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My corral of 1/43 Mustangs.

Yes it is that kit. Guess what I saw today at a show in Delray Beach.

Good point. I keep forgetting the Revell is 1/25 and is a good option. The interior and chassis and engine compartment are better for sure.

Cool story. I wish there was a reasonable priced Mangusta kit but that is like hoping there would ever be a Pantera kit with an engine. With only 400 Mangustas made they are a rare sighting. I have seen one in Miami and three Panteras.

The rebranded AMT 69 Mach1 is actually the old MPC 69 Sportsroof GT (hence the gas cap and wheels) and is a little smaller than 1/25. The interior would fit I suppose but Round2 has rebranded a lot of the old MPC kits as AMT. Originally AMT did produce a stock 69 Mach1 but that kit has never been re-released in its original form due to mold changes.

Thanks Rich. The wheels were in the kit and pictures I found indicate they were optional ones with a unique GTS center cap. I had originally painted the kit a standard Testors green but it just did not pop like the non-factory grabber green.

I built this kit as part of a build a foreign kit challenge. The kit is typical for the era with a motor and unlike some of the other makes this was had the option of working headlight and taillights. I had built one decades ago and it was looking kinda sad with the decals flaking. I used the chassis from the first one and did a little more detail painting. Unfortunately the kit decals were too old to be used so I decided to just go with the grabber green paint. The kit came with GTS type wider fenders but I did not glue them on. I did remove the front side marker lights and hand painted front and rear ones. I contemplated a future restoration of the yellow one but I realized the kit dash had gotten lost somewhere so unless I find it that one I will serve as a spare parts car.

Some of my Mustangs. Ten years ago I was able to display 50 Mustang at NNL East but I had to include the large scale and small scale builds to reach fifty. I have not counted lately but I hope I am up to sixty built ones.

Looks great. Happy Mustang 60th birthday. There are a few original owners out there that still own and drive their 1965 Mustangs.

I owned a used CB750 in the 1990s that was maybe a late 70s model but I am not sure as I only had it a few years. Somewhere in the depths of my computer there might be a picture. It was heavy and I rarely got it over 80mph (my choice) and the handling was average. I ended up selling it for $800. Oh well.🙃

You might try emailing Norman again with the subject line stating you would like to order R&M co of MD products.

Beautiful build. Did you prefer the Cady decals over the Fujumi ones?

Will do. Thanks. Can I use them on my 351. 😉

Found the s website per Andy’s comment. I think I’ll have to order those once I determine the best size. https://anyz.io/shop/product/AN015

Very nice build with the modifications. I cannot remember if I ordered the Indycal decal set which might be a good backup if there are issues with the kit ones. They include decals for the tires also. Starfighter makes the decals for the Mercury MkIIs also.