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1/16 '67 GT500 "Eleanor" Convertible (NEW PICS 1-12-14!)


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A little more progress.......

Got the side skirts shaped and glued on. The body is pretty much ready for putty sculpting. What you see will be the skeleton that will provide the shape for what is to come. Oh yeah, gotta do a little work to the front end yet....will shape the area next to the headlights for the projectors.

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Special thanks to Maindrian Pace (Mike Schnur) for the donation of the rear taillight section from the 1/16 Nichimo GT500!!!

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I have been busy with body work on this and am quite happy where it is going..........this is rough (not sanded yet) but you can see that it is coming together. A lot of work yet though! ENJOY!

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Special thanks to Maindrian Pace (Mike Schnur) for the donation of the rear taillight section from the 1/16 Nichimo GT500!!!

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I have been busy with body work on this and am quite happy where it is going..........this is rough (not sanded yet) but you can see that it is coming together. A lot of work yet though! ENJOY!

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What kind of putty do you use Ken?

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What kind of putty do you use Ken?

The base work was done with Apoxie Sculpt by Aves, I let it dry 24 hours (as recommended) and then covered it with Tamiya white putty to smooth it out even more........the block sanding should level it perfectly in a day or so.

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This is shaping up! Very interesting build you have there! Love the bodywork and the deep dished wheels look great. It's going to be real nice.

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Perhaps AMT will issue the 67 fastback as a convertible like Revell did with the 69 Shelby and make this conversion a whole lot easier. ;)

I may attempt to turn the Revell Shelby conv into a "stock" Mustang conv using the Revell Mach1 as my kitbash base.

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FINALLY an update!! Since I started working on 1st shift again, I haven't been building as much.......worked on this today for a while though. Getting closer.

Disregard the area ahead of the front door jamb.......I have work to do there next. ;) Took some pics both with and without the flash.

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Till next time.............. B)

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It would be interesting to see these 1/16 scale two models morphed together into a 68 Shelby convertible but that could be expensive given that both are long out of production. The progress on yours is looking good.

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It would be interesting to see these 1/16 scale two models morphed together into a 68 Shelby convertible but that could be expensive given that both are long out of production. The progress on yours is looking good.

That would be cool Rex!!! A friend and I have a saying........"Hey it is only plastic!" :D:lol:

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