Tuesday, 19 February 2013

GreenLight Ford Mustang GT 1989 1:64



Manufacturer: Green Light
Make: Ford
Model: Mustang GT

Type: Black Bandit series – Black exterior, interior & wheel rims (1 of 3000 pieces)
Year: 1989

Scale: 1:64
Opening part(s): Bonnet / Hood











Like
-  Decent black exterior colour
- Logo and model name stampings:

  • Ford blue oval on the bonnet / hood
  • 5.0 printed on both the front fenders, representing the engine capacity in Litres (the V8 was earlier popularly called the 302 – it’s capacity in cubic inches
  • ‘MUSTANG’ printed on a blacked-out part of the plastic quarter-glass window just behind the B-pillar 
  •  Ford blue oval printed on the right side of boot-lid
- The lower half of the car is made from plastic or painted to look like plastic cladding (like in the real car) – looks very realistic!
- Clear plastic headlights with orange hue parking lights (not indicators as I initially mistook) & red colour plastic tail-lights with a painted white strip for the reverse lights
- Special mention needs to be made for the round fog-lights on the lower part of the front bumper these fog lights are also made of clear plastic and not painted, like in most smaller scale models
- Other details include wipers, inside & outside rear-view mirrors & fuel lid marking
- Realistic bulge on the bonnet / hood
- Proper, nicely detailed fastback spoiler with red-painted stop lights
- Number plate at the rear with the letters ‘BB’ (Black Bandit) printed
- Rubber tyres with treads on multi-spoke turbine style matt black rims
- Opening bonnet revealing a neat little engine bay with mechanicals including clearly visible engine, radiator fan cowl, battery and the front strut cover as well
- Although the exhaust is clearly marked on the under-carriage, it is not visible from the rear
- Matt black painted metal chassis with unique serial number stamped with raised details such as drive-train, suspensions and exhausts components

Could be better
Nothing really!

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Green Light Ford Shelby GT500 2010 1:64



Manufacturer: Green Light
Make: Ford
Model: Shelby GT500
Year: 2010
Scale: 1:64
Opening part(s): Bonnet / Hood





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Like
- Nice sterling silver colour (though looks more like grey) with satin silver stripes
- Logo and model name stampings:

  • Shelby ‘Cobra’ image/logo stamped on the passenger side of the front grill and at the rear on a raised circular area with the words ‘SHELBY’ written with a gap between each letter
  • Cobra image/logo also on both the front fenders – this is such a minute detail that at first it looked like a speck of debris
  • GT 500 written below the logo in the silver coloured sill that runs along the front fenders
- Muscular & nicely flowing wheel arches
- Outside rear-view mirrors
- Realistic air intake on the hood, not just painted
- Slightly protruding door handles on the ridge running along the centre of the car
- Proper, nicely detailed boot-hugging spoiler
- Plastic quarter-glass window just behind the B-pillar
- Realistic number plate at the rear
- Dual exhausts at the two extremes below the rear bumper
- Clear plastic headlights & red colour plastic tail-lights with two vertical silver stripes
- Rubber tyres with treads on 5-double-spoke alloy-look rims
- Opening bonnet revealing a neat little engine bay with mechanicals including clearly visible engine with the extended air intake with conical air filter, coolant bottle & cap and the front strut cover as well
- Metal chassis with unique serial number stamped
- The car feels chunky to hold and is quite heavy as well
- Shop tool comes along with the car – useful for making a Diorama
- Shop tool is a engine hoist in red colour & is made of plastic

Could be better
Nothing really! Finish around the spoiler area could have been better, but then that is me going too deep.