mrmike

Looks great ! Love the color and the finish!

Been working on the 390 CID engine. I added the headers, the fan and fan belt assembly, and a Demon carb. I choose this carb since it does have a lot of detail to it, even if it is not correct for the Bullitt Mustang. The interior is under construction. I used embossing powder for carpet, added the shifter and front bucket seats. I painted the wheel backs for the American Racing wheels and detailed the steering wheel.

Thanks Joe! I've got to finish foiling the truck first. Been fighting with foil and adhesive.

Yeah, well, it kinda like this...I have the model and I used the decal on that kit when I built it. I have a friend who draws his own and I may ask him if he can do one on mine.

As I was looking at the steering wheel and the mis-guided holes, I remembered that the Revell '68 Mustang kit 2 'n 1 kit has all the extra parts in it for the Bullitt Mustang. This time I used my magnifier and carefully, well much more carefully, drilled 12 new holes in the steering wheel spokes. Some cleanup and Bob's your uncle! More to come...

Not looking for Highland Green metallic paint anymore. A fellow Classic Plastic Model Club member has a 2 oz. jar of that paint that he is going to give me.

I've been picking away at the Bullitt Mustang. I painted the headers flat white, the distributor semi gloss black, the engine block got a second coat of paint, and I made an ignition coil since there is none in the kit. The shifter got a new shifter ball made from a piece of jewelry bead and painted flat white. Now, if I can only find a 4-speed shift pattern decal. There was a set of gauges under the dash and I cut them off since the Bullitt Mustang doesn't have them. I drilled some holes in the steering wheel spokes and I messed up on some of them. More to come...

I filled the hole in the engine block and added plug boots to the wired distributor from Parts by Parks. Part of the die-cast molds is the notches on the cowl and the hood. Unless I want to do extra bodywork, which I don't want to, these are staying. There was two raised circles for the backup lights and the Bullitt Mustang doesn't have any. Out came the sanding stick and away went the raised circles. A fellow Club member has a 2 oz. bottle of Ford Highland Green Metallic by ScaleFinishes that he is going to give me. Thanks Joe Angers! More to come...

Yes, it is. Not a really good kit. More of a 10 footer kit. Looks really good 10 feet away! Thanks guys!

My attempt last night to add decals to the Fury was a bust! So, until I get new decals from policecarmodels.com, this model is done and posted in Under Glass.

I went and added the decals to my LAPD '78 Plymouth and they were junk! After ten minutes in luke warm water, they didn't budge from the backing sheet. I searched on line at policecarmodels.com and found a set that I'll have to order. This is what I get for trying to save an old decal sheet! Until I do get a new set of decals, I'm calling this build done. I would like to thank all those who have taken the time to view and to comment on my WIP.

I have been retired for 23 months now and my building has increased. I am building more now that I have the time, but I do tend to other projects that call a priority to everything else. I also have more builds on the bench now since I like working on one thing and if that needs time to dry, I'll work on another. If I don't feel like working on anything, I don't.

Thank you Andre!

Thank you Fred! My guess about the line on the roof is this...it could be due to the thin coat of primer on the roof and the hot Dupli-Color paint I used or this is where the plastic had joined itself when the mold was being filled and not enough pressure was used to fill it or the plastic cooled faster than it should have when the mold was being filled. It could be anyone of those things or none of them and it was something else.

The way I understand it, based on what I have read, is that Robert Kiernan bought the car as family transportation. At one point, his interests turned to horses until he realized that the car need to be put back together, but by then he was very ill and passed away in 2014 and his son, Sean inherited the car and he rebuilt the Mustang and said that the car was to remain in the family and hidden away from the public, just like his father wanted it to be. The car had become part of the family and it was his intention to keep it in the family. That's why he refused to sell it. It was HIS car! Ford Motor Company found the car with help from some other people, wanted to help hide the car out of fear that it could be stolen and so it was hidden down in the archives of Ford. They felt that having the actual Bullitt car on the 50th anniversary of the movie and the introduction of the new 2019 Bullitt Mustang would be worth all the added secrecy. If Sean decided to sell the '68 Bullitt Mustang, he would command his price for the car, which would be in the millions of dollars. AFAIK, no one has place a value on the car. This car has been described as 98% original and the car found in Mexico is 98% unoriginal or rebuilt with new parts. The car from Mexico or the "jump" car would be worth some money, but IMHO, will not get the kind of money that the "hero" car would get because it was rebuilt with new parts or restored.

