Funkychiken

Sharp build, the body paint came out perfectly

Stunning build mr Cruz!

The wheels on this are a strange assembly and required fettling to fit, but they are in now. Engine in & interior fitted. During a mock up, the exhausts were not quite centered, so I've had to cut off the bottom end of the left hand side support, but this has made the engine slightly wonky, I'm sure this will be OK in the end. As shown before, the engine bay lid is wonky, so I've spent most of my time getting the magnets in place and some supports for them, that required me to cut out the engine cowl.

Started this a few months ago, I'll share some progress! Its a car that spent a lot of time on posters on my walls as a kid. I'd never actually want to own one, it'd be a money pit, but I still love its style. Box art: Body was twisted heavily at the front, I use this technique whereby you over-twist in the opposing direction & leave in a hot area - like over a radiator. It doesn't always work, but on this one it did, but took about a month with increasing twist every time... in the mock up, there were two issues, firstly, the bonnet was wider by a noticable amount, maybe 0.75mm, which ive corrected by sanding down with a rotary tool & then finishing by hand through sand paper grades. the 2nd issue is that the car sits really high, probably about 3mm too high, its not going to be an easy fix, but I'm going to have a go. finally, whilst sorting out the body issues, I;ve painted th engine bits, ready for assembly.

The final piece to paint is the tail light I've painted the black, but want to clear coat it, so waiting for that...

Cool build!

Pretty cool build Mr G!

It's a beautiful subject and build!

That's crazy beautiful, 3D printing is soon going to be the wat to go!

Beautifully finished!

Supurb build of an iconic car!

A couple of weeks of updates Headlamps in. I also cut and fitted 11 pieces of Hex pattern Photoetch. it was fiddly, and lots of it got scrapped, but got there in the end Wing mirrors in & front side spoiler thnigs fitted. I've also added some PE bonnet pins, I used X22 Tamiya clear for this, it looks OK, but a bit wonky.

Minor update, during a chassis fit test, there is a gap after the wheel arch, its too noticable, so I've added some plasticard & have painted it now (unpictured), Next up is some PE grilles.

Good luck Gary, its a nie little kit, simple to put together, the body setails are what takes the time

Window was dealth with over a few days 1st I polished with Tamiya Coarse, and it was too bad 2nd I used Tamiya wet & dry (using it wet of course) 400, 600, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000 3rd Micro mesh 3600 4th Micro mesh 4000 & 6000 5th Tamiya Coarse 3 times 6th Tamiya Fine twice It turned out OK, not perfect, but good enough for me! This is not one of my strengths, I tend to rush, push too hard, or try to cut corners. but this time, I spread it out, and it helped me stay on course. Next up is the photoetch grilles

Still a sharp design today and looks great on those wheels!

That black paint finish is amazing!

Its a cool car, interior and chassis look great? Good luck clear coating

The headlights were a bit of a nightmare. This is how they look after painting. And this is how they look on the car. this was difficult to assemble, they are designed to snap into the slots (without paint) as an easy click system. then, I struggled to get some lens covers to stick over the top (because of the curved form) That's why you see the tell tale white marks of excessive Superglue This is almost done, but I need to reduce the ride hieight, at the moment it looks more like a MachE stance than a Mustang.

The tail light is gloss black, with the exception of these six 3mm diameter lights. They are too small to mask with tape SO I'm going to mask with PVA, spray them black, and then remove the PVA to then finish off in the appropriate colours. If that doesn't work, there is a plan B And with PVA:

The windows did not fair so well. I masked it up, but forgot tomask this bit, I started spraying & noticed. I tried to clean off with lacquer, but it cut into the surface! SO I finished masking & painted, now its dry, I'm going to have to sand and polish out the inside of the windscreen

Some progress on this car Head lights were masked for spraying black on the inside & results. Not perfect, but good enough for me.

This build hasn't been forgotten, but it is fighting me. I have put some margerine cover foil on the bulkhead, and will cut out the grilles for the front. The engine lid is twisting one way or the other, so I'm trying to get some magnets in there, this is taking time and stalling the build

Cool build, in the sun the camera catches mores sparkle, im sure indoors this will look far more in scale. Cool build!

Cool car, great looking build!