Dirk's 1/25 7 Eleven Mustang GTO

[Dirkpitt289]

For my next build I'm going to build the 7/ Eleven Mustang GTO

History

The Brilliant red, white and blue 7/Eleven mustang is one of the hottest machines that ever ran in road racing. Piloted by Bruce Jenner. this sleek pony was a challenger for the checkered flag every time it appeared in competition. Teamed with Scott Pruett, Jenner scored his first victory by winning the 1986 GTO class at the Coca-cola 12 hours of Sebring. He won the Norelco drivers cup for outstanding performance at the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix in California and teamed with Pruett at Elkhart Lake Road America to win the GTO class. Man this is one "winning machine!"

The powerful 7/Eleven Ford Mustang built and campaigned by Rousch Racing is constructed on a tubular chassis that was designed for strength and light weight. The IMS regulations required the use of the production windshield and the steel roof panel but the balance of the bodywork is a special structure of fiberglass with honeycomb reinforcement. All of these panels can be removed easily to provide accessibility for maintenance or to replace panels damaged in the heat of competition. The fenders were specially contoured to handle the wide Goodyear racing tires.

the 7/Eleven Mustang weighed 2,600 pounds as specified by the class regulations and it was powered by a competition prepared Ford SVO V8 motor equipped with aluminum heads and coupled to a 5 speed transmission. This potent power-plant was prepared by Roush Racing and produced an excess of 600HP. On high-speed tracks like the high-banked Daytona international Speedway the 7/eleven Mustang could exceed 200 miles per hour.

The Kit

I got this rather cheap off EvilBay. It was already started but I didn't think it was anything I couldn't undo if I needed to.

Assembly should commence soon.

[GTMust]

This is going to be an interesting build. I started this kit when it first came out, but somehow it got put on the back burner when I thought about masking up the body for the dark blue. I got sidetracked into something else and never did finish it. Now I'll have to dig out the box and see how much I actually completed.

So I'm going to be following along with your build in hopes of getting inspiration to finish mine!

Tony

[Dave Van]

Looking forward to seeing this built. I built a few....many converted to other cars. I still want to build this one too.

I used that kit to bash this version of Roush's IMSA Cougar.

OLD digital pic.

Keep us posted on the Mustang!!!

[Dirkpitt289]

This is going to be an interesting build. I started this kit when it first came out, but somehow it got put on the back burner when I thought about masking up the body for the dark blue. I got sidetracked into something else and never did finish it. Now I'll have to dig out the box and see how much I actually completed.

So I'm going to be following along with your build in hopes of getting inspiration to finish mine!

Tony

I had this kit about 10 years or so ago and remember starting it. For the life of me I can't remember what ever happened to it. Those were the dark days of marriage.

Dig it out and join me for a side by side build. The same thing happened with my 68 Cobra Jet on another site. I find building like that is helpful.

Edited December 31, 2011 by Dirkpitt289

[Dirkpitt289]

@ Dave, Why don't you dig you'res out too?

I want to do the Folgers car also but I haven't found one for a decent enough price yet.

[GTMust]

I would Dirk...... but I've got about ten others on the go plus two dioramas at the moment, and I made a (pre) New Year reso to get something finished! I daren't start another one.......

But I'll be following yours.

Tony

[Dave Van]

Dirk.....never finished a Mustang yet!! Used the kit a number of times to build other cars!

Revell Mustang converted into a Roush Merkur

Also....beware of the Folgers kit. The first run had BAD decals. They had two issues. No white undercoat so they just fadded away on the deep red.....and that was if you got them on to the car as they had a clear on them that was very brittle.

[Dirkpitt289]

What a better way to start the 7/ Eleven Mustang build then with a hot cup of 7/ Eleven coffee? Mmmm now I'm ready to maul some plastic.

The 600+HP Rouche motor. The directions called out for the motor to be painted silver. To be honest I couldn't find anything that proved or disproved that and since I like the Ford Blue better I went with that instead. I just like it better :102:

Distributor set

The painting and assembly of the frame work also started. here you can see the battery box in place and the oil tank drying

Radiator and cover

Edited January 2, 2012 by Dirkpitt289

[Dirkpitt289]

Instrument panel

I'll use this for the lenses on the guages

Once it drys it's look like there is glass over the gauges

Thanks for looking

[Speedster]

Another great start.

