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My corral of 1/43 Mustangs.

Yes it is that kit. Guess what I saw today at a show in Delray Beach.

Good point. I keep forgetting the Revell is 1/25 and is a good option. The interior and chassis and engine compartment are better for sure.

Cool story. I wish there was a reasonable priced Mangusta kit but that is like hoping there would ever be a Pantera kit with an engine. With only 400 Mangustas made they are a rare sighting. I have seen one in Miami and three Panteras.

The rebranded AMT 69 Mach1 is actually the old MPC 69 Sportsroof GT (hence the gas cap and wheels) and is a little smaller than 1/25. The interior would fit I suppose but Round2 has rebranded a lot of the old MPC kits as AMT. Originally AMT did produce a stock 69 Mach1 but that kit has never been re-released in its original form due to mold changes.

Thanks Rich. The wheels were in the kit and pictures I found indicate they were optional ones with a unique GTS center cap. I had originally painted the kit a standard Testors green but it just did not pop like the non-factory grabber green.

I built this kit as part of a build a foreign kit challenge. The kit is typical for the era with a motor and unlike some of the other makes this was had the option of working headlight and taillights. I had built one decades ago and it was looking kinda sad with the decals flaking. I used the chassis from the first one and did a little more detail painting. Unfortunately the kit decals were too old to be used so I decided to just go with the grabber green paint. The kit came with GTS type wider fenders but I did not glue them on. I did remove the front side marker lights and hand painted front and rear ones. I contemplated a future restoration of the yellow one but I realized the kit dash had gotten lost somewhere so unless I find it that one I will serve as a spare parts car.

Some of my Mustangs. Ten years ago I was able to display 50 Mustang at NNL East but I had to include the large scale and small scale builds to reach fifty. I have not counted lately but I hope I am up to sixty built ones.

Looks great. Happy Mustang 60th birthday. There are a few original owners out there that still own and drive their 1965 Mustangs.

I owned a used CB750 in the 1990s that was maybe a late 70s model but I am not sure as I only had it a few years. Somewhere in the depths of my computer there might be a picture. It was heavy and I rarely got it over 80mph (my choice) and the handling was average. I ended up selling it for $800. Oh well.?

You might try emailing Norman again with the subject line stating you would like to order R&M co of MD products.

Beautiful build. Did you prefer the Cady decals over the Fujumi ones?

Will do. Thanks. Can I use them on my 351. ?

Found the s website per Andy’s comment. I think I’ll have to order those once I determine the best size. https://anyz.io/shop/product/AN015

Very nice build with the modifications. I cannot remember if I ordered the Indycal decal set which might be a good backup if there are issues with the kit ones. They include decals for the tires also. Starfighter makes the decals for the Mercury MkIIs also.

Thanks for the tip. I bought some Old stock detail master braided lines in various sizes. It is hard to cut, the frayed pieces will give you splinters and it is not hollow so the kit fittings do not fit inside.

Fantastic restoration. I just got to Birmingham AL today for the Mustang 60th anniversary. The show should be great with hundreds of classic Mustangs and a lot of newer ones on the track.

Thanks again. The Force is with us. ? Here is one more picture but a diagram in this case is worth dozens of pictures. We have the best of both.

Thanks so much for posting. I was going to search online for a diagram like this so see if one existed. You would think companies that make models would do the same. I had already started modifying the kits to make it appear the radiator hoses will go from the water pump and block up to the front of the car where the radiator is mounted. I do not plan on running them the entire length as a large portion is hidden by the tunnel between the seats. I found a link (below) to a build of the MENG kit which has some nice diagrams also. https://www.themodellingnews.com/2021/06/build-review-ptii-mengs-12th-scale-ford.htm

Awesome job with combining parts from multiple kits. I also bought one of the GTM kits so I this is no joke.

The CMA model looks amazing and of course very expensive and supposedly 98% towards being ready for molds. No mention of a kit version and $10k is out of my price range for a built version. I thinks some of those pictures go back 20 years so we shall see. There are very nice 1/12 diecast MKIIs that have been available from ACME/GMP for about $1k for several years. Perhaps they got the oil and radiator hoses and lines right - let’s hope so for that price. As for the Trumpeter engine - the more I look at this thing the more I become amazed at the errors. The front of the engine does not have a water pump which makes it pretty difficult to connect any hoses or pipes. Instead Trumpeter has large radiator pipes going into the bottom of the oil pan which of course is where the oil lines should be. So at point I am going to attempt to work with the various pictures I have and try to make this as correct as I can within reason for my own sanity and to perhaps encourage others that want to tackle this kit that following the kit directions is not the only option. So far I have scratch built the oil filter line adapter and added the distributor and plug wires. See below for pictures of the interior where you can see the front of the engine as it is being installed. As other club members in South Florida will be taking turns finishing the build when I pass it on in a week, I will start a new post and hopefully can add their progress pictures from across the country after I move this July to Arizona. The last two pics are one from the CMA site and a 1/12 diecast.

Thanks for the tip. I have another AMT glue bomb I can make that modification.

I found a few more pictures from 2020. Not a MKIIB but this car resides in the Simeone museum and is in very original condition.

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.