bogger44 Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 I finished this one up a few weeks back but never got around to taking some pictures. Not an accurate kit for replicating this car obviously, but did the best I could modifying and adding/deleting stuff to make it at least a bit closer to the real deal. Paint is Tamiya TS-87 Titanium Gold & TS-26 Pure White. Ended up with a couple small boogers in the gold but left them as I didn't feel like stripping it down and starting over. Overall a really fun kit to put together, even with it's shortcomings. Here's a listing of the most notable mods I did to it... Ditched the straight axle and cobbled together the torsion-leaf suspension the car had up front, using some pictures as reference. Rear suspension was lowered some. Wheels & tires from the parts box. The cam covers I got during a trade with Plowboy (RIP Roger), while the carbs, intake & tubes, and oil pan came from my parts box. Header extensions using brass tubing. Comp. Resins hood. Front and rear splash pans have the lights and license plate frames removed. Bumpers had the guards/daggers? removed. Filed down the headlight details so they resembled aluminum plates. Trimmed out the rear quarter window louvers and put in some windows. Removed the windshield wipers. Fireball Modelworks door handles. They are for B-body Mopars, but close enough for me. I'm sure there are a couple others that are not coming to mind right now LOL. Thanks for looking and any comments or questions. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 Nice Effort, your changes are an improvement on the kits shortcomings. It's a clean build. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobo2me Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 Very clean machine! Niced job on mods, particularly qtr windows, and good pics too. Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 As stated, a very clean build, and really looks the part. Love that gold. Very nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papajohn97 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Oooohhh, very nice! Hard to believe you started with the stinky AMT Mustang “Funny Car” kit (too bad it doesn’t build OOB anything like the pic on the box!). Great job on the mods to the front suspension, engine, rear quarter windows, beautiful paint and all-around clean build. I particularly like the side-view stance with those mags. Bravo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bondo bill Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 clean machine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Wow that's nice ! Your efforts really paid off , excellent job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomicholiday Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Man that thing is cool. You nailed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altered Ego Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Nice work, I am still hoping someone will come up with an accurate A/FX Mustang kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogger44 Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 Thanks a lot guys, she looks good on the shelf at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemifever Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Beautiful build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrb124@sbcglobal.net Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Two tone paint is perfect for this car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Dan Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Really beautiful job! SOoooOO Clean. Great paint and stance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Beautiful clean build Tony! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Pretty solid looking build right there. Really nicely put together and the paint is Super nice looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogger44 Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in Berwyn Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Great work! Compliments on all of it, but esp the front suspension! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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