Chuck Most

BMF all the way. The company says once you use it you'll never go back to sivler paint, and they're pretty much dead on as far as that goes.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet. Another idea- cut open the trunk and stuff some of the spare engine parts in back.

Infinite aftermarket support for the 5.0, practically zilch for the 3.8. The 3.8 may have been faster stock, but there wasn't much room to grow if you wanted more out of it.

EXACTLY what I had in mind. Must have missed the memo on this one, but I'll be getting one for sure now.

Nah, this is but one of many projects to use them. Funny thing is- I wasn't going to use them on this, but ended up using them because they're a perfect fit in the Desert Dog tires. All the 8-bolt wheels I have are now allocated, though.

And the vinyl parts, too, I'd assume.

The coupe he's talking about (If I'm reading what he's saying right) is the Saints roadster with a top. Totally different animal from the ZZ coupe.

Very cool- being the 1:1 is unitized, that would be a pain and a half to do on a real Hudson! One of the great things about scale models, you can go a little crazy if you want to.

I might be able to jump in with a particular '71 Conversion I've had in mind.

I can picture an annoyed modeler with a fire extinguisher, grumbling "All I want to do is build this model, but first I need to do something about this stupid burning house". I once bought a kit with a tube of glue with the stern warning "Keep away out of children". One of the Fujimi parts packs (the one with the vending machine, roller blades, and teddy bear among other pieces) proclaimed "For your car life, you will find these accessories." But my favorite still is on one of my favorite kits, the Gunze Sangyo '56 Beetle- "We specially present this model kit to the Beetle's fan with our whole mind." That one still gets me every time. I probably shouldn't laugh too much, I'm pretty sure my Japanese-to-English translations would be just as bad or worse, but still!

That Saints kit was garbage, but I still had a little fun with that undersized body!

The '69 Barracuda kit also comes with six-bolt optional wheels, if I recall.

They sold Olds Aleros in Europe as Chevrolets- some even still had an Olds badge. Look at in in that context and a T-Bird sold in Europe with Super Coupe trim and a V8 engine seems pretty logical to me.

Yep, diamond plate in the passenger's side winsheild opening, and diamond plate used as 'armor' on the doors. It'll probably be lightly armed, as well (remember- roving bands of post-apocalyptic marauders... )

I wholeheartedly agree- but the majority of them were four and six powered. Good enough cars, but take away the Mustang name and there really wasn't much to write home about with the rest of the lineup besides the GT.

The Mustangs of the era were just as 'unremarkable', why the continued flurry of interest in those? (And for the record, I am a Fox-body fanatic.)

Gunked it up a bit and tacked on a bed.

Those iffy Japanese-to-English translations are always great, but that one is the best yet!

Superb- like the Arii '72 Thunderbird?

Not this time- I've already done the dual rear wheel thing, and I don't have any taller rear tires that don't look ridiculous on it. I do have another one in the works that'll have big and littles and dual wheels on the rear. And for this, duals would kill maneuverability, something you'd need dodging hoardes of post-apocalyptic marauders!

Christian- yeah, it is pretty junky, but the '71 is pretty good for a kit of its era. And if you choose, some of the unused parts on the '71 can be used to fill out the '73 to make it almost presentable. Ken- I'd be up for a new tool '71-'73 Mustang kit as well. Not gonna hold my breath, just sayin'!

Revell and Glencoe molded the same kit, but if I recall Ideal Toys made the kit first, and all three kits are the same tooling.

I do agree more or less Ken (and this is coming from a guy who once owned an '87 Turbo Coupe), but what about the other T-Bird kits? I was thinking more along the lines of the '57, '58, '66.... even that dreadful Arii '72. THOSE are the T-Birds I'd like to see built more often.

A lot of American kits are like that- you just need to look for something tooled a bit later, say, 1977 and up or so.

Correct! I think this one is from the Pete, but both kits have pretty much the same engine.