Revell 1:12 Ford Shelby GT500

[conradschmid99]

Well, I was looking around for a kit to build for this GB at my LHS when I saw this huge box sitting on the top shelf, I had to buy it!

Box shots:








X2









Here's the body! Vallejo bottle to show size



I hope to get this started pretty soon, so stayed tuned!!!

[T3hGuppy]

Nice one dude.

[conradschmid99]

Update 1: Research

First some specs and some awesome pics of a pure American muscle car:







Shelby facts:
msrp:$46,725 USD
Drive type Rear-wheel drive
Engine type V8
Horsepower (hp @ rpm) 540 @ 6,200
Transmission type 6-speed manual
0-45 mph (sec.) 3.1
0-60 mph (sec.) 4.3
0-75 mph (sec.) 5.9
1/4-mile (sec. @ mph) 12.4 @ 114.7
0-60 with 1 foot of rollout (sec.) 4.0
Braking, 30-0 mph (ft.) 28
60-0 mph (ft.) 106




Stay tuned

[conradschmid99]

Nice one dude.

Thanks man

[eoinfinnegan]

Looks like a nice kit, good luck with the build

[conradschmid99]

Looks like a nice kit, good luck with the build

Thanks

[warpedcrisis]

nice model

[Rob]

Huge! It looks like you could get a tune out of that dash radio! One to be watched for sure

[conradschmid99]

Huge! It looks like you could get a tune out of that dash radio! One to be watched for sure

nice model

thanks guys
I hope to get the build started this coming weekend so stayed tuned

[kiwigav]

Nice Kit . There looks to be some sweet detail. I will have to put that kit on the to do list

[conradschmid99]

Update #2: Engine(Part 1)
Sorry for the delay guys, I had trouble finding time to start this beast
So here is the assembled engine block


Some nice details



Here it is with the first coat of Humbrol metal coat







So that's it for now More to come now that the build has started so stay tuned