Revell 90' Mustang LX Notchback

[Musclecarbuilder]

After several months of work I finally got this car finished! it took 1st at the 47th Annual Model show in Huntsville AL. Here's some pics:

 

I really enjoyed this build, but I'm also glad its over. Thanks for looking!! 

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[rv1963]

Great work on your Mustang, a real tough looking street car.

[karbuildr]

Very well done. Beautiful black paint.

[espo]

Beautiful paint finish and clean body trim. Enjoyed your WIP on this and the story behind it. 

[MeatMan]

Very nice!

[DJMar]

Beautiful Fox body. That black finish is awesome! ??

[Musclecarbuilder]

2 hours ago, rv1963 said:

Great work on your Mustang, a real tough looking street car.

 

2 hours ago, karbuildr said:

Very well done. Beautiful black paint.

 

1 hour ago, espo said:

Beautiful paint finish and clean body trim. Enjoyed your WIP on this and the story behind it. 

 

1 hour ago, MeatMan said:

Very nice!

 

1 hour ago, DJMar said:

Beautiful Fox body. That black finish is awesome! ??

Thanks!!

[KWT]

Nice paint job! very nicely done

[John B.]

It turned out quite nicely!

[SpikeSchumacher]

A well-deserved first place! Very nice build, and that finish is just outstanding!

[rickcaps55]

Beautiful build nice work love the working lights.

[Zoom Zoom]

Congrats, didn't get to meet you on Saturday at the show but I was blown away by the models. I bought a brand-new black/gray interior LX 5.0 manual in March of '88. Your '82 was incredible as well as the Demon. Everyone was talking about the working dipstick on the '82 LOL. 

BTW I found out my friend Andy had that black '33 Ford PU out in the parking lot, he gave me a ride in it, that thing is awesome!

[Musclecarbuilder]

18 minutes ago, Zoom Zoom said:

Congrats, didn't get to meet you on Saturday at the show but I was blown away by the models. I bought a brand-new black/gray interior LX 5.0 manual in March of '88. Your '82 was incredible as well as the Demon. Everyone was talking about the working dipstick on the '82 LOL. 

BTW I found out my friend Andy had that black '33 Ford PU out in the parking lot, he gave me a ride in it, that thing is awesome!

Thanks! Dang I wish I coulda met you. Its funny the working dipstick was actually an accident, I had glued it in when I was building the engine; but when I went to put it in the car it popped out, so I just left it. Did you enter any cars in the show? 

Wow that is so cool! I was drooling over that truck when I first pulled up to the building.

[TransAmMike]

Very nice looking LX Will.   Of course it looks great in black?

[Zoom Zoom]

2 hours ago, Musclecarbuilder said:

Thanks! Dang I wish I coulda met you. Its funny the working dipstick was actually an accident, I had glued it in when I was building the engine; but when I went to put it in the car it popped out, so I just left it. Did you enter any cars in the show? 

Wow that is so cool! I was drooling over that truck when I first pulled up to the building.

When I was packing up your Dad was near the black LX, we spoke for a bit as it had drawn me in because it was black like my former 1:1 and the Cobra R wheels were perfect on it, he is quite proud of your achievements. I won a first in curbside with my Iris Mist '65 GTO.

I think that was the only award in that category, I had 4 models in curbside and I think I may have been the only one with models in that category. I thought my newly finished black '64 Malibu SS or my blue '68 GTO might have done better than the '65 GTO, would have been fun to find out what the judging team thought Doesn't really matter, I had fun building all of them. I had two in replica stock where you dominated, my two were the silver '72 Skyline GTR and the light pewter '71 Mach 1 that I forgot to take the hood off to show off the engine, but let's be honest...it was just OOB underhood and your models were just amazing with the underhood detailing.

I kind of wish Andy had parked the '33 Ford PU next to the Cybertruck ?  

BTW we have a 60th anniversary Mustang theme for the ACME show on October 26th in Cartersville, GA. Hope you can make it, we have a blast putting on the show especially w/our new and much larger venue than before. We did have a bunch of flyers in Huntsville to promote it. 

Edited August 26, 2024 by Zoom Zoom

[Musclecarbuilder]

3 hours ago, Zoom Zoom said:

When I was packing up your Dad was near the black LX, we spoke for a bit as it had drawn me in because it was black like my former 1:1 and the Cobra R wheels were perfect on it, he is quite proud of your achievements. I won a first in curbside with my Iris Mist '65 GTO.

I think that was the only award in that category, I had 4 models in curbside and I think I may have been the only one with models in that category. I thought my newly finished black '64 Malibu SS or my blue '68 GTO might have done better than the '65 GTO, would have been fun to find out what the judging team thought Doesn't really matter, I had fun building all of them. I had two in replica stock where you dominated, my two were the silver '72 Skyline GTR and the light pewter '71 Mach 1 that I forgot to take the hood off to show off the engine, but let's be honest...it was just OOB underhood and your models were just amazing with the underhood detailing.

