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I found your finished build in the under glass section. I guess I should look closer. 😙 Very nice. Every time I think about buying the Fujumi version I see the “glass” and decide I should build all the other older Pantera kits I have bought since the 1990s.
I did see this beautiful GTS at a show recently.
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2 hours ago, ea0863 said:
Came out great Rex, and I too love the purple paint. I am also really impressed with the finish on the rims. Were they silver right out of the box, or did you paint those as well? They are a perfect brushed stainless steel look.
Thanks. The wheels need minimal touch up but for a decades old Japanese ARII motorized kit the finish was very good.
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I grabbed this kit out of storage about a week ago and may have set a record for the fastest build I have done in years. It is a very basic curbside kit painted with Rustoleum color shift spray paint sold at Hobby Lobby. The recommended base coat of black was sprayed on and wet sanded and the enough coats of the Color Shift paint was sprayed on until it looked just right. It’s a curbside kit so no engine and the interior is very basic but I did detail the dash and added decals for the gauges. The only other colors I used were brown, flat black, silver, metallic red and orange, and blue and white for the DeTomaso wheels center caps. The purple and blue paint came out nice without having to add any clear. Total build time was about six hours over four days.
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Amazing build and detail and realism. Have you ever taken it and displayed it at a show, library, museum, etc? The last time I visited the Smithsonian museum in DC there were several large scale ship models on display.
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Anyone heard from Bill lately? It looks like his last post was about a year ago. I hope he is okay.
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So sorry to hear this. RIP snake.
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Any chance these are also posted on social media? My Ipad freezes up after only a few pictures load.
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Thanks for posting the pictures. If I was there I would have asked about the Eleanor Mustang based on the Boss 351/Mach1 kit.
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This Mach1 is going to be restored by the Mustang Brothers. I am still not convinced it was the one used as the “hero” Mach1 that Sean Connery drove and was used for closeups. Could it have been used for other scenes perhaps but there are just too many things that are inconsistent with the 429 non ram-air Mach1 as seen in Diamonds are Forever. The current owner claims many parts were changed in the car over the years by previous owners.
Pictures from Facebook.
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56 minutes ago, kensar said:
Great to see this build here. Do post any issues your guys come across as it will be helpful. I see the build will be of the 1046 chassis.
BTW is the tan underside just a primer?
It will be interesting to see how this group project turns out.
I’ll post any issues that have not already been covered by other step by step builds. Yes the underside is primer and will be painted the dark blue as seen in the restoration of P/1046.
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I am one of many that has been following Ken Morton’s build of the Trumpeter/Magnifer kit build which has exposed many known or perhaps newly discovered inaccuracies with the kit. As I coincidently started the kit at about the same time as Ken the information provided by others has been extremely helpful for this group build. The original Trumpeter kit came out in 2008 and under the Magnifer brand in 2020. Given the access to information at the time and the comparatively low price for a kit of this size, it's not too surprising there are some egregious errors and omissions in the engine compartment. I will not repeat the discussion of those inaccuracies on this post. This post will show pictures of the work in process of a group build that will display the talents of several members of the Model Car creations club that is based in Broward county Florida.
Now on to this build. A distributor was added to the engine as were plug wires. I forgot to take a picture after I had installed several of the oil lines so those will show up in an updated post. The engine has been set aside and the body was given to another club member for painting. The next steps will be assembling the chassis and interior by another club member. I will post updates every 2-3 weeks due to the kit being passed from builder to builder as more is completed. I had hoped this kit would be more accurate and will leave it up to the builder(s) to modify or add parts on their own as we realize there is no such thing as a perfect kit and completing the kit with a lot of modifications could add even more hours to a build that may exceed a few hundred hours. Before the final assembly there may be a chance to make some changes if new information or tips are provided that are compelling enough to go ahead with them. Thanks for following along and any comments or suggestions are welcome.
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My corral of 1/43 Mustangs.
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12 hours ago, 1959scudetto said:
Looks good, Rex - I guess this is the tilt/Maruii kit ?
