'69 Mustang Mach 1 Cobra Jet

[Jay's Customs]

This is a restoration of my first ever model. It's a 1969 Mustang Cobra Jet that I built when I was 8 (with some help from my dad). I only have one picture of it before the restoration;

 

Yes, I know, the hood scoop isn't on in this picture, but I can tell you that it was there and it was gloss red, just like the car. Because of my single picture, it leaves lots of details out, so I'll just tell you what other things looked like. The engine was molded in black, so naturally I left it that way. The interior is fully gloss black except for the dash that is also molded in flat black. The headlights are pretty glue-bombed and the decals are cracked. The whole body was painted in Testors gloss red and was painted using an old paint brush. The driveshaft and axle were molded in black, so that's what color they stayed. And lastly, the undercarriage was partly painted in semi-gloss black. When I say "partly", I mean some spots were actually left un-painted. Well... that's pretty much everything, so we'll see how it goes.

Jay

Edited February 7, 2017 by Jay's Customs

[Jay's Customs]

Posting progress already. The reason why is because I had already started the restoration before posting, but anyway, here's what I did.

-I took out the engine to paint it.

-Taking the engine out gave me space to repaint the dusty engine bay.

Then I painted the undercarriage. I decided to go for a high-performance look, so I painted the driveshaft and diff-cover Testors gold.

Feedback and tips are always appreciated.

Jay

Edited February 7, 2017 by Jay's Customs

[vamach1]

You might be better off with getting an extra kit to save time from all paint stripping you'll need to do.

Edited December 7, 2015 by vamach1

[Jay's Customs]

You might be better off with getting an extra kit to save time from all paint stripping you'll need to do.

No. I really want to restore this thing to give it glory, and besides, I'm already far with this build.

[GMCMAN52]

You could have built a new Mustang to be along side your first Mustang. It would have been a nice before and after pair. showing how your skills have improved

[DumpyDan]

Good for you Jeremy, give it a shot.  It\s a good kit I was just looking back at some pictures of one I built back in 2002

[Jay's Customs]

You could have built a new Mustang to be along side your first Mustang. It would have been a nice before and after pair. showing how your skills have improved

Actually, I thought about it for a pretty long time before starting on it, but it was just a really bad paint job. On everything too. I just want to make it ''Underglass'' worthy. It really needed newer glory and deserved a new ''life'', as some people might say. But I had thought of doing that though, to make a comparison of the two, but I felt like the attention would veer away from the old one and towards the new one. This car has survived a lot, and now I'm giving it one last thing to survive through and then it will be able to ''relax''. Actually, it used to be hidden in the drawer of an old dresser. I just really think this is what it deserves.

[louie]

I like what you are doing and I really like that it's your first kit and that you still have it. Good luck with it and thank you for sharing this with us it kinda hits home with me. Thanks.    Jeff 

[Jay's Customs]

I like what you are doing and I really like that it's your first kit and that you still have it. Good luck with it and thank you for sharing this with us it kinda hits home with me. Thanks.    Jeff 

You don't need to thank me Jeff, I'm thanking you for encouraging me with this build! Great comment by the way.

[Jay's Customs]

Got some progress done on the Mustang.

I black-washed the grill to give it more realism.

 

I also decided to give it a new stance.

 

These tires are actually the slicks that came with the '68 Charger 2'n1 kit. I sanded them to give them some realism.

 

That's all for now, thanks for looking and following along!

Jay

Edited February 7, 2017 by Jay's Customs