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I saw this 66 Mustang at a car show recently and honestly prefer it over using the 67 as the base.

The Model Car Creations Group build. Pictures by Robert Barloski.

The black MKII P1046 Lemans winner (restored) https://www.shootfordetails.com/the-details-matter/lemansgt40

All three were brought to Pebble Beach Concours nine years ago along many MKI’s and MKIV’s. The #1 and #5 cars are in Boulder.

Boulder CO Shelby museum. A must visit for Shelby racing history with dozens of the original race cars. These cars have inspired thousands of continuation, tributes, kits or whatever you want to call them. One thing you may notice right off the bat that P1015 has the wheels painted in black versus gold.

Very nice build. Lots of magazines out there of pictures the real one in the 60’s. Not sure how long it was raced but the car is now in the Petersen museum in Los Angeles. It’s very cool to see it in person.

I can probably dig out some photos of P1015. The original MKII is in the Boulder Shelby Collection so most you see on the exterior look identical are the ones Hillbank makes for Shelby likes this black MKII. Nothing wrong with that as the originals are all tucked away in collections or museums. The MENG and Trumpeter/Magnifer kits are based on the “newer” ones which have more modern updates for reliability and safety. However having provided one of the Magnifer kits for a group build I made note of several kits inaccuracies and “missing” parts that leads me to believe if the part was hidden from view on the car no one would notice on a 1/12 scale kit if they did not include a distributor. I guess the plug wires could just hide under the “distributor” cover. As the Trumpeter kits came out 17 years ago there are numerous build reviews and separate upgrade parts kits cost more than the price of what the Magnifer kits sells for these days. I posted pictures of the group build and make notes along the way of changes made on the fly especially when it came to the cooling, fuel and oil line routing. Despite the challenged the kit came out very nice looking (even without adding the decals) which have not made it on the beautiful black paint yet. I have the MENG kit also but I cannot comment whether it is three times better but it much more expensive and I think it out of production but they are still out there for sale on auction sites. The market was flooded with the Magnifer kits a few years ago that are about 1/4 the cost of the MENG ones.

All five are fantastic and all the extra details on each one is a how to guide for taking kits to the next level.

Nice Mustang. It looks like the Testors Color shift paint which uses a black base coat.

Based upon this photo taken a few days ago I’d say yes. That’s his resin parts display at the MId-Atlantic NNL. Norm is the one in the red/black checker shirt and blue jeans checking out some kits at the show.

Welcome. Have you joined any car model clubs in SoCal? As you know traffic is horrible and I have yet to make it to many events due to the travel distance or being committed to going to other events being held at the same time. I am currently in Marina del Rey. I checked out your website www.wheelsareeverything.com and it is great.

The Cobra kit is not like the typical old metal axle AMT/MPC kits. The wheels press onto the suspension like a snap kit. I don’’t have the kit nearby but here is a picture of the rear “axle.”

Are you referring to the kit that is the old Monogram model from 1988 which Revell acquired and has reissued many times? I do not remember any issues with the kit when it was released but that was 30 years ago and the wheel centers went on with e gentle push.

Thanks. Over the years I’ve been to different events and even my wife dressed as Leia a few times.