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I am calling this one done. It's a Revell 70 Boss Mustang with a Revell 66 Chevelle prostreet rear chassis grafted on. Wheels from one of the Revell ProMod kits and then parts box tires and decals.
Paint is DupliColor.
I tried to paint my own class numbers on the windshield instead of using a decal and I didn't like it. So I used some paint thinner to wipe it off and the windshield cracked. I knew better than this but had forgotten about paint thinner (mineral spirits) and clear plastic.
It won't dull it or haze it but it makes it very susceptible to cracking. We found that out at the school bus factory I used to work for. We had a rash of clear dash lenses cracking, we found out the detail techs where using paint thinner to wipe the some areas of the dash that had overspray on them and wiping the lenses too. Made them crack. I know I am rambling but just trying to share the info.

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nice job Mitch. have been wanting to do one of these for a while so your build is motivation! 2 questions, where did the scoop and the headers come from?

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Thanks guys.

 

I added some sheet stock to raise up the kit scoop.

The headers are a some modified NASCAR headers with some tube added and blended with some spot putty. They aren't perfect but the kit only comes with stock exhaust manifolds and that just won't get it done. It's a tight fit with the Boss engine. I am pretty sure the primaries come around the front of the lower control arms and under the front suspension on the real cars. Like the Johan Comet/Maveric, but I wasn't able to find a reasonable source for those headers so I took some artistic liberties with my engineering..

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oh no... thank YOU for posting this. that's what I thought you may have done with the scoop, just wasn't sure. and a great job on the headers too. true modeling at its finest.... if it's not in the box... make it. do you have a WIP thread on this?

 

 

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oh no... thank YOU for posting this. that's what I thought you may have done with the scoop, just wasn't sure. and a great job on the headers too. true modeling at its finest.... if it's not in the box... make it. do you have a WIP thread on this?

 

 

No I didn't but since this spot is for drag models completed and wip I will post some.

 

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