and orange to red and white in time for the customer to race it at Castle Combe the next weekend!

Cant remember whose car it was - Ron Fry or Ron Piper maybe?

We often had both of their cars in at the same time and had to keep them hidden from each other when one of them visited the workshop  - like this GT40 as it was to be a surprise rival for the Ferrari GTO that the other driver had!
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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2021, 09:29:35 pm »

Hi all I haven't forgotten this just been waiting for better weather (spraying in the shed has been so cold) im pleased how the gloss has turned out on this.




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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2021, 08:33:14 pm »

Started lighting up the GT40, just got to figure out how to make the indicators flash and how to add the fibre optics for lighting up the dashboard



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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2021, 08:39:54 pm »


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








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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2021, 08:04:08 pm »

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.



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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2021, 08:20:40 pm »

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.





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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #19 on: January 20, 2021, 05:47:38 pm »

Looks amazing, you are doing some job of it.
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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #20 on: January 20, 2021, 09:23:54 pm »

That looks really nice - I can't remember seeing the lights in the floor sills, but it looks really amazing!
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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #21 on: January 24, 2021, 09:00:26 pm »


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




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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2021, 09:59:40 pm »

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)
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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #23 on: January 27, 2021, 08:06:50 pm »

Hi all more work on the GT40








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Re: Magnifier 1/12 Ford Gt40
« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2021, 11:18:30 am »

In my helicopters and harriers I have either the flashing LEDs (also not impressed with them) or a circuit board (the copper strip vero type) which does the flashing, there should be details on the internet if not in the electronics section of the forum as I am sure someone put a description of various flashers circuits.
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