1963 1/25 Mustang II Styling Exercise

[Rich Chernosky]

Picked this kit up at a show for a very good price. I had built this in 1965 when it was released as and IMC. The build was showing it age so why not re-visit.  See if 60yrs iof modeling experience can do. This was painted a while back and recently polished. Color was Testors 1833M Pearl white. I had used their Wet Look clear at the time.  The original was just clear over white plastic. It yellowed of course. As a re-visit this was actually a fun project. Although Lindbergh did nothing to improve on the molds it was still a good kit with the usual fit problems. decal sheet was rather unuseable but I got aroumd that. More details in the picture caption. Thanks for looking and feel free to comment. 

Finished car right out of the box. Wanted to do this like the original but better. Racing stripe is vinyl tape cut down to size. Interior was then matched to the tape. Original showcar was done like this. 

Rear veiw shows some of the upgrades. Tailpipes opened up, tail lights backed with chrome tape, licence plate cut out of the decal sheet.

Here is the car with its optional hardtop. Kit came as a convertible, hardtop or fastback. 

The original build and some friends. 1/64 dicast are Hotwheels. Almost went with the blue one. Nice of Mattel to make a replica of my model.  Original kit had better decals and I changed the tires.    Hmmmmm...wouldn't be too hard to switch.

All the opening features on display. Wheels steered through the steering wheel and worked nicely. Carpet is white flocking. 

The Ford 289 engine. Only added the ignition wires. Could have gone full detail but wanted to keep it like it was, just a little nicer.   Thanks for looking. 

[Mike 1017]

Very Nice

[Kah puts]

Aw the nostalgia machine 👍

[spencer1984]

This kit can be extremely fiddly, but you really did a fantastic job with it!

Edited Monday at 11:58 PM by spencer1984

[bondo bill]

nice build of a kool kit

[Rich Chernosky]

23 hours ago, Mike 1017 said:

Very Nice

Thanks Mike

 

15 hours ago, Kah puts said:

Aw the nostalgia machine 👍

Not wrong here. That build brought back many memories. Having the original helped. 

 

11 hours ago, spencer1984 said:

This kit can be extremely fiddly, but you really did a fantastic job with it!

Thanks Bill.  Doing the same kit a second time, you always do better. 

 

8 hours ago, bondo bill said:

nice build of a kool kit

For a kit designed in the mid 60's, it was not all that bad. 

 

[PappyD340]

Very nice build!

[stavanzer]

Wow! Has to be the best build of that kit I have ever seen, Rich.

The details are Just Right....

 

 

Good Show.

[ChrisR]

Nice.