Revell 90' Mustang LX Notchback

[Musclecarbuilder]

Well I've been working on this little car for a few months now, its a tribute to a car my dad had in the 90s-00s. I shouldn't have started another build but I messed up on the 68' Shelby Gt500 and lost interest in it. (It ended up on the shelf) So I picked this kit up at a 40% off sale at hobby lobby and got to work.

 

My Dad's car:

(Sadly I don't have many pics of this model to show in the prepping stage because my phone was set on high efficiency picture mode, which this forum can't upload, so I'll just put a brief description of what I've done to the car before I show pics of what it looks like now.)

The first thing I did upon buying this kit was cut the trunk out, with the way the headlight and taillight buckets are in the kit I wanted to try LED headlights/taillights. (Which was inspired by Duddly01) I bought the lights off Evan designs and I must say they are very easy to put together. It's literally 2 different colored wires you put together with a 2032 coin battery and voila! You have lights. 

After cutting out the trunk and building the inner trunk I bought some tiny (And when I say tiny I mean TINY) magnets to hold the trunk to the body. I glued the magnets down with epoxy so they wouldn't break off later. 

Once all the bodywork, sanding, filing, cleaning up parts, etc... Was finished I painted the body with Mr. Hobby 1500 black primer. Then I wet sanded it with 2000 grit sandpaper and sprayed it with MCW Gloss Black enamel. When the enamel coat dried, I wet sanded it with 3000 grit sandpaper and shot MCW 2K on the body. I let the body sit for a week to cure then polished it with almost every polish known to man. After polishing I sprayed the window trim with Tamiya semi-gloss black. 

While I was painting the body and letting it dry, I painted numerous engine/suspension/interior parts black, aluminum, chrome, grey, blue, and all other sorts of colors. I put black flocking as carpet on the floor, used a bobby pin as a Hurst short-throw shifter, and started wiring the engine. 

I got the Cobra R wheels off ebay, same with the 3d printed turbo. 

I plan on having the car finished by August 24th, which is the Huntsville model show. Thanks for looking! 

 

The body currently:

 

 

Most of the parts I've painted that are ready for assembly:

 

 

The windows were masked and painted semi gloss black:

 

 

The Dashboard:

 

 

The trunk with its TINY magnets:

 

 

A closer look on the engine/suspension parts:

Edited July 29, 2024 by Musclecarbuilder

[John B.]

Coming along nicely - nice use of magnets on the deck lid!

[Musclecarbuilder]

3 hours ago, John B. said:

Coming along nicely - nice use of magnets on the deck lid!

Thanks!

[John B.]

It also appears that you have a turbo installation in the works - should be really cool!

[kelson]

Awesome work so far!!

[Nitro330]

Very cool to do a build of your dad's car Will.  The body looks awesome and great job on the finishes of the other parts too!

[slusher]

Great work so far!

[Musclecarbuilder]

13 hours ago, Nitro330 said:

Very cool to do a build of your dad's car Will.  The body looks awesome and great job on the finishes of the other parts too!

Thanks Terry! 

13 hours ago, slusher said:

Great work so far!

Thanks Carl!

14 hours ago, kelson said:

Awesome work so far!!

Thanks Curtis!

17 hours ago, John B. said:

It also appears that you have a turbo installation in the works - should be really cool!

Yes sir I do! My dad's car didn't have a turbo but this is my own version of the car and I definitely would have put a turbo on it. 

 

I should have another update for you guys later this evening or tomorrow. I appreciate the complements!  

[Musclecarbuilder]

A small update; I just got the engine wired up with some Pro Tech 30 gauge wire.  I used a Gofer racing Pre-wired distributor for the spark plugs. All that's left now is getting the interior and the suspension together and it'll be all downhill from there. Thanks for looking!

 

Plug wires:

 

 

 

After wiring the alternator/AC compressor:

 

 

 

Test fitting the Turbo from intake (It's not gonna stick that far out in the car I have to trim the tube connecting it down): 

 

 

 

Few more pics of the engine:

Edited July 31, 2024 by Musclecarbuilder

[mrm]

Looking good. I want to see what your engine bay ends up looking like. I still can't decide on an engine for mine. 

[Musclecarbuilder]

2 minutes ago, mrm said:

Looking good. I want to see what your engine bay ends up looking like. I still can't decide on an engine for mine. 

Right now the engine bay has been painted the same color as the car, hopefully I can wire it completely like the real one. You should put a Coyote in yours, since its a widebody. That would be so cool.

[mrm]

On 7/30/2024 at 8:36 PM, Musclecarbuilder said:

Right now the engine bay has been painted the same color as the car, hopefully I can wire it completely like the real one. You should put a Coyote in yours, since its a widebody. That would be so cool.

That was my thought too, but then I remembered that I have somewhere that Revell Super stallion Mustang, which has a cool supercharged motor in it. I still have not gotten to digging it out from the garage. I don't know if it will fit in my engine bay. Otherwise I do have a Coyote motor in my parts bin. I just wanted something as outrageous as the body kit under the hood. 

Your models seems to be coming along very nicely. Killer paint job too. 

[Musclecarbuilder]

1 hour ago, mrm said:

That was my thought too, but then I remembered that I have somewhere that Revell Super stallion Mustang, which has a cool supercharged motor in it. I still have not gotten to digging it out from the garage. I don't know if it will fit in my engine bay. Otherwise I do have a Coyote motor in my parts bin. I just wanted something as outrageous as the body kit under the hood. 

Your models seems to be coming along very nicely. Killer paint job too. 

Oh yeah that would be an awesome engine to put in that car, if it fits that is. You should supercharge the coyote (If you decided to go with that engine) that would be wayyy cool. 

Thanks for the complement! I was really nervous about the paint, it had several issues but I was able to buff them out. (Praise god) The paint on yours looks great too.

[Musclecarbuilder]

Got some more work done, mainly on the wiring/assembling stage. I did a mockup with the resin Cobra R wheels and I must say it looks pretty sharp. I'm on the downhill slope to finishing this baby so there should be one or maybe two more updates before its in under glass. 

 

Mockup:

 

 

The real car:

 

 

1/25 scale version:

 

 

 

Wiring:

 

 

 

some chassis assembly/fuel lines:

 

 

 

And more wiring:

 

 

 

Also test fitted the turbo, it barely fits!

Thanks for looking!

Edited August 13, 2024 by Musclecarbuilder

[thatz4u]

looks great thusfar

[DJMar]

Super cool build! I love the Cobra wheels.

[Musclecarbuilder]

29 minutes ago, DJMar said:

Super cool build! I love the Cobra wheels.

 

1 hour ago, thatz4u said:

looks great thusfar

Thanks!

[webestang]

Looking good like a Pony should! Great detail under that hood. 

[Musclecarbuilder]

2 minutes ago, webestang said:

Looking good like a Pony should! Great detail under that hood. 

Thanks Scott!

[slusher]

Beautiful wheels and engine and chassis look great!

[Musclecarbuilder]

1 hour ago, slusher said:

Beautiful wheels and engine and chassis look great!

Thanks Carl!

[espo]

I also think the wheels really add to the look of this Mustang. 

[Musclecarbuilder]

21 hours ago, espo said:

I also think the wheels really add to the look of this Mustang. 

Thanks David!

[Kenmojr]

One cool 1990 Stang...

[Musclecarbuilder]

27 minutes ago, Kenmojr said:

One cool 1990 Stang...

Thank you!