Doubt it - as Mark notes it is an eyelash in scale

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Doubt it - as Mark notes it is an eyelash in scale

In Response To: Does the '71-3 Mustang have a longer wheelbase than the '69-70, and if so, do the kits reflect the change? ()

The bigger issue is managing the fits, which were dodgy on day one in kits that were not first a promos... which literally had to snap together let the assembly line grind to a halt at MPC or AMT. But, that's why it is called modeling and not assembling...

FWIW on '70-vs-71, I also have a mockup of the old MLRC '70 Cougar convertible. Used the "73" chassis. With engine compartment fixed in place, it sits fractionally forward of where the '70 annual did in relation to the cowl.

Doubting that it is resin shrinkage, it is in the white we used practically from the jump that is an industrial brand. Guessing MPC may have extended a whisker, but it has been forever since I looked in the box.

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AMT's Mach Won...is this an old AMT kit or does it owe its linage to the Polar Lights Gas Ronda Mustang F/c of 20 yrs ago?....the M/W appears to have the same grille choices & SOHC that the P/L kit had? *NM*
- Old AMT kit from 69/70. *NM*
  - Primary difference is that AMT removed the f/r roll pans from the chassis plate and added them to the parts tree
    - Does the '71-3 Mustang have a longer wheelbase than the '69-70, and if so, do the kits reflect the change?
      - '70 was 108", '71 was 109". Not enough to worry about in scale, even for a promo, back then *NM*
      - Doubt it - as Mark notes it is an eyelash in scale
    - If it's a straight up reissue, it doesn't look like it was included... *NM* *PIC*
      - One thing I missed - the instructions show a body that has much more of a funny car look to it
- Andy, there's some good background on it here... *NM* *LINK*

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