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Thanks for all the replies guys. I love the feedback on this forum. In my searches I had not come up with a resin boot, but I looked at some of the suggestions dimaxion made and I found one on Modelhaus, $4 + $5 shipping. I found R&M of Maryland's inventory quite hard to locate, at least with the time I have at work, so I went with the Modelhaus one. And dimaxion got it exactly right. There were differences every year from 1964.5 to 1966 that changed the look of the Mustang. Too many to make for an easy 1964.5 to 1966 transition, so I will go the route of cutting the roof and attaching a boot. Hopefully it's as easy as I foresee it being. I am just getting back into modeling to scratch the itch I have for building my real Mustang, which sits in the garage collecting dust as the parts list for what I want to do is EXTENSIVE. hahaha. Thanks again guys! I look forward to building this car.

Has anyone ever seen an aftermarket resin kit for a 1966 Mustang convertible? I have never found a kit or anything in the aftermarket world. If that's true, I find it amazing that it hasn't been made as the 1966 model year was Ford's most popular convertible model in the first generation. I've seen the 1964.5 kit, but that's it. Again, odd as the "candle apple red 1966 convertible" was the car to have back then. If you haven't seen a resin kit, has anyone found it possible to cut the bodies up of the 1966 coupe and the 1964.5 convertible and make it into a 1966 convertible without obvious signs of the two being combined in the final product?

Alright. I broke down and just put an order in for his videos. After I read your response I went looking for comments on his videos, and saw that many people here are happy with what they learned from his videos. Hopefully I'll be happy too. This isn't a hobby I want to do half way, I want to do it great. May as well learn from one of the best. And maybe I'll have to revisit my enamel idea (which is where my original plan was and I have many enamel colors at home already). It does look like acrylic offers a lot more colors though, at least from what I've seen of other people's pros/cons lists.

Hello everyone, I am new to this forum! And for all intents and purposes, I am new to model building as well. I did quite a bit of it as a kid; building cars, trucks and planes. But that seems like a life time ago. I'm now 30 and looking to pick the hobby back up again. About 10 years ago I made a half hearted attempt at getting back into it when I bought about eight Mustang builds, a single stage airbrush, compressor and paint. Then I never had the time to do it. I currently work as a mortgage banker and since my real car project (1967 Mustang) has a parts list of about $30,000, I am looking to fill my time with the small scale until I have the funds for the real one. And now that I finished renovating my basement, I need a new project. I have questions that I want to pose in here. If anyone knows the best forum to direct me to, I can repost there as well. After a ton of research, I feel using acrylic paint is the direction I want to go. I feel my style of craftsmanship and the look I am going for will be best met with acrylic. I've found a bunch of forums with people using all sorts of methods, but I want to hear people tell me what they think. I want to start out painting cars that reflect show quality paint jobs. Obviously I'm not an expert, but I am a perfectionist and I will paint and repaint, or do as many coats as I need to. Eventually I want to be able to get to a realistic weathered look/patina/rust, etc. But for now, I want to replicate perfectly restored cars when I build them. 1. What primer, paint, thinner, clear coat combos are people having that produces great results? (I have a clean area to paint in, just need help with supplies) People using washer fluid in lieu of thinner, or using wax instead of clear coat, using tooth paste to polish. Some of that is just weird to me, so I'm looking for some feedback. 2. What grades of sandpaper are you using to wet sand (I am very familiar with wet sanding actual vehicles, and I know how the process works and what it can do for a finish) And are you wet sanding after primer, paint and clear? Or just at some steps? I hate orange peel so I'm going to be a major perfectionist when it comes to a glass like finish. 3. Has anyone seen the videos by Donn Yost? Either the "Art of Airbrushing Show Quality Cars" or his other two disc set on model tips? They look intriguing, but at $60 for the two, I don't know if anyone else has found them worthwhile. Thanks everyone! I look forward to getting back into this awesome hobby and sharing my builds!