curt raitz Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) I wanted to build a '65 Mustang to celebrate them being around for 50 years. Picked this up at the Local Hobby Shop, yep...we have one in Hollister. I had an extra 1/16th scale SC Cobra 427 engine leftover from a few Cobra 427 builds I had done earlier. I thought the 427 would be nice fit in the Mustang. My goal was to build a "sleeper" so to speak. I liked the American Racing Wheels in the kit, but didn't want to go with the Big/Little stance. I was able to get an extra set of wheels from Mike Kucaba in exchange for the Cobra 289 engine. I went with the front wheels on all four corners. My friend Steve Allemand gave me a set of tires beefier than the stock tires in the kit. The 427 engine went into the mustang fairly easy, just had to fabricate a couple of motor mounts. I stayed with the cast exhaust headers and went with the dual carb set up. The body was painted with MM Ford Wimbeldon White and the stripes/interior is Ford Viking Blue from Scalefinishes. Here is the finished model: Thanx for lookin... oh yeah, it's 1/16th scale Edited October 19, 2014 by curt raitz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacked Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 that is one sweet 65, very well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kucaba Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 That turned out nice! Glad to have helped out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Looks great, nice job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) Very nice work. Hard to believe AMT molded the wiper blades backwards. I never noticed they were molded wrong until someone pointed it out on a Facebook page. Edited October 20, 2014 by vamach1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrherald420 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Very nice build of a not so great made kit. The rake of the windshield is the reason I sold off all of mine. Really kills the look of the car for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curt raitz Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Very nice work. Hard to believe AMT molded the wiper blades backwards. I never noticed they were molded wrong until someone pointed it out on a Facebook page. and there isn't a rear view mirror for the drivers door in the kit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrherald420 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Really? Wonder why? I had 3 re builders that all had them, they were the first runs of the kit. Very odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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