Revell 1970 mustang Boss 429

[kelson]

Hello again new build on the bench,haven't built anything ford in awhile,so dug this out of the pile a couple weeks ago.

Color is Scalefinishes Calypso Coral with a couple coats of Splash Paints clear,decided to do most of my BMF on the body and paint the marker lights first then clearcoat over top.

Decided i wanted to go with a look of a car that's been driven spring to fall over the years, so i painted the chassis Tamiya Flat Brown and various Vallejo colors. 

Used some Fireball tires decals to represent replaced tires,due to some "Accidental acceleration Incidents' ,over the years😬 i also added wheel weights and valve stems but the camera is not picking them up.

Engine is painted for some reason the camera makes it look all shiny but it's not,i used heater hose for the spark plug boots i had to stretch them a little to fit over the molded ones on the valve covers. 

I tried a new technique for doing the woodgrain,i used Testors Sand paint as the base,followed by Brown Tamiya Panel wash,then Tamiya Clear Yellow,the speedometer deals are from an old Last detail sheet.I also added some P/E keys as usual 

I heat stained the exhaust and added a light wash of Tamiya Black panel wash on the engine for a little dirty look

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Valvefloat]

Looking good so far

Like the choice of tire letters not seen to often.

[DJMar]

Sweet! Love the color. How did you like working with the ScaleFinishes paint?

[kelson]

8 hours ago, Valvefloat said:

Looking good so far

Like the choice of tire letters not seen to often.

I'm not sure if Fireball still has them but that's a name i had never seen before.

[kelson]

3 hours ago, DJMar said:

Sweet! Love the color. How did you like working with the ScaleFinishes paint?

I've been buying his paint for a couple years and it lays down really nicely everytime i've used it.

[NOBLNG]

Ooh! That color looks gorgeous on it! Nice work.👍😎

[Rodent]

Looks great! Just an FYI: Ford toploaders had a cast iron case with an aluminum bellhousing and (generally) an aluminum tailshaft housing.

I like the "day 2" (day 1.5?) tires 🙂

 

[DJMar]

17 hours ago, kelson said:

I'm not sure if Fireball still has them but that's a name i had never seen before.

IIRC, Road Hugger is one of those "private label" brands. I think they are made by Toyo for outlets like Discount tire. The Radial G/T was discontinued a while back.

 

[Codi]

Curtis, Love you car and the Calypso Coral is outstanding.  That is a sweet paint job and the rest the build is equally as good. congrats and can't to see it finished.  cheers, tim

[kelson]

On 4/11/2025 at 7:44 PM, Rodent said:

Looks great! Just an FYI: Ford toploaders had a cast iron case with an aluminum bellhousing and (generally) an aluminum tailshaft housing.

I like the "day 2" (day 1.5?) tires 🙂

 

Thanks for the info,finding good pictures for accuracy is difficult.

 

On 4/11/2025 at 7:30 PM, NOBLNG said:

Ooh! That color looks gorgeous on it! Nice work.👍😎

Thank you,the seventies offered some great colors.

7 hours ago, Codi said:

Curtis, Love you car and the Calypso Coral is outstanding.  That is a sweet paint job and the rest the build is equally as good. congrats and can't to see it finished.  cheers, tim

Thanks!, so far its been going well.

[slusher]

Looking great Curtis, real nice color choice!

[Bainford]

This is shaping up to be one cool looking Mustang.

[kelson]

On 4/14/2025 at 8:27 PM, slusher said:

Looking great Curtis, real nice color choice!

Thanks my friend for the comment.🙂

 

On 4/16/2025 at 8:33 AM, Bainford said:

This is shaping up to be one cool looking Mustang.

Thank you Bainford!.😁

[kelson]

Okay i have a small update the interior is done i added embossing powder for carpeting and added seatbelts.

I noticed that the mustang has part of the seatbelt notched to the headliner area so thats what i did as well.Now final assembly can begin. 

[Mattilacken]

Nice build! Like your wood grain allot!

[Dr Cobra]

On 4/17/2025 at 4:14 PM, kelson said:

Okay i have a small update the interior is done i added embossing powder for carpeting and added seatbelts.

I noticed that the mustang has part of the seatbelt notched to the headliner area so thats what i did as well.Now final assembly can begin. 

the shoulder harness mounted to the roof like that was on a 69 Mustang, but not a 70.

[kelson]

17 hours ago, Dr Cobra said:

the shoulder harness mounted to the roof like that was on a 69 Mustang, but not a 70.

Pretty much every picture i could see of the interior of a 70'429 it's what i saw.🤷‍♂️

[kelson]

18 hours ago, Mattilacken said:

Nice build! Like your wood grain allot!

Thanks!,it's alot easier than trying to use decals on the dash/console/steering wheel.i think it's how i'll do all my woodgrain now.🙂

[kelson]

Okay final assembly has begun,the front grille may need more panel wash as it seems a little to light still,for the black areas on the front fascia i used decals from my stash cut to size for a cleaner look and i used red and blue detailer for the grille emblem.

The body to chassis fit was perfect,but sits a tiny bit low in the back.

The decal on the fan shroud took lots of decal solution to sit flat.

The instructions call for adding the rear panel after the body/chassis are put together,but i glued the rear panel in first then added the rear bumper and taillight in 1st,then put the chassis/body together.I used Tamiya Black  panel wash for the area around the taillights and gas cap.

 Thats all for now,Happy Easter everyone!!

[Dr Cobra]

On 4/19/2025 at 8:32 PM, kelson said:

Pretty much every picture i could see of the interior of a 70'429 it's what i saw.🤷‍♂️

Hmm, I guess I'm mistaken. I was going by my personal experience. I had a 70 Mustang Grande and it didn't have the roof mounted seat belts. I now have a pile of junk project car that used to be a 70 Mach 1 that doesn't have them either. But it also doesn't have a headliner or much else. So I stand corrected.

[slusher]

Curtis, your mustang is shaping up beautifully ".

[kelson]

She's all wrapped up and posted in Under Glass,thanks folks for the comments and views.👍🙂