Building the New Tamiya 1/24 Ford GT Step by step, Plastic Model Car

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In this step by step video tutorial I will show you easy to use techniques to get beautiful scale models all while having fun. I will show you building , painting and weathering and offer up tips and tricks to get the most out of your scale model. Today I will be buidling the New Tamiya 1/24 Ford GT
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[@kalbs89]

You did a fine job Andy, looks great. Racing Fords to me are always blue, all the Shelby's, cobras etc. Again, that's my impression. Ferrari is red. So when I build mine it will be blue. That's the beauty of plastic modelling, we can build our own dreams.

[@yetsunfang]

yeah, it's the international auto racing color. Italy is red, USA is blue with white stripes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_auto_racing_colours

[@largol33t1]

kalbs89, if you sand ALL the paint off, you can do a decent job on a metal body model. I've done it on a 1/24 Mercedes rally car because to me, most rally cars tend to be white. It came out nicely.

[@RWHobbies]

I am the same. Ford racing means blue and white stripes. I will be going with those colors. But it is your model and feel free to do any color you want.

[@ConservativeGangstR]

I agree 100%. When i think of Ford I think blue with white stripes.

[@CafeenMan]

Mine will be mom-jeans tan.

[@stephenharrington528]

Andy you have done a fantastic job with this model and tamiya should be commended for such a great model Steve 🇬🇧

[@bend8722]

This is my first time building a model car so this really helped!

[@bend8722]

I didn't know how to apply the cement! 🤣

[@RomanStepanovTV]

That is an awesome color Andy. Thank you for the great video as usual

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

Turned out very nice. Far more complex body than I expected it to be.

[@troydowning3302]

Very nice build. That color is awesome

[@PabloModelkits]

What a beautiful job 😎

[@reh3ddoes]

Absolutely a beautiful car recreated beautifully by Tamiya built beautifully by Andy. Great work!

[@PhuVet]

Try putting your decals in water backing side up...it keeps the curl from happening. I put them in water for 20 sec or so then pull them out and let them sit on my mat face up. It keeps the backing rigid so it's easier to slide. I use warm water and swap it out half way through. Also add a drop or 2 of decal solution in the water to break the terger pressure. Tamiya Racing Blue was made for this kit. Along with metallic red.

[@Octabust]

Great video as always. But honestly the doors make this model look a bit like a toy, they should have had a little gap there. But you could create that effect also by a sharp knife and Tamiya panel liner.

[@ConservativeGangstR]

Sorry, seen you comment after I made mine. I agree, 100%. Must be a panel gap.

[@yuvan-theodumas2115]

Love your energy, pressed like instantly. awesome build too

[@mchutube]

Very nice, make me wanna go buy and build one myself. On the finished model, I think a bit of panel lining on the doors would make it even more realistic, just my personal taste I guess.

[@ConservativeGangstR]

Jeez, I'm seeing all these comments about panel gaps after I post mine. Lol

[@TheRealMerkinSeason]

I’ve never used the panel accent on a finished body. How does that turn out looking?

[@johnschultz2908]

Use Meguiars plastic polish. Amazing stuff. Most auto stores will have it in their detailing department. How about a fine wash in the panel lines. Based on your armor, you should be pretty good at it. I use a true watercolor prior to the clear since it is so forgiving. Add a very small drop of dish soap to the water and it should go down nice and smooth. Sorry, this is an outstanding build Andy!

[@bullzeyes23]

Wow. I always admired you guys on this hobby. Always wanted to buy one and try to build myself but very doubtful of my capabilities. This video makes me want to start building one. Thanks

[@MaZEEZaM]

Me 2.

[@robertgriffin662]

That is a awesome ford. I wish i could build and paint them like you do. Love your channel. keep it up please.

[@huatongleong3674]

Good video on this new kit. I ‘ll like to say that for model car kit building, the car body is best to be sprayed with aerosol spray paints like Tamiya spray cans. The thickness of the spray can paint work always appeared ‘true scaled’ against the real car. Whereas, air brush painting suits military models building as the objects are not refine products as compared to flashy automobile. In fact , I do air brush only on my presentation drawings. Spray can painting whether is gloss or clear coat on metallic colour on a well prepare ,cleaned, and sun warmed up body will give you a high gloss and stabilised looks without any polishing. You can sun bake the model car body under the sun in a clear booth but with proper ventilation for half a day to achieve a more sharp and permanent look. The model will appear closer to a metal automobile rather than a plastic object. Never spray a car model body on a rainy day ! To achieve variation in colour finishes from standard spray cans, you can venture into using light metallic colour coat on different undercoat colour to alter the finished look. It is fun to see your own version of colour scheme for car model building. After all, the car industries are now producing cars of exciting colours. As for this Ford GT kit, it is really well made except short on engine compartment details. On those meshed air intakes areas, I think using nylon mesh netting as substitutes is better and relevant. Have fun!

