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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 10, 2016 20:22:18 GMT -7
When I was a kid I was drawn to the Revell Street Demons line-up and ended up buying them all. I only built three of them back then and this was one of them. It's funny how when the hobby follows us into adulthood we see how much we either overlooked or just how bad the kits were back then. But hey, we were having fun back then right? lol . I took this project on in January of this year and although this kit does suck, I've had a great amount of fun with it and learning opportunities left and right over the course of the last 8-1/2 months. Although I was drawn to this car as a kid (and still am), as an adult I didn't care for the gasser stance for a "street" car and wanted something a little more jazzed up and to have some fun with it. Sooooooo, I created a dropped down party mobile. I mean .............with all that room in the back the possibilities were endless. I started out with my eyes being a lot bigger than 1.) my ability and 2.) what there was room for back there. Over the course of the build while my vision/ goal was always the same, I had to modify the ideas somewhat and my abilities got a tune up but I'm very happy with the end result.
I won't go over every detail of the build but I will say that there were 7 different kits and a lot of aftermarket involved in its making. What really blew me away was the fact that there weren't any headlight bezels/ buckets (and there still aren't to this day with the latest release of this kit!!!  ) and the hood hinge cut outs at the back of the engine compartment just make you want to slap the original kit engineers.
The kit:
Glamour shots:
and a look at what's inside:
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Post by 406 Silverado on Nov 10, 2016 21:57:34 GMT -7
I love this build! Thanks for sharing it here!
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Post by DeeCee on Nov 11, 2016 0:07:52 GMT -7
The amount of work that went into this build is just  Over all, a very IMPRESSIVE build mate.. |
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Post by stitchdup on Nov 11, 2016 3:28:55 GMT -7
All your custom work looks great, and none of it looks out of place, and to paint it black just put it over the top
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 11, 2016 4:55:07 GMT -7
Thanks fellas. I learned a lot from my 56 Ford F-100 build which I think I did go over the top on(in the pocket book as well as details) and applied that experience to this build. Just the right amount of detailing in the right places without spending a ton of money.
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Post by jmccann630 on Nov 11, 2016 6:37:36 GMT -7
Very nice build mustang. Lots of great detail also!
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 11, 2016 6:45:56 GMT -7
Thanks John. I really enjoyed the plan out of this one. It almost seemed like everything just clicked into place.
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Post by poet on Nov 11, 2016 16:55:41 GMT -7
Lots of great detail on this build. Sweet!
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 11, 2016 18:11:45 GMT -7
Thanks Dennis!
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Post by Big D on Nov 13, 2016 10:42:14 GMT -7
This is one cool build! Gorgeous paint job and I love the flames. Beautiful engine work. I went and found one of those TV's on ebay and put it in my watch list. Great detail work.
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 13, 2016 10:56:32 GMT -7
Thanks Dennis. Now you're going to have to build something with that TV. Muhuhuhahahahahaha
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Post by vcv8273 on Nov 14, 2016 8:00:03 GMT -7
Wicked build Joe all the mods and scratch building are spot on and would swear a couple of the pics you would think your looking at the real deal. Cheers Steve
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 14, 2016 10:11:21 GMT -7
Thanks Steve. I pretty much already had in mind what I wanted to do with the build even before I opened the box. The next Street Demons kit up for a build will be the 41 Willy's. I'm really looking forward to that one. I should be able to start it within a year I'd think.
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Post by 70cudatj on Nov 16, 2016 0:53:31 GMT -7
Whoa, that is serious!!! So much work on this beast, well done two-thumbs-up-smiley-emoticon
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 16, 2016 7:13:11 GMT -7
Thanks Tim. I had very few regrets with this build and had a ton of fun with it.
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