1982 IMSA Mustang

[sportandmiah]

I picked this up at a show last weekend for $8.00 sealed. Man I love these shows. I can find oddball kits at crazy low prices, and I like the cars that are different from the day to day stuff.

The kit details are pretty sharp, hardly any flash, a very well tooled kit.

Here's the chassis in plastic white, 1 coat of metalizer, and a coat of Duplicolor silver.

More to come.

[martinfan5]

That is a nice find, I wish the shows here had kits like this one, sadly for the most part its all dime a dozen kits , I remember these kits as a kid and always wanted to build one

[Fat Brian]

I built most of that kit as a teen, I got most of it a bunch of junk I bought from a friend. It fits pretty good, they are actually awesome kits, even by todays standards. Mine had a meeting with some fire crackers when I didn't have enough parts to finish it.

[Roncla]

That was a steal at $8. I've got one in my stash and for a 80s kit it was all but equal to any of Tamiyas' kits of the time. Even looking at it by todays standards its an impressive effort by Monogram

[Dirkpitt289]

I've been looking for one of these for some time now but none of the ones I've seen were that good of a deal. I look forward to watching this build

[Scuderia]

Detail on that chassis looks nice. And a good subject too. Back when beer and smokes could be on model kits... But I digress, I dont' wanna hijack his thread lol

[Brizio]

Pretty nice!

[cobraman]

Was your body straight ? I had one and the body was warped pretty badly.

[Roncla]

Was your body straight ? I had one and the body was warped pretty badly.

The body in my example is perfect.

[sportandmiah]

Anyone know the true color of the engine block? The directions say green, as do the pictures. But green can be a million different shades.

The body does appear to be straight as far as I can tell.

[3men2s]

hope this helps, this are the way zakspeed were painting their ford engines

wich eventually end up in the gtx mustangs here in the states.

[ffreak]

I ran across a stack of these in the white and blue colors at a KB Toy liquidators years back for $4. a pop and loaded up on them. I got a set of the Miller aftermarket decals for one of them. They were very cool kits for the time !!

[3men2s]

Was your body straight ? I had one and the body was warped pretty badly.

I Have made a few of this kits and what I do to make sure the platform is flat and strait.

with a bow dryer , i heat it up while it seats in a flat surface and it tents to align with the

surface.....after that you can built it up just fine.

[3men2s]

I loved this car when it came out, so much that I have built them many times

here are a few of mine

[Dirkpitt289]

Two very nice builds

[sportandmiah]

Great looking cars...can u post some pics of the engine?

[Modlbldr]

These are great looking kits and I've always thought about getting one. Now I really want one.

Looking good so far.

Later-

[Assa9]

What a cool car to start with i will be watching for sure

[sportandmiah]

Thanks for the engine color help 3men...do you have a few close ups of your engines?

[3men2s]

I hope this helps...I scratch built the intercooler using the plastic from a CD case.

I also mod the turbo, sanded out the filter and added the piece of metal tubing

for a more realistic look, also using juicy juice straus, I made the air ducts for the brakes.

plus plug wires.

[sportandmiah]

Nicely done. I will post some updates tonight.

[sportandmiah]

The directions call for flat black in about every interior piece, which would create a boring car. I took this opportunity to practice my interior painting skills which are slowly improving, and add detail.

[Scuderia]

Thats wild dude. Are all of those parts in with the kit? If so i really want to build one lol.

[martinfan5]

Wow, I think your skills are pretty darn good, I agree it looks so much better not being all black. I felt the same way about the lemans Vettes, all dark interior and chassis, very boring

[ffreak]

Danny, Those are really sweet lookin builds !!!

Doug, that is coming along very nicely !! I just may have to dig mine out and build one again !!!