Finaly I got a break when I won an original Gallop on eBay for a song while locating two of the Mk2 cars from a member of Tamiyaclub.
The original Gallop was in such mint condition I could hardly believe my luck while the 2x Mk2's were in need of a lot of work (and parts).
The aim was simple. Build a shelf car and a second for the race track on vintage race days. This example is my shelf queen.
The very best of all the parts (along with nip items) were used to build this Mk2. Infact I built both of the Mk2 cars at the same time focusing all of the nicer parts on this one. I can certainly tell you these cars are a real handful to build especialy when you need to clean, prep and sort all the bits that go into these cars. I lost count of how many hours went into the build but it has been one of the most 'involved' build's I've done to date.
I tried my best to paint and decorate the lexan items as per box art but those with a keen eye will learn that the production shell differs from that of the box art aswell are the decals to some extent. The lines of the shell are not the same so my guess would be the proto shell used for the box art photo was changed for production.
Anyway here it is. Im chuffed with the final product and hope you will be too.
Cheers-Jason.
I love this car, any pictures on the runner yet? 
I just snapped these pics in my garage.
