MrObsessive

Mine looked EXACTLY like this one! The only difference was mine had black bumpers instead of the body colored ones. Mine was a 390 4-spd, 3:54 rear end, absolutely NO POWER anything! No power brakes (drums on all fours), no air, no power steering........NADA! It was a basic bare bones, very fast going car. I bought it in May of 1988 and kept it till July of '92. The only reason I sold it----------I was heading to Ft. Jackson S.C, and couldn't take the car on base with me. I sold the car to a fellow that lives north of me (Berwick, PA) and believe it or not, I still know the VIN number to the car, as well as the dash plaque numbers which told you if you looked 'em up, what time of the year the car was built. Mine was a very late number, and I learned that the engine was built just before shut down of the '69 model year. The car was originally sold just before the '70's would be intro'd, and I eventually became the fourth owner. Hindsight being 20/20, I really wish I could have kept the car---------it turned out that I got injured while I was in S.C., and the army ended up sending me home on a medical discharge. Love to have one to this day, but the prices are out of sight now for even a daily driver. The price I paid for mine in 1988? $2500! No rust, no dents, body as clean as a whistle, and could outrun 0-60 even brand new 'Vettes of the day. No kidding!

Tom, that's what I liked best about my '69 AMX. Either you had one or you didn't-------it couldn't be "faked"! You can take a '67-'68 Mustang and turn it into a Shelby, a small block Corvette and stuff a big block in it, and other various and sundry "muscle cars" that could be faked. But the '68-'70 AMX's were in a class by themselves. There were cosmetic as well as structural differences between it and the Javelin.......to the point that trying to fake one would be quite an expensive proposition, if not downright impossible!

Mike, thanks for those pics! The carb linkage detail shown will do the trick. I did some more tiny details to the carb in the last couple days............nothing really picture worthy yet, but hope to do another update worth posting over the weekend.

I want to thank everyone for their input so far! I'm not the most knowledgeable Ford or Mustang guy out there, and despite getting info on the 'net-------if you've got (or had) the real deal in your garage, it doesn't get any better than that! Hopefully by next weekend I'll have more to show...........

Thanks for the info Patrick! Mike, that's a very good shot of the carb I can use! One other thing, would you happen to have a pic of the driver's side of the carb? I have some partial shots, but none of them show the return spring bracket and where that's located for the throttle. I can't tell if it's on the carb or on the intake manifold. Thanks again!

Oil filter! Where is it? In the front on the driver's side? It's conspicuous by its absence on this kit. The engine shots I have aren't quite clear as to where it should be placed on a 289. Also a pic of the dipstick placement would help as well. Thanks!

Well, looking closer at the pictures that Chuck posted, the radii of the side trim aft of the doors at least follows the curves of the dip in the beltline. John your pic of the older issue '57 really shows how high they rendered that trim! Wow! Just goes to show how each manufacturer will have their own "interpretations" of how a particular subject should appear. BTW, I'll probably buy Revell's '57 Convertible--------with what I'd like to do to it detail wise, the subtle changes I'd make to the beltline might not matter all that much.

Mitchell reading your latest post got me to thinking about my own time in high school ('70's) and what was in the parking lot, and on the roads back then. The parking lot was filled with what were then dirt cheap "muscle cars" and the oddball foreign jobs that just aren't seen anymore. Back in those days it was nothing to get a '67 Impala 427 (circa 1977) for maybe $1500 in very good shape. Now that same car can be $40,000+ in pristine shape, and so it goes. There were VW Beetles, Renault Dauphines, Karmann Ghia's, 'Cuda's, 442's, Road Runners, Corvairs, I could go on and on. I guess the point I'm making is that each succeeding generation will have what appeals to them, just like those cars appealed to us back in our high school days, but our parents hated. Who knows what might appeal to young ones thirty years from now---------some may say not the cars of today. However in 1960 no one wanted 1955-57 Chevrolets, as they were just another car back then. You've seen the price of excellent condition ones lately no??

