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I bought this kit and might copy your paint scheme as it looks just right.

Very nice. No need to modify the “coupe” interior as the back seat is a carry over from the convertible molds.

The age of the organizers/volunteers plus the cost of the venue are the primary factors. Without a national organization it’s inevitable for events that are only once a year. On the other hand IPMS has thousands of members and chapters and regional and national and international events and local and national dues which ensures they will be around a long time. However, IPMS events are contests with dozen of categories and judging and is open to planes, tanks, ship, figures, fantasy, etc. so with a much broader interest. To generalize I believe car modelers tend to be very creative and like less structure and rules, so these NNL events were stated decades ago they did spread around the county but this is the 2nd major NNL event that has come to an end. I hope NNL East and ACME and other major model car events continue but as others have noticed looking around the average age of the entrants and vendors seems to be at or near 65.

Found this video on YouTube. One hour and 40 minutes.

It will be my first time at this show. Better late than never I guess.

Robert did a great job on the video.

Robert Barkoski did an awesome job putting this video together of our club meetings this year.

Although the 70 and 69 Shelby’s have very little difference it took a few decades for a 70 GT500 to be repackaged with the hood decals and front spolier so you might be right. I’m sure there are also be licensing issues as Denice Halacki has the rights to the original Eleanor movie.

Awesome 3D work. Has anyone ever build the MPC mustang kit to replicate the TV show car? I have the kit but have never built it.

I have no inside info but I hope we see an Eleanor/Sportsroof and 73 Mach1 version in 2025. The standard hood would be ideal for a Sprint edition. My wish which I doubt will ever happen is to see a 71-73 convertible version.

Looking very nice with all the extra working features you added,

Go for it. Fortunately the Mach1 I bought 42 years ago is still in my garage. You can used parts from the Boss and Mach1 kits to recreate the one you owned. That’s my son with my car at a show a few month ago.

Very nicely done and beautiful paint. On these builds (Boss and Mach1) I painted the lower part versus using the entire decal. I just used only the silver part of the decal but I suppose one could also used a very thin piece of plastic painted silver as it is a trim piece on the real car which does protrude from the body. The ram-air plenum piece you added looks great and is the same as what was used on factory Boss 351 and all 71-73 Mustangs with functional ram-air. A lot of Mustang owners have added the ram-air to their Mustangs as a complete system is available from aftermarket suppliers. Having built a fair amount of original and reissued AMT and MPC kits of the 71-73 sportsroof Mustangs over the years, the two Revell versions (Mach1 and Boss 351) have brought this body style Mustang on par with other modern tooling premium kits.

Here is one I built a long time ago.

Ive heard that before but the funny car body barely resembles the street coupe body and does not share any other parts that I can see. I have built both the original 69 and 70 kits as convertibles.

Gerry Chevalier has a resin body of a 69 coupe. Send him a PM. The Revell 69/70 coupe/convertible kits have not been made since the early 1970s so I would not hold your breath on the ever being reissued.

Looks just like the real one that is at the Petersen museum.

From Northern VA I drove the 72 Mach1 to Lime Rock, Watkins Glen, Nashville Atlanta, Charlotte, Carlisle , Clinton NJ, and Dearborn, all on separate trips. The 72 Sprint I drove to Birmingham, Nashville, Carlisle, Detroit, Norfolk, and Youngstown also on separate trips. From Miami I drove the Mach1 to Sebring. Plans are to drive the 72 sprint to La Jolla which will be a breeze as it’s only about a two hour drive. Perhaps a trip to some of Route 66 that I’ve not been on in parts of California is next on the bucket list.

One thing that I quickly realized is most events I enjoy take place on the weekends. The great thing about retiring is being able to get things done during the week that would be done week nights or the weekend. Midday traffic is better than the weekends when people are cramming in two days of activities for the week. My wife has about two years left to work so I manage to stay busy and try to be healthy and active. I am surprised of the lack of model car clubs in Southern CA where we are for two year before we move to Scottsdale. The number of year round car shows makes up for that and I have been to one IPMS show. I retired at 62 and was in South Florida for three years and I took advantage of all the car events and model car shows and was in a great club - Model Car Creations - that met twice a month. The club motivated me to always be working on a project and finish some builds I started many years ago and building some brand new ones. I am enjoying every minute of retirement and have zero regrets.

Great build and it still looks great.

All three Mustangs look awesome.

When is Hemings Muscle Machines going away? I got an issue recently.

I’m still waiting for a SAE issue. ? Oh wait - they stopped publishing it years ago but they did keep to a consistent schedule until subscribers were told here is a FSM magazine with very little automotive content as if that was going to be comparable.

Great job on the Mach1 and all the other Mustangs.