dragcarz

Resin or plastic?

Great job Floyd,

I was pleasantly surprised how easy a repair this was. Here's a hint of where I'm going with this and I may need to move this to the Drag Race forum.

Some more sanding and o little filler on bottom edge and I was ready for final primer.

After initial sanding the fit was very good. I had some Liquid surface primer I brushed on and let dry overnight

I cut and trimmed MM fenders and used them as a template to know where to cut the body. I glued them in place and after allowing the glu to dry, I did the first rough sanding.

A few years ago, Round Two , I guess reissued the MPC Multi Maverick Gasser kit. This kit came with two sets of fenders on for the regular wheelbase gasser and the other for the extended wheelbase altered. Some quick measurements and the wheel openings were just right. The idea was to reverse the fenders so that the longer skirt on the fender would better match up to the rocker panel and the shorter skirt or front of the fender would better fit the quarter panel

We all know how rare Maverick Kits are, and how pricy they can be when found. A while back, I came across this little Jem on a familiar auction site. I don't rember my winning bid, but I can be cheap and love a bargain, so it wasn't a lot I'm sure. Once I received it, I disassembled it, and into the purple pond, love that stuff! Overall not to bad door handles still there, nameplates intact, but the rear wheel openings are a mess. Remnants of a hot knife it looks like. The reason I bid on it and probably the same reason I won it was the rear wheel openings were cut up but I had an idea to save them.

Beautiful, what about the gold lettering? Are the slicks resin?

Wow !

Yours is one of the best renditions of the Missle I have seen. Your wheels make the difference, can you tell me the source?

Back in the day, see avatar, the Halibrand magnesium wheels for the altered came new in a gold color. We sanded and polished the rear wheels and just the outer ring of the front wheels. As time went on you had polish the wheel weekly to keep their shine and the gold color / coating stayed the same.

I'm impressed. Every time I think about this kit, I think I need to paint the stripes. Can you elaborate on what you did to make this look so good?

They look great Jason!

I built my first 69 mustang coupe, though not very well. I don't remember how good or bad the kit was, just kinda assumed it was my inexperience. I'd love to see some build ups if there out there.

So is the 69 interior pattern the same or is it close enough?

Yes! Thank you bid placed.

Thanks for the info, I wasn't sure what would or wouldn't work here. I have never had this kit before, but I have had the others you mentioned. Your right on the 66 kit, it is an AMT. I forgot that. I have a LADart packed away, I will need to dig it out. I can parts box the headers as they don't look too difficult to replace. I could really use Modelhaus for some tail lights though.

I'm glad you found your other Cuda, funny how they end up in the wrong box. I should have searched for the HUG on EBay to see if the Mustang was in the HUG box. I noticed the box top was short as it didn't cover the bottom like the lids got swamped.

About a week ago, I was searching EBay for a Revell 1969 Mustang. You know, the coupe. Not the fastback, the kit with the roof separate from the body. I had one back when it first came out and thought it might be a kit worth taking another look at. I haven't seen one of these in years. Well as you can imagine everything but that kit came up, including this Revell Mustang Funny car. The box looked nice, but the kit is terrible. I clicked on it out of curiosity, and something wasn't right, what was in the box wasn't a Mustang at all but a Hurst Hemi Underglass 1968 Barracuda. Be Still My Heart! I checked out the photos and read the discription, it looked pretty complete. I wanted it ! I bid 25.00, crossed my fingers, I'm the high bidder at $20.50. Long story gets short now. I win it for $20.50. Fast delivery, I open the package and sure enough the 68 Hemi Under Glass. The body and chassis was painted gold, and decal applied and peeling. It's not complete. Probably the biggest issue is it's missing the red tail lights. It's missing headers and the tie rod assembly, but I'm thinking the 66 HUG parts may work. Two hours in the purple pond and it's like new plastic. It pays to look past the box lid.

Amazing project. Keep us posted. I too am curious as to the colors you used. Thanks.

Looks great, I love your color combo!

Looks great

That is great!

Any more on this build?