afx Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 https://www.spotmodel.com/product_info.php?products_id=54178&utm_source=boletines&utm_medium=newsbanner&utm_campaign=430 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Wann Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 This is nice and I like it quite a lot. It might be best to refer to it as a custom gT 500. I am personally hoping to not get caught up in the dilemma about the daughter of the guy who made the original gone in 60 seconds movie. She has a lawyer and going after real Eleanor cars and has secured the name Eleanor somehow. I would gladly send prospective customers to this kit. It is much more complete and I have new projects to focus on anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Henderson Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragline Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) I'm on the e-mail list to get one. I buy from Spot often. I had one and sold it a year ago since they were going for so much money at the time. Time to get two. Ant the reference is incorrect, it's a 67 not 65/66. They even reference Revell 65/66 kits which is wrong. You use the AMT 67 Shelby kit as a base. Edited August 9, 2020 by Dragline Add info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Dragline said: I'm on the e-mail list to get one. I buy from Spot often. I had one and sold it a year ago since they were going for so much money at the time. Time to get two. Ant the reference is incorrect, it's a 67 not 65/66. They even reference Revell 65/66 kits which is wrong. You use the AMT 67 Shelby kit as a base. They might refer to the wrong years on purpose. Just a theory. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthijsgrit Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) To add to the confusion: On the Spotmodel website the referred to donor kits for the 'old' Eleanor are AMT 38492 and AMT 38509: and There is also this interesting YouTube item: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIguBdqc59A Check the first minute and you'll find out that the right donor is this: The maker of this video states to ave contacted Misha (USCP), so that should be a reliable source (Misha, I dont't know the maker of this video). I'll ask about it on FB. Edited August 10, 2020 by matthijsgrit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthijsgrit Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 And I already got an answer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragline Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Interesting that. Good to know. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) You have to use a donor kit of the right scale for it to work and the website says 1:24th scale for the trans kit. The AMT 67 Mustang and Shelby kits are 1:25th scale and the Revell/Monogram 65-66 Mustang and Shelby kits are 1:24th scale and there are size differences between the two, so that's why they say to use the Revell/Monogram kits. Edited August 29, 2020 by Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGrey Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 I've been looking at one of these kits, but will probably wait to see a build first. It is odd to be based on the wrong year of mustang, 65-66 instead of 67-68, there must be a reason to have done so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Unfortunately there are no pictures but It's a 1:24th scale kit and there are no 67-68 Mustang kits available in 1:24th scale, only 1:25. But if it's a complete transkit including the body it really doesn't matter that much if it's a 65-66 or 67-68 as as you probably just have to use the chassis and drive train from the donor kit and the differences under the body are quite small for these years, but if there are no body in the kit wich year the trans kit is based on does matter a lot for the car to be correct as the body is very different. The movie car appearently had a small block even tho' the markings say GT500 so to be correct to the markings you need a 428 otherwise the 289 from the 65-66 kits will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) Donor kit is 1/24 Revell/Monogram Ford Mustang - Any version https://uscp-ua.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=71&product_id=761 Edited March 17, 2021 by afx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Toups Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) I recently picked up one of these "Eleanor" kits. The are very nicely done. Misha does great work and he's an awesome guy to deal with. I purchased one of his Citroen SM kits a while back and somehow the postal service managed to both damage the package and the body as well as soak the whole thing in water!. Not only did he send me a new body free of charge, but he also sent along a new box and instruction sheet to replace the water damaged ones. Edited July 14, 2021 by Dave Toups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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