73 Eleanor Mustang MPC

[vamach1]

Here’s another Mustang I wanted to finish and it reminded me once again why I look forward to the Revell Boss 351 and the variations that will be possible to build.  This body and chassis and interior are from an MPC kit and the hood and wheels are resin cast.  Since the kit does not have an engine that even looks like a 351C, I searched through some other kits and found a suitable replacement from an 1984 Mustang kit that I knew would require some modification to make it fit as it has the correct automatic transmission and not 1/2 of a manual trans provided with the 289 engine in the MPC kit.  Investing more time in this build to correct things like the incorrect mufflers or trying to make the engine compartment more realistic is just not worth the extra effort.  I did add some rear shocks as it just looked silly with 1/4 of a shock molded next to the leaf springs.  I probably have a set of 1/25 CA license plates somewhere but I have to look for them.  Comments and questions are always welcome.

Edited April 27, 2023 by vamach1
Misc

[Jim B]

Nice Mustang. 

[Dave Van]

Nice work on the REAL Elanor!!

[cobraman]

Looks good Rex.

[spencer1984]

Nicely done! I'm also looking forward to Revell's kit...even though I have an Eleanor done, there is room for improvement thanks to what I started with.

[Mopar2]

Very nice build on the original Eleanor...