Revell 1971 Boss 351 Mustang

[niteowl7710]

12 hours ago, Rob Hall said:

The Revell Mach 1 kit that is coming looks like it has the plastic bumper.. no idea if it has any extra parts, though.

From what I've seen of the rest of the box art it has a 429 in the engine bay, plus the hood and the wheels at least.

[vamach1]

Finally got some paint on the body.  Next step to mask off most of the body to paint the black and the hood.

[RocketFoot]

1 hour ago, vamach1 said:

Finally got some paint on the body.  Next step to mask off most of the body to paint the black and the hood.

That looks GREAT!  What paint/color did you use?  I just ordered some Tamiya TS16 Yellow for mine.

[mikos]

1 hour ago, vamach1 said:

Finally got some paint on the body.  Next step to mask off most of the body to paint the black and the hood.

The body looks great!  Revell did a good job.

[vamach1]

1 hour ago, RocketFoot said:

That looks GREAT!  What paint/color did you use?  I just ordered some Tamiya TS16 Yellow for mine.

Duplicolor.  You probably cannot find this color code anymore.

[Luc Janssens]

On 9/25/2023 at 1:24 PM, Rob Hall said:

The Revell Mach 1 kit that is coming looks like it has the plastic bumper.. no idea if it has any extra parts, though.

Hmm....those wheels.....didn't they came as standard on the Twister Torino too?

[RocketFoot]

11 minutes ago, Luc Janssens said:

Hmm....those wheels.....didn't they came as standard on the Twister Torino too?

Those are FOMOCO Dog Dish hub caps with glamor rings...they were available on several Ford vehicles at the time, the Twister was one, yes! 

Here is a 1970 Cobra Twister wearing the Dog Dishes!

Edited September 27, 2023 by RocketFoot

[RocketFoot]

24 minutes ago, vamach1 said:

Duplicolor.  You probably cannot find this color code anymore.

That looks real close to my Mach 1...I bought some Tamiya TS16 Yellow for the model!  Hopefully it matches close!  I also have some TS47 Chrome Yellow but it looks a little darker with almost an orange tint.

[mk11]

On 7/19/2023 at 12:13 PM, Rob Hall said:

That striped green '73 convertible is gorgeous...the '71-73 convertibles looked so good w/ the long hood... 

As an aside, here's a contrast between factory quarters and '70 quarters applied ...

[Mr mopar]

On 9/27/2023 at 1:19 PM, RocketFoot said:

Those are FOMOCO Dog Dish hub caps with glamor rings...they were available on several Ford vehicles at the time, the Twister was one, yes! 

Here is a 1970 Cobra Twister wearing the Dog Dishes!

All twister Special came with dog dish hub caps ,but no Louvers or rear spoiler ,someone add that stuff ! 

[afx]

Saw this '73 hardtop yesterday - great looking car.

 

[RocketFoot]

1 hour ago, afx said:

Saw this '73 hardtop yesterday - great looking car.

 

I wish we could get a 71-73 Coupe kit!  I used to have a 72 Coupe in Anniversary Gold with a brown vinyl roof!

[Fat Brian]

For anyone who was wondering, the AMT rear window louvres do fit the Revell kit.

[Zen]

Seen this on the bay ..........

[vamach1]

20 minutes ago, Zen said:

Seen this on the bay ..........

And the US version is coming also.

[fairlane1320]

On 10/12/2023 at 10:28 PM, Fat Brian said:

For anyone who was wondering, the AMT rear window louvres do fit the Revell kit.

Good to know, I have a few AMT "parts kits" ! ?

[mikos]

On 10/13/2023 at 1:12 PM, vamach1 said:

And the US version is coming also.

I hope they include the whitewalls too.

[niteowl7710]

10 hours ago, mikos said:

I hope they include the whitewalls too.

I suspect they'd be decals the way the tire branding is being handled.

[Plashdaddy]

I know it's jumping the gun, and there's a ways to go, but I really REALLY hope the educated speculation on a Gone in 60 Seconds version does come to fruition.

[vamach1]

3 hours ago, Plashdaddy said:

I know it's jumping the gun, and there's a ways to go, but I really REALLY hope the educated speculation on a Gone in 60 Seconds version does come to fruition.

I’m sure you are not the only one.  Although Revell seems to stick to just including what is needed to build a specific model (i.e. Eleanor) I hope the include some 73 Mach1 decals and perhaps stock 351C valve covers so modelers can make a replica of one too.  If not Keith Marks and Rays kits make the decals (in black and silver).

Edited October 18, 2023 by vamach1

[mikos]

8 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

I suspect they'd be decals the way the tire branding is being handled.

They should (Tampo?) pad print them on like Round2.  I’m hoping they are.

Edited October 18, 2023 by mikos

[niteowl7710]

3 hours ago, mikos said:

They should (Tampo?) pad print them on like Round2.  I’m hoping they are.

I'll agree to disagree on that. Just Google Image searching '71 Mach 1s I can only find one or two that have white walls equipped. The majority, even the ones with the Ford Pie Pan hubcaps have either white letter tires or black walls. The Whitewalls seem to be more an artifact of the movie car than reality, if anything (as someone else mentioned in this thread earlier) it's more disappointing they aren't including full Mach 1 stripes than not Tampo printing white walls when I'm guessing the majority of customers aren't necessarily going to specificly build the 007 car.

Edit - I don't have to guess at all, someone posted the decal sheet in the other thread about 2024 Revell kits and the white walls are clearly on there.

Edited October 18, 2023 by niteowl7710

[Mr mopar]

On 9/27/2023 at 1:19 PM, RocketFoot said:

Those are FOMOCO Dog Dish hub caps with glamor rings...they were available on several Ford vehicles at the time, the Twister was one, yes! 

Here is a 1970 Cobra Twister wearing the Dog Dishes!

Those wheels were the only one's you could get on the Twister Special ! 

[dodgefever]

14 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

I'll agree to disagree on that. Just Google Image searching '71 Mach 1s I can only find one or two that have white walls equipped. The majority, even the ones with the Ford Pie Pan hubcaps have either white letter tires or black walls.

Period images, or current?   I doubt anyone would put whitewalls on one now, but when new, E70-14 whitewalls were standard, even on Mach 1s.  Wider RWL tyres were optional.

[vamach1]

1 hour ago, dodgefever said:

Period images, or current?   I doubt anyone would put whitewalls on one now, but when new, E70-14 whitewalls were standard, even on Mach 1s.  Wider RWL tyres were optional.

Only the purists these days are going to put bias ply white wall tires on a Mach1 but they were pretty common when they were new as most came with the 14x6 inch steel wheels with trim rings and hubcaps.  You see many 71-72 Mach1’s with Magnum 500’s, front and rear spoilers and side stripes that were added on later. 

Edited October 18, 2023 by vamach1