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Thanks Brian. I'm afraid it's been on the back burner for a while as I've been working on a bunch of cars and trucks. I need to get some inspiration to get back to finishing it. But it will happen....... Tony

Glue bombs are great! Usually real cheap or even free, they make a great learning canvas to try new ideas and techniques. I have a few I'm currently working on and even an old guy like me learns something new with each step forward. So far, the truck is starting to take shape and I'll watch impatiently for each new progress thread. And it's so nice to see it coming alive instead of finishing up in someone's trash. Keep up the good work........

Both of Backyard Billy's Fox builds will be painted close to stock factory but not quite. (But no fancy custom pearls or candies, etc.) Obviously neither car will be factory stock, but I think I will take your advice and do the US-Airfix one with the matt black trim and the T-Top car with the dark grey trim all as you suggest. (Although I realise the T-Top car is not actually an '85/86 model... just changed a little to look like one.) No decals on either car. At the moment, I'm thinking red for the US-Airfix car (same as my '86 GT) but I don't think I want to go with black for the other one (like my '85 GT.) I'll have to ponder on that until spray time in the warmer weather. Although it may be neat to have (close) copies of my real ones. Decisions... decisions!

I can look out my kitchen window and under the carport sits my '85 GT. The spats on my car stop just above the sill line. The trim is a faded matt dark gray but the window trim is a semi-gloss dark gray, Hence my color comment. If you read my comment again you'll see I actually said "semi-gloss" not gloss. I find that a dark gray is less dominant on the model although, technically, not correct for the earlier versions. Here's a picture of the '85 and you should be able to just make out the location of the spats, etc. (amid a few month's worth of dust!) and compare them to the model's version. I mounted the wheels and tires after spraying the wheels Krylon "Short Cuts" silver. Polished aluminum? Maybe some work still to do on them. For now they look better than yellow plastic! It might just be a camera distortion, but they look much bigger in the picture than they really do. Could also be because the hatch will give the body more "bulk" when it's attached, and the suspension will sit a little lower. Thanks for the input and additional info, Brad. Tony

I've built both the Auburn and the Lincoln in this (Lindberg) series and, in my opinion, they both should have been pulled off the shelves and re-mastered long ago! However, when we remember that they were first issued by Pyro back in the '60's and that WE ARE MODELLERS!!!, then I guess we should appreciate that they even exist at all. I do have a problem with the ridiculous prices that they seem to be fetching for such a poorly produced kit in the 21st century. Your doing a great job so far, so don't give up on it! If you glue the hood shut and do something about the wheels, you can turn it into a decent curb side. (Unless you want to superdetail the engine.... then I wish you the best of luck!) By the way, both my models went back in the box, after I had primer on them. I'd just run out of enthusiasm. But now I may take another look...... Cheers, Tony

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

You might want to check out my "two car garage" thread. It might help you with some ideas. There are many great dios in this forum and you can get a lot of ides if you go through them. I'd like to see your progress on yours. Feels free to ask any questions. Many people here will help. Tony

You're right Brad. The rear hatch is very thin and flexible, so I plan to glue it in place.... no problem. The quarter window spats are way too big, too low and too prominent. I can't do much about the location, but I plan to sand them closer to the body. Once they are painted semi gloss dark gray, together with the window trim, I'm hoping they will blend in a little less noticeably. Interestingly, the dash and interior panels are fairly accurate, but the panel detail is very faint. No arm rests or handles (but the glass is a one piece unit with door glass molded in, so interior vision is somewhat limited). The rear quarter glass should fit flush in the opening, so I may try to cut some new ones from clear styrene. The seats are pathetic things that look like badly carved chunks of firewood! But I have some spare ones from the glue bomb "Cafe Racer". I have to remember that this is a "Snap Kit" intended for the youngsters and was probably designed by Airfix in the UK back in the late '70s or early '80's, more as a toy than an accurate scale model. Airfix did put out a few very nicely detailed 1/32 scale vintage cars, but most of their 1/24 scale models were repops from Heller. I don't think this was a Heller original though. But it's a four eyed Fox, so I must journey on!!!!

