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ME: Honey, what would you like to get for Xmas?
GF: Hmm, maybe a new set of protection boots for my horses?
ME: Consider it done.
3 days later a parcel arrives.
GF: Honey, you know, it would be lovely if I could use them now as the old ones have fallen apart...
ME: Deal
- and this is how I got to open my Xmas gift early. Its first part is Meng's British Heavy Tank Mk. V Male (which I will review in a separate post), the second - and the subject of this review - is the lovely Ford GT40 MK II kit from Trumpeter.
It's clearly visible that Trumpeter put a lot of thought into packaging. It's my first kit from them so I have no idea if this is usual, but apart from everything being packed into a big, rigid and fully loaded cardboard box, we get some clever packaging inside:
- quite large internal box containing body panels and large clear elements
- smaller internal box containing tyres and foam inserts for the tyres
- every sprue in its own foil bag, with chrome sprues wrapped additionally in thicker foam foil inside the bags
Packaging aside, this is a multimedia kit - so apart from plastic, we get quite a lot of extra stuff: screws, rods, springs, photo-etched parts, tubing, etc.
The box image:
Inside:
Sample manual page, I like how the images are in a different colour than part numbers and instructions:
First sprues - most of the model is painted in white:
More sprues, with a part pre-painted (partially!) in aluminum:
Last white sprue and the first chrome one:
The chrome is of very good quality, thick and shiny, much better than what I've seen before in Tamiya, Revell or Italeri kits. The pink elements on the left are not pink, it's a reflection of a painting on the wall - that's how good the chrome is. It will be a tough decision whether to remove all that chrome and paint with Alclad or to keep it as is.
More chrome:
Last chrome sprue and a small clear one:
Now, the only black sprue and the biggest surprise of the kit: prepainted engine parts and wheel rims (rims in gold, it's actually a quite nice gold color, properly metallic, similar to what can be sometimes seen on the road on Subaru Impreza wheels; engine block is in metallic grey and a colour that resembles Alclad's pale burnt metal). Again, I'm not sure if I'll want to repaint these elements or will leave them as they are. It's all pretty good quality.
Single decal sheet:
And a big bag of goodies: mesh wiring, photo-etched parts, some pre-cut, self-adhesive foam or neoprene parts, a sheet of seat belt material, a sheet of reflective sticker, and 22 bags of various parts, from bolts to springs with anything in between.
Now, the internal box with body parts:
The large body on the image below is actually three separate parts: chassis, engine cover, and the small front storage space cover. Also, the doors and floor panel - and you can see that a part of the floor panel is again pre-painted in aluminum.
Clear plastic element for the large glass surfaces and some clear red plastic for tail lights:
And the last internal box containing tyres and foam inserts:
General impressions:
I have looked closely at every sprue. I see absolutely no flash or sink, everything seems to be beautifully moulded with lots of detail. Instructions are clear and well presented. Chrome is surprisingly good, much better than anything I've ever seen in a kit before (if you are building Model Space Harley Fat Boy and have seen the cam covers, this is the level of quality of the chrome parts).
This kit should be a pleasure to build - highly recommended.
Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
Happy building :-) http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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 Looks a nice kit and should build into a fine model, nice review  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Great review of a quality kit. This will be a build worth watching..... Regards Alan
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That is a lovely looking kit. Its a real life car that i really like especially when you consider its age. Hope you have great fun building this one. Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower
SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette)
COMPLETED: Porsche 911, E-Type Jaguar, Lam Countach
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Looks a lovely kit, looking forward to it Steve
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Nice review of a nice kit Michu, I'm sure you'll have fun building that. 
We had a member on here four years ago who started a build diary for one of these, and added some nice scratchbuilt details to it, though sadly he didn't finish the model before he disappeared from the forum, but it was a very nice build for what he did. You can find it here:
http://forum.model-space...aspx?g=posts&t=3174
Did you know it was called the GT40 because it was ONLY 40 inches high? Not the easiest car to get into!!  
Kev 
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