A few years ago I built a white kit for a GT40 and painted it yellow with black hood. I decided to rebuild this car and do a better job on the livery since the original project fell short of expectations and I was never happy with it. … I disassembled the car, removed the driver, cockpit, windshield, lights, grills, etc. I submerged the yellow livery into a tub of Superclean for 48-72 hours to remove the paint and decals, and scrubbed the body clean with a toothbrush until all the paint was removed.
These photos are of the original build that I wasn’t happy with.
I decided to rebuild the car and copy the #130 – GT40 livery that ran in the 1967 Targa Florio.
The freshly repainted body, pearl white with black headlights, hood air intake and rear.
I think the second attempt turned out a little better… there were some mistakes made with gluing the body together originally that could not be rectified but the final result was improved. The body sits on a plastic chassis for the moment, a scratch chassis is a possibility in the distant future. There are many other projects already in the queue that are a priority.
Thanks for looking.