[@007Moron]

I didn't expect this level of detail, but I need to thank you for doing justice to this vehicle. It's one of my favorites, and the final product looks GREAT! Job well done Andy. Kudos to Tamiya for engineering this model so accurately. I'm impressed in every way. Now, if I only had the patience to build my model rockets to this level. :(

[@GuntanksInSpace]

What a save on the Glue Accelerator! Car's looking fantastic!

[@Sniper_Cat_71]

That shadow black is off the hook. Great job Sir!

[@Modellbauhandwerker]

Very nice built-review. Seems it is a very very nice kit and extremly easy to assemble. Thanks for showing.

[@rookiegamer8132]

I always use white glue to the clear part 😁😁 really fine and outstanding job !!! Love it!

[@JDScaleModels]

Glad to see you may be joining the Splash Paints bandwagon! Great product!

[@jerryvolpini7987]

Amazing kit, Tamiya engineering at it's best! Great build Andy, thanks!

[@jawnsushi]

27:31 Amazing placement of the wind shield! 😆 👌

[@slackjaw703]

I hate that you spilled your glue, but it makes me feel so good when I think of the 4 or 5 I’ve dumped and the told myself “never again, I’m putting the lid on securely each time”. Lol. Great, great vehicle. Great build! Was looking forward to this!!

[@hamm6035]

A great build Andy. I have to say I like blue better but the red is stunning.

[@christianna3561]

Very well done! Simply beautiful. Thanks for sharing and I also appreciate the tips.

[@ericverpeten4249]

Beautiful build Andy, Thanks for sharing.

[@cdpgbc-mw2kz]

Great job, nice clean build. Splash paints are base coats and require gloss coats. Base coats are easier to paint as you are not trying to obtain a gloss with the base coat, only a good a solid base for the gloss top coats, which can be sanded out, like Andy did. Maybe if you build another one of these, you might consider spraying the stripes.

[@Argovia1803]

Love your click and pop videos.

[@s7k6s]

Mate...I really can care less about cars, however you made that thing look awesome. I almost want to build it, seriously. Great job!!

[@mariomeza3408]

AMAZING!! Great build and nice model from tamiya!!!

[@calebconn8671]

Looks awesome Andy! Maybe you could get your buddy Luka to finish a model car too!

[@nuno22467]

That's an awesome build, Congrats! The only thing I'd do different (aside the body colour) is painting the A pilars black.

[@daviemaclean61]

I was hoping you would paint it black with graphite stripes, however, I now think you could paint it any colour you like and it would still look great. Fantastic build and model.

[@miketurner4871]

Great job...perfect time to use those Splash paints!

[@leebarlow3911]

Very nice mate top job looks stunning thanks for sharing

[@TheSuperdaniel1970]

Thanks for sharing, lots of work in building these things. Looks great. I had problems with glue on windshields on my earlier builds and didn’t know about the car wax trick, thanks for sharing that. I use clear glue for clear parts now and have not had problems since. Will be looking for this kit when it comes out and definitely eyeing that smoke black color! Cheers 🍻

[@cesarignjas]

Andy, one tip to help with decals: try to use hair drier to warm up and get it to conform, it works with basicaly any decal, is like the vinyl wrap in the real cars. fantastic job! cheers.

[@FrankygoestoHobbywood]

this kit looks amazing… i guess, it would be awesome with the Tamiya blue in the spray can on your bench, too..!

[@aaronbaldea2734]

Great job, Andy! Looks like a wonderful kit.

[@MrTeufelweich]

Hello Andy, thx for showing... now i must have this kit. I even have the race-car from REVELL and the street-car has to stand with it side-by-side. Great modelling job!!! Greetings from Germany.

[@CurvedSlightly]

I think spraying the stripes on would look better than the decals.

