69' Mercury Cougar | AMT 1:25

[v264]

My second car model (first was Plymouth Cuda) This time it is super Ford, super Mustang – Mercury Cougar:

Edited November 3, 2013 by v264

[peekay]

Had a look at the Plymouth too - both great models. I assume you've built models of other things besides cars to have arrived at this level of expertise. Very nice work.

[Guest]

Wow! Stunning! AMT's kit I assume? You took the time to remove the molded in wipers and add kit ones. Which ones did you use? Stellar. What are the colors?

Excellent photography as well.

[Chris White]

You guys, from across the pond, either have allot of time, or are extremely talented. Either way, I appreciate the quality of this build. Beautiful work

[David G.]

Excellent work! Great photography too!

David G.

[donb]

Excellent work! Great photography too!

David G.

I agree! Superb!

[ChrisR]

Great build!

[1930fordpickup]

Awesome model.

[slusher]

Very impressive build. Beautiful color and detail. l also agree great photography

[Jantrix]

Those look wonderful. Please tell us where that excellent antenna came from.

[v264]

Thank you all.

I’ve been making models for many years, mainly aircraft.

Wipers are made by myself.

Color is:

• Silver: Motip spray
• transparent blue: Gunze C50
• Clear: Gunze GX100

Antena is made of medical needles.

I’ll put some photos from the construction, soon.

[cobraman]

Beautiful build.

[Mike 1017]

BEAUTIFUL !!! Could pass as a 1:1

[hemi]

Simply stunning,that is one beautiful model you have built.

[Danno]

Very nice!

[ScaleDale]

Great build. Love the paint job and details. This put the car on my build list. Gotta have one of these.

Dale

[Scalper]

Nice clean build. I really like this cougar,

[Chillyb1]

Bardzo dobry! The antenna is an excellent detail and looks just right. My brother almost bought one of these back around 1979. We test drove it together and I loved it.

Now I have to go look as the Plymouth.

[rrenz]

Awesome Pics!

[Phildaupho]

Your model car photography is the most strikingly beautiful I have ever seen. Could you please describe your technique. I also really like your Cougar.

[v264]

Thanks,dziękuję.

Phil, it's just a piece of black acrylic and black cardstock. And two lamps. That's all.

[v264]

I wanted to build Ford Mustang really, but that’s what I saw on the auction website:

It was a typical, old AMT model:

I cut out the door handles:

I got rid of the sidelights and emblems:

And the wipers:

I cut out the air inlet and pasted the stripes of polystyrene on:

[v264]

Thereafter out of the stripes:

I made an imitation of the garnish mouldings:

I got along with the vinyl roof:

I used alternately black matt paint and gloss one. Low pressure and from the long range:

All of the body was painted with silver Motip spray

[v264]

Thereafter I masked the roof:

And sprayed the model with a few thin layers of clear blue – Gunze C50:

Then with a few clear Gunze GX100 layers

After a few days I used a polishing paste.

[v264]

I made a headlining with a polystyrene sheet:

And got along with the originally stark interior:

I made some new details: