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You can start from scratch and there are more decals options. I have built the MKIV and J Car kits. Good luck with the project.

I probably posted these before but here’s an alternative to making the 007 version since I the kit has a lot of road course parts to do this build. Some of the sponsor decals would be a problem replicating and perhaps a Pantera could provide the rear wing as it’s a little larger than stock. ?

Very nice I build. I do not remember that color. Looks like Slixx had you covered on the decals which complements the great paint work.

Here are some close up pictures.

Who me? ? Maybe it’s going through a few modifications.

I was searching for old posts and was curious. ?

Another big Mustang that is a mystery - no updates for a long time.

John, did you ever finish the kit?

Good to know. Thanks.

I have had this strange looking Pantera kit (no box) for maybe over 35 years and I thought it was pretty odd and I searched online and found what looks like it is supposed to resemble these pictures. So now the questions is where would I find decals for it? The kit may have also been issued under other Japanese brands. I emailed Lemans Decals (the guy in Spain) snikeforce1 on Ebay to see if he can make them. I will post when I hear back from him. I have the kit on the bottom right of the Scalemates picture but of course the decals for the other version look spot on assuming they are in that kit which I assume they are per the instructions I see from the multiple listings on Ebay for over $300 and not one picture shows the actual decal sheet. Maybe I should just sell the kit I have. ?

HL and Michael’s are it for kits in my area with the nearest Hobbytown an hour away. There’s one local shop that has a few kits left from the previous shop ownership but t is 95% Radio Control stuff now. I bought some supplies a few days ago there as they still had Tamiya paints, glue and putty. Having missed countless shows last year and with cancellations this spring there is slim pickings. I rarely buy new kits online as I used to buy them at our local MAMA meetings but the last one February 2020.

Are you 100% sure those differences are reflected in the Models? After all were are talking companies that still had 260 V8’s with oil tubes last used in 1964 still showing up in a 73 Mustang kit. ?

For the Mustang I’m gonna guess nothing was changed by MPC (except for maybe the gas filler) as the trend back then was to not make mold changes for minor differences. I do not have enough to years of those to kits to confirm but that is my hunch the bodied will be interchangeable for a stock Mustang II. For whatever reason Mustang II kits seem to be pretty pricey these days on Ebay.

Sen me a PM. I have plenty to spare. The aircleaner and shaker I presume?

I mentioned earlier in the thread I thought the MPC 260/289/302 engine was the same as the “real” AMT 260/289/302 engine. The are close but not exactly the same but they both have that oil filler tube which is what makes them obviously from older molds. The white V8 is from the AMT 66 Mustang kit and the red one is of course from the 007 kit. So we know neither of these engines are a 351 Cleveland and we also know the other engine in the 007 kit is a Boss 429 (only available in 69/70). We also know the original AMT 71-73 Mustangs kits used a 428 engine (available from 68-70) so that’s not a correct option either for a 71 Mustang. So, in the end neither the AMT or MPC engines can be used unless one wants to make a 302 Windsor powered Mach1 (with the stock blue valve covers and 2 bbl carb) which was actual the base engine but production numbers show most of them were built by Ford with either a 351 Cleveland (2 bbl or 4bbl) and about 5% with the 429CJ or 429SCJ,

Here’s what I decided to do with my PSM Boss 302. The grille is just dreadful. I cannot even remember what I paid but I know it was not over $20. Surely the 69 PSM kit is better and worth 100 times the original price. ?

Thanks Gary. Very cool.

Did you know Tony Mezzacca? I met him at NNL East in the 1990’s and he was at the 1989 Watkins Glen GT40 reunion.

It seemed a natural and a heck of a lot less expensive for the Japanese kits. Cobraman sent me the zoomies. Ford should have refused to allow them to even call this Lindberg kit a Mustang.

Well - that explains a lot. Some letters have taken weeks instead of days.

A superb line up. Not Corvette related but my wife described the Shelby Collection in boulder as my “model display” room if it came to life. Do you know how many of the real ones have been together at the same time? Amelia Island, Monterrey or Goodwood perhaps?

Oh that kit. I may have the box somewhere but since it an old Palmer mold it is awful as they must have looked at 69-71’s and tried the Foose experiment long before he did. Appreciate the offer but I built one that you can see is not “stock” and that was enough for me.

I alluded to that but you got straight to the point - yes that is their primary clientele. ?

I remember going to Avenel Hobbies in the 1990’s. I lived in Virginia but it a must stop if I was up that way. I discovered some kits I have never seen before made by Lemans Miniatures (1/87) along with some 1/43 resin and metal kits if I remember correctly. There was no where I could find these unusual models (no internet back then) anywhere in person unless I wanted to drive to Toronto Canada to MiniGrid. I enjoyed Wayne Moyer’s build articles which walked through these mainly “European” kits and Avenel had things you would never find in a ToysRUs or other national chain. For better or worse the mainline plastic kits are not enough for an independent store to survive. I collect s lot of diecast cars (mostly 1/64) and frequent a small auto repaint and diecast toy business that carries M2, Greentlight, etc. and his prices are competitive with the box stores and it saves a lot of time going from store to store or bidding online and paying shipping charges. There in no incentive for him to sell plastic kits as he makes most of his profit on the chase cars that come in each case he get from a Distributor.