My 1/18 scale Mystic...

[hogger]

Here are some pics of my "custom" Maisto Cobra. The color is more like the '96 Mystic than the Mystichrome of '04. It's as close as I could find...

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[postban]

I wish somebody would do some sonic blue verts

Looks very nice hogger

 

[bborder]

Did it come like that or did you paint it?

 

[bassin247]

How did you do that? That's pretty neat.

 

[hogger]

Postban, I wouldn't mind a sonic vert too.
bborder, I did it myself.

Hogger

 

[florida03]

I like !
That third pic looks like a real Mystic.
I got the Maisto black 03 and the 05.
I also picked up a Shelby 500 Cobra.
Got the 05 from diecastfast.com.
Anyways looks great!

 

[hogger]

bassin247, I used the Dupli-Color "Mystify" kit. It is a three part kit...base coat, color coat and clear coat. Different colors are available. The purple/green was the one I felt was closest to Ford's Mystic.

Hogger

 

[bborder]

I would like to do the same... is it easily disasembled or did you just mask it off??

 

[hogger]

It actually comes apart quite easily. There is a couple of hidden screws on the bottom but after you find those, it's pretty easy.

Hogger

 

[Orange Poison]

Damn...it even looks like it has Borla rolled exhaust tips!

 

[hogger]

Yup, Borlas are installed. ;-) I tried to duplicate the factory orange peel in the paint but didn't have much success! :-D

Hogger

 

[snakeyes]

Looks great! Now you need to do the seat inserts.

 

[hogger]

Thanks snakeyes, I thought of doing the inserts but wasn't sure if it would turn out or not. Guess I chickened out. ;-)

Hogger

 

[terminatd]

OK, now how did you save the decals. I painted my vert blue and I couldn't save them.

 

[hogger]

terminatd, I wasn't able to save the decals but I had an old decal sheet from the Revell/Monogram 1/24 '99 Cobra plastic kit. Although they were a different scale, they seemed to work well....even the back plate! This kit can sometimes be found fairly cheap at Wal-mart. Hope this helps!

Hogger

 

[Lthl Venom 03]

thats awesome, hey did you make a redfire one?

 

[Matt M PA]

For all of use with a digital camera...it's really easy to make your own license for the models.

Just take a pic of your real tag and print it out to the see you need. A little spritz of spray adhesive and viola..you got your tag. For that matter, I guess you could do the radio, A/C controls, instruments that way too.

This whole thread reminds me that I want to do a silver version on the the red model that is available.

(Now..with a little doll house carpet for the floor and maybe a bit of the self adhesive velour paper for the seat iserts...hmmm.......too many years of modelling dies hard, huh?)