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Around 1970 a friend of mine bought a 65 Mustang and, although I never actually drove it, I don't remember him having problems getting around corners and the body seemed to be made of sheet metal. If anyone has one of these and thinks it's garbage, or is afraid they might be mistaken for a secretary, just dump it in my driveway.

Sounds like an amazing kit and it's in the right hands.

What a great score! Pure nostalgia.

I suspect I'm completely alone in this but; I wish Ford would go back to the original 1964 concept and start again from there. It was a simple, light, fun car that appealed to both sexes - not the bloated, steroidal virility statement that it has since become.

This really is one helluva model car!!! One of the best open trunks I've ever seen, just to name one outstanding feature.

Outstanding!!! Perfect mods and detailing, great colours - I doubt this kit has ever looked so good.

Really nice work. I specially like the clean on the outside but grungy under the hood look - that's the way 99% of all cars actually are.

Great transformation, looks very convincing.

Wow, impressive - and that's a simple build?

Looking great - and Shardik is probably right.

For foiling long straight trim pieces like this I use one of two methods: I carefully lay down a strip of fine tape (eg Letraline) as a guide - this creates a more defined ridge for your blade to follow. But this is now my favourite method: I use a steel ruler to pre-cut the foil (still on the backing sheet) to the exact width I need. This strip needs to be about 2 inches longer than you need. I then lay it down as straight as possible over the trim. You have to hold the strip taught with one hand while pressing it accurately down with the other hand's finger (and somehow keep the model steady with whatever spare fingers you have!). It's NOT easy and requires practice - I quite often don't get it right on the first attempt but the result is a lot better than I can achieve with my shaky hand and an Xacto knife.

Apply a larger piece of foil than the badge, burnish down well but dont trim yet - you need the surrounding foil as masking for the last steps. Paint the recessed detail area, making sure you go very slightly over its border. Let it dry. Now remove the excess colour from the raised area with a 6000 mesh polishing cloth. Finish with 8-or 12000. Now you can trim. Go carefully polishing BMF - it creates a black mess which can be hard to remove from some paints.

Hi Marco - no worries, see you at the next one. I'm using my son's Canon EOS 400D and its 18-55mm kit lens. Actually not that happy with the focus yet and I've been told a lens upgrade would help - but that's not going to happen any time soon. And thanks Al and James, much appreciated.

Really like the precise and clean work so far. And I know what you mean about 2 kids under 3 (mine are now 30 and 32) but there's no hurry.

Both are outstanding. Nice to see rare kits get built by someone with real talent.

Outstanding! Great finishes, very realistic.

I'm catching on late here but you do some excellent stuff!

One of the nicest Willys I've seen. Love the trailer too.

I like - nice clean work.

Great save, really nice combo.

Beautiful work as always!

Very nice! Love the twin antennas.

Very nice! Great colours.

Really nice!

Great looking models, outstanding finish and details.