mrmike

Revell's sharing one model kit to produce 3 others is basically a cost saving measure. The Boss 302 is one of those using the new body and nose piece and a few other parts.

The Story McNally is on a stakeout of Charles Dennett's house. He decides to talk to him when Dennett comes home and he goes up to the front door. Dennett opens the door and McNally identifies himself and Dennett remembers him at Richie's house, but he had to rush out. McNally notices Dennett carrying a Smith & Wesson Model 39 in a holster on his hip and he asks him about it. Dennett pulls the gun for McNally's inspection and he notices the heavy smell of oil in the gun as it was recently cleaned. The Build I taped the body and chassis together. Then I added the hood assembly. More Jaguar to come...

The Story Adam was observing from the other side of the lobby and he walks over to McNally and asks what had just happened. McNally says that Darvell just apologized to him and McNally offered to be friends. Darvell wants to think about it first. McNally says that friendship with Darvell isn't going to happen. The Build Flocked the floor with black embossing powder. I painted the dash panel black and the paint ran under my tape. Dang it!!! I added the headlight nacelles. More Jaguar to come...

The Story McNally is down stairs at the Check In Desk turning his Visitors Pass and he is approached by Det. Steven Darvell. He wants to apologize for his rude behavior yesterday at the crime scene. McNally tells Darvell that he accepts his apology. He tells Darvell that he understands that they will not be friends, although they could be if they really tried. Darvell says he will think about it. The Build I finished the dash and mounted it to the center console. I did some more detail work on the chassis. More Jaguar to come...

I took the hood out of the 91% alcohol and washed it good. It looked more like a hood off of a wreck in a bone yard. The last picture is after five minutes of sanding with 150 grit sandpaper. More sanding, a good bath and then primer and paint...again! More Boss 302 to come...

I had stopped at the grocery store yesterday to get some beer and when I parked the car, I was next to an all black 2020 Shelby GT350! When I came out of the store, the owner was just finishing putting his groceries into his Shelby and we got to talking. He has had the car for a couple of weeks and he is still discovering some of the various little bits and features to the car. He said he would rather drive it. The owners manual is two inches thick! He got in it, started it up and ohh...what a glorious sound it made and that was with the exhaust system in the regular mode. He hit a switch and the exhaust system changed note and WOW!!! It sounded great for pissing off the neighbors! I would rather listen to that Shelby than any of the Harleys that run by the house daily!

Looks excellent! I hope mine will look half as good as yours!

Thanks randyc! I'm more into straight lines than complex curves that I am bound to screw up. My sanity can rest easy now...

$25 for a flea market special is a lot of money, IMHO. You can pay that much on ebay and get a better quality kit!

I saw this on Supercar Blondie's website. It looks impressive! And, I thought all he was doing was electric cars...

I think the +6 Barrel Carbs came from the '71 Duster 340 kit, but I am not 100% sure though. But, they do look far better than the carbs that I had on there before. Plus, I added the plug boots to the MAD Resin distributor, installed the distributor and wired the engine. More 'Cuda to come...

Another hurdle out of the way! I figured out a way to effectively paint the taillights by using a black felt tip pen and marking the blacked out areas of the taillights on one side and then painting the backside with Tamiya X-27 Clear Red. Then I glued the lenses to the chrome backings when the clear red dried. It's not perfect, but it is done. More Mustang to come...

I added a couple of decals for the engine size to the hood. I found a 6-barrel carb setup and used that instead since it is much more detailed. I painted the air cleaner and added the decal to it. I broke the decal as I tried to position it on the air cleaner. More 'Cuda to come...

I got the '57 T-Bird into primer this afternoon. Now to let this dry thoroughly and then some sanding. More Vega$ to come...

Thanks, Carl!

I finally got the engine wired and installed into the chassis and I completed the mobile phone. More Vega$ to come...

Thanks Kenneth and John! I am probably making a bigger deal out of this than it actually is. Sometimes, I do this or the instructions (which I usually glance at) don't explain the procedure well.

The interior wasn't revised since it really wasn't needed to convert the kit from the Mach I to the Boss 302. Their main focus was to create the new nose piece and convert the model kit to a Boss 302. I used the interior roll bar mounts and mounted the roll bar anyway.

That's interesting! Must have been a revision made to the mold somewhere along the way and of course, we are the last ones to know.

Thanks Guido! I finally found my decals! I kept avoiding a rolled up plastic bag since I thought it had tires in it. I opened the bag and there were my decals that I had set aside long ago. Now I can decal the body! More 'Cuda to come...

Yep! The plug wires run below the exhaust manifolds. Thanks, Andy!

Don't worry Randy. McNally is still on the job and looking for that coin collection!

Gareth, you have one of the Revell of Germany kit boxes. I'm surprised that the indent is not on the body. Maybe the body was revised?

Thanks Randy! It has been a couple weeks and I should get back to this build, story and all!

I'm just trying to get the taillights right. I suppose it doesn't really matter if one or both sides are paint red. I'm just amazed by the complex molding of the taillights and baffled by how others can paint them up and make them look so perfect!