Marc @ MPC Motorsports

Work is progressing on the Year One Mustang, albeit not as fast as I would like. Progress will probably slow down as work is going to get busy for the next month or so. Over the weekend, I cleared the Mustang body with Tamiya TS-13. I had the day off for Presidents Day (floating holiday at work), so I got some bench time this afternoon. I masked off the front grille surround, side window louvers and rear taillight panel, then I broke out the airbrush and applied several coats of Tamiya flat black acrylic. I made the grille surround from Evergreen styrene to use with the MCG photoetch grille, which will be painted to match. Next up is to wetsand and polish the body. Enjoy!!!

Love the color!!! You're two for two, Harold. Keep on buildin'!!!

Nice job, Cliff! This one gets the MPC Motorsports seal of approval.

Which Aztek model did you get? I have an A320 that I've had for 10 years. It has served me well and it is easy to use.

How old is your computer? I see you are running XP, so I'm guessing you've had it awhile.

One is on the way from Bandit Resins. It is not a copy of the AFX Resin body either. Here's a couple of pics of the master. It will come with an interior and glass.

After last night's wetsanding and four more coats of Tamiya TS-13 clear, I wetsanded and polished the hood again. It still needs waxed but here it is on the Mustang. Now, it's time for me to clear the body so I can mask off the grille surround, rear sail panel vents and taillight panel and paint them flat black like the 1:1. Enjoy!!!

Monday night, I applied all the Scale Motorsport CF decals on the Mustang's teardrop hood. They were brittle and nearly every piece broke while I was applying them. I had to patch a couple of spots too. Tuesday night, I applied six or seven coats of Tamiya TS-13 clear and baked overnight in the dehydrator. Wednesday night, I wetsanded with 4000 grit Micro Mesh and applied four more coats of TS-13. Here are some pics from the paint booth. I think after another night in the dehydrator and another round of wetsanding and a final round of TS-13, I'll be able to call it done. I've put enough paint on it to cover most of the flaws and smooth them out with the wetsanding. Needless to say, I am very pleased with the outcome. Enjoy!!!

Spent the evening applying Scale Motorsport CF decal to the Mustang's teardrop hood. I made templates from 3M blue tape over the weekend. The decals are over six years old and were very brittle. I had to patch a few spots but it should look fine after I clearcoat the hood. I feel confident in the clearcoat as I did this six years ago on a Cuda AAR hood. It's not perfect but I'm happy with the outcome. Enjoy!!!

Just unmasked the body after applying Tamiya TS-14 Gloss Black to the tops of the doors and fenders. Tamiya tape rocks!!! Back into the dehydrator before color sanding and clear coat.

Steve, I couldn't agree more about cleaning up molds of REAL cars, but pretty much everything that has been able to be reissued in the musclecar arena like Mopars, Funny cars, etc, has been reissued. '68-69 Coronets...gone. Early 1970s Dusters...gone. Just do what I do and keep buying and restoring the old stuff.

Painted the body tonight with Tamiya TS-44 Brilliant Blue. The 1:1 was painted with Ford Azure Blue that was used on the 2004 Mustang Mach 1. I am amazed how close the colors are in pics. Pretty close, huh? After a night in the dehydrator, I'll mask the body and paint the top of the fenders and doors with Tamiya TS-14 Gloss Black. Enjoy!!!

Same here. The only things better than new plastic is unwrapping a 30-40 year old kit and smelling new vintage styrene or seeing minty fresh plastic underneath decades old paint!!!

Here's what it looked like three nights ago when I got it out of the box. It is in primer right now and almost ready for paint. The blue you see on the interior is the same Tamiya TS-44 Brilliant Blue that will grace the body. The seats and interior tub was shot with Testors Dullcote to flatten. Wheels are Pegasus Helas, 23" on the rear and narrowed 19" fronts with Revell tuner tires. Enjoy!!!

I'm using the old fashioned metal axle chassis, but I did remove the molded in fuel tank and tailpipes on the original. I replace the floor pan with a piece from the AMT 1988 Mustang and added a fuel tank from the parts box. I'll add aluminum tubing exhaust later. A resin teardrop hood from PSF Hobbies will cover the engine. Now, on to the interior. Here's a pic of the 1:1. First thing I did was remove the console from the interior tub. Then, I scratchbuilt a roll bar. The 1:1 has a six-point cage and no back seat. I went with four and kept the back seat for ease of build. I made a custom gauge panel. Front seats are Recaros from the 1988 Mustang with the headrest removed.

The 1:1 is powered by a 4.6L DOHC Mod motor with a supercharger. The kit I started with was missing the chassis, so I went with one from an AMT 1966 Mustang coupe kit. The engine came from the AMT Phantom Vicky kit. The headers from the AMT 1988 Ford Mustang GT were a perfect fit. I modified the intake to mimic the look of the supercharged engine from the 1:1 by moving the throttle body to the rear of the intake. Here's my engine sitting under the hood. See how it "looks" like the 1:1. More to come...

This project got its start in November 2004. It is long overdue for completion and I decided to do something about it. It is a replica of the famous Year One "Boss Hoss" Mustang. Here's a pic of the real one. I started with a mostly unbuilt, nearly mint, AMT 1966 Mustang fastback kit. I began by removing the emblems from the body and adding a rear spoiler from an AMT 1968 Shelby GT500. I just love cutting up vintage styrene!!!

Dale, Looks like Pig Farm Racing is alive and well! Today is the first time I've seen this one and it is killer! I'm planning at this time to be at the 2010 edition of the Showdown, so I'm looking forward to seeing it in person. Marc

Went to the LHS today and bought 3 sets of Fujimi 18" BBS-LM's and the owner gave me one of the Double Dragster posters!!!

I see that now that I looked at one of my AMT kits. You are wanting to build a base Mustang? Did that resin body come with the ribbed GT tailpanel? Want to swap for a resin plain one? Let me know...

Here you go...

Gabriel, I was looking at your pictures and you are using the wrong donor kit. Instead of the Revell 1968 Mustang, you need the AMT 1967 Mustang fastback kit. Using the right kit might make your job easier. Marc

Did them by hand with an emory board. The fronts are turned down even more to fit inside some custom one off aluminum sleeves. Their OD matches Pegasus 19" wheels but are narrower. I removed one or two ribs of tread on the Pegasus tires to make them fit just right.

The Torino chassis is not bad considering it dates back to the promo/metal axle days. The underhood detail is good until you get to the radiator and windshield washer bottle. The original chassis had its molded in exhaust removed for the Torino Modified Stocker kit. When AMT reissued that kit as the '69 Torino Cobra, they tooled up some separate exhaust. Do some nice detail painting and it will look good on the shelf.

Cliff, The wheels are from the Revell Snap 1957 Chevy, modified to fit Pegasus 23" stepped sleeves in the rear and some one off, custom made 19" sleeves on the front. The wheel centers were masked and painted with Testors Gunmetal metalizer. The wheels in the AMT Boyd Coddington '57 are similar but much different.