Mitchell that color was Big Bad Green. I once had a '69 but it wasn't that color (Bright Yellow). That's an interesting story! I live on a very busy road as well but not much interesting passes my way very often-------at least at the times I'm noticing.

After a VERY busy week at work (10+ hour days), I finally was able to get a few little things done on the Mustang late in the week and this morning. I was hoping this was going to be a "quick" build, but that's turning out not to be the case, as I want to keep adding detail where I think it's needed. Just the same, it's going rather quick for me as there's no major body work I've done ala the '59 Impala. Here's what is going on at the moment............... ???????????? Ok, that lump of plastic just won't do as a carburetor! I'm going to try to detail this as best as I can, as there will be times that the model will be displayed with the hood open, and the air cleaner off. Here I've hollowed out the inside with first a dremel moto tool, and then a large round file. Next, we need some "throats" to put inside the hollowed out portion. These are K&S's Special Shapes brass tubing. It's the smallest size that they carry, and I'm not sure what the I.D. is on these. They just look "in scale" to me, and they're easy to section off being brass. I put a piece of .020 plastic on the bottom of the carb, and drilled out holes for the throats. Here it is so far with the divider in place along with a couple "jets". Much more detail I'm going to add to this. Linkage, choke detail with plate, various nuts and bolts, etc. I set the carb aside for a minute, and wanted to focus on getting the plug wires in. Using 30 AWG Kynar wire I got in eBay, I made some spark plug boots for the cylinder end using some orange insulation that to me looks in scale for this size wire. Some of my plug boots on the distributor have come apart as it was a real struggle to get them in. I'll have to go back and see if I can reattach them as they were before they were put in. The PE wire looms that Detail Master gives you aren't bad, I kinda wish they didn't score the line where they should be bent. This Kynar wire is kinda stiff, and doesn't want to lay very well in the looms. I suspect that the looms will eventually break from their pinned locations. If that's the case I won't mess with it, I'll just leave it as is. LOTS more to do to the engine! Belts, hoses, pulleys, exhaust manifolds, transmission are all in order in the days to come! Thanks for checkin' in!

The "too horizontal" look of the beltline was what I was referring to when I commented on the eBay box art that I saw. I can deal with tweaking this, but others may not. This is livable compared to the sedan beltline---------it's just a matter of a few degrees of slanting. Not really anything to totally disregard the kit over. This reminds me somewhat of the "slanting" of the door sills on AMT's '55 Cameo. A very nice kit, but one of those flub ups that should be addressed when building it. The rest of the kit looks fantastic and the buildup posted above looks really sharp!

Wow! I LOVE the door hinging on that GAZ Pobeda! No big 'ol funky dog leg hinges on that one! The undercarriage detail is top notch........all the lines and hangars where they should be.

I'm thinking there's enough to file down to meet the "dip" aft of the doors--------grafting in the '55's door tops would be a second option though.

It shouldn't be too hard of a fix for the doors...........the trouble lies in getting both sides symmetrical. Easy for some, not so easy for others. Once again though, should we HAVE to fix something that should be correct out of the box??

Rusty Rams of that vintage are quite common here in PA!

Ray, the Brazilian company that's doing the 1/8 '67 Shelby GT500 may very well do a 1965-66 AC Cobra 427 in the future. At least they were taking requests for future modeling subjects, and I did put that in as a request. The 1/8 67 Shelby is definitely a must have for me! Edit: Since they're on a Ford kick, I also asked if they could consider the 1955 or '57 T-Bird, and since the tooling is halfway there, a '68 Shelby GT500KR convertible.

I just saw a pic of the box art on eBay, and I'm afraid you're right! The door sills don't have the "downward sweep" that all '55-'57 hardtops had, and which was shared with the convertibles. Looks like they just wacked off the roof of the sedan and called it a day. Oh well............

Hmmm.............I can see myself getting into this! The way I build, the doling out of parts would be no big thing for me. I'd need to contact them though to find out how much shipping would be here to the U.S. on top of the subscription rate. VERY impressive just the same, and I have to wonder how well Danbury Mint might have fared if they had done their large scale kits this way. I guess we'll never know...........

