1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuilt and improved

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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuild and improve WIP

Post by [KRAFTIG] » Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:04 pm

Looking good sir!

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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuild and improve WIP

Post by Zondaracer » Mon Apr 10, 2017 5:21 pm

Update 10 April 2017
Today I finished the model. Lots of trouble during assembly, so took more time than I anticipated.

Sanding and polishing the body.
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Difference between polished and unpolished:
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Unfortunately I found some dust and ofcourse I went through the pearl layer on the nose. So it needed a respray:
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Inserted the doorsill mesh. No idea what's for but the real car has it.
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New headlights:
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Tail end ready, Alas triple mesh blocks most of the inner parts I built.
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Front with emblem.
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The "marriage"
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Last bits glued and presto!
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The famous car wide reflector:
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Spoiler flips up easily and locks with magnets
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Spoiler retracted:
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I'll try tomorrow to make a video and shoot a few quality pics with my DSLR to officially finish this thread.
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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuild and improve WIP

Post by [KRAFTIG] » Mon Apr 10, 2017 6:03 pm

Wow, stunning, you should be proud! :clap:

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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuilt and improved

Post by Zondaracer » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:50 pm

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlADCUZ9Fv4
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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuilt and improved

Post by [KRAFTIG] » Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:02 pm

Great work, great shots too. What's next?

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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuilt and improved

Post by Zondaracer » Tue Apr 11, 2017 4:07 pm

[KRAFTIG] wrote:Great work, great shots too. What's next?
Ricko Vector W8 in silver.

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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuilt and improved

Post by [KRAFTIG] » Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:54 pm

Haha, great specimen!

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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuilt and improved

Post by jim010 » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:24 am

OMG, wow!

I have a red Ricko Vector. I cannot wait to see what you do. I hope to maybe replicate what you do to the Vector, so PLEASE do a detailed account like you did here!

This thread will be of interest to you when you start the vector.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topi ... ld/?page=1

Fantastic

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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuilt and improved

Post by robs model cars » Thu Apr 13, 2017 7:49 am

Great customisation again, model looks awesome mate.

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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuilt and improved

Post by Zondaracer » Fri Apr 14, 2017 3:05 am

Thank you everyone for the compliments. The GT90 was a real gem to rebuild and glad you like the result.

@jim010 thanks for the link. Sad it does not seem to be finished, this guy has superior building skills. Love to see the end result.

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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuilt and improved

Post by Nicadraus » Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:38 am

Fantastic rework and very impressive craftsmanship. :worthy:

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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuilt and improved

Post by protzenegger » Fri Apr 28, 2017 4:23 pm

Phenomenal work! Was really looking forward to seeing the finished product, and this is top-notch. You really did justice to my favorite concept car. Bravo! :clap:

If one day you decide to build for customers, I'll send you my GT90 :D

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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuilt and improved

Post by Zondaracer » Sat Apr 29, 2017 5:16 am

protzenegger wrote:Phenomenal work! Was really looking forward to seeing the finished product, and this is top-notch. You really did justice to my favorite concept car. Bravo! :clap:

If one day you decide to build for customers, I'll send you my GT90 :D
Thanks for the compliments, glad you like it. It's an amazing car with an insane amount of details. To my surprise even more than the Zonda. When I have completed my bucketlist I intend to start building models for customers, but not sure about this GT90. The amount of work is astonishing, esspecially on the interior and the dome. I expected this to be a quick build, but until now it is the project with the largest amount of manhours.

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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuilt and improved

Post by MCWS » Mon May 01, 2017 12:14 pm

Sweeeeeeeeet!

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Re: 1/18 Maisto Ford GT90 rebuilt and improved

Post by Zondaracer » Wed Sep 05, 2018 4:28 pm

Also updated this thread with new photo links. Maybe not as flashy as a Pagani, but I still adore this model.

A few before/after pics:
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