1965 Mustang Pro Street

[Snake45]

Last year, at the local toy & train show, I bought this M2 “50^th Anniversary” '65 Mustang. It's a Pro Street, more or less, and I like the Thunderbolt teardrop hood, the injected 427 SOHC, and the wheels and tires. Not wild about the stripe or the tampo graphics, the color (I'll repaint the whole thing a deeper blue eventually), nor the '65 GT grille with fog lights (I just never liked those).

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[Snake45]

So I made a couple simple alterations.

1. Painted the ends of the “stems” on the headlights white to get rid of the googly-eye look.

2. Removed the GT grille and replaced it with a simple piece of plastic painted flat black (until I can come up with something I like better).

3. Repainted the taillights with Testor Acryl Clear Red, with proper black between the lenses.

4. Sanded the tread on the tires.

5. Painted the spokes of the wheels Model Master Gunship Gray.

6. Removed the tampo graphics. These resisted rubbing alcohol, my go-to tampo remover, so I polished them off with Wrights Silver Cream. The body blue was thick and/or tough enough that this didn't cause any problems.

Someday I'll blow the whole thing apart and paint the interior black and the body a nice Royal Blue, and maybe jack the rear end up a little, but for right now, I can stand to have it sitting on my shelf at work. (I needed a blue Mustang to match the car on my Walmart Mustang calendar for this month. This is as close as I had on hand.)

Comments welcome.

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[Harry P.]

I think you need more visual contrast between the wheel spokes and rims. Like this...

[cobraman]

Looks better.

[Snake45]

I think you need more visual contrast between the wheel spokes and rims. Like this...

Can't disagree. They're darker in real life than they look in the pics, which have been lightened a little. Didn't want to do them in black, but this was the darkest gray I have on hand. I love Model Master Euro I Gray for this, but I'm out of it. Gunship Gray was the best I had.

Pactra Steel used to be great for that, too, but alas, it's been OOP for 20 years or more, and Testor Steel isn't even close. (It's like a slightly darker Aluminum.)

Hey, I can always go back and do them darker. Maybe when I repaint the whole car.

[madhorseman]

Hey Richard, I'd recommend the MCG photoetched Shelby Mustang grill.

And maybe a black wash, on the rims. Looking much better without the tampo!!

Edited September 8, 2016 by madhorseman

[Snake45]

Hey Richard, I'd recommend the MCG photoetched Shelby Mustang grill.

And maybe a black wash, on the rims. Looking much better without the tampo!!

Thanks for the suggestions. I think the MCG grille set would cost more than I have in this whole project so far.