Eric Stone Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 No kidding, Bradley! I had some good luck and had someone on FEP give me some decals to do Bob Fehan's Mac Tools SCCA factory stock SVO, so I'm thinking of doing that one next.
whale392 Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) FEP is a GREAT place for the 4eye crowd! That was the first Mustang site I ever joined, and I still consider it home. FBF is good too, but FEP is it for the love of 4eye goodness, and SVO care! That would be sweet Eric. I am writing up the SVO/TurboCoupe comparison/swap thread right now. I am at 11 pages written, and that is just the ENGINE! I guess I bit off a little more than I wanted to chew at the moment. Oh well, I will get the GLX vert done by July 1st. This may sound crazy, but I have been toying with the idea of making this an open-ended thread. It would still fall under community build ruling, but make it an unending run. Guys like the Two Tonies, GregBear, Jeff Johnston, and myself who have more than one going or want to have more than one can have a place to share them with like-minded builders. The FOX crowd could have a place to hang out and enjoy others work and swap tips/tricks/inspiration for these cars in scale. Just the thoughts of a madman......... Edited March 10, 2011 by whale392
Eric Stone Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Sounds good to me. There are enough different kits out there to support it...
GTMust Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 I'm with that idea as long as it falls within the terms of the community build rules. I have a whole bunch of Foxes to build and some may not even get started this year. (I like to insert a few other builds along the way!) For what it's worth you've got a "yeah" from me. Hopefully this won't put a lot of Fox builds on the back burner though..... so that this thread dries up! Tony
whale392 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Posted March 11, 2011 That is a fear of mine, as I have more than enough to last forever and given an open deadline I would take forever to build them all. I will leave it at Mid-year for the moment, but an open-end may just happen. Eric, I believe you are correct on subject material being sufficient to warrent an open ending. Between what you are working on, Scott is working on, I am working on, M.A.D is offering, Don has availible, and the upcoming 1/25th scale 1991-93 2-n-1 Mustang Coupe coming (late 2012 as of right now) from Revell....there will be more exciting variants of the FOX to choose from for everyone to build off of!
futurattraction Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 I'd be okay with an open-ended date, though the concern over people never finishing projects is a valid point. Hopefully, sooner rather than later, there'll be a few more 'Monts out there for guys to work with...
whale392 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Posted March 11, 2011 Scott, I would be very interested in one of the Fairmonts when you have a good working mold!
Jeff Johnston Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Throw me working on stuff to send to Ed Sexton (Revell product developement manager) for their upcoming 1/25th scale 1991-93 Mustang Coupe 2-n-1 release, and I get really busy and life gets short. You mean a notchback ? Is Revell releasing a notchback ? like this ?
whale392 Posted March 12, 2011 Author Posted March 12, 2011 Yes Jeff, Revell is working on an all-new-tool 1/25th scale 2-n-1 1991-93 Mustang Coupe. Stock kit will be the venerable 5.0/5spd on pony wheels, and (so far) the drag parts will be 10.5" rear tires, modified rear suspension, cowl hood, either Pro-Star or Outlaw style wheels, race seats, a Nitrous/carb motor (although, a turbo set-up hasn't been ruled out as once I get some good reference/scale shots of one out of the car, Ed and his group may procede in that direction), and some pretty cool two-tone skull/flame graphics with contingiency/sponsor decals.
