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    Best way to build a "1964 1/2" Mustang? That is in 1/25 or 1/24 scale...

    in Model Building Questions and Answers

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    some of the differences are passenger seat is non-adjustable, carpet only cover bottom of floors, inside of rockers that carpet normally covers is covered in vinyl, the front of hood above the little vents beside the headlights isn't rolled under like later hoods. it sticks down about 3/8" of so. I'm sure there are other little details i've forgotten. Also most cars won't have all the 64.5 details, the later in production as they ran out of parts, 65 parts were used.

    '64 1/2 Mustang - Monogram 1:24

    in WIP: Model Cars

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    I'd see how hard it is to pull one of the plug wires out of the head before I made that decision. There might be enough room to re-position the wires over  the valve covers and hide the excess under the air cleaner. Any time I am doing something new, I Google pictures to see how it was from the factory.

    '64 1/2 Mustang - Monogram 1:24

    in WIP: Model Cars

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    10 hours ago, CA Whitecloud said:
    Test fitting interior tub. Check. image.thumb.jpeg.912466ac7df98c28671811e54618610b.jpeg

     

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    Can't tell from pics but tub fits fine. I wish the carpet were blacker and the column gauges clearer.

    I went with a Gopher Racing pre wired distributor. First time using add on. Came out Ok. I was over cautious when trimming so the cables might be too long.
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    usually on a SBF, the spark plug wires run over the valve covers image.png.9772a67da88fb9eefe64933c9ec6fbcd.png

    Dyno Don's Eliminator II

    in Drag Racing

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    On 7/19/2023 at 7:42 PM, Hoffman said:

    Dale, that looks GREAT! Excellent workmanship. Love the details. The colors look right on, especially noticed the magnesium finish on the wheels and valve covers- perfect! What type/color paint to you use on those pieces?

    For the magnesium finish I started with Tamiya XF-24 and added a little silver, a little gold, a little green, until it looked right to me. If you look at vintage photos of magnesium parts, there are many shades. I was going after a Dow #7 look.

     

    Dyno Don's Eliminator II

    in Drag Racing

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    10 hours ago, magicmustang said:

    Yep, he started the '67 season as a injected only car, but added a blower as the need for more power arose. 

    Yeah, these cars changed constantly to keep up with the competition, you kinda have to pick a time and base your model on that period.

    Dyno Don's Eliminator II

    in Drag Racing

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    2 hours ago, papajohn97 said:

    Nice job Dale! A very accurate representation of a milestone drag car. I have a set of Slixx decals for this car and would love to build one like this as a “bookend” for my early sixties super stock model collection showing the evolution of drag cars from showroom stock to flipper funnies. Which kit(s) did you use to create this model? It’s too bad we have to kit-bash to accurately recreate early funnies like this one. Thanks for posting! John

    I used the body from the AMT 67 Mercury Comet Cyclone GT kit, the chassis from the Polar Lights Hawaiian funny car and the 427 SOHC from Texas 3D Customs

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    Looking for 1960s steering wheel

    in Wanted!

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    I am looking for a 1960s style steering wheel for a 57 Ford gasser. I've looked at some of the photo etch wheels and they all use a rubber o-ring for the rim, but i want to do the rim in green metalflake, anybody have an idea on a kit that might have one ?

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