Suggestions Needed:Paint scheme and engine for this kit.TIA

[Abell82]

Rather than starting a new project, I dug up this one. And realised why I had put it away, I have no paint scheme or engine ideas for it!! It will need a BIG engine to go with that big hood, any suggestions?

This body was from my junk box, it had been previously built, before I performed a bit of body work to it.. I made the hood for it, but it turned out a bit MORE than I meant for it too!! The windows are "well glued" hence the masking tape.

[Guest roadkill2525]

How about a chamelon paint job with a Ross Gibson pro street engine?

[hogs29]

Black. Definetly black....maybe with some semi-gloss black wheels. That would be sinister.

As for the engine, how about something along the lines of the Matt and Debbie Hayes Thunderbird Revell did years ago? Twin turbo with some custom air intake piping to fit under that scoop.

[Jairus]

Cordoba Tan and a Flathead?

[LVZ2881]

metallic copper/orange and silver two-tone( silver on top, broken at body line above door handle area), with a boss 429 mill, with mechanical injection( with short stacks) converted to efi( add the injectors and fuel rails)......

[LDO]

  LVZ2881 said:

a boss 429 mill, with mechanical injection( with short stacks) converted to efi( add the injectors and fuel rails)......

Wow. That's exactly what I was going to say. Use the old Monogram Pro Stock/Pro Street Thunderbird engine. Strip the chrome or gold off the valve covers and use a metalizer-type paint on them...or go bananas and smooth them out and cover with carbon fiber decals.

As for paint, I'm partial to purples and blues. Check out Irvin Arter's '50 Cadillac for some nice color.

[Modelmartin]

For a mill I would go with either the 4-cam Indy motor from the MPC Eagle or a SOHC motor from the AMT willys. Just me. 8)

[Glen]

i would say a pro-street ross gibson motor. And the black on black with the black wheels sounds mean.

[Abell82]

I have an idea, but I need a 00 Cobra R rear spoiler.

For it to work, anyone know where to

get one in 1/25th scale? The only one I can find is 1:18th.

[larrygre]

There's enough room under that seriously domed hood for the huge valve covers of a Ford 427 SOHC and man, would THAT be a righteous sight in that 'Stang's engine bay or what! BTW Andy's right about the SOHaCk motor in the AMT '33 Willys. It's the best representation of that classic mill.