futurattraction Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 Bradley, I've had you on my list for a long, long time. Eric and Jeff, I've added you to it... Scott
Tony T Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) Would you consider maintaining the July 1 end date and consider then starting another as an open ended build? Just my 2 cents, to keep the commitment for this build, and the desire to have a longer term FOX subject build separately. Fairmont is way cool, by the way...as is the prospect of a 91-93 5.0 LX notch!! Sounds like there could be an awesome kitbash there!! Edited March 12, 2011 by Tony T
whale392 Posted March 12, 2011 Author Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) Yeah, I could end-date this and start another open-end build....maybe a stop/start of this thread. I would just hate to think of moving all of the pics and info here to another thread. Edited March 12, 2011 by whale392
Abell82 Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 Yes Jeff, Revell is working on an all-new-tool 1/25th scale 2-n-1 1991-93 Mustang Coupe. Stock kit will be the venerable 5.0/5spd on pony wheels, and (so far) the drag parts will be 10.5" rear tires, modified rear suspension, cowl hood, either Pro-Star or Outlaw style wheels, race seats, a Nitrous/carb motor (although, a turbo set-up hasn't been ruled out as once I get some good reference/scale shots of one out of the car, Ed and his group may procede in that direction), and some pretty cool two-tone skull/flame graphics with contingiency/sponsor decals. I am not sure I like the sounds of this, myself. While I welcome the subject, the scale of it bothers me. I think that I would much prefer it if it were 1/24th scale, instead, so that I could display it next to the other Foxes from Revellogram. If they do produce it, in 1/25th it will look tiny next to ALL of there other Fox offerings. And while it could be displayed whith MPC's foxes....should it really HAVE to be?
whale392 Posted March 13, 2011 Author Posted March 13, 2011 Valid concern Jason, and I asked Ed that very question of scale when we first talked. He stated that the reason they chose 1/25th over 1/24th is that the European influence on Monogram doing 1/24th kits no longer applies to their business model today. The only way Revell will release anything 1/24th now-a-days is if it were originally based on an old Monogram offering. Being as this will be an all-new-tool, they chose the more Revell contemporary 1/25th. With that said, I can see the potential this kit will have as a donor for the older MPC/AMT/Revell 1/25th offerings along with its own stand-alone sales. I also see the massive swap potential back into this kit based on all of their later 1/25th scale offerings (The Saleen S281E 351W/Vortec swap is one that comes to mind. The 1999 Cobra powertrain/rear end swap is another). While I would love to have the 1/24th scale size to display with the other Revell-O-Gram offerings, I will GLADLY welcome the 1/25th version. Maybe someone will see this body and be able to scale a CORRECT 1/24th offering from it in resin!
GTMust Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) I think the concept to end the current Fox CBP in July and then start another makes the most sense to me. That's a much better idea and you've got my vote on that. Except that it may be better to have a second closed end build. You can always start a third... fourth... etc! Tony Edited March 13, 2011 by GTMust
Eric Stone Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 Jason, just park it in front of the 1:24 cars so perspective makes it look the same scale. I hope it doesn't come out goofy slab-sided like some of the other recent Revell offerings.
Tony T Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 Finished building...next up is decals, glue the wiper on, coat of future and it's done
whale392 Posted March 14, 2011 Author Posted March 14, 2011 Certainly looks better than I could do, Tony!
GTMust Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 Great job Tony! You're making us Canucks proud.... can't wait to see it with decals and gloss coat! Tony
Tony T Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 Thanks, Brad. I'm sure you could do this one justice! Tony...we Canucks gotta keep these Yanks on their toes, right? I'm considering the gloss before and after the decals...I may try one decal, and see how it goes. Either way, I can't wait to get it done. I want to get started on the SVO...
Tony T Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 Decals are on...two coats of future...pictures when dry!
Tony T Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 Oh...even got a couple of things on the SVO build started! Two aluminum exhaust tips in place, and opened the space for the driving lights in the front bumper cover. Sanded off the hood and decklid emblems, and glued the engine halves together. Should the hood scoop be open to the air cleaner? Seems any pictures I see on the net don't clearly show it as open or if there is a diffuser of some kind. I can see that the airbox meets the bottom of the hood, but just need to understand how it works...and if I can at least make it look kinda the same in scale.
GTMust Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 Can't answer your question on the SVO, but I am dying to see the "Whistler" build in glorious colour! I just bought the "Motorcraft" and "Folger's" IMSA(?) cars in a bulk package which also included three Monogram Indy cars, for $23 plus $17 shipping (still factory sealed) from Ebay. Talk about a steal! (By the way, "Backyard Billy" sold the '79/'80 Fox to "Driveway Dave", who is finishing it up.... hopefully both cars will be in the paint shop before long!) Tony
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