67 Shelby GT350... thought it would be quick

[Kmb0319]

Stepping away from the 67 Camaros, I have a few other projects brewing.  I realized my collection is heavily lacking Ford products, so I needed to add a Mustang to the mix.  My favorite Mustangs are the 67-68 models, and my research told me the AMT 67s were the best kits.  Hobby Lobby had the 67 Shelby, so I grabbed it up.  Looking over the parts, it IS a very nicely detailed kit and fits together wonderfully.

I debated colors, and decided on midnight blue with white stripes.  Using a Duplicolor paint, my finish went on nicely... the kit decals, not so much.  They fractured in a couple places, were very hard to move into place once I laid them down, and didn't conform well at all over the rear spoiler/trunk section.  I wasn't happy with the result, but pressed on.  Then, since these stripes are so prominent, covering a large section of the body, I wanted to clearcoat them into the finish to look more realistic.  After letting them sit over 10 days, I shot the clear, and they shriveled in places.  So, I had to throw the body into brake fluid and start all over.  I reshot the finish, and used the silver stripes, but decided not to use the stripes over the top again.  Looking at research photos, I like that look anyway.  Wired the engine, used some seatbelt material to at least make the belts hanging from the roll bar inside.  Mixed black paints with the bare black plastic throughout the interior to try and capture the 1:1's look.  The wheels in this kit also bothered me... I detailed a couple, and I've seen other builds of this that look great with the kit wheels, but they didn't have a deep enough offset to look real to me, and it kept bothering me.  So, I found a nice resin set of the Shelby 10-spokes on ebay and detailed them.  They were a little too big to fit into the kit Firestones, and the groove in the sidewall doesn't look right to me, so I used a Revell tire.   One other detail that I tried to replicate somewhat was this:

I've never seen this on any other car of the era, but my research showed this repeatedly on Shelby Mustangs.... what are those tires with just Goodyear in white lettering?  Was this a Shelby exclusive thing?  I really didn't see Polyglas GTs showing up regularly until 1969... but I hadn't seen a white letter tire with only the Goodyear name before looking at Shelbys for this build.  I replicated it as best I could... poorly.  I had some 70s Goodyear decals from a Nascar build... they're too big, but oh well.  Anyway, here is the build...  hope you like it.

 

[Snake45]

Quite nice indeed! I like your color choice. Good lookin' out on the headsup on the decals. Will keep that in mind.

[Intmd8r]

That turned out rather nice.  The color suits the car well

[RestoModGuy]

Very nice build!

[GTJUNIOR]

Beautiful! 

[Hubert Rollins]

Very nice

[Maindrian Pace]

Superb.

[Harry P.]

Kinda hard to tell, because all the photos are so blurry... but from what I can see, it looks pretty good to me (except those way too big "Goodyear" logos on the tires). I'd suggest you take them off. The model would look better without them.

[Helix]

Very nice build Kevin 

[slusher]

A real beauty. I also think the Goodyear tire logos are a little out of scale..I mean that nicely..

Edited April 14, 2016 by slusher

[ChrisR]

Great build!

[espo]

Beautiful build, the dark blue really shows the body lines. The Good Year decals, since everyone else has commented. It looks like when Good Year stenciled their name with spray paint on their racing tires. So maybe this car is headed to a SCCA event or something. That would be in character for such a car.

[CFMgarage]

I love it. I think the goodyear logos are fine, as long as the owner has those radials on there for a track weekend - which is my kinda weekend!

[bogger44]

Sharp pony.  Those resin wheels look really good, too.

[Kmb0319]

Thanks, everyone.  SO, most of the feedback was that the Goodyear decals were out of scale.... and I have to say I agree.  I still don't know about those tires... never seen them on anything but Shelby Mustangs, so I wanted to try to replicate, but those NASCAR decals were too big.

Got out the hobby knife....  BETTER????  (I think so)

 

[Kmb0319]

Sharp pony.  Those resin wheels look really good, too.

Those Shelby wheels are awesome... and I think they were $5.99 on ebay.  They are slim, so they'll fit any tire and wheelback, and come in white resin.  Sprayed them with Duplicolor chrome, then used a toothpick to fill in all the centers, which were so crisply molded, it was easy. If you're building anything that would need them, I highly recommend them. 

[Harry P.]

Thanks, everyone.  SO, most of the feedback was that the Goodyear decals were out of scale.... and I have to say I agree.  I still don't know about those tires... never seen them on anything but Shelby Mustangs, so I wanted to try to replicate, but those NASCAR decals were too big.

Got out the hobby knife....  BETTER????  (I think so)

 

Yessir. Way better!

[Rider]

Great looking build, that paint is fantastic. The wheels are awesome, and yup the tire's look much better. 

[Kenny B]

Looks a lot better. Nicely done.

[Metallic]

Nice Mustang!

[tbill]

beautiful build!