Little quiz for you (no prizes!).

What is this 1960s GT concept car? Who made it. what's it based on?





BTW - the original wasn't green, but I'm trying to vary the body colours in my collection.

1963
Ford
Cougar II

It looks like a Sting Ray 'Vette, was it based on this?

http://www.modelcars.com/model-kit-zoom/lindberg-1963-ford-cougar-ii-concept.jpg

The young DaveCox standing next to one for visual scale
http://www.carstyling.ru/Static/SIMG/420_0_I_MC_jpg_W/resources/concept/large/1963_Ford_Cougar-II_06.jpg

I thought it'd take longer than that! Ford's answer to the Corvette, built on the chassis of Shelby Cobra CSX008.
And yes, it is Lindberg's kit. Quite nice considering it's age. Had a disaster with the paint when I tried to replicate the original 'candy apple red' - the paint crazed as the candy aerosol reacted with the red base and it all had to be stripped. I have too many red cars anyway, so it ended up as Rover British Racing Green.

It actually would have taken a lot longer for me but your clues: 1960s GT concept, helped speed up the search.

The green looks fine on that body. I think there were 1968 Ford Torino in that green.

If you're having trouble with "candies" or any metallics, House of Kolor has a line of model car paints under the line Kustom Kolor that shoot wonderfully through an air brush. They're really something else to work with.

Thanks for the info Jeremy, but I don't use an airbrush or have a place indoors to use one. Paintbrush or aerosol only I'm afraid.

In this case it was my own fault - I didn't read the label on the can properly. Putting laquer over Humbrol didn't work.........