ARII. Mustang Mach 1 Concept

[cobraman]

Vintage kit that appears to be pretty simple and less detailed than you might expect . This is a 1/20 scale kit so I hope it’s ok that is posted here . The kit tires in the kit were unusable as you can see . I purchased some others I plan to use but will need some mods I’m sure . I have seen photos of this car in white and like a candy blue . Not sure I will worry about what color I use . 

[vamach1]

As you probably know the Mach1 show car got an update for the show circuit so this represents the revised one with the more aggressive snout.  I have only seen pictures of the cars in a burgundy metallic color and with the same wheels on both variations.  Given the odd scale finding “correct” wheels isn’t in the cards but it my knowledge this was the only model kit of this latter version.

[oldscool]

Your replacement wheels look much better than the ones in the box.

[cobraman]

The included wheels did not match the box art or actual car so I guess changing is no big deal.

[Shardik]

You might be surprised by what is available in 1:20 scale.  At any rate, I'm looking forward to watching this come together.

[slusher]

I have never seen this kit so I am going to follow along...

[Bucky]

Those are some wild looking 4 lug wheels. Did the 1:1 car have 4 lug wheels? I like the spoke wheels at the top of this thread. I'll be checking in on this pony car build.

Edited July 15, 2020 by Bucky

[Funkychiken]

Cool looking car!

[Spottedlaurel]

Really good to see an oddity like this being built.

Does it have the ability to be motorized?

[cobraman]

Thanks guys. Yes there seems there was a version of this kit that was motorized. This on is not. The engine in this kit is a joke ( photos later ). I will either try and adapt another engine into it or I will simply glue the hood closed. The kit wheels were not ever on the real car that I know of. No photos found to support those kit wheels.

[bobthehobbyguy]

Interest project. Will be following.

[doorsovdoon]

I saw the same kit on ebay a few weeks back, very unusual kit. Look forward to seeing progress on this.

[cobraman]

Here is the highly detailed engine included in this kit 

[doorsovdoon]

Lol, a block of Lego has more detail! Still, it's more than I got in the Snaptite kit I'm working on.

[Flynlo]

No, no, no...that is the box the real engine shipped in!

Edited July 15, 2020 by Flynlo

[vamach1]

On 7/15/2020 at 3:35 AM, Bucky said:

Those are some wild looking 4 lug wheels. Did the 1:1 car have 4 lug wheels? I like the spoke wheels at the top of this thread. I'll be checking in on this pony car build.

The 1:1 car had the wheels in the FoMoCo pictures above.  Not sure where those awful four ug wheels came from - probably excess inventory in a Japanese warehouse and someone thought hey throw some cool mag wheels in there those Japanese kids will not know the difference.

Edited July 16, 2020 by vamach1

[Maindrian Pace]

Looks like a 289 long block.

[bisc63]

Those "rubber tubes" ain't gonna last long...

[cobraman]

Getting in a little deeper in this thing . There was a fairly big gap when I set the trunk lid in place . I have added a strip of sheet plastic ( still needs trimming ) to tighten it up a bit . Also I am going to try and get the engine pictured in the engine bay in place of that lump of plastic the kit came with . Some modifications will be needed but ain’t it always . Seems I will also need to modify the body for the larger  rear tires . I may have to make some fender flairs . I did modify the rear end and sucked the tires in as far as I could but it was not far enough . This will not be a replica of the real car . 

[cobraman]

Rear wheel wells cut out and started working on some flairs . 

[Jantrix]

3 hours ago, cobraman said:

This will not be a replica of the real car.

In that case, any chance of that Barris-esque aardvark snout grill, getting replaced? It's the only blemish on a very attractive automobile. The front of an Avanti or Superbird might help fill in the space between the headlights?

[Bucky]

Those wheels look like they'll be fine! Very Mustang-like.

[slusher]

Very nice wheels Ray!

[Ralph Henderson]

cool project.  could be one to try and represent in 1/25 using some of the early AMT custom front parts, and the 1/25 67-68 shelby rear bits.. 

maybe even some lindberg parts. and one of the AMT Mach 1/Superstang/Ironhorse bodies..

That is a nice body!!

Good luck with your project!

[Dann Tier]

This is gonna be FUN to watch -looking great so far, Bud!!!!