Matchbox/amt 1973 Mustang Mach 1 fictitious racer

[1959scudetto]

Back in 1985, I bought amt's Mach 1 and turned it into some kind of low-level racer using decals from different kits.

It was a real "quickie-project" - I don't think it took more than 10 or 12 hrs. - the interior and bottom got a silver spray paint using car rim silver (directly on the bare plastic - which works great), the yellow moulded body and wheels were simply clear-coated - that was it!

Pic of kit found on the internet:

[vamach1]

Very cool.  I think that kit even came with the rear window braces.  MPC was just a few years behind the T/A series popularity and by the time thy attempted to make a race car the series was no longer supported by the big three like in 67-70.  Warren Tope ran a 73 body Mustang and Steve Andrews ran in at least one race at Daytona in a Mustang sportsroof.  Even Dale Earnhardt ran a highly modified 71 Mustang in dirt track races.

You may want to paint the front and rear spoilers semi-gloss or flat black but otherwise I’d leave it the way it is.

[1959scudetto]

13 hours ago, vamach1 said:

Very cool.  I think that kit even came with the rear window braces.  MPC was just a few years behind the T/A series popularity and by the time thy attempted to make a race car the series was no longer supported by the big three like in 67-70.  Warren Tope ran a 73 body Mustang and Steve Andrews ran in at least one race at Daytona in a Mustang sportsroof.  Even Dale Earnhardt ran a highly modified 71 Mustang in dirt track races.

You may want to paint the front and rear spoilers semi-gloss or flat black but otherwise I’d leave it the way it is.

Thank you, Rex - it should indeed represent something like a T/A racer, even one class below.

I wanted to keep it in a monochrome paint scheme then and sold it off with more than 70 other builts in the last couple of months..

[David G.]

Nicely done!

David G.

[thatz4u]

Nice, well done..

[1959scudetto]

7 hours ago, David G. said:

Nicely done!

David G.

Thanks, David!

 

4 hours ago, thatz4u said:

Nice, well done..

Thanks, Al !

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[vamach1]

Not as fictitious as you thought.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[1959scudetto]

10 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Very nice!

thanks, Larry!

 

7 hours ago, vamach1 said:

Not as fictitious as you thought.

Thank you for the pics, Rex - I wanted to say that my livery (starting number, sponsors etc. are totally fictitious - "similarities with actual race cars are coincidental"...)

 

18 minutes ago, ChrisR said:

Looks great!

Thank you , Chris!

[TonyK]

Wow, that turned out pretty good with a limited amount of work. Always like it when someone takes a kit and does something different with it especially when it's a race car. Shows off their skill and imagination. Thanks for sharing.

[slusher]

Looks Fantastic!

[1959scudetto]

On 4/25/2021 at 2:58 PM, TonyK said:

Wow, that turned out pretty good with a limited amount of work. Always like it when someone takes a kit and does something different with it especially when it's a race car. Shows off their skill and imagination. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, Tony - it was a quick build for in-between - sometimes you need something that doesn't take long.

 

On 4/25/2021 at 4:36 PM, slusher said:

Looks Fantastic!

Thanks, Carl !

[Bainford]

I like it! Nicely done. The build has a great old school type look to it. This kit often gets slagged in the forums, and I can see why, but it has been one of my favourites since I was a kid. I built two back in the day, both the Macho Mustang release, and they were two of the coolest looking models on my shelf.

[1959scudetto]

On 4/29/2021 at 5:05 PM, Bainford said:

I like it! Nicely done. The build has a great old school type look to it. This kit often gets slagged in the forums, and I can see why, but it has been one of my favourites since I was a kid. I built two back in the day, both the Macho Mustang release, and they were two of the coolest looking models on my shelf.

Thanks, Trevor - most of my built-ups are "old school" - no airbrush, trim in most cases silver paint, no expensive aftermarket parts...