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I read on here about the chassis colour, like a lot of people building this I didn't like the colour it looked to plastic and toy'ish so I contacted Ford USA. Here's the reply... "I am from Ford`s Customer Relationship Center (CRC). I have reviewed your email inquiring about the color of the chassis of the 1967 Ford Mustang. To assist you, I have sought assistance from an internal Department within Ford Motor Company. Accordingly, the chassis or frame was black. It should be a semi-gloss black for frame and engine bay while the undercarriage is usually was black or grey and would be flat/semi-gloss as well. The undercarriage was not very consistent as most primer colors were reused so the shade and tint could change. Thank you for contacting Ford Motor Company." Anyway I redone mine but not black.  Just one of the mod's I've done and going todo. My Favourite Building:- 1919 https://forum.model-spac...=339517&#post339517 -
Current Build - 0-6-0 https://forum.deagostini...=351803&#post351803 Enterprise D - https://forum.deagostini...=posts&t=35768&
Built:-. HMS Bounty, RMS Titanic, MP4-23, Flying Scotsman, Aston Martin DB5, Honda CB750, Mustang, R2-D2, Jaguar, DeLorean, Testarossa, Stage Coach plus many plastic kits.
Dry dock no room to display:-. Bismarck, U96.
To build:-. HMS Hood. HMS Victory. Cutty Sark. SoS, Lancaster bomber. DR1 Triplane. JU-87. Plus many many plastic kits.
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Looks nice. I have personally decided I am just going to paint parts as I see fit for the way I want the car to look. Not going to even try to make it look original.
DeAgostini kit builds:
Millennium Falcon: 18% Complete
Shelby GT-500: 28% Complete
Thunderbird 2: 13.75% Complete
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Hate to say it, but I think the red looks worse than the orange primer pre-painted colour, but as long as your happy is all that matters.
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I actually quite like the orange colour  Al
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I'm also a fan of the orange it's supplied in 
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Oh well each to there own, that's what make model building so interesting. My Favourite Building:- 1919 https://forum.model-spac...=339517&#post339517 -
Current Build - 0-6-0 https://forum.deagostini...=351803&#post351803 Enterprise D - https://forum.deagostini...=posts&t=35768&
Built:-. HMS Bounty, RMS Titanic, MP4-23, Flying Scotsman, Aston Martin DB5, Honda CB750, Mustang, R2-D2, Jaguar, DeLorean, Testarossa, Stage Coach plus many plastic kits.
Dry dock no room to display:-. Bismarck, U96.
To build:-. HMS Hood. HMS Victory. Cutty Sark. SoS, Lancaster bomber. DR1 Triplane. JU-87. Plus many many plastic kits.
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As a 1970 Mustang owner (and general Mustang nut) I agree with Ford's statement, but we have to remember that the Shelby Mustangs were modified versions of the standard car.
There are many differences between a Shelby and a standard Mustang, including undercarriage, engine, bodywork, interior and paint.
A standard car would have been shipped to Shelby and then extensively modified, this changed later on in 67 when the Shelby California operation was terminated and moved "in house" to Ford.
I can only speculate that the model we are all building is one of the original Shelby modified versions and not an "in house" version. (There is a photo someone else kindly posted on here showing the chassis of the car I suspect was used as the basis for this model)
Like a lot of current die cast models it depends where DeAgostini got the 1:1 version from to photograph, measure etc.
There are quite a few examples where model companies have used current restored vehicles as their base which aren't 100 % original. (especially British 1:43 models).
IMHO I believe DeAgostini have got this one right based on an original Shelby build.
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Our model has been designed in collaboration with Carrol Shelby International.
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Here is a site that highlights the features of the Shelby Mustang.If you look at the mechanical features the last picture showing the exhaust and drive shaft shows the orange color of the underbody. http://classicregister.c...mustang-shelby-gt-500-0
Carl
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Nice photos, again to me it looks more brown then orange.  My Favourite Building:- 1919 https://forum.model-spac...=339517&#post339517 -
Current Build - 0-6-0 https://forum.deagostini...=351803&#post351803 Enterprise D - https://forum.deagostini...=posts&t=35768&
Built:-. HMS Bounty, RMS Titanic, MP4-23, Flying Scotsman, Aston Martin DB5, Honda CB750, Mustang, R2-D2, Jaguar, DeLorean, Testarossa, Stage Coach plus many plastic kits.
Dry dock no room to display:-. Bismarck, U96.
To build:-. HMS Hood. HMS Victory. Cutty Sark. SoS, Lancaster bomber. DR1 Triplane. JU-87. Plus many many plastic kits.
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