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How can you hate a Mustang?

Stunning build. Love to see a 69 or 70 Boss 302 T/A :-)

Great work Bill. Your nickname could not be more perfect. I wonder if you have as many hours in your build as the real car.

I was wondering if that was the Camaro he built many years ago.

Any pics of that 1/12 Penske Camaro?

WOW. I will quote that classic movie - We are not worthy. Wayne's World. I'm sure there are a few car model builders that have made a carreer out of their creations. The rest of us build to please ourselves and show our work at shows or on this website. This and the work of many others validates what we do and that toys can be works of art.

Hard to remember that long ago but I am guessing either Freddy Cady deals or ones I used from other Mustangg kits.

Another engine and interior picture. I would use the chrome pen now instead of bare metal foil.

Just a little more detailing under the hood and it will be an excellent build.

Very nice lime green Pantera.

This is one of my older builds that came out better than some of my more recent ones. It is the Mini Exotics body, not the more recent kit.

I am guessing if you build another one you would paint the underside and engine compartment. The outside an color is pretty good. For some reason I painted one maroon which does not stand out like bright yellow does.

The Revell coupe/convertible isn't a bad kit but certainly not worth $100 but I see people pay crazy money for $2 kits so it all depends how bad you want it. I plan to build all my old and harder to finds kits before anything released in the sat 20 years because you just do not see many of the 50 year old kits built.

Good price but this car has been done by other diecast makers. On a positive note they are finally doing a Mad Max Falcon. It only took about 38 years.

Yes it is a nice clean build.

Thanks. I have owned the 72 Mach1 since 1981.

Parts like this would help Ron.

Two other comments. The mounting points for the rear spoiler are way off and should be a lot further out. Also the mounts need to be shortened by at least one third. I also added the metal exhaust tips and cut out the transverse muffler.

So here is a slighly modified original kit. I added the shock tower brace, air cleaner and extra decals from Keith Marks. I tired to use deals for the narrow stripe outline on the hood but gave up. Main disappointment with the kit is the engine and compartment. The firewall sits too far back and the radiator is too far forward. i assembled it as is but the next one I will experiment with moving them. The 428 engine is not a 429 and never will be. I actually used the 351 decal on the air cleaner but the 429 ram air decal on th hood so al three are incorrect. I built this to learn all the things that annoy me in order to build a more realistic one next time. I have numerous resin parts that I will add to a more detailed version with a correct 351C or 429CJ. I will also NOT paint the Mach1 molded in letters and sand them off as they are very hard to paint. I am disappointed in the trunk Mach1 decal on the Keith Marks sheet as it is not even close to what it looks like on the real car. Anyway, enjoy it nonetheless. Next up is the MPC kit to do either a Boss or Mach1.

Not sure when I built this one but it was probably over 20 years ago.

I can tell you did your homework on this build. upstanding job.

I have picked up a few Mustangs but these came along years after I acquired about 20 Frnaklin Mint and Danbury Mint models in an auction for about $20 each. That increased my 1/24 diecast collection considerably overnight to include models that no plastic model companies ever made. When you look at a high quality diecast compared to 50 years old kits it does show that a far more realistic engine compartment can be made just by doing some basic research. If Welly can mass produce nicely painted but moderately detailed models t should not be that hard to make a plastic kit with at least the same quality level.

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