I must admit it does look a little crude out of the box, and at first I thought I might have another Testors "Crapri" on my hands. But as I get into it, and now the sink holes are filled and the body is in primer, it starts to look quite good. One of the things I like about it, is that it has the TRX wheels amd metric tires, which I don't believe I've seen on other kits. Unfortunately, it has molded in louvres on the rear hatch and it will be a bear to cut them out cleanly, so they may stay! The hatch doesn't fit very well and is warped, as you can see. It is also missing the rear spoiler and a custom spoiler substituted (which I won't use). I was thinking of replacing the hatch with one cut from a Monogram kit, but I don't want to destroy a perfecly good kit just for that..... so I'll just have to make it work the best I can. Here it is in first primer coat: And I just realised..... there are no windshield wipers!

Hi Brad. I just picked up a US-Airfix 1/24 snap kit of a Fox Mustang "Custom" which I believe to be circa 1979/80. You are probably familiar with the kit. It has typical snap together features including a minimal engine compartment with symbolic, molded 4 cyl engine, I have decided to build this kit as a curbside, basic OOB model as it would take an excessive amount of time to detail it as I would like. Dimensionally, it is identical to the Monogram 1/24 scale Fox Mustangs so I intend to upgrade some features by using parts from the Monogram versions. May I add it to the community build (in view of the basic nature of the project)? Here are a couple of pics with the front and rear bumpers attached and some filling started:

Keep it coming Nick. It's looking good! Tony

Love it!!!! And great inspiration for my planned junkyard dio. At least.... I got it started with my '25 Model T junk yard "Mule". Talk about putting the cart before the "horse". Hahahah!!

Fantastic!!! You've inspired me to get started on the 1970 Trans Am Mustang that I've been planning for oh, so long! Thanks for the list of all the sources that you used. That will really help. Tony

I'm definitely going to have to find me a model to paint that color. Love it!

A very cool car! Pity AMC couldn't sell enough of them to keep production going..... and that's one of the nicest colors they came in.

Ummmmm! Yummy. A great choice... my favourite "Angel".

That's very nice. Looks like it could have been entered in the original "Cannonball Run". Now... who would be the celebrity movie star driver...... hmmmm?

Looking good Brad. Lots of detail correction takes lots of time....... but it will make for a AAA+++ model in the end. Look forward to seeing more progress. Tony

It's going to be fun watching this one develop. Some great ideas starting here. Just a small detail but I think the rear chains should droop downward (gravity, you know.).

Thanks to you all for the kind words. Those original open letter Goodyear GT Radials set it right into the late '70's/early '80's era, so I guess I'll have to keep the details period correct for that time as best I can. No point in wiring the engine as you can't see it, but I should add a fuel tank, a more realistic front suspension set up and a better radiator arrangement. Apart from that there's some BMF to touch up and then it should be ready for a display case. Unless you guys have any suggestions?

This is a project that I started at least 25 or maybe 30 years ago (around the time this Monogram kit was first issued?), got it to an almost finished state and lost interest. It sat in the box until I dug it out the other day and thought I should finish it. There's not much left to do so I figure I'll fit it in while I'm waiting for paint or glue to dry on the current WIP's. My inspiration was a photo I saw in a Hot Rod magazine at the time, which I probably still have....... somewhere! Here are a couple of pics just as it came out of storage. I don't remember a lot about the details of this build, and apart from the clear scoop and some styrene sheet for the revised firewall, I think it's all stock parts from the kit. I may upgrade some details as I get back into it again.

I am in total awe of your work!! I bow to your mastery of all things "rat rod"! Can't wait to see more. Tony

Thanks Randy.

I need a translator for Tooltas's posts! But I love what you're doing with the hearse.

Thanks Brad. At least I can get some painting done with a brush during the winter..... but I really want to get back to painting the Fox. Roll on the Spring!!!