Thank you! I almost went with a color closer to the Poppy Red but this color was sitting on the shelf just staring me in the eye. So, I went with it. Although it isn't a Poppy Red I think that it looks good in this color.
It is a rare kit indeed. I'm pretty certain that plenty of people have built this back in the day but to find one today is difficult. This was the first time using Colorshot brand of paint and clear coat. I am impressed with the outcome but sadly discovered that the clear is only good over Colorshot or Krylon type of paints. It cannot be used over craft paints or over bare plastic. I have destroyed a complete body and one paint job trying those methods.
Beautiful build!...I had an argument in high school shop class that Mustangs actually started production in 1964. I knew it was a mid-year production car, and I wish I had you with me then.
Thank You! Well, I don't know how long ago you were in high school, but it is fairly common knowledge that the first Mustang rolled off of the assembly line on March 9, 1964. Making it basically to late to be called a 1964 and to early to make it a 1965. They did have an official 1965 model which had only a slight variation from the 1964 1/2 model year. Well, at least now you know that you were correct and they were not. Thanks for watching!
The 64 1/2 and 65 have always been my favorite cars. My dad bought my 1st real car when I was 14 and it took us 2 years to rebuild it, so this is my favorite models to put together. I have done several over the years and now my kids are grown and I enjoy this hobby. This one is so nice. You got the dash perfect and the console looks excellent. A super good looking build. Thanks for posting this one. I just saw it today.
Sounds like you and your father had a great time sharing the rebuild of that car. I am glad that this build brought back some good memories for you! Thank you for the kind words and Thanks for watching!
Thank you! I really loved how this turned out. I wasn't so sure at the beginning of the build but after I got that paint down... Well, you can see why. Thanks for watching!
Thank You! I looked at that for a good couple of hours trying to decide how to approach it. Solid black would have been to dark and although a matching red would have worked I decided to go with the white interior. I liked the contrast between the colors. Thanks for watching!
@@fredericksmith4038 It is a great kit to put together. I just wish that I had bought more than one of them when they were available. I like how well these older kits go together. The kits that are being produced today are so full of warp and flash/mold lines that it takes an extra hour or two just to get them ready for paint and assembly. I am glad that I have kits that date back to the late 80's to early 90's to build. They are a nice break from warp and twist of the newer kits.
@@scaleautoguysworkbench best part of that little old 66 mustang is I had inherited that car who my dad gave to my mom in 2000 when he passed away and then my mother gave it to me when she passed away in 2013 time a normal usage took its toll on it but it wasn't a rust bucket so I drive it time to time and fix it as I go along
@@jeffreyn.greene6233 You should give their gloss clear over it. It has a really nice shine to it. Although, I don't recommend that clear over anything except an enamel paint. I've used it as a top coat over Krylon Red Pepper and this Speeding Ticket with outstanding results but I've gotten burned twice with it. Once over craft paint and once over bare plastic and now I'm falling behind on content for the channel. Got to get to work!!
This project came out great. I have never seen this kit available anywhere. I would love to get my hands on a few cause they have the "top up" option not to mention nice detail. I wish all convertible kits would offer the top up part.
Thank You! I've had this kit sitting on a shelf for a few years. As I may have mentioned in the video (I don't exactly recall if I did, or not) this is a 2012 edition of this kit. There is one just like it currently listed on Ebay listed at $18.95 plus shipping. Here's the link to it; www.ebay.com/itm/175645158356?hash=item28e5446bd4:g:9xAAAOSwt6tj-Cau&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA0G7jiaDKco389ujGsngxHuIy6QfWeIyFaB7%2FyQeYB1p1LHUZDx9KQZd9tm83K6qdWhY8ad7wiefFFSYpz56kPR1OyW9qxnidjAUUiKJ3EjlJIvneoRpTOPe%2FLPlzg08kNpfyDlyY4%2BbCUkE5vf%2ByhMgElvg1E23axOFEgU5rzOaeapuurLbECFs0D28WUVixvYdhGn5isIu8GvQH5%2B3KemRZaY5rEEFTkqXHiAckk%2BDP1VZzIohCjJyH%2FAdBDRlTavxDdZ%2BtX3v1F2ytta0WuyM%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-yKg9XdYQ There are a few Revell editions also available there as well. Good luck on your hunt for one.