Looks good so far, Tulio!

I had noticed that and made sure that the reflectors went in as far as I could push them. A little trimming on the back side of the lenses will help as they are rather thick. Thanks for the heads up!

The current owner has said repeatedly that the Mustang will stay in his family. He has absolutely no plans to sell the car to anyone. His father knew that the car was valuable and he could care less. The car has been in his family since 1974 and it will remain there as a part of his family. There are two articles, one in Road and Track and one in Car and Driver magazines about the Bullitt Mustang. I would suggest you read them and discover what the whole story behind the Bullitt Mustang is all about.

Ivy Green and Highland Green are two different shades of green. The color of the Bullitt Mustang is Highland Green. And, if it ain't shiny, it ain't mine!

Just so you know, there were two cars ordered from Ford just for this movie. Serial numbers 558 and 559. 559 is the hero car and 558 was the "jump" car as I call it. The 558 was found in Mexico and was totally trashed and is now in the process of being rebuilt. 559 is owned by Sean Kiernan who inherited the car from his father and is what I consider to be a barn find or not restored-98% original. It is possible that 558 had a straight rear valance panel and 559 had the cut outs, but we shall never know. Build your model your way and be proud of it. IMHO, either way is correct!

The Bullitt Mustang was repainted and returned to a "stock" appearance before it was sold to a Warner Bros. employee. It was sold to a Sheriff's Deputy who sold it several years later to the son's father who kept the car and tried to rebuild the car after he had taken it apart, just before his death from Parkinson's. The son plans to keep the car as it is. No restoration. The current value of the car is probably in the millions given its provenance. The round mirror was removed and the rectangular mirror was returned to the door. The rocker trim was returned to stock appearance. I believe the rear valance cutouts were always there, but the black exhaust tips don't highlight them like they were with chrome tips. And the exhaust tips were bevel cut and went straight back. No turn downs! I hope this helps you, Pat!

A link to the web site would have been nice! I got it for ya'll! http://www.showrods.com/

I'm sure Scalefinishes would or MCW or even Gravity Colors. But, I am trying to find what I need locally, be it in a hobby shop or auto parts store and I am trying to avoid going to the internet. If I go to any of the aftermarket suppliers, it'll be as a last resort.

I removed the left front wheel from the rest of the front suspension and took it apart. I cleaned up all the parts and made sure that all surfaces were flat and clean and reassembled them all. The end result is the left front wheel sitting as it should. More to come...

I have had this kit in the stash for some time now and with the recent articles about the Bullitt Mustang now in print and the hero car being found on the East Coast as well as the jump car being found in Mexico, I was influenced to build mine now. I am starting with the Revell Bullitt 1968 Mustang GT kit 85-4233. I also have the '68 Mustang GT kit 85-4215 that I will use the Cobra Jet headers from. I will be following the build by Marcos Cruz for mine. I will eliminate the metal axles from this kit, close the gap in the engine bay to the front fenders, and try to find a close paint color match. I started assembling the engine and the headers. I'll wire the engine and I'll rummage through my parts box for a separate carb and an open element air cleaner. And, I am done...not! This is a diecast Revell Bullitt Mustang that I built many years ago. This came from the same molds that Revell used for the plastic version that I am about to build. As the market changed, Revell converted many of their diecast molds to plastic and this is one of them. The only change I can find is to the dash. The current version has two gauges mounted under the dash and my diecast version does not have them. I'm surprised that no one has built a '68 Charger R/T from the Revell '68 Charger kit and yes, I have the diecast version of that car, too! More to come...