DM 66 Mustang coupe

[randyc]

I bought this pretty cheap on ebay to resell or whatever.   The top had issues in the photos and I figured I could touch it up.  It's black from the factory - you can look it up if you so desire.  But when I got the car, the paint was sticky and looked like someone had used something to try to clean it that had reacted badly.   My wife hated it, too.   In talking, we decided it might look better with a white top.  We decided you could have possibly ordered this particular car back in the day.

Don't look at the nose shape of the DM car.   And if you want an accurate car, might want to look at this one closely before you buy.  I think it is way too flat.  Doesn't really show in these pictures.  

I scraped 99% of the paint off with my fingernail.   Then cleaned it more with nail polish remover.  Carefully.   under the paint is molded chrome plastic as you can see in photos. I kinda liked that myself. lol   So in the true spirit of many of us in this part of the forum, I masked it out without disassembly, mixed up some sightly off white paint and sprayed it thru the airbrush.    My pictures are out of order, but you get the idea.  And I replaced the antenna with a piece of guitar string after the photos.

Once done, my wife decided we are keeping it and it goes nose to nose on the mantel with the bottle green/saddle 66 AMT 1/25 I built for her.  She barely notices the difference in scales and if mama's happy...well, you know the rest.   

[vamach1]

Liking the new top very much.   That is one of the few I do not have.  It's a shame the engine were not sold separately - imagine all the kit bashing that could be done to replace the typical lousy AMT and MPC engines.

[THarrison351]

That looks really good Randy.

[Geno]

Man, that looks great Randy, nice job and nice score. Congrats and enjoy. You got that right, if momma ain't happy, nobody's happy lol.

[randyc]

17 hours ago, vamach1 said:

Liking the new top very much.   That is one of the few I do not have.  It's a shame the engine were not sold separately - imagine all the kit bashing that could be done to replace the typical lousy AMT and MPC engines.

I suspect there would be a market for dismantled cars.  Parts.   Buy a cheapie like this.  Sell the engine, wheels, etc.  I mean, how much are we willing to spend on an aftermarket engine?  Or a set of wheels/tires?  If I had $30 invested in a car, the engine could be $10.   Wheels/tires another 8 - 10?   Interior parts.  This one has seat belts I think with PE buckles.  There's a few more dollars.  Exhaust.   Suspensions.   And these parts could go to folks who need repair part or modelers who want the detail that the mints put in them.   The interior on the DM 58 Impala is beautiful.   Body is kinda funky.  There again, wheels and tires are very nice.  Bumpers are higher quality chrome than plastic kits.  

not all cars can be had cheap, though.   But there are 3 parts Cudas on ebay now that go off this afternoon.   Right now they are at $34 plus shipping.  Missing the tires though - someone already robbed them.   But there are three sets of engines, interiors, etc.  Or you could possibly restore them and resell?  idk.  

Right now, I enjoy the die casts.   I buy and fix.  Sometimes resell.  But the wife sometimes likes them and says we'll be keeping.  lol  Even the cheapie diecasts like we detail out on this forum.   I don't have to pray to the paint gods for a proper paint job.   And then let the moon get in it's right phase and everything to try to lay down a good paint job.  Only for it to be ruined by some unknown voodoo.   And paint jobs are as much voodoo as anything.  

[randyc]

Thanks, y'all - I like it much better than the black top.  To me, black and dark cars displayed inside just lose too much detail unless you light the heck out of them.  That top makes this car really stand out.