The other 70 Revell Mustang (convertible)

[vamach1]

Started as a partial glue bomb (chassis, exhuast, rear end and interior were already glued together) but it didn't slow the build down any.  The chrome on the bumpers is faded and I left some of the interior unpainted to show off that lovely green molded plastic.  I still need to do some detailing underneath and maybe add some decals under the hood.  Any comments are welcome.

Edited June 2, 2022 by vamach1

[br67]

Nice job Rex

[vamach1]

Here's the box for those that have never seen the kit.  The top was not included but it's not very accurate anyway.  Too bad we'll never see these kits ever again.

Edited September 8, 2019 by vamach1

[michelle]

very nice 

[kelson]

I debated trying to use Revells 69 'Mach 1 chassis under mine for a better detailed build.

[olschoolkid]

Wow that's a pretty cool Mustang Convertible. I never knew there was such a kit, of course it probably came out before my time. I'd love to have one if I could get my hands on one.

[PappyD340]

Nice!!

[1500gp]

This '70 Grandé kit by Revell is rare ... since some years, I'm trying to search one at a decent price but I admit that I have to "cut" a Mach1 kit to build my own '70 Convertible at 1/25 scale ...

Fortunately, the car "scale 1" stay in my garage ... ?

Rex, I'm sure that your green model is now able to receive its vinyl interior ... LOL .... ???

 

Edited September 9, 2019 by 1500gp

[webestang]

Anybody have that 7" record you could have sent off for? I bet rarer than the kit. 

[vamach1]

6 hours ago, 1500gp said:

This '70 Grandé kit by Revell is rare ... since some years, I'm trying to search one at a decent price but I admit that I have to "cut" a Mach1 kit to build my own '70 Convertible at 1/25 scale ...

Fortunately, the car "scale 1" stay in my garage ... ?

Rex, I'm sure that your green model is now able to receive its vinyl interior ... LOL .... ???

 

I found it at the NNL East show this year (or maybe it was last year) for $40.   I jumped on it since you rarely see this kit at shows and the Ebay prices can get pretty ridiculous.

[vamach1]

Pictures of the 69 kit the red one was built from.  You can see where the same racing parts carried over from this version.

[ChrisBcritter]

6 hours ago, webestang said:

Anybody have that 7" record you could have sent off for? I bet rarer than the kit. 

Nope, but here it is on YouTube:

 

[Snake45]

You hardly ever see that kit built these days. Thanks for sharing it! 

[vamach1]

1 hour ago, Snake45 said:

You hardly ever see that kit built these days. Thanks for sharing it! 

Thanks.  I did some painting on the underside.  Not easy since everything was already glued together.

[1500gp]

For information, one examplary of the '69 Ford Mustang 428 Cobra Jet Shaker by Revell was sold on Ebay on 3rd september for .... $202,50 !!! ....

 

Rex, ... nice found for $40 ... ?

... if you found another one, just take it for me and send me immediately a PM to say to me that I have to send money to you .... ha ha ... 

Here is my rare "scale1" '70 convertible ... only 72 examplaries were built in this configuration (302 2V, Medium blue, black interior, 4 speed manual gearbox, original papers of '70) ... this is the only one in France and may'be in Europe ...

 

 

Now, you know why I have to build an 1/25 model ... to put on the dashboard of this one ....  ?

Edited September 10, 2019 by 1500gp

[vamach1]

Does anyone know the true fate of the molds of the 69/70 Grande/convertible?  Some have claimed that the kit was magically transformed into a funny car kit (pictured below) which I find hard to believe as the kits have almost nothing in common with a tube chassis race car.  I had the funny car kit (molded in blue) and it’s nothing like the street versions.

[Cardeals1]

On 9/8/2019 at 9:41 AM, vamach1 said:

Started as a partial glue bomb (chassis, exhuast, rear end and interior were already glued together) but it didn't slow the build down any.  The chrome on the bumpers is faded and I left some of the interior unpainted to show off that lovely green molded plastic.  I still need to do some detailing underneath and maybe add some decals under the hood.  Any comments are welcome.

 

On 9/8/2019 at 3:18 PM, vamach1 said:

Here's the box for those that have never seen the kit.  The top was not included but it's not very accurate anyway.  Too bad we'll never see these kits ever again.

I have one thats unopened, a hard find.

[Dominik]

On 9/10/2019 at 3:06 AM, ChrisBcritter said:

Nope, but here it is on YouTube:

 

This is the kit i own (really bad gluebomb inside) - but you have to take, what you get if you are on the Mustang-wave. The other kit you used is familiar to me too and i agree, but hope, they will reissue this kit.

 

[slusher]

Very nice!

[rickcaps55]

I remember those kits i wish i would have bought 2 of each back then and kept one lol it would be great to see Revelle come back out with those again with up dated tooling.!