Can't wait to see more, I have a couple of these kits in the stash.

[turn1wonder]

This article might be of interest for your build, I actually used it for reference when I found I had sold 1 of my kits but included 2 sets of instructions, d'oh!

http://www.r-jweb.com/ipms/Gallery/Mustang/EF-Must-1.htm

Bob

[Dirkpitt289]

@ Bob, thanks for that link. Good stuff there

Here's the finished instrument panel

Front suspension installed

Painting and building the cage

I seriously thought about pluming the fire estinguisher (Red Bottle) but photos of these cars have been hard for me to find let alone photos on the interior. I'd have no idea where to run the tubing to.

The top of the body also got a shot of white

Thanks for taking the time to look at my work

Edited January 10, 2012 by Dirkpitt289

[Beerman86GT]

Looks great! I'm going to have to catch up! I'm doing the Pruett Motorcraft car right now.

[bigphoto]

Looks great so far! obviously you have engine done but i have some reference pics I will dig out for others wanting to build.

Keep us posted!!

[Dirkpitt289]

I would love to see the photos if you have them. Please feel free to post them here

[Dominik]

oha...i remember my childhood, when i bought the first issue of this kit. It looks terrible when i built it and, long time ago, i sold it.

Big mistake, i think now. If i had the knowledge that time, i kept an eye of him and restored it. But this happened...

So, i take a look over your shoulder and what i see till this point - great! It will come out very pretty i think. Go on! I am watching and thanks for memorys

[Dirkpitt289]

Front of the interior wall

Rear of the interior wall

Motor installed

Installed the shelf that covers the passenger compartment

Edited January 11, 2012 by Dirkpitt289

[Dirkpitt289]

I finished more of the interior

Firewall in place

Thanks for looking

[Abell82]

Very Nice!

[Dirkpitt289]

thanks Jason

Not much to show today. Last night I gave the body a second cote of white paint ( I HATE WHITE PAINT). I spent the rest of the evening painting and assembling all kinds of bits and bobs and hoses. Lots of tedious stuff. Hopefully by the time I'm done with all that the body will be ready to be handled. I hate working with white paint!

[Dirkpitt289]

Built the wheels and mocked them up on the chassis. I'll need to sand them down a bit to get rid of the seam line and make them look like they've been driven on.

I think all of the rear plumbing is completed except for the fuel tank filler. When I dry fitted the body and the rear hatch it didn't match up correctly so I removed it for now. I hope I don't lose the darn thing.

I drilled out the exhaust pipes

I then made the harness for the drivers seat using some tamiya tape. I don't have a clue what they looked like for this particular car and none of the kits I found on line made any seat belts so I'm free balling it. So all you rivet counters go easy.

Thanks for looking.

[3men2s]

is looking good, take your time because the details is what will make this car pop.

Edited January 12, 2012 by 3men2s

[Dirkpitt289]

Well after over two years sitting on the shelf I decided to blow off the dust and try and finish this bad a*$ pony. I stalled on this build when it came time to mask off the car for the second color. For whatever reason I couldn't get the masking correct which caused me to loose interest. The other week I was sitting in a Google + Hangout and picked it up and started masking. I found the masking to be a bit challenging due to the contour of the body.

Here is the second color that will be going on. Model Masters Dark Blue

Next it was time for the decals. After doing some SciFi builds I felt I was ready to handle these decals but I was wrong. When I placed the decals in the water and went to remove them from the backing a collection of glue SNOT collected and was visible through the decals. They also curled like crazy. What I ended up doing was setting up my Micro Sol brush and dragging the decals across it to remove the snot. Then I applied the decals to the car. Not an easy task for a two armed person.

The contours of the body also proved to be a bit challenging as they were with the masking.

So far only one casualty. I did my best to fix it with some paint.

This one should be finished soon.

Thanks for looking

[Dirkpitt289]

The Mustang is now up on all 4 wheels

Thanks for looking

[freakshow12]

Have not seen this kit in a while! Looks good. And btw it's roush