@@scaleautoguysworkbench long as it has the top up option there is a hobby shop the next town over and they have buy collections. May get lucky with that.
I'm currently building this model and am going for a skylight blue exterior with a white interior and top. Redoing some of the chrome to fit with the look I'm going for. Side note: I think model kit companies need to put better colors on the built models on the box. When I first started, I didn’t know what model to buy and went based on what the model looked like on the box. The brown/green color that's on this box is my least favorite color, at least compared to other stock colors. Repelled my eyes at first until I got it in my head I can make it look however I wanted. Just seems weird they wouldn't put their best foot forward on the box. Granted, some people might like that color, so there's that.
This car would look great in a light blue! There are so many things that you can do when you're building a kit as far as colors go. Sometimes, I will look for color charts online to see what colors were available for that particular vehicle, just to see if there is anything close to what I would like to do and then go from there. There's nothing saying that you absolutely have to paint it this color or that. The same applies to the interior colors. A lot of times the box art is just an artists rendering of the vehicle and others come from an actual build that was done of the vehicle. Again, the colors that are represented are based on the builder, or artist's interpretation of that vehicle. Generally speaking, I don't always look at the box art colors as a strict rule on what color the build will be. I treat it like it's a nice reference point to go off of and that's it. Most times when I am preparing to build a kit, and this may sound weird, but I let the kit kind of tell me what color it wants to be. I just get this vibe and go with it. I realize that it is an inanimate object and couldn't ever possibly tell me anything, but somehow I just get a picture of it in my head and that's how it turns out. Thanks for the great comment and for watching my video!
I have seven different paint brushes that I use. I switch between them based upon what I'm trying to accomplish. A couple of the brushes I've had for a number of years and don't remember the brand name. The remaining brushes (with the green handles) were purchased at Hobby Lobby 5 or 6 years ago. They were in a small bag of something like 6 or 8 brushes. Again, I don't recal the brand name and no brand name is printed on the handles. I don't buy cheap brushes nor do I buy the most expensive. I do, however, always buy horsehair brushes. The paint flows off the brush much better than a nylon bristled brush. The horsehair brushes also reduce the amount of brush marks. I hope this answers your question. Thanks for the great question and for watching my video!
@@toddmeader2362 Even with Horsehair brushes you will still get some brush marks but not as many as you would with a nylon bristled brush. I agree that brush marks are quite terrible looking but if you're using any paint brush you're bound to get the marks from them. With a little patience and some technique you can almost eliminate them. Good Luck!
The primer is Touch 'N Tone gray primer. The topcoat is Colorshot Speeding Ticket as listed in the video. All other paint colors are Folk Art acrylic craft paint or Testors enamel paint.
@@evilfather First of all, I am not an expert on the plethora of glues available, so on this question I'll have to say that I'm somewhat biased. I use Testors red tube glue and Mod Podge craft glue. I have also used CA or "super glue" from time to time. I'm not saying that you have to use any of these as there are at least a dozen or so different types available that can be used to build a kit. So, i would recommend trying a few different types of glue and see which one that you like working with the most. Each have their own properties and each work faster or slower depending on the type. This question is kind of funny because if you were to ask it in an open forum such as a Facebook group you would receive about 30 different answers of the best glue to use and a lot of guys hate the tube glue for some reason or another. Good Luck!
Nice build , my Favorite Mustang color is Poppy Red
Thank you! I almost went with a color closer to the Poppy Red but this color was sitting on the shelf just staring me in the eye. So, I went with it. Although it isn't a Poppy Red I think that it looks good in this color.
I never knew this kit existed. That color shot turned out really nice! I’ve used that brand on a truck build and I was satisfied with it.
It is a rare kit indeed. I'm pretty certain that plenty of people have built this back in the day but to find one today is difficult. This was the first time using Colorshot brand of paint and clear coat. I am impressed with the outcome but sadly discovered that the clear is only good over Colorshot or Krylon type of paints. It cannot be used over craft paints or over bare plastic. I have destroyed a complete body and one paint job trying those methods.
Beautiful build!...I had an argument in high school shop class that Mustangs actually started production in 1964. I knew it was a mid-year production car, and I wish I had you with me then.
Thank You!
