2013 Ford Mustang Widebody (1/27/19 engine)

[stitchdup]

Been working on this for a few weeks. It started as a pro touring build but somewhere along the way it morphed into something else . It was always going to be stanced and widebody, just maybe not this extreme. The wide arches were made using plastic spoons and the original arch edges. The suspension is as low as it was possible to get it without cutting the front inner arches. I have fitted some hobby design front brakes but they are hardly visable in these pics. The engine still has to get a turbo fitted which I fully expect and sorta hope will hang over the radiator as it looks kinds tough.

It was originally going to have a saleen style paint job but that has now changed to the yellow, red and blue cop car from mad max

Edited January 27, 2019 by stitchdup

[Intmd8r]

I like the direction and craftsmanship.

Neat idea with the spoons !

[Ich_Will]

Crazy! I'm diggin' it. Keep up the good work.

[Plastic_Passion]

You sir are crazy or a genius. I thought I knew what you were doing with the spoons. But the other half of me thought... that's gonna need some tweaking but totally doable. Then... 1 spoon becomes 2.... what's this? What a twist! I like it!

[stitchdup]

26 minutes ago, Plastic_Passion said:

You sir are crazy or a genius. I thought I knew what you were doing with the spoons. But the other half of me thought... that's gonna need some tweaking but totally doable. Then... 1 spoon becomes 2.... what's this? What a twist! I like it!

I had to split the spoon to get the curvature for the arches. Originally I was going to use it as one piece but it just wasn't quite there

[stitchdup]

Got some paint on today and since pull over didn't really fit the build I went with give up backwards. I'll be putting blue lights in the grille in place of the spotlights to go with the very loose theme

I mistakenly painted the rear bumper red but its an easy fix

I'm going to have to take a chance on the blue paint as so far its all all duplicolour acrylics, but the only blue I have thats not metallic is an enamel. I have a little overspray and a small chip to repair before that though

Edited January 25, 2019 by stitchdup

[Plastic_Passion]

On 1/24/2019 at 8:46 PM, stitchdup said:

I had to split the spoon to get the curvature for the arches. Originally I was going to use it as one piece but it just wasn't quite there

I dig it!

[Protouringjoe]

Nice! Love that spoon trick, definitely going to try that 

[stitchdup]

37 minutes ago, Protouringjoe said:

Nice! Love that spoon trick, definitely going to try that 

If you look in afew differnet dollar/pound shops you should be able to find a size to suit, (i bought all the sizes) and if your lucky wont need to split them. Be careful when buying them too as while most are styrene some are a different plastic. Also avoid the coloured ones, and those with glitter in, something in them reacts with the paint no matter how careful you are to put a barrier between the paint layers. Also some of the knife handles make great running boards for 30s customs

[stitchdup]

Got the blue on this morning. Needs a couple of touch ups on the white stripe but 2 layers of finger nail striping tape will fix that, but it will have to wait until the enamel hardens a lot more

Just the lower bumpers, mirror mounts and window trim to paint black now then I can finish off the engine

[stitchdup]

Engine is pretty near finished, just a little touch up once the rest is together