WIP: the one that got away". The story of a `70 Mustang 429 Boss

[Amazon]

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 .."

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
Well, my mother found out,threw the halfbuilt kit 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

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.


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


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?


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!!

[tigeraid]

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

[99civichic]

*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!!

[soul-theef]

the wood grain is awsome.

[Honoturtle]

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

[Amazon]

Originally Posted by Honoturtle

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

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

[robrex]

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

[tigeraid]

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?

[Wheelin75r]

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

[Amazon]

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

[Amazon]

Time for some pictures right?
First of all a pic of the Boss with her cool magwheels and primer.



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

Will wait a few days, the start with polishcloths again, and see if it gets any better 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.

[willimo]

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

[Amazon]

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 !

[eph2]

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

[ATMDC]

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