Well, I don't know how long ago you were in high school, but it is fairly common knowledge that the first Mustang rolled off of the assembly line on March 9, 1964. Making it basically to late to be called a 1964 and to early to make it a 1965. They did have an official 1965 model which had only a slight variation from the 1964 1/2 model year. Well, at least now you know that you were correct and they were not. Thanks for watching!
Very nicely done with so much passion to all the details. Congratulations.
Thank you very much!
The 64 1/2 and 65 have always been my favorite cars. My dad bought my 1st real car when I was 14 and it took us 2 years to rebuild it, so this is my favorite models to put together. I have done several over the years and now my kids are grown and I enjoy this hobby. This one is so nice. You got the dash perfect and the console looks excellent. A super good looking build. Thanks for posting this one. I just saw it today.
Sounds like you and your father had a great time sharing the rebuild of that car. I am glad that this build brought back some good memories for you! Thank you for the kind words and Thanks for watching!
Love the Mustang!!!!!!
Thanks! It's one of the best that I have done in a while.
Top notch workmanship.
Thank you! I really loved how this turned out. I wasn't so sure at the beginning of the build but after I got that paint down... Well, you can see why. Thanks for watching!
Nice!! Just needs the white walls!! :)
Thank You! I tried to add the white walls to the tires but the decals crumbled. That's why they are not there.
That turned out very nice! Really like your colors with interior and exterior works well, nice build!
Thank You! I looked at that for a good couple of hours trying to decide how to approach it. Solid black would have been to dark and although a matching red would have worked I decided to go with the white interior. I liked the contrast between the colors. Thanks for watching!
Looks fantastic 👌
Thank You!
Nice Mustang and the body paint has a nice deep shine. Happy Holidays.🎄
Thank You! This was the first time that I tried Colorshot brand of paint and clear. I have to admit I am impressed with it. Thank you for watching!
I bought 2 of this kit when it first came out, made one convert and the other the hard top when I was 15
@@fredericksmith4038 It is a great kit to put together. I just wish that I had bought more than one of them when they were available. I like how well these older kits go together. The kits that are being produced today are so full of warp and flash/mold lines that it takes an extra hour or two just to get them ready for paint and assembly. I am glad that I have kits that date back to the late 80's to early 90's to build. They are a nice break from warp and twist of the newer kits.
Remind me of my mom and dad's red mustang they had back in the '70s but theirs was a hard top and had black interior in a 6 cylinder
These were nice cars. A friend of mine had one and it was black with red interior.
@@scaleautoguysworkbench best part of that little old 66 mustang is I had inherited that car who my dad gave to my mom in 2000 when he passed away and then my mother gave it to me when she passed away in 2013 time a normal usage took its toll on it but it wasn't a rust bucket so I drive it time to time and fix it as I go along
My older brother had a 67 Mustang coupe, same color and a black interior as well.
Great video!
Thank You! I'm glad that you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the video. I love that color shot I'm painting a semi with it. Merry Christmas
@@jeffreyn.greene6233 You should give their gloss clear over it. It has a really nice shine to it. Although, I don't recommend that clear over anything except an enamel paint. I've used it as a top coat over Krylon Red Pepper and this Speeding Ticket with outstanding results but I've gotten burned twice with it. Once over craft paint and once over bare plastic and now I'm falling behind on content for the channel. Got to get to work!!
This project came out great. I have never seen this kit available anywhere. I would love to get my hands on a few cause they have the "top up" option not to mention nice detail. I wish all convertible kits would offer the top up part.
Thank You! I've had this kit sitting on a shelf for a few years. As I may have mentioned in the video (I don't exactly recall if I did, or not) this is a 2012 edition of this kit. There is one just like it currently listed on Ebay listed at $18.95 plus shipping. Here's the link to it; www.ebay.com/itm/175645158356?hash=item28e5446bd4:g:9xAAAOSwt6tj-Cau&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA0G7jiaDKco389ujGsngxHuIy6QfWeIyFaB7%2FyQeYB1p1LHUZDx9KQZd9tm83K6qdWhY8ad7wiefFFSYpz56kPR1OyW9qxnidjAUUiKJ3EjlJIvneoRpTOPe%2FLPlzg08kNpfyDlyY4%2BbCUkE5vf%2ByhMgElvg1E23axOFEgU5rzOaeapuurLbECFs0D28WUVixvYdhGn5isIu8GvQH5%2B3KemRZaY5rEEFTkqXHiAckk%2BDP1VZzIohCjJyH%2FAdBDRlTavxDdZ%2BtX3v1F2ytta0WuyM%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-yKg9XdYQ
There are a few Revell editions also available there as well. Good luck on your hunt for one.
