mustang1989

I really like the back story behind this car. The build....man....the build is just splendid. A well built replica. Really. Hats off to you for a job well done.

Good looking Thunderbird.

Thanks Eric!

Preciate it Dave. Thanks for all the support in the build thread. Thanks Larry!! Thank you as well Chris!!

My God man! Is there no end to the things you can do with paint? Fantastic work Dale!!! Just fabulous!!

Don't see enough of these. Good lookin' build.

WOW!!! Very good body and paint work!! Man that's how it's done right there!!!!

Good lookin' build. As has been said already that is a cool color.

That freekin' PAINT!!! Terrific job on this car.

Just finished this one up a few minutes ago and she's now in the Under Glass section.

Thanks Chris!! Thanks and man do I ever here you about being too late to do anything corrective wise. Been there and done that!!!

This is my first real out of box build. I had been working on a Pro Stock Maverick for around 5 months and needed a break from it to just get something completed. I've been wanting to build this car for the last few years and figured that now might be a good time to break it out. There's not much in the way of AM for this kit so it was the perfect one to do an OOB build on. The only things that were added was an "AC Delco" decal on the oil filter, a Hot Rod Magazine in the passengers from seat with a picture of an older T/A on the cover and I robbed the dual outlet exhaust pipes from the Revell 2000 Camaro SS kit. Just couldn't build this car with the single outlet exhaust system like it came from the factory with. The kit wasn't too bad but there were several fit issues with it starting with the chassis to body assembly. For some reason the glue adhesion didn't set up right at the rear of the car resulting in a slight twist. I made some bracing that went from the body down to the chassis and glued that in place to suck the chassis up on the side that got the lower part of the twist. Flash and mold lines were TERRIBLE on this thing. I spent ALOT of time getting rid of those and still didn't get them all. The front and rear facias fit great during the test fit and didn't want to cooperate at all during the assembly process. I got them as close as I could without disassembling the whole friggin' car to straighten everything out. Once I got the chassis sucked up in the back on the drivers side to where it was supposed to be I noticed that now there was a gap between the engine throttle body and the molded in intake duct on the body. I ended up cutting a piece of plastic and carving it to fit the gap there. The only other thing that I did with this car that needed to be done was that I lowered it about a scale inch or so all the way around to give it a more aggressive stance. Anyways....here are the finished shots...….and now....back to the Maverick!!!

Let me know if you found anything Mike. This is going to be my last update before I post the finished pics. I've just got some work to do on the dual outlet tail pipes that I robbed from the Revell 2000 Camaro SS kit. There are still a few touch ups and minor details to take care of but she's all but done now. I'm just glad I chose to lower this one some. I hate to think of how high up it would've sat if I didn't.

No worries Andre. I found it.

That turned out very good Andre. I've done the bare red plastic "paint job" before as well. As long as there are no blemishes ( which I see none of here with this build) they turn out awesome. Great job dude.

Going there now. Really enjoyed following along with this one Andre.

Over the friggin' top as usual with this build. I hear what you guys are saying about the cancelled shows this year. Really sucks too. I guess that's how the cookie crumbles though. Better luck next year.

Been out of pocket for just a wee bit and just look at all the stuff I've been missing. WOW!!!

Looking forward to seeing this one being built.

Thought I'd take the opportunity to properly greet you on the forum Mike. Welcome to the forum bud.

This is the kit that has the correct exhaust if you want to purchase a kit for it. I thought of making my own dual outlet pipe but wanted to keep it simple with this build.

Yes. But check THIS out. Here's a listing for a rebuilder glue bomb Camaro with a dual outlet exhaust on ebay. True it is a POS build but it has the exhaust you are looking for. It fits right in place of the single outlet and with a little sanding, drilling and some aluminized paint you'll be all set. Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-25-scale-Camaro-rebuilder-model-kit/114269983481?hash=item1a9b0592f9:g:khwAAOSwZrRe5nwP

Glad to see you found one Mike. I'm sure you'll do 'er proud.

Looking forward to seeing your take on this build Dann! No problem Mike. Did you ever find anything?

Oh HELL yeah!!! Glad to see you back on this one Dann!