Dirk's Monogram 64 Mustang as Seen in the Movie GOLDFINGER

[DavidWomby]

Nice detailing here.

David

[Dirkpitt289]

Nice work with the damage to the bottom of the car.

Nigel

Thank you, Nigel

[Dirkpitt289]

Nice detailing here.

David

Thank you, David

[PaulBradley]

Good start! This should be a cool project. Diorama-worthy...

[Dirkpitt289]

Good start! This should be a cool project. Diorama-worthy...

Thanks, Paul

[ShaunW]

Off to a good start with this, Dirk, great detail work and that flock material gives a nicely realistic carpet effect.

[Dirkpitt289]

For some reason all theses Mustang kits have divots behind the passenger headlight bucket.



Detailing the tail lights with some clear red and some black paint



Detailing the front turn signal lights with clear Orange



I decided to replace the kit wheels with a set of White wall tires from AMT.





The problem is the Amt wheels are thinner then the kt supplied wheels. That means some modifications need to be made to get the rear wheel backings and the hub caps to fit properly



In order to get this to fit I cut down the back side of the hubcaps

[DavidWomby]

Good stuff here. Looking at stills from the movie, the narrower tyres / tires seem to be more accurate.

David

[Dirkpitt289]

Good stuff here. Looking at stills from the movie, the narrower tyres / tires seem to be more accurate.

David

Thanks, David. For me its not so much the size of the tire for me but the whitewall. There are people out there that can paint whitewalls on tires but I have not be able to gain that skill.

[ShaunW]

Great work going on here, Dirk and although the replacement tyres are calling for mods to be made to the kit, they do look good. Although I've never tried it, I'm not the world's finest brush painter and can't imagine I'd be able to paint whitewalls to look as good as those AMT tyres.

[montessa315]

Great work shown here, have seen the video's and a great finish, the tyres look excellent.


Alan.........

[Dirkpitt289]

Detailing the hubcaps with a wash. On the actual hubcaps the vain area is actually shaped like  a pitched roof. One side is painted with a gray and the other side is not, just bare chrome. This gives them the shadow effect. The top left cap id the raw kit part from the factory. The bottom cap has the wash applied to the vain area leaving the spokes clean of the wash. The upper right cap is the final product after letting it sit for a bit then rubbing down with a cotton bud.



Next we put the spinners in place. The spinners were a factory option that would cost a potential buyer an extra $18.20. If you wanted the wire hubcaps with spinners that would cost you $45



Making a oil dipstick. Its really silly that I'm making a dipstick yet I'm not wiring the engine. Talk about being ass backwards. HAHA

[DavidWomby]

Nice work. I'm glad to see this one back on the workbench!

David

[Dirkpitt289]

Thank you, David

[ShaunW]

Great work with the wheels, Dirk and the prominent dipstick is a worthwhile addition, engine wiring or no.