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I’ll start a new thread of the MCC group build but this gives other an idea of what this kit entails and the extra work required just to make the engine close to the real thing. The distributor is not from the kit and I am waiting on orange spark plug wires. Not shown is the cloth you are supposed to cut and paint silver for the oil and fuel lines. I ordered some silver colored lines to replace the kit white ones. I also bought the MENG 1/12 MarkII kit and I hope it is a easier build whenever I start on that one.

I recently started on the Magnifer version which is basically a clone of the Trumpeter kit. There are some build and open box reviews of these kits online. If you are going for an accurate race day MKII there is a video by the company that restores the real Black #2 MKII online at http://gt40.rkmotorscharlotte.com/restoration/ As a race car there are of course differences between what you would expect to find on a street car engine such as the lack of the breather caps. The lack of the distributor is crazy but the coil is on the firewall. I’m not sure what they used as a starter and the Kit I have does not identify any parts by name. The club I joined Model Car Creations is going to tackle building this kit as a group project and I have started on the engine and have done a lot of research so we can do a respectable build. You are 100% correct in that it was ridiculous so many parts are chromed which just makes for more work to remove the chrome and paint the correct metallic shades. I notices also the parts molded in white has no painting guides so I am referring to the color restoration photos as a guide. I’ll post some pictures once I finish the engine.

I am moving to AZ this summer and look forward to checking out the hobby shops, model clubs, swap meets, contests and meeting car modelers.

Here is a glue bomb 70 Mach1 original AMT I saved many years ago. I stripped it and painted it MCW grabber orange and used Fred Cady decals. I would like to see a complete kit again in 1/25.

Very nice. Like many I wish Round2 had included stock interior parts, glass and a chassis. Maybe next time. Seeing this begs the question of whatever happened to the MPC 70 Boss 302 kit molds.

Very nice for a MOPAR guy. 😉

Very nice build. I built the same kit almost 40 years ago and the decals have pretty much held up and I did not even clear coat them.

Are you sure he has the flat hood for the Revell kit? The resin coupe he made used the Revell Boss 351 kit hood.

A cutout hood from the Johan funny car worked for the AMT and MPC Mustang kits but I do not think it will work very well on the Revell Boss 351 and Mach1 kits. I’m guessing by this fall we will see an Eleanor version of a modified Mach1 kit and with the flat hood announced. At least that is what I hope happens since pre-productions shots have been out a while. I would also like to see a 73 Mach1 version with the larger front bumper and the 73 only Mach1 decals and a 72 Sprint which came with the flat hood. The sprint decals are from Keith Marks.

A search in Scalemates would be a good start. It has listings for resin, plastic and metal kits from the last 90 years. Once you narrow down when a kit was made the next challenge is of course finding one. You may end up searching for custom 3D printed ones for more off beat subject matter

No #223 in the mail yet. Hopefully I will see it by the end of the month. Miami FL

Link below to a post in 2020 in a case some of you missed it. I still have not gotten very far with the DDP kit as I was not happy with the simplistic chassis and was planning to use a Fujumi kit as the base.

Sometimes going back for a second look is enough to get the project going again. Glad to see this one taking a step forward.

https://www.davemacdonald.net/gallery/closeups/daytonacobrarestored.htm Crazy story behind how 2287 was “lost” for decades.

Automodello makes some beautiful resin cars and are priced accordingly. They are only sold as finished models and are not available in kit form. The detail in 1/43 looks the same as the 1/24 ones. Here is the 1/43 Mustang I along with a Cougar II and Bordinat Cobra.

Life is short. Keep building. So far I have only built one and that was decades ago. I forgot I also built a Supercoupe Mini Exotics kit which I believe you had a hand in creating

I see what your are saying about the microscopic print. I almost grabbed a grey bottle instead of flat black because it was in the wrong rack at HL. I guess Testors has to squeeze all the legal disclaimers on the labels so someone does not swallow the contents.

Very nice paint and modifications and additions to the kit.

Thanks. I did not glue the firewall to allow for some give in as getting the chassis to mate up with the engine compartment is tricky. Everything is a tight fit.

Since I already built the Boss 351 kit I was familiar with this kit. Lessons learned were not to apply some as the decal until the very end as I had applied decals #22 and #23 on the radiator support but while handling it to fit the chassis and interior into the body they came off and I lost them. One change I made was I used a different air cleaner since the 007 car was a non-ram air 429 C code. Comments are welcome.

Posting in under glass. Unfortunately in the final assembly process I lost decals 22 and 23 that go on the radiator support bracket.

Excellent build. It’s a shame Fujumi took a short cut and did not include an engine in any of the MkI or MKII kits. Maybe we will see a MENG kit of a MKI someday.

I assumed this was only an issue with older cans perhaps due to age but if this is happening with cans that are less than few years old that is not good. Have you tries to use them despite the self sealing leakage? Paying for postage to mail them back is a joke as the postage would barely cover your refund.

Those are two very nice builds. Sorry about your brother and the reminder that men over 50 tend to ignore warning signs and wait too long to see a doctor or get regular check ups.

That engine looks pretty good so I hope it fits in the Cobra.