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7 hours ago, Modlbldr said:

Started this recently following the outstanding two-part article from Tim Boyd in the Dec 1999 and Jan 2000 SAE.

Painted it in Testors Citrus Yellow Metallic. Here is the progress to this point.

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So, here we sit so far. I'll be detailing the body next and then it is on to the engine.

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Tom I posted some detail pictures awhile back in the reference photos section of a 1970 Boss 302 engine I helped restore.. I'll post a few more

Dennis

Posted
18 hours ago, Mercuryman54 said:

Tom I posted some detail pictures awhile back in the reference photos section of a 1970 Boss 302 engine I helped restore.. I'll post a few more

Dennis

Thanks Dennis. I'll look it up.

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  • 3 weeks later...
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Thanks Fellas. Looking forward to getting the decals placed. Not looking forward to doing it.....just looking forward to getting g it done.

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Posted (edited)

Well, tonight I jumped in and did the decals for the body. Just as I thought, I was not looking forward to the hood decal. It got screwed up so I will probably have to sand off the center stripe and paint it semigloss black. All of the rest turned out decent enough.

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Edited by Modlbldr
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Just as I was getting ready to call it quits and head to bed for the night I got an idea to use the border from the Mach 1 tail panel decal to make the missing decal for the tail light surround of the Boss. Here is the start. Once this dries I will add a couple of small pieces to extend the decal farther down alongside the taillights.

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Posted (edited)

Looks awesome. The color looks spot on for the Ford Lt green met. That was a good article and the Jan 2000 has the rest of the build for the engine. Great work.

Edited by dragmodels44
  • 3 weeks later...
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Got a new set of hood decals from Vmach (thank you, Sir) and got the hood stripped and repainted. Ordered some wire for doing the engine work and have been pouring over the reference to figure out all of the wiring. Been detail painting parts for the engine bay. Down to the slow stuff. Stay tuned for more photos.

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The magazine article was actually a two part series in two issues of Scale Auto Enthusiast-Dec 1999 and Jan 2000. Lots of detail.

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  • 9 months later...
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Well, this took a bit to dig back and find. 

I have been energized lately to work on the engine for this build. I have been collecting wire and rod of different sizes to follow the info as closely as possible. The Tim Boyd two-part article is very helpful. 

My wife and I celebrated our 30th anniversary on Saturday so I took Friday and today off of work. We went out of town for the night on Friday and came back Saturday. So I have been plugging away at the engine off and on during this weekend. Made quite a bit of progress but have A LONG way to go. Here is today's progress so far.

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Got the distributor in place and the anti backfire muffler on (just to the right of the left valve cover).

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Well, enough of the chit-chat. Time to get back at it.

Later-

 

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