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The large coupes are signed by Pete Brock.

The Thunder Valley kit has a nice body and machined wheels. The engine is bad and is a knock-off of the MPC MKIV engine with Gurney heads. With the Fujumi MKI you can make basically the same thing with the Historic Miniatures engine and suspension, etc. The Thunder Valley kit was pricey ($100) 20 years ago so even it you could find one who knows how much it would cost.

A tribute to the man needs a model of the man.

Out of curiosity did you use Wimbledon White or "Pace car" white or something else? From what I have read the pace car white was glossy white w/o the creamy tint.

Going from Cobras to Porchses? NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

All built a pretty long time ago. Some me some love for these small scale beauties.

I still need to add the oil coolers, dist & wiring, carb air box & top, rear support bar/bracket, fuel pumps, marker lights, tire decals and maybe a spare tire. For those of you wondering this is an old Thunder Valley transkit with Studio 27 photo etched parts, the base from the Fujumi kit, the engine kit from Historic Racing Miniatures and an extra part or two from an IMC kit. I started this many years ago before the Fujumi MarK I's came out.

Aurora/Revell, IMC/Testors. Fujumi, Mini Exotics and MPC.

Anyone care to guess the makes of these kits? There are five different brands.

Great job on a kit that has stood the test of time. Here is one I built 20+ years ago. You will notice a few differences - 1 4bbl vs. 2 carbs and wire wheels vs. alibrands. This kit can be built numerous ways (street w/o side pipes) to a full blown racer and someday I'll build a few more. Back then there were not as many sources for decals (guages, emblems) so most everything had to be hand painted. These shortcuts which isn't a bad thing and you can spend more time on engine wiring or chassis detailing if you like or move on to the next project. Keep up the good work.

That is the AMT 1/43 kit.

I forgot to take pictures of my mini me mach1. It's the Japanese Otaki kit with opening doors. working lights but no engine.

Lemans Miniatures, Starter and CMA all built in the 90's.

Here's what the engine looks like w/o the ram air cleaner. Ain't it pretty. It will end up in either an AMT/MPC Boss 351 or maybe a Pantera.

Also posted in another thread but here it is again.

Here's one I built from the Testors kit a long time ago.

It happened to be in the background. It's an Exoto 1/18 diecast and is a very nice model.

I can ask my caster for a price for a "set" of what we will call a transkit. I know the dash was a pain but the rest of the parts seemed ok. I';m not sure on price but I'm guessing in the $25 ballpark per set. Post here if you're interested. The seats were not cast due to being rubber. He may also have the master molds for the standard 71-73 hood (non ram air) and 71-72 urethane bumper (versus the cow catcher 73 bumper).

Looks like a great start. I plan to build the 67 T/A racer with mine.

The blue convertible is the 1/16 Entex I bought in the 1980's. The 1/25 Yellow Mach1 is a Testors diecast/model that were sold at Michaels and some toy stores. The smaller yellow Mach1 is about 1/26 scale and is made by Bandai.

I was looking at some of my models and noticed two of the tires on my Nichimo 68 Shelby had melted pretty badly. So - out comes the AMT 1/16 64.5 Mustang kit and the Epoxy to the rescue. The AMT tires are a little too big but I should have the Shelby back to good as new very soon. So - if you're thinking about dropping $100 for the Nichimo kit be forewarned - the tires may go flat. I'm going to scrap all of them.

Last one.

Enjoy.

Sorry for the dust. I need to clean them one by one.

I had them cast and I had the "correct" 71/72 Mach1 and Sprint bumpers cast from original molds. I also made a "chrome" front bumper from a "rubber" one and had some copies of it cast also so I could do a 71 Boss 351 or non Mach1 coupe/conv/sportsroof. I'll post pics of the works in progress soon. Let's just say there are several bodies mocked up for numerous versions of my favorite year Mustang. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203048790247546&set=t.1439095233&type=1&theater