@@scaleautoguysworkbench long as it has the top up option there is a hobby shop the next town over and they have buy collections. May get lucky with that.
This is the same kit being Ollie's has right now. Good luck.
I'm currently building this model and am going for a skylight blue exterior with a white interior and top. Redoing some of the chrome to fit with the look I'm going for.
Side note: I think model kit companies need to put better colors on the built models on the box. When I first started, I didn’t know what model to buy and went based on what the model looked like on the box. The brown/green color that's on this box is my least favorite color, at least compared to other stock colors. Repelled my eyes at first until I got it in my head I can make it look however I wanted. Just seems weird they wouldn't put their best foot forward on the box. Granted, some people might like that color, so there's that.
This car would look great in a light blue! There are so many things that you can do when you're building a kit as far as colors go. Sometimes, I will look for color charts online to see what colors were available for that particular vehicle, just to see if there is anything close to what I would like to do and then go from there. There's nothing saying that you absolutely have to paint it this color or that. The same applies to the interior colors. A lot of times the box art is just an artists rendering of the vehicle and others come from an actual build that was done of the vehicle. Again, the colors that are represented are based on the builder, or artist's interpretation of that vehicle. Generally speaking, I don't always look at the box art colors as a strict rule on what color the build will be. I treat it like it's a nice reference point to go off of and that's it.
Most times when I am preparing to build a kit, and this may sound weird, but I let the kit kind of tell me what color it wants to be. I just get this vibe and go with it. I realize that it is an inanimate object and couldn't ever possibly tell me anything, but somehow I just get a picture of it in my head and that's how it turns out. Thanks for the great comment and for watching my video!
Another great build!! Question ....you use certain brand or style of paint brushes??. Of just various choices on that build?
I have seven different paint brushes that I use. I switch between them based upon what I'm trying to accomplish. A couple of the brushes I've had for a number of years and don't remember the brand name. The remaining brushes (with the green handles) were purchased at Hobby Lobby 5 or 6 years ago. They were in a small bag of something like 6 or 8 brushes. Again, I don't recal the brand name and no brand name is printed on the handles. I don't buy cheap brushes nor do I buy the most expensive. I do, however, always buy horsehair brushes. The paint flows off the brush much better than a nylon bristled brush. The horsehair brushes also reduce the amount of brush marks. I hope this answers your question. Thanks for the great question and for watching my video!
Horse hair brushes.... helpful.....I hate brush marks.. such a disappointing look....thanks for the tip!
@@toddmeader2362 Even with Horsehair brushes you will still get some brush marks but not as many as you would with a nylon bristled brush. I agree that brush marks are quite terrible looking but if you're using any paint brush you're bound to get the marks from them. With a little patience and some technique you can almost eliminate them. Good Luck!
what primer did you use?
I generally use Touch 'N Tone Gray primer for a majority of my builds.
@@scaleautoguysworkbench This is my first model purchased in the USA. tell me what brand of paint you used to paint the body
The primer is Touch 'N Tone gray primer. The topcoat is Colorshot Speeding Ticket as listed in the video. All other paint colors are Folk Art acrylic craft paint or Testors enamel paint.
@@scaleautoguysworkbench I apologize for the stupid questions, because I'm relatively new to the USA. what is the best glue to use?
@@evilfather First of all, I am not an expert on the plethora of glues available, so on this question I'll have to say that I'm somewhat biased. I use Testors red tube glue and Mod Podge craft glue. I have also used CA or "super glue" from time to time. I'm not saying that you have to use any of these as there are at least a dozen or so different types available that can be used to build a kit. So, i would recommend trying a few different types of glue and see which one that you like working with the most. Each have their own properties and each work faster or slower depending on the type. This question is kind of funny because if you were to ask it in an open forum such as a Facebook group you would receive about 30 different answers of the best glue to use and a lot of guys hate the tube glue for some reason or another. Good Luck!