Progress Mustang Cobra R

[Honoturtle]

Can someone help me with the hood??????? I need more reference pics of the hood to make it as accurate as possible.

Here's a car I've been workin on


STUPID RED PUTTY!! Gatta put some stylene under the exhaust outlet area.

Front with fog lamps drilled out!


Comments and pics are appreciated!!

[S Brake]

[tazdev]

not really a fan of frauds (sorry Fords) but that Stang that Snowie posted is sweet

[kicker1_solo]

your right arm on your spoiler looks crooked compared to the other one.


very nice though, and the red stang burning them off is very hot.

[Honoturtle]

Originally posted by kicker1_solo
your right arm on your spoiler looks crooked compared to the other one.

Actually the whole spoiler is pretty inaccurate according to some of my reference pics at the moment. If you look at the spoiler from the first pic, the stilts ate like slanted like this, \_\ when they should be more like this, |_\. So I plan to replace the stilts or correct these.

[Honoturtle]

Thanlks for the comments
here are the wheels I'm using

I tore the rear spoiler off. ganna try to make it more accurate, by the way thanks for the pics snowboarder. Got any close ups of the hood?

[XR6 Martin]

The hood looks alot like the ones on the 95 Cobra R (without the round bulge ontop), which Tamiya made in 1/24 scale a while back.

I just dry fitted the 95 R hood from Tamiya on a 99 Cobra from Revell and it will fit, but would take a bit of work as its too wide and long.

The relevant Sprue is 'E' part no 0002796 (kit 156) if you want to try and order it from Tamiya, if they still have any.

[Honoturtle]

Originally posted by XR6 Martin
The hood looks alot like the ones on the 95 Cobra R (without the round bulge ontop), which Tamiya made in 1/24 scale a while back.

I just dry fitted the 95 R hood from Tamiya on a 99 Cobra from Revell and it will fit, but would take a bit of work as its too wide and long.

The relevant Sprue is 'E' part no 0002796 (kit 156) if you want to try and order it from Tamiya, if they still have any.

You can order them off HobbyLinkJapan right? I'll see what I can do. Thanks by the way.

EDIT: Does anyone have pics of the Saleen hood??

[Ranger_X]

[JE123]

That is gonna look amazing when you are through. I can't wait to see it finished.

[clatescivicr]

Hey Nice mustang, I'm also doing the same one for my Girlfriend as a suprise. She has always wanted one but since I will never buy one and she won't have one for awhile. I'm working on the engine right now but I'll post pics of mine when I get some...


(I have a digi cam but just too lazy to take a pic of the partially put together engine)

[Honoturtle]

Thanxs for the comments guys and for the pics Ranger_X.
clatescivictyper, cool, I'm deciding what to do with my engine at the moment, I'm either going to drop an engine from a Mach 3, Super Sallion, or just modify the current engine. I started this car quite a while back but never gone around to finish it, and now after being filled up from ths form, I'm trying to make this car as accurate as I can. I got started on my f. bumper today, and deciding how I should create it, and I plan to use stylene sheets!!! hehe
Any other suggestions for the hood? Comments and pictures are always appreciated!

[clatescivicr]

I'm just leaving mine stock, and just putting it together and then painting it. My girlfriend would never notice the difference...

[Ranger_X]

Originally posted by clatescivicr
She has always wanted one but since I will never buy one and she won't have one for awhile.

A little hard, since they only made 300 of them. You can easily make a replica though. Due to the popular look, lots of companies make replica wheels hoods, spoilers and airdams

The spoiler does go like | \ as in this pic:


The engine may be a little hard to do, as you won't have the decals. Here's what the cobra R 5.4 looks like:


To make the engine, I suggest starting with the regular 4.6 engine, as it will only require some work to the intake. The Cobra R uses a 5.4 and so does the super stallion, but the super stallion looks a lot different due to the piping and the fact that there's a roots supercharger and intercooler. The fact that the R uses a 5.4 and the GT uses a 4.6 isn't a big deal in modeling. Its not like your gonna take a model engine apart and measure the bore/stroke.

here's what the super stallion engine looks like:



Oh, and as well for the 00 Cobra R: Its interior was stripped. No back seats, no stereo, a/c, and black recaro racing buckets.


Ride height is also 1.5" lower than stock. Are you using the 99 cobra kit? The 00 R came with bigger front rotors as well. The 99 cobra has an IRS, so that saves a ton of work

[clatescivicr]

I just ment a normal mustang she wouldn't even know what to do with all of the power from the R. She even mention getting a V6 auto.... but i told her no V6 auto.. I'll teach her how to drive manual