Ford GPA from Torro

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Ford GPA from Torro

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Good Morning,
Our model family has grown.
One Torro Ford GPA each for my wife and me....
There was also a crew for each:
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Before painting there was still some work to do.
- Dismantle as far as possible
- Remove burrs and residues from injection moulding
- Making the drive for the propeller run smoothly (there was no backlash)
- Bridging water contact
- and many other small things
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After that I could start with the airbrush.
For this I used the Olive Drab paint set from Ammo of Mig:
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At the same time I painted the figures in the evening.
And this is how the two GPAs with crew look like painted:
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The decals are difficult to work with, they crumble as soon as they get wet... I've never had that before.
I want to apply the big stars with the airbrush and stencil.
Now the weathering is missing and then the two are fit for the season.
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Where did you get it? :)
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Kaczor wrote:Where did you get it? :)
Hello,
I bought the GPA directly from Torro at the Intermodellbau fair (17 - 20 Nov. 2021) Dortmund.
The Crew is from Toso-Resin => https://www.ebay.de/usr/toso_resin
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You've done a very nice job with them jhamm :clap: be good to hear how they now perform with the reworking of them :thumbup:

Cheers,Lee.
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Torro just announced the Ford GPA is online for sale

Here is the link

https://www.torro-shop.de/1-16-RC-Ford-GPA_1
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Finally! :clap:
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Nice, now if we could only get them do do a standard jeep, I'd be happy. At least now I can get some halftrack riders.
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:haha:
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I think I am about to upset someone :haha:
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jhamm wrote:The GPA is now awailaible at ebay:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/384746726418?ha ... SwA2xiE5V5
Unfortunately it states "No Shipping to UK" :thumbdown:
I think I am about to upset someone :haha:
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