[@samuelvasquez8170]

Great kit and build

[@vwjunkie03]

Notification from Andy’s Hobby Headquarters 😱 Awesome build as always Andy! Keep the videos coming

[@silversurfer8768]

Stella job ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really enjoyed watching the build👍🏼

[@pnamajck]

andy … nice paint-job … took note of the 'layering' effect you applied … the end result proved awesome. and the color you chose was, in my view, spot on. reading a couple of the other comments … it's true, having gaps in body panels would make it look more authentic. s'been 50+ years since i sat down to glue a kit together … maybe it's time i picked up a kit. also, keeping those mirrors detachable was a nice tip. btw, andy … loved that tchaikovsky in the background.

[@walidkhier]

Gluing prior to painting makes it easier to attach the parts together. However, polishing/sanding such curved scoops is much easier when they are separate.

[@willierants5880]

Dang Andy couldn't keep his mitts off this kit! Looks a real treat and love the color!

[@ethantrinkley3292]

Andy you've got a better advertisement for the Ford GT then Ford will ever give

[@ronschlorff7089]

if you've ever seen a real one, they are incredible; looks to be going 120 while standing still!!

[@krugmeister7301]

AWESOME JOB ANDY.!

[@MikeCindyWhite]

Awesome kit and build buddy! Looking forward to getting one!!

[@sergiovilelarico493]

Que suerte os quedan geniales yo hace mucho que no cojo una pero nunca las pintaba me quedarían fatal. Te la compro

[@ChrisK-LTC]

That looks great!

[@gunstanksplanes9001]

Fun build Andy! This is a Ford production car and not the race version, so I would have painted it red too. Chip Ganassi's cars are red, white & blue.

[@robbleeker4777]

I voted for the blue car from the box but red doesn't look bad at all....great job. It's actually a good kit that is also manageable for starters I reckon.. Perhaps you can add that to your reviews/builds??...Your opinion about the advancement of the kit. Not all kits are created equal from my own experience and some do require a bit more experience.

[@gamer197730]

I’m really looking forward to this car. I just purchased the Tamiya Ninja H2 R

[@Priibumi_Nusantara]

MASTERPIECE

[@CurvedSlightly]

I'd also whip out an IWATA Custom HP-TH for the bodywork, get some paint on there, lad!

[@ConservativeGangstR]

You ever thought of accentuating the panel gaps by painting them black with a very fine brush? It adds a depth of realism for sure.

[@TheRealMerkinSeason]

I’m actually doing this kit right now. Super nice super good quality. I love the tamiya kits I feel like I don’t ever want to buy another revell or Amt again. And the mpc and the monogram ones are always straight garbage. I love this ford kit but it was definitely a pain in the ass getting a few things where they need to be. Very very tedious on some of this stuff. Yours came out really nice though man. Props.

[@markburgess4528]

Looks really good Andy. Nice work.

[@MrZane-bl8qm]

I wish Tamiya has more variety in terms of cars. I just love their kits: wonderfully designed and always deliver the top notch quality. But they just lack some other European brands.

[@Hooptierescue]

Looks amazing and ben thinking of useing splash paint. This made my mind up.

[@calienteron3008]

Being a car guy all I can say is great video. I voted for the blue but the red looks awsome. Running low on a few supplies so will make a trip in to the shop in the new year. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.

[@mikep3180]

Beautiful build Andy! A nice change from armor , don't get me wrong I love your armor builds but it's nice seeing something different from time to time , again great build , love the red and white

[@Richard1855]

Red is definitely a better choice than the TS-50 Mica Blue. The latter was brought out by TAMIYA for the WRC SUBARU Impreza back in the late 1990s when it was all the rage!

[@richw0123]

Very clean build! The kit looks a lot nicer than the Revell race version, I hope Tamiya make a racing version of this. It would be great if Tamiya started making their cars with weighted and bulged tires though, as an aircraft builder this omission really stands out to me, but I rarely hear car modellers mention it.

[@XGniot]

Wow!

[@hobbychannel17]

Great job.!

[@mrcomix5948]

Great channel...just subscribed.....you should do more cars. ....

[@ben8017]

Great the videos nice greetings from the Rhineland

[@jeffersonchocron]

Awesome!!

[@donaldhall8785]

Trying to visualize the body with a couple of coats of Pearl as the final coats before putting on the decals.

[@zero00-100]

Wow, Tamiya's finally doing American cars! Would be cool if the made the ZR1 and Viper as well

[@jasonirwin4631]

A viper would be cool but Tamiya needs to wait about 6 months to a year and then make a mid engine Corvette model.

[@benglasby8014]

I would have liked to see how someone could assemble and paint this using spray cans. Very nice work Andy. When I do my video, I’ll use spray cans.

