1980 I was hired to help a new car dealership, run down by the owner's miscreant son. I had spent a year bailing out similarly stricken dealership. No bodyshop manager, so I hired one from a Father Son Ford Dealership after a nasty family fight. He showed up in a low milage Shelby GT500. I traded him EVEN for my Bug Eye Sprite on a Friday. Monday the cops and his dad showed up and got the GT500. I owned it for a weekend! Nice build - thanks, Chris.
True dat. Shelsaw the looming restrictions on the automotive field in the late '60s, turned production of the cars back to Ford, and retired to Africa for a decade.
I must say this box art is the nicest I've seen from Revell in a while. And this blue and yellow color scheme really suits it. The custom model on the box is also tastefully done, so I just might have to buy two.
Wonder why made Revell decide to put this as the '70 500, when it's the '69 500. Well, acurately, all '70s were unsold '69 that were rebadged into 1970. Now, nothing wrong with that. I'm just wondering what made them decide to do that. It's the same kit that was issued a couple of time, I have the 2000-2010 ish release with the custom 20 or so inches wheels, that sadly aren't part of this re-issue. Still I dunno if the custom rims were part of the car (my kit is still in my stash, unopened) but they seem cool. Decals seems cool as well. Nice build as always, Chris.
Man that is one sharp looking ‘70 Mustang Shelby Chris! Love that blue with the striping! That white interior with blue dash looks excellent. By the way, I run into that problem from time to time when I am about to lay down a coat of paint and the nozzle clogs up!
Another great build! Tamiya French Blue TS-10 would also work here. I just finished my '71 Demon 340 and used French Blue- it's a half shade lighter than TS-44.
Another superb review and build, Chris! I too have had problems with the nozzles on Rust-Oleum 2X paints clogging up. It seems to clog in the valve stem protruding from the can rather than the nozzle cap itself. On another note, I found that Rust-Oleum 2X Deep Blue is a dead ringer for OEM Ford Blue. Hope this helps! Rock on Brother!
Woo...hoo! Been waiting for this 1 to be reissued! As per usual, no headers... would have been a GR8 update. Other than that, I can't wait to get a few. Many thanx Chris 👍👍
Why in the heck has Revell or any kit maker not re released the mad Max car/ interceptor. Smh. It's the one kit I need in my collection without paying $300
