1990 Ford Mustang 5.0 LX - Revell

[Technics]

Model - 

1990 Ford Mustang LX 5.0 - Revell 

Box stock, a clean as possible showroom condition build ( I stripped the paint 3 times on the hood and twice on the body to get here. HUGE effort to get to this stage, I’m really proud and Can’t believe I pulled through 😀)

 

Notes - 

Paint is a 2025 Mustang GTD Polymatic Grey by Firescale

Polished with a dspiae rotary tool with 

Menzerna

#2500, #3800 polishing compounds

Autoglym “super resin finish” polish

Colour matched flocking and interior paint 

Diluted the inner amber turn signal lenses to have them differ to the outer as per references.

 

Sanded and Tamiya cement painted tires 

Deliberately left the door handle in paint colour

Also leaving out using the rear plate felt best visually for me.

 

Can’t bring myself to paint the 5.0 badge with an alcohol pen. Attempted dry brushing 4 times, no chance. One day maybe.

 

Pros

First polishing success

First clean panel accent line and lamp success

 

Cons

Few assembly errors 

Few paint errors 

 

Build Thread - 

Instagram -

https://www.instagram.com/scale_technics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 06:42 PM by Technics

[Musclecarbuilder]

HOLY MOLY she looks amazing!! Absolutely beautiful paint! 

You did a FANTASTIC job!

Have any pic's of the engine bay? Sorry just curious 😁

 

Also, feel free to post it on this forum! 

 

Edited Tuesday at 01:18 PM by Musclecarbuilder

[Zen]

Outstanding detail looks great!

Maybe something like this for the 5.0 emblem?

Model Car Garage Photo-Etched Detail Set 1/25 1985-99 Ford Mustang MCG-2153 | eBay

[iamsuperdan]

That turned out really nice!

 

Excellent work on the lights. Very realistic.

 

[ChrisR]

Very nice.

[meechum68]

Beautiful!!!   Your work is incredible! 

[Andrew McD]

Your perseverance paid off!  Extraordinary depth and shine in the paint.  I too would be curious to see under the hood and the undercarriage.

[slusher]

Fantastic looking Mustang!

[espo]

All of your extra efforts really paid off with the appearance of this build. Beautiful paint finish and color. 

[Jim B]

Great looking Mustang.  Well done.

[Dragonhawk1066]

That turned out really nice with a real smooth paint job!

[70 Sting]

Super-clean build. 👌

[JohnH1973]

Awesome job

[BKF]

Great looking build! Paint and trim really look good.

[charger74]

Wow 👍🏻👍🏻

[carrucha]

Cool build.  I really dig this generation of Mustangs.

[Technics]

@Musclecarbuilder @Andrew McD No motor work at all, after decades of building, taking a breaks and returning I learnt it’s not really my thing - mechanical accuracy. There’s photos of the undercarriage in the wip thread that no longer marches the exterior paint 😀 I built the motor for my Lancia Stratos and Blasphemi WIP projects..

Lancia Stratos

Blasphemi Thread
 

Thank you everyone for your kind words!

[baycolony]

Great effort.  You really shrunk this 1:1 example