mustang1989 Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 I spent roughly two months building this version of the kit up and although it's mostly OOB , there were a couple of drastic departures from the OOB ideas. First off the front wheels stuck outside of the front fenders by almost 1/4" which was waaaaaaaaaaaay too far outside for my tastes. I shaved the ends off of the front axle, used a set of AMT Cragar wheels which I shaved a little off the backside to put the wheel and tire assy back under the fender where it belonged and used a set of AMT "skinny" tires I had in the stash to round out the look at the front. I added a timing cover and a smaller cooling fan to the engine (I wouldn't have wasted my time had I known that none of that could be seen when finished). Next up I trashed the OOB injector stacks and went with aluminum tubing which I polished and installed of the terrible looking plastic chrome pieces. The OOB fuel cell also "exited stage left" and was replaced by something with a little more detail and (for what this is worth given the overall look of the build) realistic. The exhaust pipes didn't look right so I drilled the ends out to give a more true hollow pipe look to them. I chose to ditch the "wheelie bars" as I didn't like those either. I just so happened to get the "luck of the draw" and got a clear GREEN molded kit with the metal flakes suspended in the molding. I chose to paint the inside of the body gold to give a green tinted gold look as shown through the body looking from the outside. The decals in this kit are IMO just AWESOME!! Plenty of humor to go round with these and I had a blast with 'em! I used some automotive clear to top things off with the finish and I was really happy with the results. This kit was a lot of fun with a few pitfalls here and there but they were fairly easy to overcome. The front bumper fit was about the only real trouble I had with it. N E ways here are the completed photos of the OOB version ----now it's off to the modded one once again. The kit: and lastly.....a mock up of the box art shot: Girlscanplay2, Gazzas, Shaka HI and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 I like it! mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 With that wheelbase, the tagline should be "Switch ends while switching lanes!!" mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Mustang, Very cool and unusual! Your mods made it look pretty awesome. Gaz mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 I like it! Thank you Ron! Mustang, Very cool and unusual! Your mods made it look pretty awesome. Gaz 'Preciate that Gary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 (edited) With that wheelbase, the tagline should be "Switch ends while switching lanes!!" What you'll find funny about that comment is that I thought almost identically along the same lines, and therefore I built this soley as a comparative build to my other idea involving a serious mod with this kit. I almost took the unbuilt kit back to HL and got my dang money back until..................I came up with an even better idea. I bought a second kit and went to work. Here's the plan in action: Take the OOB body here: made cuts to both of the bodies in order to lengthen it overall changing........... Lots of filling and sanding followed and I had to modify the roof as well as the chassis to follow suit with the body.. I even graphed in some rear fender wells from a 54 Chevy that I had in the stash and set it up with a pro street look that I was after: The differences are quite noticeable: Edited August 4, 2017 by mustang1989 Lee White, Shaka HI and Girlscanplay2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 I was wondering if you'd finished the stretched one yet mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 I was wondering if you'd finished the stretched one yet Haven't yet Shawn as I had some paint issues. Hopefully I'll get back on it in the foreseeable future. Shawn M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlscanplay2 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Very Cool !!!!!!!!!!!! Far out man.................. I Like it!!!!!!!!!!! Teresa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Nice mods, I was wondering if you had seen this video, where a car enthusiast made a full sized cartoon bus? mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 Nice mods, I was wondering if you had seen this video, where a car enthusiast made a full sized cartoon bus? Sorry to be the late comer in replying but I just got a chance to watch that video you sent. Man he really went all out on BOTH of those cars. Great video and thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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