Yes it is that kit. Guess what I saw today at a show in Delray Beach.
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1 hour ago, Phirewriter said:
I found the Revell '69 Boss 302 is a good candidate for a conversation. The major issue (and is not a difficult modification) is swapping the inner fenders/engine bay. Everything else including the interior is a drop in. The windshield may need some finessing as well.
Good point. I keep forgetting the Revell is 1/25 and is a good option. The interior and chassis and engine compartment are better for sure.
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2 hours ago, Rich Chernosky said:
Rex...thanks for the extra pictures and the explanation. Those wheels really are sharp. An interesting story for you. One year we camped at the Watkins Glen Vintage and found ourselves in the middle of the Pantera Club of the USA. There were about 30 members there and just as many cars. The cars were awesome. Those guys were very cool and we partied with them well into the night. I asked the president of the club an interesting question, If I owned a Mangusta could I get in their club. The answer was ...sure...but I would be the only one. Later the next day I spotted two Mangustas and one of them was for sale. Alas...it was way out of my budget. Got a pic of one of them somewhere.
Cool story. I wish there was a reasonable priced Mangusta kit but that is like hoping there would ever be a Pantera kit with an engine. With only 400 Mangustas made they are a rare sighting. I have seen one in Miami and three Panteras.
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1 hour ago, thatz4u said:
use these 2 kits to build this one ^^^^^^^
The rebranded AMT 69 Mach1 is actually the old MPC 69 Sportsroof GT (hence the gas cap and wheels) and is a little smaller than 1/25. The interior would fit I suppose but Round2 has rebranded a lot of the old MPC kits as AMT. Originally AMT did produce a stock 69 Mach1 but that kit has never been re-released in its original form due to mold changes.
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1 hour ago, Rich Chernosky said:
Interesting model and interesting color. Really like those wheels and tires. Did they come with the kit? Good job Rex.
Thanks Rich. The wheels were in the kit and pictures I found indicate they were optional ones with a unique GTS center cap. I had originally painted the kit a standard Testors green but it just did not pop like the non-factory grabber green.
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I built this kit as part of a build a foreign kit challenge. The kit is typical for the era with a motor and unlike some of the other makes this was had the option of working headlight and taillights. I had built one decades ago and it was looking kinda sad with the decals flaking. I used the chassis from the first one and did a little more detail painting. Unfortunately the kit decals were too old to be used so I decided to just go with the grabber green paint. The kit came with GTS type wider fenders but I did not glue them on. I did remove the front side marker lights and hand painted front and rear ones. I contemplated a future restoration of the yellow one but I realized the kit dash had gotten lost somewhere so unless I find it that one I will serve as a spare parts car.
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Some of my Mustangs. Ten years ago I was able to display 50 Mustang at NNL East but I had to include the large scale and small scale builds to reach fifty. I have not counted lately but I hope I am up to sixty built ones.
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Looks great. Happy Mustang 60th birthday. There are a few original owners out there that still own and drive their 1965 Mustangs.
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I owned a used CB750 in the 1990s that was maybe a late 70s model but I am not sure as I only had it a few years. Somewhere in the depths of my computer there might be a picture. It was heavy and I rarely got it over 80mph (my choice) and the handling was average. I ended up selling it for $800. Oh well.🙃
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1 hour ago, Richard Bartrop said:
I sent an email query in February, and still no reply. The parts do look very nice, but if he really doesn't want to do business with me, what can I do?
You might try emailing Norman again with the subject line stating you would like to order R&M co of MD products.
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Beautiful build. Did you prefer the Cady decals over the Fujumi ones?
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31 minutes ago, absmiami said:
V - remind me to bring a package to Delray show …
Will do. Thanks. Can I use them on my 351. 😉
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Four Red Dan Gurney Ford GT's
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Very nice collection of GT’s and a nice tribute. The Mercury version is nice to see and I forgot he and AJ drove it at Daytona and went on the win Lemans in the Mark IV.