Gurney Eagle T1G

[joelw]

Paul,
This is insane. If you didn't have your cutting mat under the car in the last 3 pictures, and photo shopped the background, I'd being willing to bet that especially the 1st of the 3 pics is of the real car.

joel

[kyledehart5]

Really incredible work, as usual. Looks like the puzzle didn’t give you any trouble at all. That’s beautiful.

[chrissmith]

It’s those pipes that make this car !!

[handiabled]

Wow did the pipes come together great!

[2whl]

Aug 17, 2024 15:04:27 GMT -5 joelw said:

Paul,
This is insane. If you didn't have your cutting mat under the car in the last 3 pictures, and photo shopped the background, I'd being willing to bet that especially the 1st of the 3 pics is of the real car.

joel

Aug 17, 2024 15:35:40 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Really incredible work, as usual. Looks like the puzzle didn’t give you any trouble at all. That’s beautiful.

Aug 17, 2024 16:37:30 GMT -5 chrissmith said:

It’s those pipes that make this car !!

Aug 18, 2024 2:36:25 GMT -5 handiabled said:

Wow did the pipes come together great!

Thank you very much guys.  I anticipated the pipes being much harder to assemble than they actually were.


The last thing to do was to make the top engine screen.  






Once that was done the car is finished.








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[arcticwolf]

It is a thing of beauty. How many of these have you built?

[keavdog]

Wow what a beauty. I did a mesh screen on my RA272 - not even sure where I got the pliable mesh from but looked just like yours.

[kyledehart5]

Another gorgeous completion. Beautiful work Paul. And a beautiful collection you’ve added to our group build. I love this. 

[handiabled]

Paul your builds are always top notch and this is no exception! It turned out drop dead gorgeous. If I didn't know better I would swear the finished pictures you posted were right out of a MotorTrend magazine.

[2whl]

Aug 20, 2024 0:14:05 GMT -5 arcticwolf said:

It is a thing of beauty. How many of these have you built?

Thanks Paul.  I'm guessing you mean MFH builds?  Then this is the 8th completion, with about twice that many in various stages of build.

Aug 20, 2024 0:23:52 GMT -5 keavdog said:

Wow what a beauty. I did a mesh screen on my RA272 - not even sure where I got the pliable mesh from but looked just like yours.

Thanks John.   MFH provided a pre-formed screen for this build.  But in some kits they just provide a flat screen and a white metal form to make the screen. 

Aug 20, 2024 5:01:10 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Another gorgeous completion. Beautiful work Paul. And a beautiful collection you’ve added to our group build. I love this. 

Thank you Kyle.  

Aug 20, 2024 8:35:11 GMT -5 handiabled said:

Paul your builds are always top notch and this is no exception! It turned out drop dead gorgeous. If I didn't know better I would swear the finished pictures you posted were right out of a MotorTrend magazine.

Thank you very much Brent.  

[joelw]

Chris,
Just another super build of a true Iconic car. It's been a true pleasure to follow your build to it crossing the finish line.

joel

[adrian29341]

Well my friend what can I say, this is a masterful build ... period.

It looks incredibly clean and I have to say that I would never build a car from this era because
my love for F1 began in the 80's but I have to say that the amount of outside detail that is present
in these early years allows for a ton of eye candy as a model and this particular car has so much
that has to be done right or it can get messy quickly, and you have literally created a model that I
could mistake for the real car in the right setting and that is the highest compliment I can pay you
as a builder - bravo!

[joelw]

Adrian,
My love affair with F1 started way, way back in 1963. I actually saw the 1967 AAR Eagle and Gurney at the 1967 F1 GP at Watkins Glen. Every car looked and sounded so different back then. But for me the AAR Eagle stood out from the rest of the grid.

joel

[automodelermag]

Wow. Museum quality work. Very impressive. Great subject matter.

[2whl]

Aug 20, 2024 11:52:38 GMT -5 joelw said:

Chris,
Just another super build of a true Iconic car. It's been a true pleasure to follow your build to it crossing the finish line.

joel

Thank you very much Joel

Aug 20, 2024 13:25:55 GMT -5 adrian29341 said:

Well my friend what can I say, this is a masterful build ... period.

It looks incredibly clean and I have to say that I would never build a car from this era because
my love for F1 began in the 80's but I have to say that the amount of outside detail that is present
in these early years allows for a ton of eye candy as a model and this particular car has so much
that has to be done right or it can get messy quickly, and you have literally created a model that I
could mistake for the real car in the right setting and that is the highest compliment I can pay you
as a builder - bravo!

Thank you Adrian.  I just need to find that setting.  I was thinking of taking it to the park and trying to get a forced perspective shot.

Sept 1, 2024 19:30:23 GMT -5 automodelermag said:

Wow. Museum quality work. Very impressive. Great subject matter.

Thank you Scott.  

[paddy]

I just found this following the model of the month win and a very deserving winner it is
Well done

[406 Silverado]

It's really hard to believe that we're looking at something in scale plastic here Paul. An outstanding example in every way of modeling at its absolute best. Beautiful car and well-deserved win in the contest brother.

[2whl]

Sept 9, 2024 16:32:31 GMT -5 paddy said:

I just found this following the model of the month win and a very deserving winner it is
Well done

Thank you Paddy.  But I saw that you missed the contest.  I feel like I dodged a bullet because your Bugatti is gorgeous.

Sept 12, 2024 4:16:03 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

It's really hard to believe that we're looking at something in scale plastic here Paul. An outstanding example in every way of modeling at its absolute best. Beautiful car and well-deserved win in the contest brother.

Thank you Joe.  

[keavdog]

Aug 6, 2024 18:45:21 GMT -5 chrissmith said:

Aug 6, 2024 18:06:00 GMT -5 keavdog said:

Great progress! What is your process for cleaning up the metal parts? I've got a white metal gatling gun that needs a lot of clean up. And I'd like to get the process down before investing in one of these MFH beauties.

If Paul doesn’t mind…

I usually sand all the seams off, just like you would with a plastic kit. The big thing we use is a magnetic tumbler with polishing solution. The machine has stainless steel pins that do all the work. It’s a small investment, but it’s sure worth it if you’re going to do a few of these types of kits.

Which brand do you use?

[chrissmith]

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