This is another member’s take on the Ford GT 42154, and it’s good to see more of you building this one. Two separate members, two different angles on the same kit. These photos are from an earlier build earlier in the month, so it sits nicely alongside the other one going up shortly.
Ford GT, road car livery
The dark blue with white stripes on this kit is the 2022 road car’s colour scheme rather than a race livery. The car does have Le Mans history, though: the Ford GT won the GTE Pro class there in 2016, exactly 50 years after the original GT40 swept the podium in 1966. Ford went back to Le Mans specifically to mark that anniversary, and they pulled it off. That history sits behind this build, even though the kit is the road car.
The butterfly doors open, there is a working V6 behind the seats with transparent cylinders and visible pistons, steering from a gear on the roof, and independent suspension on all four corners. For 1,466 pieces this is a properly dense build with a lot going on mechanically.
The Ford GT was built to go back to Le Mans and win on the 50th anniversary of the 1966 GT40 1-2-3 finish. Ford ran the car in the GTE Pro class in 2016 and took the class win. This kit is the 2022 road car rather than that race car, in dark blue with white stripes, but the shape is the one that went back to Le Mans. Worth knowing when you are building it.
Big thanks to this member for sending these over. If you have built a kit from Brick Club and want to share photos, drop them to hello@brickclub.uk or post them in the Facebook group. Always good to see what members are building and how they are getting on with a kit.
The useful thing about a second or third member build is that it stops the post feeling like a one-off. Different builders notice different parts of the same kit, and the photos always come out slightly differently.
That is why I keep publishing repeat builds when they come in. If a kit keeps being requested, that tells me something about the library. If members keep sending photos, that tells me even more.
Rent LEGO Technic. Build it. Send it back.
Flat monthly rate. Up to 6 or 12 kits a year. No commitment. A library of 200+ kits across 90+ different sets, including the full supercar range.