I kind of wish Andy had parked the '33 Ford PU next to the Cybertruck ?  

BTW we have a 60th anniversary Mustang theme for the ACME show on October 26th in Cartersville, GA. Hope you can make it, we have a blast putting on the show especially w/our new and much larger venue than before. We did have a bunch of flyers in Huntsville to promote it. 

Man I was wondering who had built those!! I really love the way you tented the windshields, my favorite out of all your cars was the '65 GTO. I really loved that color. It definitely deserved 1st. I saw you set up the Skyline and the Mach 1, after you walked away I probably spent like 10 minutes looking at the paint on those cars, they looked so clean! You did an absolutely fantastic job on your cars. 

[Zoom Zoom]

1 hour ago, Musclecarbuilder said:

Man I was wondering who had built those!! I really love the way you tented the windshields, my favorite out of all your cars was the '65 GTO. I really loved that color. It definitely deserved 1st. I saw you set up the Skyline and the Mach 1, after you walked away I probably spent like 10 minutes looking at the paint on those cars, they looked so clean! You did an absolutely fantastic job on your cars. 

Thanks man, I appreciate it! You're already building circles around me LOL. The GTO is painted Splash Paints Chevy Evening Orchid which is called Iris Mist on Pontiacs. I clear all my models w/Tamiya LP9 clear. Before full clear I mix LP9 clear with the Splash color, they mix just fine. The windshield tint is getting easier as I keep on building each successive model, it's a mix of Tamiya LP colors (transparent blue, orange and clear) for the base tint and to that I add pure blue and black LP for the darker tint strip, followed by LP9 clear. I have three airbrushes set up and ready to go when I do all that; one for color/tint, the other for clear, and a fine line one for doing the tint strip. The black Malibu I cut off the vent windows to make tint strip easier, and cut clear plastic sheet to make new vent windows. In the past year I learned how to get that tint to work (it goes on so smooth and dries fast), and now I'm learning as I go on making antennas. My next new thing to try is lighting, I think I'll get a couple of ZoomOn lighting kits and see what I can do with that. 

[XYHARRY]

Congrats on taking first place, well done Will.

Cheers, 

David. ??

[ChrisR]

Very nice.

[Chinacar]

Nicely done little Stang. Black is a hard colour to paint because you need to be perfect with the bodywork. I'm glad you didn't "overwheel" it and made it look like a done. Has the right stance. Congrats!

Edited August 27, 2024 by Chinacar
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[Musclecarbuilder]

11 hours ago, Zoom Zoom said:

Thanks man, I appreciate it! You're already building circles around me LOL. The GTO is painted Splash Paints Chevy Evening Orchid which is called Iris Mist on Pontiacs. I clear all my models w/Tamiya LP9 clear. Before full clear I mix LP9 clear with the Splash color, they mix just fine. The windshield tint is getting easier as I keep on building each successive model, it's a mix of Tamiya LP colors (transparent blue, orange and clear) for the base tint and to that I add pure blue and black LP for the darker tint strip, followed by LP9 clear. I have three airbrushes set up and ready to go when I do all that; one for color/tint, the other for clear, and a fine line one for doing the tint strip. The black Malibu I cut off the vent windows to make tint strip easier, and cut clear plastic sheet to make new vent windows. In the past year I learned how to get that tint to work (it goes on so smooth and dries fast), and now I'm learning as I go on making antennas. My next new thing to try is lighting, I think I'll get a couple of ZoomOn lighting kits and see what I can do with that. 

Wow I'm gonna have to try that! I've been wanting to try tinting windows for awhile but I'm a little scared I'm gonna screw up my windshield. Oh man lighting up cars is a pain! My LEDs fought me so hard, I ended up having to cut the front ones out because they refused to go in place. 

[Musclecarbuilder]

On 8/25/2024 at 7:16 PM, KWT said:

Nice paint job! very nicely done

 

On 8/25/2024 at 10:07 PM, John B. said:

It turned out quite nicely!

 

23 hours ago, SpikeSchumacher said:

A well-deserved first place! Very nice build, and that finish is just outstanding!

 

21 hours ago, rickcaps55 said:

Beautiful build nice work love the working lights.

 

18 hours ago, TransAmMike said:

Very nice looking LX Will.   Of course it looks great in black?

 

5 hours ago, XYHARRY said:

Congrats on taking first place, well done Will.

Cheers, 

David. ??

 

4 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Very nice.

 

4 hours ago, Chinacar said:

Nicely done little Stang. Black is a hard colour to paint because you need to be perfect with the bodywork. I'm glad you didn't "overwheel" it and made it look like a done. Has the right stance. Congrats!

Thanks guys! I appreciate all the complements!

[charger74]

Very well done 

[STU111]

Stunning paint and attention to detail. Your 1st prize for this one was well deserved.?? Top stuff.

[Dragonhawk1066]

Very nice!