Original Mach Won!

[Dave Armstrong]

The AMT Mach Won! is being reissued, should be here very soon. I thought I'd post some pics of what I did with one of my originals. Didn't like the decals that came with it, so I made a "What If".

[Yeah Nah]

Love that paint Dave. Nice work!

Going by the font style of the name you'd think Tasmania was in Africa. I lived there for a while and it isn't! ?

[Rattlecan Dan]

Nice build, nice paint. Good job.

[vamach1]

Very nice.  I wonder if the reissue will drop the $200 asking prices of the vintage kits.  I’ll buy one just to get the fresh stock 70 body to build a Mach1 351 or 428 using parts from some glue bombs I have.

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

I'm going to have to pick "won" of these up.... -RRR

[iBorg]

Congrats on the courage to build a rare kit. Looks nice.

A few questions....is this the same chassis as the AMT Vega? Is the body a stock body? Also, where did you source the decals?

 

[Dave Armstrong]

Thanks guys! Glad you liked it!

[Dave Armstrong]

39 minutes ago, iBorg said:

Congrats on the courage to build a rare kit. Looks nice.

A few questions....is this the same chassis as the AMT Vega? Is the body a stock body? Also, where did you source the decals?

 

Mike, glad you like it. I build my rare kits all the time, they're meant to be built, not hoarded.

No, the chassis is not the same. It does appear to be a stock body. I got the decals several years ago, I believe it was Bruce Sadewater; sells on Ebay

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=253939551761&hash=item3b1ffa0e11%3Ag%3A~osAAOSw5cNYOuy9%3Ark%3A37%3Apf%3A0&_ssn=us2014-sm&_sop=10&rt=nc&_pgn=2

Though he may not have them up right now, you could always write and make a request.

[PappyD340]

Looks great, well done!

[dragcarz]

On 1/19/2024 at 11:42 PM, Dave Armstrong said:

Mike, glad you like it. I build my rare kits all the time, they're meant to be built, not hoarded.

No, the chassis is not the same. It does appear to be a stock body. I got the decals several years ago, I believe it was Bruce Sadewater; sells on Ebay

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=253939551761&hash=item3b1ffa0e11%3Ag%3A~osAAOSw5cNYOuy9%3Ark%3A37%3Apf%3A0&_ssn=us2014-sm&_sop=10&rt=nc&_pgn=2

Though he may not have them up right now, you could always write and make a request.

I couldn’t agree more…. Kits should be built! Thank you for sharing this beautiful build!

[slusher]

Looks great, very nice paint!

[ewetwo]

Awesome build. .

[McLorange]

Fantastic build Dave!  I just got the reissued kit and was wondering if you still have any of the original kit decals that you didn't use I would be interested.

Thanks!

[Dave Armstrong]

9 hours ago, McLorange said:

Fantastic build Dave!  I just got the reissued kit and was wondering if you still have any of the original kit decals that you didn't use I would be interested.

Thanks!

Thanks, glad you liked it Frank!

I generally keep all of my decals , even ones I don't use; unfortunately, not only did I not particularly like these decals, they were also old and chipped from all those years in the box- so they're long gone, pitched when I built this kit, which was several years ago. If I still had them I would joyfully gift them to you! The other kits in the pic are still complete with decals in their boxes, but I'm going to keep them complete.

[ChrisR]

Very nice!!

[Bainford]

Cool Mustang. Looks great in blue. I've got to pick up one of these when they hit the shelf. 

[sflam123]

That is a GREAT looking build!!  Nice Work!