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Continuing my line of Shelby Mustangs, I found these two lurking in the stash. The hardtop was aquired first and was painted in Nov of 2013. Found the convertible later and discovered they were basically the same kit with different bodies. Painted this one the same color in Jan of 2019. Time to finish them both at the same time. Color is Testors Boyds 52707 Lime pearl. This was sprayed over Pactra candy undercoat gold and finished with Testors clear top coat. Enamel takes some time to cure so I figure 6-12 years should about do it. More info below the pictures. Feel free to comment...always welcome. Both cars finished. They make a handsome couple. If you look carefully you will notice different mirrors on the convertible. This is because during final assembly I lost one of them. It still baffles me as the bench was completely clear. It just dropped out of the tweezers and then disappeared. 45 minutes later I gave up looking and found some similar in the spare parts. Still had the paint. I suspect a visit from the "borrowers". I did notice some very small footprints in the work area. rear veiw shows some of the nice detail Revell put inot these kits. The chrome surround for the tail lights was a plus. The convertible came with this nice fittingh soft top. It is painted with Tamiya Ls flat earth and then rubbed for effect. I liked the stance of both kits and the bodies fit eaqsily over the chassis and required no glue. I made the wheels poseable on both cars. That took some interesting engineering. I found these 1/64 diecast to match. Unfortunately the hardtop is a 1971 but will still look OK in the case. Engines in both kits were very well detailed. I added the ignition wires. The distributor was very small and I broke at least one #80 drill bit. The convertible had a much nicer decal sheet and it shows in this interior shot. Both cars were done the same with Tamiya flats with some gloss added. I added flocking for carpet too. Thanks for looking.

I am about 1/2 done with this. I have the interior done and the engine done. I am currently priming the chassis flat white getting it ready for the yellow. I see the instructions show putting the body on the frame-chassis unit then adding the nose. Is there any construction reason why the nose can't be added to the body before adding it to the chassis-frame unit? I want to paint the nose-body as one unit to get a good uniform paint job. Here's a few pictures of where I am at.---John

Done.---John

Next up is the Revell 1/25 metal body '55 Chevy from American Grafitti. I am building it as the movie car even though Revell didn't go all the way with accuracy. They goofed up with the front suspension, exhaust, flip nose among other things. I may do a "politically correct" '55 with the flip nose but want to use a plastic kit. I have no interest in dragging out my grinder with a cut off wheel to hack up the front end. Had nuff of that when I retired from welding a few years back.I will probably detail paint the engine and a few other areas but I really just want to get this on the shelf.---John