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I used to go to the Model Car Creations meetings twice a month in Davie at the Char Hut. I moved last year and I miss the guys in the club. They meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 7:00 pm at 9000 State Rd 84. https://modelcarcreations.com

Looks great. I built one years ago and swapped out the kit engine with the one from the MPC 427 Cobra which looked more accurate to my eyes. The box art lists it as a 67/68 GT500 but clearly it’s a 1968. Nice to see these older kits built and not sitting on a shelf. I need to build the two 1/12 Mustang kits (65 GT350 and 71 Mach) I have in the unbuilt stash. Watch those old rubber tires as the one on mine melted and I ended up using the ones from the AMT 1/16 65 Mustang coupe kit.

I was out of town but I saw pictures of the models posted on Facebook.

https://www.norcal-saac.org As you probably know there is a ton of shows in SoCal but there are probably some websites that list shows in NorCal. The Shelby club is the only one I am familiar with.

Doesn’t everyone need a dozen GT40 books. 😄

Very nice Foxes.

I won’t be able to make this show in Hollister CA but please post pictures.

Rays kits has some of those types of decals along with air cleaner decals etc. for various car makers. https://rayskits.com/product/1968-1970moparunderhood/

On the real car there is a bit of a gap. Are you planning to paint the bumper body color as it looked like the chrome has been stripped. I would glue it on first with export/super glue and mask off the grille that you do not want painted body color. If you are going to use the chrome bumper you have test fit it and looks like you may have to trim just a little off the grille area to get it to fit more snug if that’s what you want. The area behind the bumper is black so you will not be able to tell the difference anyway.

Interesting no one has mentioned health. Starting to see a lot of people my age (66) pass away. Not much sense in having millions if you an are not around to enjoy it for a decade or two. Along those lines get a trust/will. Relatives can ge nasty over money. As for cars, I would like to have maybe ten as maintaining them would start to feel like a chore. I’d knock out my bucket list by age 70 if possible of places to visit. Have a nice room for displaying model and diecast cars and of course a nice house with a separate garage and man cave. Get a second place because my wife would not want to take care of all the cars but my two children would take over that responsibility with enthusiasm. I meet a lot or people that like older cars and performance cars and their children could care less about them.

Tail lights I added to the MPC kit. Gary we have all been there with having to doing things a few times to get it right.

Great build. I remember when you starting building it.

One more. Dale Sr.

The Warren Tope 73 Mustang was raced back in the day.

Awesome builds Gary. It’s great to see so many variations of the roadster knowing it’s not easy working with the older resin molded bodies and finding the decals and spare parts. It is probably why 1/43 is so popular in Europe and England as the variations were easier to make in limited quantities. The Automoello diecast Mustang I is really nice - I have the 1/43 one.