I had a different approach than what he would do...........it would leave the wheel arches alone, but I'd end up losing the side trim. A few models from now I may finally tackle this one after all of these years. And yes Harry you're right..........RC2 should have gotten this correct the first time, not go low buck and simply copy their diecast.

Chris if you click here, Jon Cole did a thread years ago on this very thing. I don't know if he ever finished it, and I do believe something would need to be done to the roof as well. It sits too low, and the rear pillars are too fat. The side window profile would need reshaping also as the top portion of the side windows are at an incorrect angle. Just my 2¢ worth on one of my favorite cars of the '50's.

I'm right there with you on the Plymouth John! I knew however that as soon as I saw the box art, it would not be right. Camera distortion only works so far with me. RC2 could have hit a home run with this if indeed they had done their homework. But instead, they chose to scale down their 1/18th diecast which was already quite inaccurate as well. Nevertheless, I did buy this kit and someday, I will make something worthwhile out of it. This car has some childhood memories for me as my Dad had one (actually a '57). He's since passed away, and I'd like to build one similar to the one he had back in the '60's. As far as Trumpeter's Bonneville-------yeah, the roofline was a disappointment to me, but I'd like to someday do a roof swap similar to the one I did with Revell's '59 Chevy. Swap the roof off their '60, and you'd be all set!

I'll be using the ones on the decal sheet in the kit. I have made my own stripes in the past................here's a pic of what I did to an '05 Mustang a while back. Large stripes like this I don't care for decals------painted on ones IMO look a lot better especially where the light will catch it most as on the top! Yeah I don't see them on the link either...........if you'd like send 'em to me at Plastiksurgeon@icloud.com As far as progress, not much to go on as I've just got home after being gone all day. I did start work on making a much better detailed carburetor than the blob of plastic the kit gives you. Hopefully tomorrow, and if Fotki is acting like it has good sense, I'll post pics of what's happening with it so far.

It's late 1966, and my Mom due to her breakup with my Dad, now has to learn to drive. What was her first car?? A 1961 Ford Falcon two-door station wagon! It was two-toned silver and white (no luggage rack though). I can remember as a kid that it had a very peculiar sound to the starter------I wish there was audio here, I could sound it out for you! Lots of memories with that car----my sister and I along with some neighborhood kids going to the Drive-In (remember those). My Mom being an auction nut, hauled home quite a few things in that Falcon. She only had the car about a year, and I can distinctly remember the car conking out in the middle of the intersection on the way home. This was at night, and my Mom not knowing a thing about cars, had some guys push the car over to the side of the street, where it sat for a few days. My Mom decided to get an all new car.............a brand new for 1968 AMC Javelin which had just been intro'd that fall in '67. Steve you did a great job in converting Modelhaus's Falcon into a four door! I didn't even know they had this kit. Thanks for bringing back some interesting and fun memories!

Thanks for the nice words John! I wrote an article for MCM (May/June '14 issue) where I show one way to make channels for your sedan doors. I also wrote an article years ago (late '09) for MCM on how to step by step, make those channels you see on the Mustang for front and rear windows. If I'm going to make my own windows using clear stencil sheet------yes, making channels are a must for me! I don't want to give too much away here, as I'd like for MCM to make money off the sales of the mags.........but if you pick up those articles, it should answer a lot of your questions.

It looks like the Mustang like a lot of cars in the '60's, could be optioned pretty much any way you wanted it. Here are a couple pics of the car that's given me inspiration........I ran across this on the 'net and got some VERY good shots of the undercarriage, engine, and interior. As you can see in the top pic, the hood is without the indentations like the box art car, yet has the wheelwell trim as well as the rocker trim. I also can remember seeing Mustang's with a "ribbed" taillight section. IIRC, Norm Veber once sold this section in resin......I'm not sure if he still does. Nevertheless, I'll leave mine the way it is out of the box. The interior of mine will eventually be red, with the red rocker stripe-------pretty much like the box art car.