AMT 1:25 1966 Ford Mustang Hardtop
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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.
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/XnQ6GtM4.jpg)
This time it's one of these:
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71GFwGHwuLL._AC_SL1189_.jpg)
hopefully looking a little like this:
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/x2aGVR1D.jpg)
Wish me luck.![biggrin](/inc/images/biggrin.gif)
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/XnQ6GtM4.jpg)
This time it's one of these:
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71GFwGHwuLL._AC_SL1189_.jpg)
hopefully looking a little like this:
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/x2aGVR1D.jpg)
Wish me luck.
![biggrin](/inc/images/biggrin.gif)
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![biggrin](/inc/images/biggrin.gif)
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
![biggrin](/inc/images/biggrin.gif)
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.![biggrin](/inc/images/biggrin.gif)
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.
![biggrin](/inc/images/biggrin.gif)
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.![biggrin](/inc/images/biggrin.gif)
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.
![biggrin](/inc/images/biggrin.gif)
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'.
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/J5Y8vVQf.jpg)
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/HiXiwQNX.jpg)
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/X5PP3Nr7.jpg)
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