Have you ever had a kit that haunts you mind? I have; the Ford Mustang 429 Boss. The story: As a teenager i read abou the Boss in a carmagazine. It was the badest,fastest,e.t.c. All the superlatives and the pics of the car amazed me. "-Whoa, what a car :eek: .."

Some time later i found a kit of it. It was that car from the magazine!! I asked my mom if i could buy it. I certanly could NOT!! I did anyway :naughty:
Well, my mother found out,threw the halfbuilt kit :crying: as a lesson..
A while ago i saw the Boss again in my LHS. I slowly took the box and walked as in trance to the counter..
Ok, i throw in some pics before you fall :sleep:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/Amazon-mannen/mockupboss.jpg
My intention is to build it as the car from the magazine i read as a teenager.It (must have been) was Grabber Blue, and was stock,apart from some really 70´s magwheels.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/Amazon-mannen/halfwiredmotor.jpg
Mustang purist may look away here, since the engine is NOT Ford Engine Blue, the intake manifold is painted aluminum and NOT as the block e.t.c. And i who downloaded all those enginepics :banghead:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/Amazon-mannen/interiorwoodgrain.jpg
This is one of the best achievments on this kit so far, just look at that handpainted woodgrain!! Humbrols Sand and tinted with H´s flat red. Just gorgeous,wouldn´t you say?

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/Amazon-mannen/rearseat.jpg
Interior is painted in black. The seat´s satin black is tinted with some aluminum paint for a different hue, which looks more vinyl then plain satin paint. Or?..

I think i have do´ne enough for one day now. Sorry, the first pic doesn´t work, but it was so blurry anyway. More to come soon!!

Looks awesome man... Hope to see the body soon!

*sigh* the one that got away...I had a chance to buy a '70 Mach 1 428 SCJ, 1:1, matching #'s....wasn't meant to be. Hurry up and post body pics already!!

the wood grain is awsome.

Great progress! I'd like to point out that distributor, looks wicked! And the wood grain is unbelievable! :thumbsup:

Great progress! I'd like to point out that distributor, looks wicked! And the wood grain is unbelievable! :thumbsup:

Wicked? In the "good" sense, i hope? The 1:1 distributor is quite low to clear the aircleaner,but i think that the leads look to thin.Maybe i´ll change them to something slightly thicker..
The woodgrain yes.. I thought about using decals, but i didn´t have any in the right woodtype. As said, i´m very pleased with how it turned out!

Body pics this afternoon. Promise :smile:

Nice start. That woodgrain does look nice!
I'll be interested to follow this thread so long as you can keep your Mum away!

Amazon, could you give us a quick few steps on how you did the woodgrain? Did you just lay the sand colour, dried, and then carefully brushed the red, or?

That wood grain is a masterpiece! Keep it commin'.

After a busy modeling weekend, it´s update time:
But first of all, after public demand, i tell you about that woodgrain:) It´s one of those moments when something turns out much better than expected, but you really don´t know HOW you did it..
1> take some Humrols "Sand" number on lid:63
and some Humbrols flat red ( no. 60)
2>I used some fine brushes,you can use the ones you find suitable for the base, but for the graining, you need finer ones, like 3/0 and 5/0.
3> I`m sorry but i can´t give you any ratios of paint since i worked in "that looks ok"-mode when i mixedèm, but i used "Sand" as a base, not mixed. Then i took some drop of the red and mixed with some sand and painted it in a wawy maner. Look at real wood and you`ll see the lines follow each other. Try mimic that.
4> i worked in whats called "wet-in-wet" so the next mix was slightly more redish. Wet-in-wet is when you work so the paint under is still wet. This gives you a grain that will look convincing, and not like layers of paint.
5> Clean brushes. Make coffee. Come back and admire your work!

And this weekend i`ve painted the interior, body and chassis and started schratching the exhaust clamps and detailing the mufflers. Have taken pics, but i`ll post them when the exhaust is finished :)

Time for some pictures right?
First of all a pic of the Boss with her cool magwheels and primer.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/Amazon-mannen/mockupBoss.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/Amazon-mannen/grille.jpg
And here`s the grille. note that bulbs have been added ( made of clear styrene scrap ) Mustang-logo not yet detailed

And so time for slappin`on some color. I wanted Grabber blue, but i think this old "friend" , Tamiya TS 44 Brilliant Blue also works! But on the path to the perfect paint, something went slightly wrong :(
There are swirlpatterns in the plastic wich look like they`ve "etched" the plastic. Sanded and primered, painted color, sanded the color slightly with 3600 polishcloth, and a few layers of blue. Still swirlmarks :banghead:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/Amazon-mannen/031f6690.jpg
Will wait a few days, the start with polishcloths again, and see if it gets any better :uhoh: Maybe i´ll clearcoat it with Tamiya clear.

Ok, as a last treat, a during construction-pic. The molded-in brakeservo looks more like a horseshoe, so i had to whack it away and put 1,5mm styrene in its place. A servo from another kit will take it`s place.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/Amazon-mannen/bromsservo.jpg

Looking good! Those are cool mags. And good detail with the bulbs!

Mini-update: Polished the drivers door ( swirlmark in it) with 6000 and then 8000 polishcloths around midnight yesterday/today, and the swirl is gone.. Don´t know why it appeared in the first place, but i don´t miss it :) !

Ohhh a brother for my Car. I hava Boss in the Pro Touring Style. Great car man!

glad to see that you can get a second chance at this one, hope all goes well :)