[@CMC440]

Greatings from Poland

[@jesseortega8598]

I just put that kit on Layaway. I was just going to ask you about the paint. FORD does not have any plans on producing that Liquid Blue paint for retail! Even through Duplicolor Perfect match! Which I was going for. I might have to go with a Rich Candy Blue.

[@CC-dq6ck]

reminds me of burnout revenge nicely done!! do a kv2 !

[@hotdogfud2080]

Not a fan of car kits, but that beautiful build starts to change my mind

[@ronschlorff7089]

it's bringing me back after a looooooooooooooonnnnng hiatus :D

[@yeowtom1788]

mine is still on the shipping but still great videos as always thank you uncle Andy if I may call you that.

[@ievgenguliaiev3601]

Good job Andy, you should start using 2k clear on car and bike models

[@straightzeke2529]

i appreciate this

[@redgreen09]

looking good and see ore as popted

[@wwkdiecastmore5647]

Great as always Andy, I don't see any tracks though, lol! Thanks for sharing!....Bill

[@drawmaster6343]

Metallic Grey with lightning blue stripes. And I will also do Matte black rims on it with red calipers. That’s what I want to do with my model.

[@ConservativeGangstR]

That would look fantastic.

[@ConservativeGangstR]

Except I would do matte grey with the stripes gloss. Keep the theme going with matte rims

[@drawmaster6343]

@@ConservativeGangstR we'll see. I have to wait till january, and the rims may actually be satin, I haven't fully decided yet

[@fatalmistake4655]

Question: Why did you leave that panel near the base of the doors black? Its not like that on the production cars and looks a bit jarring as you've left it.

[@marcelofloripa26]

Hello Andy. I think you missed the parts just below the doors before painting the body. I´m building this kit right now and I noticed you painted these parts in black, but actually it supposed to be body color. Anyway nobody noticed haha!! great job

[@AndysHobbyHeadquarters]

I realized it right after I posted video and I took mine apart to repaint it , and ended up messing up windshield , so I’m getting a new windsheild

[@lukasgarage956]

Nice build......mine will definitely be in a GULF livery LeMans edition

[@MeenakshiDutta-cu5vi]

Gulf sponsored the Ford GT LM?

[@TES-bp9bn]

Wonderful, sneaker.

[@dougg519]

I'm so surprised the lacquer laid down so well without any primer haha nice job!

[@travisfender8851]

Splash paints are AWESOME!!! I use them all the time. It lays down a bit better if you do a light tack coat on the whole piece and let it sit for about 5 minutes and then spraying your full coat.

[@soonerlon]

Nice job sir. If you really want your red car paint to "pop", first lay down some gray primer, then a coat of flat yellow, then the red paint. It's the way the Ferrari factory paints them and as we all know , Ferrari knows a thing or two about red cars.

[@mikeevangelista1532]

Great build. Looks good. Just a heads up on the real car the a pillars are black/carbon fibre. Also the portion on the lower part of the doors isnt completly black. The top part is body color. Other than that fantastic job!

[@StephenWestrip]

Didn't the Splash Paints instructions specify that you should have primed it first?

[@bassinbob1965]

You sold me on this kit Andy. So many of them have no engine or engine detail. I wish I could find a 1960's blue and orange model kit that doesn't cost hundreds of dollars and has an engine. Do you stock a kit like that or know where I can find one? Thanks for taking your time to make and post these videos. I appreciate you.

[@cruzer2123]

Wondering if it's better to paint all the body panels separately before building. I think it would be easier to wet sand and polish instead of doing it with all the panels in place.

[@kenclark6249]

I bought the Tamiya Ford GT kit and I am following your video and the instructions. What do the little x's with a number signify? I understand the parts trees by clor and the decals, but no clue of the x's. Enjoyable build so far.

[@LoPigs-q8e]

Ciao Handy, another great work, as usual! But, in my opinion, the kit is "too Tamiya like". I mean too basic, poor of details. Great color choice! My suggestion: when a paint with a glossy/shining red, I usually use a black glossy blak first, than 2 layers of clear (sanded) and then the red. the result is that the red is much more shining. White base usually absorb part of the shining property. Evaluate tu try this with your net car ;) best from Italy. Alessandro

[@valodkreslobochi7719]

I feel like some of the lines need more definition, for instance around the door where there should be a slight gap.

[@CMC440]

greatings frim Poland man