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I’m curious if the standard C code air cleaner is included. This air cleaner was for the non ram-air cars which did not have the twist locks or the black or silver paint on the hood.

Shocker. 🙄

Was MPC confused back in the day? At least Steven’s is issuing a Mustang and not a Challenger.

Thanks for posting,

What is the date for the 2024 event?

Over 900 models were on display. Nice to see Leonard, Dave, Matt and Norman make the trip down from Maryland. I wish I had more time to find more MCM members but the time went by very quickly. It was a very well run event and a lot of vendors selling paints, kits, decals, tools and everything else model related. Here is just a sample of the high level of quality of models at the show.

I packed my Thunder Valley GT40 for the ACME show so I’ll post some pictures by Sunday.

See you all on Saturday. My first time going to the ACME show.

:Looks great. Cool to see all the different color combinations modelers are doing.

Looks fantastic and it has held up very well.

Thanks for all the compliments everyone.👏

Only the purists these days are going to put bias ply white wall tires on a Mach1 but they were pretty common when they were new as most came with the 14x6 inch steel wheels with trim rings and hubcaps. You see many 71-72 Mach1’s with Magnum 500’s, front and rear spoilers and side stripes that were added on later.

I have built some since that picture. Some are without engines as no one at the time was making a decent 1/25 351C or 429CJ.

I know on my first Mach1 I owned in the 1970’s the flat black on the hood had worn through in some spots and was body color underneath. I would imagine the larger area on the Boss 351s was the same.

I’m sure you are not the only one. Although Revell seems to stick to just including what is needed to build a specific model (i.e. Eleanor) I hope the include some 73 Mach1 decals and perhaps stock 351C valve covers so modelers can make a replica of one too. If not Keith Marks and Rays kits make the decals (in black and silver).

With the new Revell Boss 351 and Mach1 kits they might end up that way. 🙃

This post reminds us what we had to work with before the new Revell kit was released this year. 😮

Somehow I have in my decal spares seven silver and four black hood full decals from the old MPC kit and Fred Cady sheets. I’ve never tried to used them as I assume it would not lay flat no matter how much decal set was used.

I decided to paint the hood and cut out the outer part of the decal and very carefully position it as straight as I could. I knew if I used the whole decal it would be difficult to get it to “match” the paint color and the overlap would be visible.

I saw your build on Facebook but the close up pictures show what an amazing build this is. I did not realize you reshaped the Boss valve cover into the stock 351C ones and of course you did a fantastic job.

And the US version is coming also.

I started on this a few months ago and finally finished it last night. It is “out of the box” with just some extra painting. I have seen some amazing build already and other threads have covered just about every pro and con (very few) of the kit. I did have to use superglue and epoxy and a rubber band to make sure the chassis and front valence would stay glued to the body. The next one I build I will test fit more to see if there are creative ways to make the final assembly easier. As others have mentioned the decals are very thin but thankfully there was an extra BOSS 351 decal for the front fender that can in handy. I ended up painting the hood versus using the while decal and just used the thin outline stripe - same for the line just above the black that I painted along the bottom of the car. This kit deserves the skill rating as I think back to the AMT and MPC 71-73 kits and how simplistic they are in comparison. Since the kit has two full sets of the body decals (silver and black) if you buy two kits you essentially get two sets of decals in case there’s a mishap. I cannot wait to see the 007 Mach1 version in person and I’m sure some others will get one built before I do. My final thought are take your time and enjoy this kit - it was won’t the wait. PS - don’t tell anyone the color is a GM Duplicolor spray can I had in my stash but it seemed like a perfect match for Medium Bright Yellow. 😉

Fantastic build and even better with the extra details.

The 69 Mustangs with dual exhaust used the transverse muffler with the resonators.

Bargain price when they were new and comparable to many supercars.