Maindrian Pace

Beautiful job, Ron. The hardtop sounds intriguing, I'm planning a similar '67 build, using a kit that I royally screwed up as a misdirected youth.

You know what keeps me coming back to look at this Mustang? The stance. I'm a stance wonk, and this car sits just right, with perfect height, in/out and fore/aft placement of the wheels within the wheel wells. It's the first thing I notice on any build, and as nice as it is, this kit doesn't build like that out of the box. Very few do. I also like the color combo, corrected headlights, and added wheel well trim. It all just comes together so well. -MJS

Very tough looking Mustang!

Fantastic work, Joe, the best I've seen on that kit; and some Revell kits from that era definitely left you with a feeling like you'd gone three rounds with Mike Tyson. The details are on point, and the stance looks way proper. -MJS

Update: The hood, not so good. I used Testors clear on the hood, Tamiya on the rest. The result: The hood was too dark. Not happy with that. So I stripped it, re-primered it with Plastikote and Tamiya, repainted it, and applied Tamiya clear this time. The result: Much more better. The Tamiya clear gives the Mica blue a deeper, slightly more ultramarine color, while the Testors made it more on the purple side. I keep learning lessons.

Looks like Vintage Burgundy, 1964-65.

Thanks again gentlemen! I'll be doing the Rick Flair Woooo when this is done! Which shouldn't be too much longer now... The clear coat Odyssey: Since when is this step so much of a PITA??? I had an unopened can of Testors lacquer clear (non Wet Look, but what's the difference?) So I tried it on the spoon test. Came out OK, but spoons are easier to paint than model bodies. You have to try really hard to goof up a spoon. I did the hood, and it came out too thick, and the can was too low pressure to atomize it any better. I usually dip it into about 1" of simmering water for a minute to thin the paint and increase inter-cannular pressure, but I thought, "I'll just pop on down to H-Town and get a new can of Wet Look." Not so fast, Space Cowboy, see my thread on the demise of that store. So I went to H-Lobby instead, got the new can of WL, and tried it on the second Mica Blue spoon test. Horrors!!! The paint was contaminated, it looked like a thousand little dust specs in the finish, giving it a rough surface. I'm glad I did the spoon instead of the body. Stripping that monster at this stage is a death sentence to the whole project. And my laid-back persona. So I returned it to H-Lobby, bringing the spoon to show them the problem in case they asked. They didn't. I then went to H-Depot and did what I should have all along, buy a can of Tamiya clear. Surprise surprise, it goes on almost like a pro was wielding the can, and cuts and buffs far easier than Testors. The tail gate is done, the rest will be cleared tomorrow, cut and buffed a few days later. The hood was a little scary with the Testors, but some careful sanding kit and Treatment Wax work salvaged it. -MJS

That work horse came out terrific!

I just went to Hobby Depot yesterday for a can of Tamiya clear spray. The owner, Dick, is a nice guy. He has the biggest selection of all hobby paints I've ever seen, we talked and he told me that he orders on average $1,000 in paint per week. I walked out with four cans of Tamiya, and he ordered the Model Car Garage '57 Ford photoetch set for me. The store is primarily models, slot cars, and model railroad. No R/C. My kind of shop.

Nice job, Tim.

One of the best builds yet. I love how successful this kit has been for Revell.

This one was built by Harold Oswald, of the Moonlight Modelers.

Amazing. I think she needs to build a few more!

It looks real! I like the rust stains running down the white paint - very nice touch.

Neat!

I like how that has the Arizona 73 plates on it, because those things used to be all over the place here.

Looks pretty good, except there's no Speed Grooves™ in the doors.

Incredible, the proportions are no-excuses perfect, just couldn't be any better. Oh, to have that in 1:25...

I think it would look great as a '79 Pace Car. It's already most of the way there.

I got the Mustang. Nice, but I was disappointed in the lack of a decal sheet for the under hood details.

I went there today for a can of Tamiya paint, closed and lights off. The door had a notice that the owner had defaulted on the lease dated 7/2010, so the landlord lawfully took the property back - and a peek through the window frosting sheets reveals that he took it back with most of the stock still on the shelves. Other signs on the storefront said that the property was available. Phooey. -MJS

I saw an article a few months ago about Millennials - born between the early 80s and the early 2000s - and hobbies/crafts/skills. It seems that many of them are in a state of electronic overload, because social media, smart phone apps, and being constantly connected to one network or another is tiring and ultimately unfulfilling. So a lot of them are seeking creative things to do with their hands and minds, and are taking courses in pottery, metal working, casting, jewelry, restoration of antiques, and all kinds of other specialist trades and skills. They do this as much for careers as for a creative outlet. It's very encouraging. You see it all around you, young people doing neat things with old-school techniques that many feared were going the way of the dinosaurs. The 18 year old kid down the street from me bought a '63 Falcon and has been working tirelessly for the last year restoring it. In pretty much all of the automotive hot rod and restoration reality cable shows, generation Y is doing most of the work on the cars. An interest in building models fits right in.

Go Paul! I hope he makes a million! Or at least a hundred thousand. That Torino was awesome.

Nice! And those '94 17" tri-bars look right at home on an early Fox as a replacement for the metric wheels.

Thanks very much, Gentlemen. Feeling the blues! Lotsa blue on this Ferd, but it'll be broken up with lots of chrome. Chrome makes everything better! -MJS