Completed: 1970 Mustang Mach I and Sportsroof

I built the new Revell '70 Mach I for Scale Auto review, and alongside it I built an older version of the same kit which can be built from the same box as the Mach I. Instead of building the Boss 302 variant I built a standard 302 Sportsroof. The kit comes w/Magnum 500's (old) and wheelcovers (new) meant for the Mach I; I mixed and matched them to build them OOB the way I wanted them. I made the whitewalls w/a gel pen and circle template, the white letter markings on the Mach I were done w/Shabo dry transfers (now sadly gone).

The roots of this kit go back to 1981 when they first issued it as a Boss 429. In the early 90's they tooled up the Boss 302 and a street machine version of this kit, and the Mach I has a new interior/engine/wheels/and trim to make a reasonably accurate Mach I. The new interior has separate side panels instead of the earlier tub (which is in my green Sportsroof). The kit is 1/24 scale, rather simple and easy to build, not a ton of detail, and the grille proportions are slightly off-it's a bit too wide vertically. Not a bad kit, but not completely up to most modern standards. Very fun build.

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Superbly clean as usual Mr Downie..... :)

DaveT

Nice! I saw them in Scale Auto Mag!

Bob,
I have to say you build disgustlingy nice models, I am always amazed at how many you get done. The green one is absolutely stunning.

Wow! You managed to build two so different looking cars starting from virtually the same kit.
Both are wonderful models!

Bob,
I have to say you build disgustlingy nice models, I am always amazed at how many you get done. The green one is absolutely stunning.

:lol:

Thanks, and it wasn't that long ago you were cranking them out and I was thinking the same thing about you :wink:

My green one I tried to match Ford's lime gold using a couple of Cobra Colors pearls, and I failed spectacularly. I didn't have time to get MCW's paint, the Testors Citrus Yellow wasn't quite right, and then I end up with this color which I do love, it's almost a candy color in the right light, a bit "Hot Wheels"...an accident with good results but I sure missed the paint match I intended by a mile :banghead:

I would have thought those were pictures from the 1970 Mustang brochure!

Awesome job, Bob.

I have to remember the gel pen trick.

Let me try to spell what I think:

c l e a n a n d f l a w l e s s b u i l d

:rofl:

very nice work,

Gérald

I love them both!!!

SOOOO nice! Love the unique green mustang!

Thanks for the comments!

My compliments two! Great builds Bob ! Both cars are fantastic!!!! :tongue: Nice finish! Mustang is my favorit car since i was a kid! I think this Kits are from Revell Monogram (USA) not from Revell Europe?? Am i right?
Regards, Tibi

Amazing work as usual Bob, love the green one but prefer the white one because of the decals!!! Clean execution too!!!:loser:

My compliments two! Great builds Bob ! Both cars are fantastic!!!! :tongue: Nice finish! Mustang is my favorit car since i was a kid! I think this Kits are from Revell Monogram (USA) not from Revell Europe?? Am i right?
Regards, Tibi

Thanks, and you are correct. This is the old Monogram kit updated (that's why it's 1/24, as all of the Monogram models from that era were). The basic kit came out in '81 as a Boss 429, later updated w/Boss 302 and street machine parts, now it includes parts for a Mach I. They've gotten a lot of mileage from this kit.

Beautiful work, as always, and great photography. Looking forward to your next work!

both builds look great ! Now you need to build a gran de

Very nice!

Both look great and up to your usual very high standard. I particularly like the green one, very seventies!

Very clean builds. I wish mine looked half as good as yours.

Great builds! I love the green one (the unusual color).
Never been a big fan of Mustangs (where I come from the cars are not well known) but it's builds like these that make me want to try one myself...