discussion Stefees Revell 1/24 '71 Ford Mustang 351 Boss

[Stefee]

Firstly many thanks to Geoffers for organising and hosting this GB.
Was torn between this Mustang and a '66 Chevrolet Corvette so if there's any time left might have a crack at 2 builds.
This kit has been widely lauded in the media as being very detailed, very well engineered, easier to assemble than Revells norm and accurate with beautiful Italian sourced decals.

This build will be based on my friend Peter's car. It will be finished in medium metallic green with the silver stripes ( presuming I can match the colour for the painted silver areas. Will not use the seat belt decals and try to make up some and will tint the windows slightly blue as per the 1:1.

Obligatory images to follow.

 

[flyjoe180]

An excellent looking kit Stefan, it will look great in metallic green with silver accents. Look forward to seeing the build

 

[Geoffers]

Nice one Stefan, looking forward to following your build

Geoff.

 

[Stefee]

OK, made a start with the bodywork as usual.
All parts that will be metallic green or silver removed, minor clean up and mould line removal. Fitted the tailamp panel and rear lower panel into place as the floorpan will go in with them in situ however front lower panel has to be fitted after floorpan.
Front spoiler fitted to panel and rear one assembled, holes drilled and test fitted.
Visible ejector pin marks filled with Tamiya putty.
Thanks for looking.

 

[flyjoe180]

Off to a good start Stefan

 

[Neil]

Big old 70's US Muscle car - goes fast in a straight line, cornering, more of an adventure. But those big V8's sound great.

 

[Stefee]

Yes you are quite right about "grip" when cornering and IIRC the brakes were vastly over- servoed and either on or off. But the noise and straight line acceleration were intoxicating and you became very good friends with the local fuel station staff.

 

[papa 695]

Nice one Stefan, and a nice start.

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Great start Stefan. A classic car.

 

[Jim R]

An iconic car for long straight US roads. Looks a nice kit. Off to a fine start.

 

[Stefee]

Flatted down the ejector pin marks, scribes deeper panel/trim lines and sprayed 3 coats ProScale back microfiller primer. Hopefully green paint tomorrow.

 

[papa 695]

Looking forward to seeing the top coat going on.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Base coat looks to have gone down very nicely.

 

[Jim R]

Never heard of that primer but it looks to have gone on beautifully.

 

[Stefee]

Best primer I've ever used and available in several colours. Because it's a micro filler I always flat down with a Tamiya 3000 sanding sponge.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Proscale are nice paints, I've used several of their manufacturer colours on builds. Mark (the MD) is very helpful and will mix a colour for you even if it's not on the website.

 

[Stefee]

6 coats of Proscale Aston Martin Almond Green applied, now to let it cure and find a match for the silver decals to apply silver paint in appropriate areas then mask and paint stainless steel trim around windows. Apply myriad decals and 2k clearcoat - gonna take a while.

 

[flyjoe180]

Paint job looks fantastic Stefan. A very pleasing shade of green.

 

[Steven000]

Lovely color Stefan, looks great so far, have fun

 

[Andy T]

Looking great so far Stefan. A nice sheen on the basecoat showing it went down smoothly