AMT 1:25 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop
Discussion
Buoyed by actually managing to finish my Lotus Elan, Porsche GT3 and Land Rover I'm embarking on another homage to a member of the fleet.
This time it's one of these:
hopefully looking a little like this:
Wish me luck.
This time it's one of these:
hopefully looking a little like this:
Wish me luck.
Good luck!!
I’ve been building an AMT Lincoln Continental for what feels like years. I do a bit and get demoralised so stop for a while, then start again and get demoralised and so on and so on.
I also have one of their truck kits which looks so horrendous I can’t face even starting it.
I was sucked in by the cool box art
I’ve been building an AMT Lincoln Continental for what feels like years. I do a bit and get demoralised so stop for a while, then start again and get demoralised and so on and so on.
I also have one of their truck kits which looks so horrendous I can’t face even starting it.
I was sucked in by the cool box art
As predicted, the kit is a little rough'n'ready, with some poor fit and plenty of moulding marks - there's certainly a gulf between this and the Revell Land Rover in terms of quality.
I found the plastic pretty soft, and parts broke or bent easily (or I just don't have sufficient dexterity). There is also something of a contradiction in the quality with there being some nice detail moulded into the parts; I'm just not skillful enough to be able to highlight them well (the body badges and lettering, windscreen wipers etc.).
However, it's the only choice for a '66 Mustang at this scale, so I'm glad to have done it.
I found the plastic pretty soft, and parts broke or bent easily (or I just don't have sufficient dexterity). There is also something of a contradiction in the quality with there being some nice detail moulded into the parts; I'm just not skillful enough to be able to highlight them well (the body badges and lettering, windscreen wipers etc.).
However, it's the only choice for a '66 Mustang at this scale, so I'm glad to have done it.
jeremyc said:
As predicted, the kit is a little rough'n'ready, with some poor fit and plenty of moulding marks - there's certainly a gulf between this and the Revell Land Rover in terms of quality.
I found the plastic pretty soft, and parts broke or bent easily (or I just don't have sufficient dexterity). There is also something of a contradiction in the quality with there being some nice detail moulded into the parts; I'm just not skillful enough to be able to highlight them well (the body badges and lettering, windscreen wipers etc.).
However, it's the only choice for a '66 Mustang at this scale, so I'm glad to have done it.
You did very well! I found the plastic pretty soft, and parts broke or bent easily (or I just don't have sufficient dexterity). There is also something of a contradiction in the quality with there being some nice detail moulded into the parts; I'm just not skillful enough to be able to highlight them well (the body badges and lettering, windscreen wipers etc.).
However, it's the only choice for a '66 Mustang at this scale, so I'm glad to have done it.
I built these a long time ago, one some 30 years (the light blue one), the other about 20 years ago, the newer one made a virtue of the flawed kit as it was supposed to be a 'battered street driven old Mustang with lots of scars'.
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