Dark Sage SVO is finished!

[Faust]

Well, since it’s the 50^th anniversary of the Mustang this year, I got motivated to pull a ‘Stang out of the stash and have a go at it! Of course, I decided to pick the weirdest one I had; no ’68 Shelbys or ‘80s 5.0L cars would fill the bill. I wanted to do a Mustang that most people seem to have forgotten about. Clearly, the oft-derided SVO was a perfect candidate!

I’d picked up the Monogram 1/24 kit a couple of years ago, and in researching it, I’d found that it didn’t come in many colours. However, I also stumbled across a couple in dark green. Doing more research, I found that this colour was for the Hertz rent-a-car ones only. I was immediately drawn to this rare version of a fairly obscure car, and, well, the rest is history!

Check out my 4E Dark Sage SVO and tell me what you think!

http://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/model-kits/cars/monogram-124-1985-5-mustang-svo-hertz-4e-special/

Edited August 13, 2014 by Faust

[slusher]

Great looking Mustang Adam. Love the color.

[DynoMight]

Crazy that only 2 of those were made with leather interiors and Dark Sage.

[JTalmage]

Oh I do like this a lot!

[Tonioseven]

That was cool and different!!

[1930fordpickup]

Nice work.

[Rob Hall]

Sharp build..love that color, saw an '85-86 LX 5.0 notchback in that color once years ago...

[Harry P.]

Very nicely done! The engine detail is especially impressive.

[MikeBoyle]

Excellent build of one of my favorite cars from the '80's.

[Faust]

Wow, thanks guys!

I'm glad everybody likes it. I personally have always thought the SVOs were pretty cool. They were very different from everything else (at the time), mind you, but pretty cool nonetheless. I had a little pull-back-action toy of one years ago; it was actually 4wd! Went like scoot!

Thanks for the compliments on the build and detailing. I did what I could, but some of the detailing does leave room for even further improvement. I wonder if the MPC SVO is any better? I have one, but I'd started this when I picked it up. Hmmm...

[Johnny1973]

Very nice job on all the cars.

[Jaguar man 21]

Very nice I never even knew there were dark green svo mustangs

[Faust]

It's a nice colour; I wish it had been available more readily!

I don't know what's with Ford and their greens; the SVO Plus was the only SVO you could get in green, too, in 1987 or '89 or whenever they were offered.

The dark sage really seems to channel the whole "Bullit" thing, but I've never seen it mentioned as such. With grey Torquethrust wheels, though, it would be an interesting take on an update, don't you think?

Does anyone know if the 4E Dark Sage was used on any other Fords in this era, or is it totally unique to the SVOs?

[freakshow12]

It was offered on other mustangs in the same years. Not too common there either

[Faust]

Okay, that's good to know. I don't know if I've ever seen one of the early/mid '80s Mustangs in that green. Ford has a thing with greens, it seems, since there was the one dark green (Dark Jade?) available on the Taurus SHO Plus cars the one year as an exclusive colour. It was then available on all SHOs (maybe all Tauruses) the next, but for the one year it was very limited.

So you could get a normal 5.0 in this 4E then, eh? That would make a cool looking pair! Does anyone know when they discontinued offering that colour?

[Maxicoop]

Fantastic build !!!! and very informitive !!!

[CJ1971]

Crazy that only 2 of those were made with leather interiors and Dark Sage.

I wouldn't say it's crazy... Boring car, boring colour & boring interior colour... Some people ( back then ) actually had taste... Maybe that's why only 2 came in this particular combination...

[Platerpants]

never liked the mustang 2s or the fox bodies but this looks nice.

[bigbluesd]

Looks great Adam, I always enjoy your writeups.