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25/02/2017 7:53 am
PIC - help needed identifying this mystery model
A friend of mine has a model that he is trying to identify. I don't have any information to go on, just these photos. Is anybody familiar with the neat looking Mustang? Thanks.
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25/02/2017 8:56 am
Thanks for a little project while waiting for paint to dry, Randall. LOL
Here's what I found:
SMTS did a beautiful Mustang that looks very much like the basic model you have. There is one for sale on eBay UK right now.
But (brace yourself) Matchbox has a similar Mustang in their Super Kings line.
I also found a decent 1:18 by Acme, but the picture I was using showed it with no windshield wipers.
My guess is that the good folks at Performance Detail Products either built or provided the parts to modify an SMTS (or other) model to match George Follmer's very successful racing car of the 1970's. But the number of the model is 16 while Mr. Follmer's was 15. Hmmmm.....
Now watch someone else come up with a better id and blow me out of the water!
(later) Okay, I just checked eBay US. There's an SMTS just like your friend's model for sale right now. Take a look!
Topic starter
25/02/2017 9:38 am
PIC - That's helpful, David. Now what about this custom base & autograph?
Here's a photo of the SMTS Mustang on eBay. You called it! Also, there are a few kits available. The one I posted looks to be pro built and signed by the driver himself. I wonder what the history is about this?
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25/02/2017 9:40 am
Sorry, Randall. I'm not a racing fan. But I have a hunch we have several who will show up!
25/02/2017 1:07 pm
The #15 car was driven by Parnelli Jones. #16 by George Follmer
25/02/2017 1:08 pm
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25/02/2017 1:50 pm
Karl, yes, it is resin. Kit not transkit, though? Thanks for the links. Anybody know the builder?
From the Worthpoint link - I think it is a kit because it looks complete and does not require another model as a donor.
25/02/2017 2:46 pm
Spark is in the act now too - I have the No. 15 Jones car.
26/02/2017 5:03 am
Using the Starter moulds.
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
26/02/2017 2:21 pm
If it is resin it isn’t SMTS but Starter. Starter also did a range of American ...
competition machinery and these moulds have found their way to Spark.
Chris
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
27/02/2017 9:16 am
Performance Detail products was an American company making both kits and hand-built models. Early ones like this Mustang were often built-up SMTS kits-- if the model is metal, it's SMTS with a LOT of extra detail work-- if it's light, it's done from an SMTS kit whose parts just happened to fall into a pot of Room Temperature Vulcanizing rubber. They later did their own original kits of
IMSA Mustangs, including PJN's "Nobody's Fool Daytona car. They made the only kit to date of Dan Gurney's 1967 Trans-Am Cougar, but it was based on the AMT "1/43" kit which is actually 1/48. It makes a very nice model of a Cougar that's noticeably smaller than a Mustang.
27/02/2017 3:01 pm
I could sure go for a new Cougar model - here's a replica of the 1:1.
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27/02/2017 4:19 pm
I've seen that one too. At the Ford 100th Anniversary they brought in in on the HM transporter
27/02/2017 11:49 pm
The same one - from Tennessee?
This replica was built by automotive writer Alex Gabbard who lives here. I've seen the car here several times.