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Walked into Micheals today to get paint, glue and some wooden clamps. Easy in/out and forgot my phone/coupon and they gave me 20% the paint. Much less people than your typical 7-11 and probaby less risky. ?. I was not used to going to HL anyway since they were a lot further away but a new one opened up nearby in an old ToysRUs but that only lasted a month until almost everything closed. ?

I think Gramps has given Cobraman an idea for this next project after the Bordinat Concept is done. Either that or JC (AFX) and Bradford (HRM) can team up an make a resin body. If that happens I would get in line to buy one.

Taking a break from the GT40's to go back and finish some AMT and MPC Mustang bodies I painted a long time ago. A rim-blow wheel was added and I think the seats were out of another kit. The hood is cut out from the Johan funny car and the decals are from Keith Marks. All the rest of the parts to complete it are in my parts stash. The engine will be a stock 302 or perhaps a modified one from the blue engine spares box to make it look like a 351 Cleveland. The decals were super thin and came off the backing sheet in about five seconds. The red pinstripe just above the grabber blue along the bottom will be tricky as it' a really narrow.

Engine looks great. A shame AMT did a great job on the engine (except for the carb) but did not change the GM like inner fenders.

You are the man Cobraman. Looks cool.

Yes -where have I seen that before.?. Your backgrounds are perfect for pictures and a whole lot cooler than my dining room table.

Really nice build and it's nice to see one other than in red.

Given that the resin kits cost 3-4 times more and do not have an engine, the IMC/Testors kits for all their faults are not horrible like say a Palmer kit. I am proud that I finished building all of the old IMC, MPC and the one Aurora GT40s, MKII and MarkIV's as should anyone else that can look past that the kits are far from perfect but so few are and if they are they are usually expensive.

I do not remember anything in particular that was difficult. The bundle of snakes exhaust pipes might be tricky. It is much better than the LS kit from Japan and fits a little better than the IMC kits. As you can see I did the Shelby version @ Daytona.

Thanks. It says Leesburg VA is open which is 19 miles from me and all the others nearby are closed. Interesting they are all in the same state but different counties.

Uggh. You can go to Walmarts in No Va surrounded by hoards of people but as Steve said the HL's near us are still closed.

She' a beauty for sure. Hope to see it in person soon.

Yes - Tasmania is a lot further than within the USA where mal deliveries are still pretty good.

Decals for which version and from where? I've ordered from IndyCals and they are very fast.

I will not wear a mask until I have to at work. I've been working every other week and a few people are wearing them. Surprising two of the four people are over 60. We are not in close contact. Speaking for myself, I would say I am in pretty good shape for my age (61) so if I get the virus I think my odds are pretty good to survive (>90%). So, can we all hide from this forever - of course not. If you are able spend this extra time many folks that were working 40+ hours a week exercising at least an hour a day. If you are going to do cardio (walking briskly, jogging, bike riding) than be prepared to inhale fresh air without wearing a mask that limits the carbon dioxide from fully escaping. My son is obsessed with tracking the deaths by age group and there's not doubt this virus can take the life of anyone at any age but so can many other things - just not at the numbers we've seen worldwide (with of course hour by hour updates on the news) at these amounts in a long time. Take care everyone and I would like to go to Hobby Lobby when it open back up.

1/24. I plan to use the Shelby Collectibles diecast chassis and other parts. It's a little rough and thick compared to say the excellent resin kits from HRM but I think it will look decent finished.

I thought I would give on of these resin Cobras a try. I go it off an Ebay seller in the UK and the package did not take too long. Although it's pretty much a shelf model (no engine) it at least should make something presentable an and a much lower cost than the higher end resin kits.

Nice original IMC kit. They are tricky to build but aside from the MPC or an expensive resin kit w/o an engine that's all that is out there. The Testor's nd Union ones are the same molds.

Remember to fill in the vents in the hood. Not a single 71-73 Mustang had those vents (only 65-70 did) regardless of whether it was the NACA or regular hood. If you want to build a "correct" 73 Mach1 get decals from Keith Marks or Rayskits. You can get creative with the engine compartment by grafting in the firewall and inner fenders from a RM 69-70 Mustang kit.. It's a lot of work but looks 100% better.

Perhaps our local church will get more wedding booked later in the year. I think we have averaged less than five a year for many years due to declining attendance.

Did you see the previous post? Not sure why it cannot be pushed back 2-3 months. Churches should be pretty flexible about the dates they rent out space for a show.

I can go into Walmart and only buy diecast cars with a hundred customers in the store buying whatever they fill their carts with while they browse every aisle and that is safe, but shopping in a large craft store for five minutes with mostly women customers is not safe. It's gotten to be a strange world we are in especially since I am in the 60+ group now. ?

Yes - nice 67 GT. My two cents is the factory styled steel wheels would look great paired with RWL tires. I was never a fan of the kit tires. Speaking of a 69 Mustang GT the old MPC kit was actually a GT not a Mach1 as it had the GT style gas cap but I do not think anyone cared as long as Mach1 decals were applied from The Last detail, Fred Cady or later resissues of that kit which to me always seemed smaller than 1/25.

Super nice. Looks like a very expensive diecast which is a compliment.

Yes it would be nice to see some of these "under glass." I tend to build the rarer or resin kits before I do most plastic kits as it is cool to build a one-off or limited edition transkit that you would never find in even the most stocked hobby shops back in the day. It's so much easier to order online vs. the old days when we had to fill out an order form and send in a check or credit card number. Paypal - whats' that?